News Update!

Just four short weeks have passed since the Sky Blues played their part in that debacle of an Irish cup final and our manager hasn't explained his thinking of what went wrong. He's released some players and re-signed some players, but the only player he's brought in, is a striker. In our humble opinion, we don't need a striker, what we do need is a complete midfielder or better still a complete midfield. So many of our midfielders including the much heralded Alan Jenkins, are one-dimensional players. None more so than Alan D, who only has slick passing skills, when he can be bothered to use them.

The stage was set for him in the Irish cup final, coming on to replace Darboy, with Fergie clutching at straws, but alas Alan was in no mood to grab the headlines and he was a virtual passenger, like a lot of our players on that day. Captain Jenks, in our opinion, runs about like a headless chicken, threatening to close opposing players down, but he never quite gets there. If he was to go out with all guns blazing, he might in fact win the ball, instead of being a nearly man. The less said about Gavin Taggart the better, United fans are blaming him for the first goal against Glenavon, it seems he shied away from the free-kick, but Gavin is only a ball-winner, his first move is back and he's a bit hot-headed.

Thommo is another one-dimensional player, he can make forceful runs, but he has little or no pace and he's a liability with his tackles, giving away free-kicks in dangerous positions. Then we come to the versatile Sparky, who's been tried in many positions, but his best position seems to be centre-midfield, alongside a passer like Jenks, because Sparky couldn't pass water. We will reserve judgement on Neal Gawley, whom Fergie seems to favour, but for the life of us, we cannot see why. The only midfielder we have, worthy of the name, is the fiery Tony Kane, he can tackle, pass and is the complete midfielder and he has a play anywhere sort of attitude and is not afraid to 'mix it' if need be.

So our manager should be scouring the country to try to find more players like Tony. Who's not afraid to lay their body on the line for the team, they'll pick up a few cautions no doubt, but it is in the nature of the 'beast' so to speak. Spike has hinted that he is thinking of changing our formation and playing 4,4,2. We at 'Sport think  he has to be on the look-out for a ball playing wing-man and he's missed one already, when Crues back-up to Paul Heately, one Eamon McAllister, joined Ards this week. But maybe Spike has somebody else in mind to supply the crosses for Darboy and Tipper, they're not going to score by their own play, they need somebody to do the hard graft for them. We'll endeavour to keep fans up to speed in the coming 10 weeks of the close season!