Home despair for makeshift United

A SHADOW Galway United side gave as good as they got — if not better — against high- flying St. Pat’s on Friday night but the combination of first team players, reserves and one apparently unwanted player came up just short as United slipped up at home once again.Shorn of four of his bigger 'names’ through suspension, and with a couple of more sitting in the stand due to injury, United manager Tony Cousins was left to hack through the undergrowth of his squad to find players with a pair of boots and no plans for the night so he could field a team.That the makeshift side played as well as it did should give the manager something to think about ahead of this Friday night’s clash against basement side Longford Town, with a couple of players laying down a strong claim to start in the must-win game.For a start, it would be bordering on criminal to consign Ciaran Foley to nothing more than a footnote for the last six games of the season. Just three months ago he was considered surplus to requirements and…..