‘League of Ireland fans are mad' – Moses Dyer ‘getting used to life' at Galway Utd after bagging award for super April
MOSES DYER has found life's a beach in Galway as he has taken the League of Ireland by storm.
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Moses Dyer is SSE Airtricity / SWI Player of the Month Award for April
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He scored four goals this month
Credit: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
He currently leads the Premier Division scoring charts with eight goals this season as he has quickly adapted to life in Ireland after spells in his native New Zealand,
Dyer, 28, said: 'It took me a while to get used to the
weather
and a lot of rain in
'The landscape is very similar (to New Zealand). Galway is a beach town so every time the sun is out I'm there.
'And the people in Ireland are very real. Very relaxed as well, not a lot of people
work
here! You go down to
the city
and the city is packed on a Tuesday at 10am!'
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On the field, he quickly settled as he helped
He said: 'The games are mad. The fans are mad in this league. And the
football
is fun. It's very fast-paced and a lot of crosses. It's good for strikers.
'You're coming to a new country, everything is different. But I just kept training, kept my head down and I believed that I could...
'Even the first few games, I think it took me five games to score. And every game I'd be disappointed, but I knew I could score in this league. And now it's come off, so it's rewarding.'
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