Chris Forrester admits he has resisted the urge to put 'Twitter coaches' in their place as he claims St Pat's have been victims of their own success.
The Saints lifted the FAI Cup last season and their second place finish in the League was their best result since winning the title in 2013.
Forrester scored a brilliant opener in extra-time last November in the Aviva Stadium when Pat's beat Bohs on penalties in the Cup final.
After witnessing the first round draw for this season's competition that threw up a home tie for the Saints against Waterford, the 29-year-old reflected on that golden Lansdowne Road moment.
“I don’t know how many views it’s got but I’m sure I own about 60% of them," grinned the Dubliner.
“For me, it was my best goal because my mam was there and she never really goes to games.
"All my sisters were there, my little girl was there - to do it in front of them on such a big occasion in a nice stadium, it was my best.
"Probably not technically my best but in terms of the occasion, it was the best feeling.
"It was one of the best atmospheres I played in, the occasion was perfect, and you know it’s a trophy, success for your club.
"If anything that should get you going, you want to push and do your best for your club and for your fans and for yourself.
"So definitely it does get the juices flowing."
Tim Clancy's side are currently 11 points off the League summit and Forrester acknowledged Pat's have "let ourselves down a bit" by allowing that gap to open up.
"You don’t want to be giving up on the League yet, but it is far away, you have address it for what it is," he added.
But he is not ruling out a title charge.
"There were no crisis meetings," Forrester stressed.
"We’re fourth in the table, there are teams doing a lot worse than us. People need to understand that as well.
"Last year we had a really good season, but we’ve got a lot of new players in, a lot of new stuff around the team - a lot of positives, we’ve a lot of really high potential lads coming through.
"Everyone needs to calm down a bit, it’s not as if we’re getting relegated or anything.
"I’ve seen a lot of people go a bit above and beyond in saying that it’s all doom and gloom. We’re pushing in the right direction. I think patience is an important word.
“You see it all over social media, all ‘Do this, do that’ - all the coaches on Twitter."
Forrester has tried to stay away from the criticism.
"Absolutely, you have to," he said. "Whereas when I was younger, I probably wouldn’t have, I probably would have replied to a couple.
"It’s just the way football is at the moment. We’re pushing in the right direction and there's a lot of good things going on behind the scenes at Pat’s.
"I’m loving it. I’m delighted to be there.
“You can almost get spoiled by your own success at times. I’ve seen that with fans all over the place, wherever you look.
"But it’s part and parcel, everyone wants the best for each other, no more so than the fans.
"Last year was good, we’re trying to get back there. I don’t think we’re too far off, maybe we can surpass it this year."
The Saints are in the European Conference League against either FC Sfinful Gheorghe (Moldova) or NS Mura (Slovenia) on July 21 and again a week later.
Forrester is keen to know which club progresses so that the Inchicore side can do their homework properly.
He confessed that they will have to do plenty of swotting up on in-form Waterford, too, ahead of the encounter in the FAI Cup at the end of next month.
"We’re Pat’s, we’re a big team, all you really want is a home draw, so we got that so we’re pleased," said Forrester.
"Even if you had got a non-league team, it’s a Cup game at the end of the day, anything can really happen.
"You don’t want to be on the receiving end of a so-called giant killing.
"So it’s a game we’ll address with full commitment, we won’t take it for granted just because we’re a bigger team.
"It’s a Cup game, you have to take it seriously. The Cup is probably the best chance we have."
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