John Small looking forward to final rematch with Galway

Tue, 27th March 2018

Dublin will be hoping that a week is a long time in sport as they attempt to bounce back from last weekend's defeat ahead of this Sunday's NFL1 final against Galway in Croke Park (4.0).

A fine Fintan Kelly point in added time saw Monaghan defeat Dublin in Croke Park last Sunday but the Dubs had already booked their berth in this weekend's Croker clash with the Tribesmen.

Dublin defender John Small says his side have a lot to work on ahead of the league decider.

“There’s loads of room for improvement,” says John. “I think from our perspective, the kick-passing was a bit off," added the Kickhams man with regard to the Monaghan defeat.

“So we’ve a lot of work to do there this week ahead of Sunday’s match against Galway.

“It’s great to get that bit of tin if you can. But we just focus on our performance, go after that, and see where it takes us.

“Galway are very good. There’s a lot of expectation on them and they’ve justified it in the Allianz League so far.

“They’ve a lot of good players. Some really good forwards, the likes of Shane Walsh and Damien Comer, (Barry) McHugh, (Eamon) Brannigan and these guys.

“Defensively they’ve some really good players as well. They’ve only conceded one goal in the league campaign so far, so we’re very excited about the challenge on Sunday.”