Aiden's Ton!

If selected tomorrow and we can find no reason to believe he won't be, Aiden Watson should make his 100th appearance in a Sky Blue shirt. Aiden's 'no nonsense' style of play has meant him picking up lots of injuries and suspensions during his tenure and he's took longer than most to reach the 100 milestone. The one thing lacking in his game has been goals, only 3 so far in a United jersey, that's only one every 33 games, but there's always tomorrow. United will give late fitness tests to three players, the two Gavin's, Melaugh and McDonnell and striker Wardy. We at 'Sport don't expect United manager Roy Walker to 'tinker' too much with his selection and even if all the players are passed fit, we expect the same line-up as that which took on Bangor last Friday night to get the nod. This would be a bit harsh on the fit again Mark Picking but we expect United to stick with the 3,5,3 formation, which means Picking only getting a place on the bench. United Captain Gary Haveron has had his plaster removed and may be pushing for a starting place in the next couple of weeks, what a boost that would be for the final round of matches. Stand-in Captain Kevin Kelbie needs to find his scoring touch which has deserted him lately and hopefully strike up a prolific partnership with new striker Nathan McConnell. McConnell comes up against a former team for the second game in a row and hopefully he won't rise 'to the bait' as he did last week when provoked by former team-mate Darren Lockhart. Referee Davey Malcolm's handling of the altercation between the two former mates left a lot to be desired and was probably instrumental in manager Roy Walker's decision to withdraw McConnell at halftime. Three vital points are at stake tomorrow, a win would be a great boost going into the final phase of games, a draw wouldn't be a complete disaster, but a defeat would be bloody hard to swallow. So come on Sky Blues, let's shag those Mourneviewers!