Trigger Tommy!

Tommy Wright faces his nemesis tomorrow in the shape of former club Limavady United, knowing that nothing less than a victory will keep his side on course for a top four finish. With the C.I.S. cup and the County Antrim Shield long gone and nothing more than a distant memory the big Ballyclare man knows that only a victory will appease those baying for his head. Forget about all this talk about private funding for the managers salary, the men who sign the checks are getting restless and when that happens, ‘heads’ are going to roll. The United manager is set to ring the changes with Gary Haveron taking over in central defence from Gordon Simms, who may now be loaned out to some other club. While up front reserve striker Randal Reid, now free from suspension, will partner Austen Friel, in the enforced absence of top scorer, Kevin Kelbie. The rest of the team should be among the usual lines, although the United manager told ‘Sport that Craig McClean could come into the reckoning for the leftback slot. No matter what team takes the field tomorrow, one thing is certain, only three points will suffice if Tommy is to continue his aim of being at the helm in the immediate future. Anything beyond the immediate future is hard to contemplate at the moment, in fact it’s just a pipe dream. Maybe we’ll look back on this period in better times and say it wasn’t really as bad as it looked, but right now it looks pretty bad. But with three points in the bag, it’ll look a hell of a lot better we can tell you!

P.S. Omar’s column is missing this week due to circumstances beyond our control, but he has promised us that he will be back with a double edition next week, if only everybody was as reliable as Omer, oh what a world it would be!