Rule Benders!

United take on the Coleraine scum at Warden Street tomorrow, safe in the knowledge that nothing has changed in the scum philosophy, they're still bending the rules. This latest episode, of the suspended Rory Harkin, who played last week although he shouldn't have played, is just typical of the scum, they thumb their noses at authority and get away with it time and time again. United have to ignore these shenanigans and not allow themselves to be distracted from the job in hand. Whether Rory Harkin plays tomorrow or doesn't play tomorrow, shouldn't concern us, we have enough trouble getting 16 fit men in our squad.

JT and Tony are suspended, but JT is not fit anyway, neither is Steeky or Gavin, so we have four near certain starters missing tomorrow's game, before we start to plan out tactics. The 'Sport crew would be in favour of a formation of ,5,4,1 but Fergie is liable to start with a 4,4,2, or a 4,1,4,1. We feel he has to bring back Marky, Archie and Sparky, but he's liable to start with Thommo and Jenks in midfield and we feel that's a recipe for disaster. In the absence of Gavin, we feel that Sparky has to start, to give us some bite in midfield, but Spike has his own ideas and he's stubborn.

He's thrown down the gauntlet to his players, saying that they are on trial, but that may work with some of them, but we think, that will not work with all of them. Best to pick a team that could get a result, it will not be pretty to watch, but we need to get our foundation right. Better to battle out a scoreless draw, than have a go and get thumped. But we have the players to snatch all three points, if we get the scum frustrated they will undoubtedly leave gaps at the back and we can exploit them, but if we are chasing the game, its going to tough.

Its a corporate dinner day tomorrow and we are assured of a bumper crowd in the main stand, the scum supporters will no doubt filter in at halftime, as their wont. But Sky Blues supporters need to get behind the team from the start, drowning the noise from the other side of the pitch and not letting up until the final whistle. Just a word about the whistler, it is our old friend, Heth, who hasn't refereed a game involving us since the ill-fated match at Lurgan, when he gave a corner that was a goal-kick, we hope he doesn't drop any clangers tomorrow v the scum.

Whatever selection, Spike and his management team come up with, we only can hope for one thing, that they play together as a team. This game means a lot to the fans of a Sky Blue persuasion, it's the one game that we want to win more than any other. We're not looking for a good football match, we just expect the players to put in a shift, if they do that and they come up short, we'll be disappointed no doubt, but we can live with that. But if they turn in a lack-lustre performance like we saw in our last two games, they can expect us to vent our wrath on them. So come on Sky Blues, lets shag those sheep from Windy Hall!