CONOR Kane reckons being kept busy helped Drogheda forget about their European woes.
And he hopes their upcoming down-time works in their favour as they bid to qualify again.
The Drogs face Galway at home tonight in their sixth game in 22 days.
Yet, they have just one more game this month, against non-league Crumlin United in the FAI Cup.
The lopsided fixture list is down to their games being brought forward from July to allow a clear run at Europe.
But Kane and Co have time on their hands instead after their expulsion from the Conference League under Uefa’s multi-club ownership rules.
However, the left-back revealed it will be no holiday. The time off will be used by the club for a training camp as they focus on qualifying for Europe again this term.
Kane told SunSport: “It’s our job to get on with it. We couldn’t feel sorry for ourselves.
“It feels like it happened longer than two or three weeks ago!
“In the FAI Cup, we’ve obviously got Crumlin, who will be difficult.
“And we’re planning on going away at the end of the month for a training camp kind of thing.
“All of the players and staff will be together. It will be good for us as we’re a tight-knit group.”
The Drogs are in a good position. The past few weeks and a five-game run yielded five points — a streak that Kane acknowledged would have been good last season when the Drogs avoided relegation in a play-off.
But their FAI Cup win last year was no fluke. They improved in the second half of the season and brought those performance levels into this year to sit fourth in the table.
Kane insisted that has to be the target now.
He said: “We know what we have in the dressing room and that comes from the belief we’ve had since last year.
“People look back at the FAI Cup win but that wasn’t where it changed.
“It was last July. We got a few new faces in and a couple of results.
“People always write us off but this is the best group I’ve been part of in terms of talent.
“Going full-time has made a massive difference too. But we’re looking at the rest of the season and it’s Friday-Friday the rest of the way.
“We know what we can achieve but we can’t get too far ahead of ourselves.”
