

“A new player will always bring a small bit of energy to the squad. The striker almost announced his arrival with a debut goal against Stoke and Healy is thrilled to have his new man on board.

Louis Britton made his first appearance for City in their friendly against Stoke since arriving from his controversial move from Bristol City, having spent the first part of the season on loan at Waterford. "Even in training the training standards go up because players are fighting for their places and that is what you want.” “We have options that we can bring serious players from the bench. You can see all of the players we have at the moment, we have a lot of options, which could come into play on Friday night. "Even the players that came on, like the younger players, I thought they did very very well. Even today against Stoke, you always want to be better. "We have been going well but we have to keep going. We have a very good defensive record and obviously we have got some good attacking players. “The boys defensively have been brilliant. But at the moment, it probably is Galway and Cork City. "We have seen that with their eight-game unbeaten run. However they have shown that they are capable of going on a run. "I won’t say it’s just a two-horse race but Waterford’s defeat to Wexford does make it difficult for them. We are a good side as well, so it will be an entertaining game. There will be a big crowd here so it will be a good one for the players to play in. "They had a very good win against Cobh (Ramblers) the other night so it will be a massive game.

They have strengthened their squad the last few weeks with a couple of signings.Ĭork City's Ronan Hurley battling for the ball with Stoke City's Harry Clarke, during their friendly match at Turner's Cross. If we did win it it would leave us in a very good position. We have players returning from injury and that is going to create a lot competition for places, which can only be good thing.
