WATERFORD boss John Coleman described a rampant Derry City team as ‘rabid dogs’ as the Brandywell outfit ‘humiliated’ his team on Friday night.
The Liverpudlian apologised to supporters for his team’s 7-2 loss which he described as “men against boys”.
And Coleman warned they could find themselves in a relegation scrap if they do not find a response against bottom side Cork City in the Munster derby next weekend.
The former Accrington Stanley boss said: “We have no excuses. I just have to apologise to our travelling support, coming all that way and staying with us until the end.
“We’ve been humiliated and that’s difficult to take. The harsh reality is that the honeymoon is over for me with the fans.
“A big diagonal ball caught us on the backfoot and they scored. After that we sort of folded. I’ve been managing for 29 years and it’s probably happened to me three or four times. It’s a terrible thing.
“You have to take your hat off to Derry, they were very, very good.
“You get to games when it’s 4-0 and the other team sort of ambles through the second half but they didn’t, they were like rabid dogs. It was men against boys.
“We’ve got to find a response for next week or we can go into our shells and go into a relegation scrap.”
