Late Show!

Apologies about the late preview, as we were not going to be there, we hadn´t realised that as we are in Spain, enjoying the rain and it is winter, the internet cafes close early or don´t open at all. But its a an ill wind that doesn´t blow some good and the delay helped us get the right info on Dwayne´s appearances in a Sky Blue keepers jersey. We thought he was playing his 200 game next Saturday at home to Linfield, but we have been informed, that indeed its this Saturday against Chickenville.

We hope Dwayne has a good game and enjoys his milestone and the Sky Blues pick up three points in our absence. Our manager Glenn Feguson told the Ballymena Times that he was hopeful that, Tippers, Gawley and Ruddy would shake off their respective injuries and be able to take their place in an unchanged team. He also was hopeful that Sparky would take heart from his brilliant performance last week and try his luck against Chickenville.

We hope twitter keeps us up to date on todays game, but failing that, Rusty Rea promises to be at the Solitude and I´m sure he´ll keep us informed. Health & Safety have stuck their neb in yet again and decreed that the Boxing Day game against the Coleraine scum is going to be an all ticket affair. Well maybe on the plus side we´ll get a true reflection of the crowd not an estimate, we should stress an estimate that´s for our benefit.

Much has been said about the debut boy, Matty Shevlin, but we won´t be surprised if he doesn´t make the panel today, for Fergie wants to not over-expose, as he is only fifteen. We agree with that, but we need the three points and if Matty coming on in the last ten mins, with a fresh pair of legs and confidence to take men on, could get us them, we´d be foolish not to have him on the bench. But as has been said before many times in this blog, what do we know?

We´re sure Fergie must have a plan to combat Chickenville´s all-action style of play, but it hasn´t worked so far. It nearly worked at The Showgrounds on the last Saturday in Septemeber, but you know the old saying, ´nearly never caugh the hare´but we live in hope. We apologise for any spelling mistakes in this column, we don´t have a spell checker and anyway it would be in Spanish, lol. So come on Sky Blues, lets shore those North Belfast sheep at Chickenville!