White Knight!

Tomorrow night sees the return of the white knight, Tommy, never ever, Wright right. Our former manager, who promised us plenty but in the end 'scurried' off with his tail between his legs. He has revitalised the Whites it's fair to say, saving them from relegation last season when their situation looked impossible and then taking them into joint 4th this term with ourselves and Cliftonville. But we know Tommy of old, we know that when the 'chips' are down, he'll be found wanting again. That of course doesn't mean we can dismiss him and his team tomorrow night. On the contrary, he and the armada of ex-United players he has acquired, will be looking to lower our colours and no mistake. With that in mind United will need to be fully focused to the task in hand and will need to shrug off the lethargy which has crept into their last 2 performances.

Barring injuries, of which we know nothing, we expect the United line-up to be similar to Saturday past. Hopefully Carson will move back to wide right, Hanly will go inside and Gazza will at least warrant a place on the bench, if not a starting role. Surely when faced by arguably still one of the top strikers in the league, Spike Ferguson, it would only be sensible to have a stalwart like Gazza, at worst, waiting in the wings. Our strikers need to get back to scoring goals too, it's all very well playing in midfielders, but we need goals as well and that's a fact. Eamon Murray is hot at the moment, but he can't do it all on his own, so Cutch and Gibbo, it's time to stand up and be counted.

Our defence has gone back to the bad old ways and if they think they were punished for allowing two crosses to come in, in their last two games, all we can say is, you ain't seen nothing yet. Spike built his reputation on putting away crosses and he will relish playing against a benevolent defence like ours. Of course our new team coach may have sorted this particular malaise out, but somehow we doubt it, as it's been part and parcel of our make-up for too long. A win tomorrow night could see us into 4th place on our own, a false position we realise, but something to build on as we play our 11th game, only 22 games to go before the 'split'. A win of course would also set us up very nicely for our trip to Suffolk on Saturday, to face the D.C., hoping lightning doesn't strike twice. So come on Sky Blues, let's shag those White Boys (Non-racist comment)!