My Glenavon team are playing a different style than what I implemented at Warrenpoint Town, says Stephen McDonnell as Conor McCloskey's header makes it three Premiership wins on the bounce

The latest win would come against Ballymena United as Conor McCloskey's deflected header in the first-half was enough to pick up all three points in a game played in a thick fog on Warden Street.

In truth, McDonnell's men should have won by more but a combination of excellent goalkeeping by Sean O'Neill and poor finishing meant Glenavon had to cling on for the narrow success.

The closest United would come to grabbing an equaliser was when Rory Brown came off his line to thwart Donal Rocks just after the interval, but they failed to overly trouble the Glenavon goal mouth all afternoon.

"If it wasn't for Sean's heroics in the first half we could have come in 4-0 up," McDonnell said after the game.

"I don't think it's through any fault of our own that we don't come in four up, you have to take your hat off sometimes to exquisite goalkeeping, and Sean certainly kept Ballymena in the game.

"I was quite pleased because chances come and go in football but the overall performance was extremely controlled and measured, which left me extremely relaxed.

"I felt our players controlled the game for large parts.

"We're still trying to build the recipe of how we want the team to look.

"I'm a young coach but I've learnt from many experiences.

"I feel we are playing in a different way from my prior stint at Warrenpoint.

"We have variation in our game. People talk about us being totally expansive, but I would say totally controlled."

Glenavon’s game away to Limavady United in the BetMcLean Cup was called-off on Tuesday night due to floodlight failure.

With that in mind and the thick fog making things difficult for fans to see what was happening on the pitch, McDonnell was relieved that the officials and players were happy to play in the challenging conditions.

"The ref was happy, I was happy,” he added.

"The players on the field of play said you could see everything quite clearly.

"Obviously our viewpoint here on the side and up in the stands you don't get to see it as clearly.

"They were happy so we were glad it ran its course.

"The ref spoke to us before half time and said he was happy enough.

"When we came back out after the break he said it was still the case.”

Glenavon are now seven points ahead of bottom-placed Dungannon Swifts but McDonnell is aware of how quickly things can change if results don’t go their way.

He continued: “You lose the next two you're back in it again.

"I don't plan on losing any more games.

"I want us to be competitive against the top teams. I'm not here to make excuses around full-time/part-time football as there's still a lot you can control.

"We want to win every game. Obviously that's not realistic, but you have to go in with that mindset and approach.

"I just think now the performances are starting to come full circle and we're looking, we'll never be complete, but we're getting as close to what we want to look like over 90 minutes of football."