Walkers Dilemma!

United manager Roy Walker is faced with a major dilemma for tomorrow night's derby at home to the Coleraine scum. Dare he pick his strongest side and risk the chance of some of them picking up injuries which would rule them out of Saturdays Irish cup semi-final? Or should he field a weakened team and risk the wrath of the Sky Blue following, who would find capitulation to the Coleraine scum hard to stomach. It is a decision only he can make and it's one we don't envy him, a real Hobson's choice. Is their any point in flying Gary Muir over for tomorrow's game also, as he is ineligible for the cup match?

Our manager may argue that at least he hasn't to worry about him getting injured and he's the sort of player needed for this type of game. On the plus side United's fringe players could get a rare start and one who will want to play is team Captain Gazza, who's out of favour at the moment. If Roy does go with a weaker selection, we'd expect Ogers to don the keeper's jersey, while Nathan McConnell could get a belated call-up to first team action. If Mackers is still about this would be an ideal start for him and Locky too could at last grace a Derby fixture, or is Roy holding him back for the semi? Kevin Kelbie, who came off injured last Saturday, should get a well earned rest as he's vital to our plans for next Saturday.

Maybe of course Roy will want to give his intended semi selection a run out tomorrow, but we at 'Sport believe it to be a risk too far, as these games tend to be real humdingers. In other words no quarter is asked or given and there should be a wee bit of atmosphere with both sets of fans in the one stand and in a holiday mood to boot. Another minus believe it or not is that 'fat' O'Hare is serving a suspension and we'll miss him as he's usually good for one or two gaffes against us. But as far as we fans are concerned, it's all systems go, so come on Sky Blues, let's shag those Coleraine lambs!