Memory Lane!

Just for a change the 'Sport team decided to have a day out in Bangor on Wednesday and make a holiday out of it. As we were sitting in a cafe having our lattes, Omar got all excited. He started jabbering and pointing his finger at the door and we all looked and it was a sight to behold. There stood the best striker to ever put on a United shirt, Jimmy Martin, looking dapper, with that cheeky little grin on his face, which masked a look of steely determination when he caught sight of goal. Jimmy scored 44 goals in one season for the Sky Blues and only missed one penalty, for he was the king of the 12 yard kick. He won most of the penalties himself, but he won them with a smile and nobody seemed to bear a grudge against him. That put us in good spirits for the match at Clandeboye Park, but United's play soon deflated us, it was, forgettable.

United go into tomorrow's game against the 'hatchet men' Crusaders, with some good and some bad news. The good news is Chris Rodgers was able to train on Thursday night and the bad news is Jordan Baker wasn't. This news will maybe necessitate the manager making at least one change from his starting line-up and if Baker doesn't make it, surely Aaron Boyd must get the nod. Roy seems determined to play Conor Downey, whether he's fit or not and he we must say he looked like he was getting back to form on Wednesday night, but still woefully shy of match fitness. The plastic surface at Seaview, doesn't tend to make for a pretty spectacle, but we best get used to it, for we there next week again. Results seemed to go for the team that takes their chances and minimise their mistakes, both of which we're crap at.

But given that 'never say die' which we've demonstrated in our last 3 matches away at Cliftonville, D.C. and Glens, we must have a chance. The Crues swept us aside in the first round of matches at the Showgrounds and we are definitely due a good result against them, but will it be tomorrow? We must keep the faith and we know their keeper is, to say the least, eccentric, so we should peppering him with crosses and sooner or later he will make a mistake. But we must be vigilant at the other end, with Timmy Adamson leading their attack, we can't take any chances and they have that old warhorse Davy Rainey as back up. Stuart Dallas is another who needs to be watched but he'll have his hands full trying to mark Sparky and Ally. We can do it, take the three points, come on Sky Blues, let's shag those paper tigers!