Visit of Harps gives United a real chance

NOW that the defensive problems look to have been sorted out, Galway United manager Jeff Kenna will turn his attention to the other end of the pitch as his side hosts Finn Harps in Terryland Park tonight (kick-off 7.45pm).While United have the joint worst defensive record this season — both themselves and tonight’s visitors have conceded 15 goals in the league — they have kept a clean sheet in their last two games, with Gary Rogers not beaten in the last 210 minutes of football.Kenna is understandably delighted at the turn around at the back — when he was unveiled as United manager last month, he said his first priority was to tighten up the defence and he says those successive clean sheets have instilled some confidence in his side.“Everyone is that bit more relaxed in that, now that the lads know they can keep a clean sheet, there is not as much pressure on our attacking players. The strikers might have been thinking before that they had a score as we were likely to concede, but that pressure has gone now, and that has to be a good thing.“That is not to say everything is fine now, but there is not as much pressure on the attacking midfielders and strikers. From my own point of view it is very pleasing to have kept the two clean sheets, but we have to move on now and start converting chances,” Kenna said.While he refuses to look on tonight’s encounter as a 'must win’ game — “no one will be relegated tonight so I don’t buy into that” — he says it is ............