Darboy's Dejection!

United's Darboy, signed in the January transfer window from fierce rivals, the Coleraine scum, admits to being dejected, as under the terms of his transfer, he cannot play against his old club and must sit and watch as the two rivals do battle tomorrow. United, fresh from their great victory at Windsor Park, over Linfield last Saturday in the Irish cup, welcome back defensive king-pin JT. Darboy's ineligibility, gives our manager, Spike an out we think for his policy of not changing a winning team and we expect JT to be in the line-up. Who drops out to accommodate him is anybody's guess, he played five defenders last Saturday in a 3,5,2 formation, but we expect him to revert to his favoured 4,3,3 for this game.

So if JT comes in, Spike needs to drop two defenders and it would be tough on any of them, for they all played their part last Saturday, in United's victory. But that's what he gets paid the big bucks for, to make unpopular decisions. If Archie plays, will this be his 200th senior appearance in a Sky Blue Jersey? We dropped a bit of a clanger last Saturday, saying that was his 200th, but we later found out, courtesy of Stephen Alexander, of the Ballymena Times, that the United programme, where we got our information, was in fact wrong and that last Saturday's game took  Archie to 199 appearances, not 200. We made a genuine mistake, which we apologise unequivocally for and hope that's the end of that.

The man in the middle has stolen the show of late in matches between us and the scum and tomorrows official needs no introduction to United fans, as it is none other than ham shank himself, Mark Courtney. We don't know whether to rejoice in his appointment, or to give vent to feelings of despair, because he tends to a bit controversial, but not as bad as Burns, he is the pits. Derby games tend to be volatile and the referee needs to show a bit of common sense, as tackles seem to be that much keener, with no quarter ask or given. The fans love these encounters, but we don't want to see anybody get hurt at the end of day, but all we ask from officials, is show a wee bit of give and take, a stern talking to will do, if that doesn't work, then you can start to dish out the yellow cards, but only then. 

The real fans of both clubs should be in attendance, no excuses will be tolerated, As United fans point out in one of their songs, 'if you canny do the bouncey your Coleraine' and that is a terrible stigma to be saddled with. Sky Blue Sport would go one stage further, if your not at the Showgrounds tomorrow, 'you are' Coleraine. Our goal keeper, Shan, said in a text last Saturday, 'our supporters were brilliant too', don't let him down this Saturday, turn up in your numbers and be the 'extra man' that makes the difference. We won on Boxing Day at Coleraine, but it would be sweeter to win at our own ground and our fans need to play their part if we are to be triumphant. A pity Darboy is missing, but we'll just have to get on with it, so come on Sky Blues, lets shag those ewes from Windy Hall!