Double Bluff!

There is a complete silence permeating from all Ballymena officials at present when any enquiries are made as to whether United Captain and Talisman, Kevin 'The King' Kelbie is available for tomorrow night's rearranged Irish cup game at Dixon Park, Ballyclare, kick-off 19-45. Contrary to rumours about free admission for tomorrow night's game, there will in fact be reduced charges of £6 & £4, which average out at £14 for 135 minutes of football for the majority of fans, played on a sub-standard pitch with inadequate viewing facilities, not great value for money in our opinion. This 2nd game of course should've been totally unnecessary, when the referee abandoned Saturday's game, the playing conditions were virtually no worse than when he started it, but we're afraid, he 'bottled' it. The fact that United were leading one nil in no way clouds our judgement, but we know if the home team had been leading by the same score, the game would have most likely continued. United may as already mentioned be without Kevin Kelbie and it would leave us with a dearth of goalscoring personnel, but we're afraid we'll just have to soldier on. The home team posed little threat on Saturday but they will no doubt be fired up for tomorrow night's game and the Sky Blues will need to hit the ground running if they are to progress to the next round and a meeting with the 'hatchet men'. In a strange quirk of fate, if that cup game versus the Crues takes place at the Showgrounds, the teams will meet again a week later at Seaview in the league. But we digress, let's hope the boys focus on the Comrades tomorrow night and then and only then, we can begin preparing for the next phase. So come on Sky Blues, we know you can do it, so let's shag those old Comrades!