Derek Dougan
Derek Dougan
Alexander Derek Douganwas a Northern Ireland international footballer, football manager, football chairman, pundit, and writer. He was also known by his nickname, "The Doog". He was capped by Northern Ireland at schoolboy, youth, Amateur, and 'B' team level, before he won 43 caps in a 15-year career for the senior team from 1958 to 1973, scoring eight international goals and featuring in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He also played in the Shamrock Rovers XI v Brazil exhibition match in...
battling bit finding frustrated game goes good harder himself hit job kids longer pitches seems
He's one of those kids that the longer the game goes on he just seems to get stronger. He was a little bit frustrated with himself at times. He's a little bit harder on himself than I am on him. Things can frustrate him a little bit but he just does a good job of battling back. When you think he's going to hit a wall, he does a good job of finding the pitches that we have to have to get it out of it.
backing ball defense errors good half hit job past people pitching rely solid spot week weeks
I don't think that we had any errors today. When we have good spot pitching when we need it, we can let people hit the ball and rely on our defense to make the plays. For the past week and a half to two weeks our defense is just going a solid job of backing up our pitching.
needed pitch
He wasn't overpowering tonight. He just made the big pitch when he needed it.
far pitching planned start three
Really, to start the game, I just planned on him pitching three innings. But I thought we'd see how far he could get.