Stuart King says he is "sick and tired" of playing well against the top teams and losing by a single goal.
It was a familiar story for King on Saturday as Carrick Rangers slugged it out with Coleraine at the Loughview Leisure Arena before being sunk by a late Josh Carson goal.
It was a tough one for the hosts to take and King cut a very frustrated figure at the end.
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“Coleraine are a massive football club in this country, especially compared to us, and we were able to put it up against them again," he said.
“My lads have given me everything and I’m sick and tired of getting beat by a goal.
“It’s happened about twenty times since I’ve been manager here and we’ve got to see games out one way or the other and get more points on the board.
“We will get a lot of plaudits because we’ve played well against a top six team, but we’ve got nothing from it except a few people saying we've played well."
It will be a different challenge for King and his charges on Tuesday night when they welcome Portadown and former Carrick boss Niall Currie to Taylor's Avenue.
King feels his side should come out with a positive result if they can produce a performance of a similar level.
“Any game at home I’m expecting us to put in a performance and try and get as many points as we can," said King, who hopes to have Curtis Allen available for the visit of the Ports.
“I’m not going to be disrespectful to Portadown or their manager, what I’ll say is that if we’re on it and if we perform like we have performed at home, then we will have a chance of getting points on the board."
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