Image source, InphoImage caption, Lynch's side have picked up just 22 points from their 20 Premier Division games
ByLauren McCannBBC Sport NI journalist- Published18 minutes ago
Derry City boss Tiernan Lynch said he "firmly believes I can turn this around" despite mounting pressure on his position.
The Candystripes slumped to a 2-1 defeat against Dundalk at Oriel Park to stretch their winless run in the Premier Division to seven games.
Lynch's side are sixth in the table, 18 points off pacesetters Shamrock Rovers despite being tipped to challenge for the title this season, but the manager is confident he is the man to get them back on track.
"I reflect every day. I don't need a break to reflect. As I said and continue to say, I look at everything that we do and the one thing I have to do is I have to keep believing that I can turn this around," he told BBC Radio Foyle.
"I do firmly believe I can turn this around and I know, nobody wants to hear it right now, we've just lost. If it's a matter of me reflecting, I don't think anyone needs to worry about me reflecting.
"Straight away we need wins. Dominant performances and dominating possession, that's all definitely the way I want my team to play and definitely what I think the fans want to watch, but we've got to score goals.
"It's been hugely frustrating with lots of things going on, we've got to win games, that's the bottom line."
Dundalk defeat 'hard to swallow'
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Defeat at Oriel Park leaves the Candystripes 18 points off table-toppers Shamrock Rovers
Derry fell behind on 20 minutes at Oriel Park as Daryl Horgan opened the scoring by firing beyond Eddie Beach.
Cameron Dummigan levelled for the visitors with a stunning volley from outside the box on 58 minutes, but two minutes later they conceded again as Gbemi Arubi's goal condemned the Candystripes to a sixth defeat of the season.
Lynch said the latest loss was "really hard to take" and he was "obviously disappointed and frustrated" with the result.
"The first half an hour of the game we were pinned back. I thought the second half we were much better, we changed our formation, we got a better handle of the game and we got ourselves back in the game," he explained.
"Then we conceded again, so early and it was a game that we felt if we could get one to get ourselves back in, we really would have kicked on from there because, as I say, I thought we were a lot more dominant at that stage.
"We huffed and puffed but we didn't cause them enough problems. We had plenty of possession and got into good areas but we didn't work the goalkeeper enough and that's frustrating.
"The chances that they did create, they scored from. It's just really hard to swallow."
