Monaghan v Wexford Youths
Wallace aims to keep players feet firmly rooted
Wexford Youths FC take on Monaghan United at Kingspan Century Park this Friday night hoping to keep their winning streak in tact. Mick Wallace’s men have won seven out of their last eight games and expectations are gradually becoming higher at the club. One of the victories that will live long in the memory for Wexford fans was achieved on Bank holiday Monday when they beat Cork City 6-5 on penalties after the game finished up 1-1 after extra time. The Youths put in a hard fought and passionate performance against a star studded Cork side and every player can be proud of the result.
Their reward for a famous victory is another glamour tie against Pat Fenlon’s Bohemians FC at Ferrycarrig Park on the 19th of May.
In terms of injuries Shane Dempsey is back for the Youths after missing out on the Cork City game with an injury that he picked up against Kildare on the Saturday. David Miller is also out after he limped out of the Cork game at half time after picking up a knock. David Breen will be hoping to slot back into the centre back position on Friday night, but may face competition from Paul Rossiter who put in a solid performance against Corks Denis Behan. Again Marty Kelly and Jimmy Keohane have failed to recover from their respective injuries in time for the game.
“Monaghan is a tough game to have on Friday, in terms of the fact that we had an away game on the Monday as well, so it’s not ideal in that sense. We would have preferred a home tie, but we’ll be prepared and no one is getting carried away after our recent run of results” said Wallace.
“Monaghan is a tricky place to go to and we’ll be lucky to come away with a point. Some of the top sides in the country go there and come away empty handed, so we’ll be aware of that and we’ll make sure everyone his focused for the game” Wallace said.
“They (Monaghan) have had an unlucky start to the season, but they won last week and you can sense that their coming into a bit of form at the moment” said Wallace.
Injured:
Tim McGrath
Kyle Dempsey
Danny Furlong
Paul Murphy
Lee Aust
Gary Sheahan
Jimmy Keohane
Marty Kelly
David Miller
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