WHAT THE MANAGER SAID: Paul Owens pleased with Irish Cup progress as he aim to emulate last year's Championship winners

Here’s what he had to say after the 4-1 success.

THOUGHTS ON THE WIN?

"Aye, listen, it was one of the messages at half-time that we wanted to try and keep a clean sheet.

"They took a really good finish on a counter-attack...we just gave it away a wee bit cheap in a sort of a wee open position.

"But, listen, we were 2-0 up at half-time and probably could have been 1 or 2 more.

"We've been in these positions before and it hasn't been as pretty in the end as we would have liked.

"But we came out and finished the game nice and early in the second half.

"It would have been nice for a couple of subs to get a wee goal when they come on but the keeper made a couple of good saves.

PLAYING AT THE SHOWGROUNDS?

“Loving it – I love not having the dirty feet.

" No, I think it does help us. We've been playing well here, moving the ball about well.

"We’ve been moving the ball well bar the Annagh game, it was a one-off performance. It was a real disappointment.

"But listen, we're looking forward to getting a 3G. That's why I thank Coleraine for welcoming us here.

"I think it's even a better watch, it suits our players more, and hopefully, it'll help us leading into the end of the season.

CAN CUP RUN HELP WITH PROMOTION?

“Aye, listen, winning games just brings confidence.

"I heard a lot of messages this week about giving boys games and you'll beat them 3 or 4.

"That's dangerous, dangerous voices to get in the changing room.

"I mentioned Bangor getting a semi-final last year when they were playing in the Championship, so, it's something we want to replicate.

"I think there were six non-Premier League ties and three head-to-heads in the Premier League.

"You might get a winnable draw, I suppose I could say, but we want to try and go as far as we can in this competition.