Pot Scrubber!

It's not known at the time of writing this if Spike is going to introduce his latest asset, Mark McCullough to his squad in the hope of getting our season back on track. In order to eradicate the scum, we think he will have to use a pot scrubber and we're told that Mark fits the bill. We understand he's a native of Randalstown, which used to be a happy hunting for the unearthing of United footballers and a United legend, Mark Carlisle is from Randalstown's neighbour, Antrim. So you see he has the pedigree to become an integral part of the United set-up, for many years to come. That said we don't envisage Spike making many changes from the side that had their hearts broken so cruelly when the scum scored in the 90 minute last Saturday, to send the caravan dwellers home happy or as happy as you can be in a caravan. Spike has said players will have to adapt to the system and if all players are fit, we envisage him sending out the same team as last Saturday.

Liggie proved he can score if he gets the service and his equaliser was a typical strikers goal, getting between the two scum central defenders and making his header look easy, that's what all good strikers do and he learned his trade from the best. If we can get the supply to him, he certainly has the talent to score a lot of goals in a Sky Blue jersey, but he can't do it all on his own. In the continued absence of United talisman, Cush, serving the 2nd game of his two game ban, United need another man to step up to the plate and pinch hit for him. After a lot of indifferent performances, it's time for another Whites old boy, Gary Thompson, to show his considerable talent and get back to what he does best, running rings around the opposition. But Gary can't do it all on his own, he needs Gavin and Captain Jenks to help him, then and only then will we begin to exploit the scum's sluggish defence. It looks like Spike will keep the same back four as that which done duty last Saturday and hopefully Shaun and Dwayne will come to some understanding of who's going for the ball and try avoid any repetition of gift-wrapped goals.

Spike is the man in charge and he could make wholesale changes, bring back Cookie Munster or bring Bingham or Duffin into the team, but he is a man that has a vision in his mind and he believes in sticking to his guns. There's talk among United fans about the possibility of playing a 4,5,1 formation, with either Dolan or Liggie on the bench and Neil Lowry in midfield, but we don't subscribe to that idea. we think that Spike wanted the two men, Liggie and Dolan, to spearhead the United attack and just because it hasn't worked so far, doesn't mean its a bad idea. They've only started four matches together and it will take time to develop a partnership and we got plenty of that but in the meantime we got have somebody else willing take some of the weight off Liggie and Dolan's shoulders and in the absence of Cush, it's got to be Ally. There's never been a better time for Ally to assert himself and steal the limelight off his fellow strikers as they struggle to come to terms with Spike's system, in short Ally, start scoring, come on Sky Blues, let's shag those caravan dwellers!