Stephen Bradley says that the shock of the ‘terrible’ President’s Cup performance against St Patrick’s Athletic forced him to bring defender Roberto Lopes back earlier than scheduled.
Rovers eased past UCD on Friday night with a 3-0 win thanks to goals from Seán Hoare, Danny Mandroiu and Graham Burke.
But the disappointing performance against the Saints seven days earlier prompted him to make three changes, including the return of the influential Crumlin man Lopes.
