Twice at the Easter weekend, the 36-year-old saw his side battle hard to make a breakthrough against both Treaty Utd on Good Friday and against Finn Harps on Easter Monday only to see them squander the lead cheaply on both occasions.
That has seen the Lilywhites’ lead at the top of the table cut from seven points heading into last weekend to just three points now.
While Dundalk have scored in every game and remain unbeaten, only twice this season have they won a game by more than a single goal, with top scorer Dean Ebbe now having gone over a month since he found the net from the penalty spot in the 2-1 victory over this Saturday’s opponents Longford Town on March 21.
Kilduff, who scored 31 goals in 82 appearances for the club in his own playing days, said it was a concern how hard his side were having to work for goals right now given their dominance.
“Massively, it’s something that we’re aware of,” he said when the goals issue was put to him on Monday.
“We’re trying to convert now. We’ve seen everyone ourselves and we know that we’re dominant in possession and we know that we’re trying to really impose ourselves and dominate the games and we’re doing that to a point but unless you’re putting it on the scoreboard then you’re not dominating anything.
“You might dominate possession and chances created but we’ve got to get that killer edge now back into our game. Again, it’s Vinnie coming up with a goal – a huge goal in that moment ...
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