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Dungannon Swifts' Dean Shiels staying positive ahead of meeting with in-form Glentoran

Dean Shiels says his Dungannon Swifts side will head to Glentoran today with belief they can get something from the Danske Bank Premiership leaders.

Whilst Mick McDermott's men have blown everyone away this season dropping only two points and conceding once in ten games, the Swifts have picked up only four points.

Shiels accepts it will be a tough challenge for his side but he takes confidence out of their narrow defeat to the Glens earlier this year and believes they can pick up something from their trip to the BetMcLean Oval if they go there with the right mentality.

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"The Glens put three past Linfield and then four past Larne so we're probably facing them at the wrong time," said the Swifts boss, who is hoping Caolan Marron is available again after injury.

"We played them at the start of the season and deserved to get a draw that day, the ref gave a penalty late on which wasn't a penalty.

"Again it's another one where we have to go there with belief.

"I think if you go there and doubt yourself or with a negative mindset then you're going to get nothing.

"It's about the mentality that we turn up with."

The Swifts currently have a three point cushion in the table over basement boys Portadown.

The Shamrock Park outfit have rolled the dice and brought in Niall Currie to replace Paul Doolin as manager in a bid to reel in the Stangmore Park outfit.

Shiels though says their focus is only on themselves.

"I don't have a clue about Portadown other than we've played them twice and got two wins," he said.

"Niall is a proven manager and I'm sure he is hungry to do well there, but we will just focus on ourselves."

Niall Currie (INPHO/Declan Roughan)

Dungannon crashed out of the League Cup in midweek going down 2-0 at Coleraine, and he was disappointed they failed to trouble the Bannsiders in an attacking sense.

"We created very little. I think our forward players didn't produce anything that was going to hurt them," he said.

"We got into different areas but the last cross or pass just wasn't good enough really.

"We work a lot on trying to play through teams, but when they get in the final third I don't tell them what to do.

"They have the freedom to go and create or get at someone, but we just didn't do enough of that."

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