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There is a lot to being a League of Ireland manager. The role often entails management, coaching, recruiting, organising facilities and fundraising and sometimes more.

With Galway United remaining the only unbeaten side in the league, on first impression the international break may seem like poor timing.

Games between Galway United and Waterford over the last number of seasons have proven decisive in the battle for promotion, safety and even had a fleeting bearing on the European race last season.

After 105 days of an off-season, seven departures, five new arrivals and two loan deals, Galway United are back. They travel tomorrow to Turner’s Cross to take on Cork City in a feisty season opener.

Galway United return to Eamonn Deacy Park this weekend as pre-season preparation enters its final stages ahead of the return of the League of Ireland next weekend.

While some might grapple philosophically with a new year, the turn in the calendar means something instinctive to a League of Ireland fan, the beginning of pre-season.

It might not have the billing some would have hoped for, even up to a week ago, but there is plenty of spice surrounding the Connacht Derby tomorrow night.

Just four games remain in a remarkable season. Galway United are only five points off the top of the table. Allow that to marinade for a moment but also remember that a finish anywhere between first and seventh is feasible.

Galway United renew rivalries in the RSC tomorrow night with Waterford in a game that will have a large say in the Tribesmen’s European ambitions.

The drama that engulfed Dundalk drew the most attention on damaging week for a league on an otherwise upward trajectory. The news that a solution has been salvaged has been welcomed in all quarters.