Cliftonville take on Larne at Solitude on Friday night
Gerard Lyttle insists he has 'no sympathy' for Larne's hectic fixture schedule as his Reds prepare to face the champions at Solitude .
READ MORE: Diarmuid O'Carroll's Northern Ireland future made clear as he completes 'exciting' Newcastle United switchMuch has been made of the champions playing catch-up this season, and their busy fixture schedule after reaching the league phase of the UEFA Conference League. "But they have to manage that. They have worked towards having a type of squad which can handle playing in Europe and the league.
With just one win in their last five league games, Lyttle accepts his side need more consistency if they want to be genuine title contenders."As staff and coaching staff you want to hit that consistency, and quickly. We haven't got there yet but we are seeing signs," he added."We set standards and drive them week in, week out. And we dropped a little bit last Saturday. But credit to Ballymena who had a good game plan.
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