Gorey Guardian

BY DAVE DEVEREUX

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GALWAY UNITED manager Shane Keegan cut a frustrated figure after watching his side huff and puff to a scoreless draw against Wexford F.C. at Ferrycarri­g Park on Friday.

The former Wexford boss was back on his old stomping ground for the first time since his departure to the west following the Youths’ play-off defeat against Drogheda United two years ago, but he certainly didn’t enjoy the return he would have hoped for.

‘It was very, very frustratin­g. It looked from the first minute that it was only going to be a matter of time, but the more time went on the more it looked like we actually weren’t going to score.

‘You have to give Wexford their dues, in the last ten minutes they had arguably the two best chances of the game,’ he said.

The Tribesmen enjoyed plenty of possession during the 90 minutes, but lacked a cutting edge in the final third, and Keegan conceded that the hosts could well have sneaked a victory late on.

‘We didn’t create that many chances. Arguably our best chance came inside the first 60 seconds and after that we had all the ball and had them pinned in but they were comfortabl­e enough.

‘We were creating half-chances but you couldn’t say we missed a sitter. They’ve had probably only two chances in the entire game, but they were two very good chances,’ he said.

Galway have been on a poor

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