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London footballers will be hoping to build on their encouraging performance
against Roscommon when they face an improving Leitrim outfit at Ruislip
on Sunday.
Leitrim were one of the most improved teams in Ireland last year and showed
that they remain on an upward curve with an excellent performance in their
National League opener against Leinster finalists Offaly though their
loss to Clare was far less impressive.
Several talented players have rejoined the panel this year but star forward
Declan Maxwell continues to be plagued by injury and will miss this match.
Following their impressive cameo appearances against Roscommon the Hehir
brothers Paul and Senan will once again be used as impact substitutes
as they look to recover full fitness after lengthy injury lay-offs.
Exiles manager Noel Dunning was relatively pleased with his team’s
last outing against Roscommon but says that Leitrim will have an added
incentive when they come to London.
He said: “We play Leitrim in the Connacht Championship later in
the year and they have been trying out one or two new faces in the league.
Those guys will want to put a marker down for that game.
“Leitrim would be like us in not having a massive pool of talent
to draw from so they play pretty much their best available team in the
league.”
Assessing the opposition Noel believes that Leitrim are a better team
than Roscommon.
He said: “I would expect Leitrim to finish in the top four in this
division. We played quite well last week and hopefully we can continue
to develop as the league goes on and set ourselves up for a decent performance
in the Championship.
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