United Front!

United must try to return to winning ways, when Chickenville come to town, for what may be their only visit this season, depending on the 'split' later at the end of March 2011. Both managers will want their teams to recover after both were defeated on Tuesday night, Chickenville at the Oval and United at Seaview. But United also need to recover after their last cock-eyed performance at home, when Donegal Celtic were the visitors. That was one of the worst results witnessed at the Warden Street venue for many's a day. In fact United were so inept that day, that they bore no resemblance to the team that have played 4 games away from home and collected 7 points. Not people to give in to superstition, it's ironic that our two defeats have occurred when we have been wearing our beloved Sky Blue rig.

What tactics will United manager Roy Walker employ tomorrow, does he stick with his 4,4,2 formation which came so close to delivering the 'goods' last Tuesday night, or revert to his tried and trusted 4,5,1 formation that gave us two wins in a row? Decisions, decisions, decisions, who would ever try to second guess a manager, especially one like Roy Walker, who at times just appears to do the opposite of what is expected of him. Rory Carson and Nathan Handley will most likely make their home debuts and Gibbo could also get the nod, while Mackers must surely be pushing for a start after scoring 7 goals for the reserves so far this season.

Whatever line-up the wily Walker comes up with tomorrow, one thing's for sure, they'll need to come out with all guns blazing, as the visitors will want to dictate the pace of the game and we simply cannot allow that. Anything short of a 2-0 victory tomorrow and questions will inadvertently be asked about Roy's long term future as Sky Blue manager. As he is wont to say, United we stand and it's definitely time for us to stand up and be counted. So come on Sky Blues, let's shag those slum dwelling Ballysillianites!