Spikes Head!

It'd be a brave man that tries to get inside Glenn Ferguson, our manager's head, we at 'Sport have come to realise that you couldn't second guess him. He has intimated to Stephen Alexander, of the Ballymena Times, that he might change his policy of never changing a winning line-up, by including Cookie Munster in his starting line-up. Well we are using a wee bit of artistic licence here, he said and we quote, 'Munster could be added to the panel', which doesn't necessarily mean he could start. In fact if Archie has had no ill effects and is fully fit, we expect Spike to name the same team as that which started last Saturday.

That means no place for Ally, Gavin and the hero of our draw with the Coleraine scum, Mark Kelly. When we played the Swifts last time, Gary Liggett, gave Cookie a hard time and was instrumental in both of the Swifts goals, winning a free-kick for the first one and getting a free header to score the second one. We don't want that happening tomorrow and feel that Spike will stick with Archie (if fit), or Marky if Archie's not fit. The rest of the team picks itself, with Tony Kane and Captain Jenks in midfield and the enigma man himself, Alan D. We at 'Sport think Spike's taking a dangerous risk playing Alan D and especially against a team that Darren Murphy has playing delightful football, but Spike's the boss and we have to respect him.

The three strikers, MM, Darboy and our talisman Cush, need to put in a shift and give the Swifts defenders something to think about. Darboy had a shocking first-half last Saturday, but he redeemed himself somewhat in the second period with the clinching goal, but we think he'll have to start to exert his influence from kick-off tomorrow. As usual we don't have any team news and hope our keeper, Shan, has recovered from the thigh injury that hampered him against the Point last week, leading him to concede a soft goal. We need him fully fit tomorrow and if he is, we think we have a chance against the Tyrone men. Not that'll it will be easy, far from it, but if we stick to the plan and close down the wide men, hopefully we will triumph, but we expect it to be close. So come Sky Blues, lets shag those Chicken farmers!