United must tighten up for visit of Cork City

THERE has been one message preached at Galway United training sessions this week ahead of tonight’s visit of Cork City to Terryland Park (kick-off 7.45pm) — the need for concentration.United have conceded six times in the league this season, and all bar one were down to sloppy defending. They kept a first clean sheet of the season in the League Cup win over Longford Town on Tuesday night (see report p5A, Tribune Sport), but even then were caught out at the back on a couple of occasions, and a better side than Longford’s reserves would have punished those errors.“We need to get things a bit tighter in midfield and defence,” caretaker assistant manager Gareth Gorman said yesterday. “We are trying to encourage the lads to play football, but sometimes they are trying to play in the wrong areas of the pitch. There were times on Tuesday, and against Drogheda, that they tried to play a ball in midfield that the top sides like Drogheda and Cork would play into the corner and turn you around, and that is what we need to do.“We have been sloppy in parts of our play, and we need to cut out those errors. We got a clean sheet and the result on Tuesday night, but not necessarily the performance. It is important the lads try and play good football, but not in the wrong areas of the pitch,” he said.Tuesday night saw the return of both Derek Glynn and Stephen O’Flynn from injury, and while...............See Also "New United Boss expected in early May" on page 24 of this week's City Tribune