LYNCH APPRECIATES THE EXPERIENCE

Last updated : 21 March 2003 By Editor
Mark Lynch enjoyed himself despite scoring an own goal on
his debut:

"It was a great occasion in a nice stadium, on a useful
pitch. It's a pity we couldn't get the win, but it was a
great night for all of us.

"The biggest difference to what I am used to was the way
Deportivo kept the ball - we struggled to get it back.”

He describes the excitement of learning that he was going to
play:

“We knew there was a chance, that places were up for grabs
and that we were playing for those places

"I found out I was playing the evening before during
training and have been buzzing ever since. I was waking up
every hour or so that night, but it was brilliant to find
out I was actually playing.”

Lynch now knows what he has to do to make it to the first
team:

“"I have to take it up to the next level and felt I did that
against Deportivo, and that the other lads did well too.

"Lads this season like Kieran Richardson and Danny Pugh, and
then Darren Fletcher in the last two games, have pushed on
really well, so you can look at that and take a lot of
positives out of it, knowing those lads have done well in
those games.

"That has been the carrot for the last couple of reserve
games. The manager has put lads into the first team after
the reserve games.”