Ger Brennan pleased with Dublin's strong final quarter against Galway
IT has been some turnaround for the Dublin senior footballers in the space of a few weeks. After an altercation involving manager Ger Brennan and Galway strength & conditioning coach Cian Breathnach McGinn in a league game March, the Dublin boss received a 12 week ban and missed his side’s games during the Leinster championship.
The Dubs tasted defeat to Westmeath in the Leinster final and then Louth turned over the Boys in Blue in round one of the All-Ireland SFC. However, Brennan’s side have recorded three wins on the bounce against Cavan, Donegal and Galway to book their place into the All-Ireland semi-final and set up a clash with Kerry in the last four.
Brennan was pleased with how his team outscored Galway 1-8 to 0-1 in the final quarter, sealing a four point win over the Tribesmen.
“Credit to our guys and the fellas we brought in too. Nobody panicked. I know I'm on the record as saying the challenge as a new management and a new squad is to find that blend between the experience and skillset of the more experienced guys and blending that with the youthfulness, energetic freedom that comes with being a new guy into the panel,” said Brennan.
“All the fellas we brought in today, again, they really put in a huge shift. I have to just acknowledge the work of the whole panel.
“A couple of victories in the championship, the guys are full of confidence, and they're probably a couple of feet higher walking around their clubs in Dublin the next few weeks because they're still in the competition.”