Not Pretty!

United go into this match at Dungannon Swifts tomorrow night, doomed to a bottom six finish, but we hope they don't take their foot of the gas. We aren't out of the woods yet as regards automatic relegation, but three points at Stangmore tomorrow night,should go a long way to ensuring that. What selection will our manager make? One change was forced on him with injury to JT last Saturday, luckily its not so bad as feared, badly bruised and not broken, but he'll missing for a number of weeks.

We, at 'Sport expect Glenn to start with Cookie in JTs place or he could start with Captain Jenks, who played there with distinction on a number of occasions in the past. With the return of Steeky from his one game ban, we should have a back four of Jimer, Steeky, Paddy Mac and Cookie or Jenks, therefore releasing Tony into midfield. Will Fergie recall the cup-tied Maca in place of the disappointing Gawley and might there be a chance to give Darboy a rare start?

We'll have to wait and see on that one, but Glenn has found a way to play his two favourite players, Captain Jenks and Thommo, in the same team and we fully expect him to start with virtually the same side as last week, the only two changes, Steeky and Cookie. A word here about the young lad Craig Gardiner, who filled in at a leftback in the absence of Steeky last week. Bruce Balmer was scathing in his match report on young Craig and most of all he was livid with our manager Spike, but we had to calm him down.

The manager saw a way to give the youngster a baptism to the cut and thrust of Irish cup action and he took a chance and he was rescued at the eleventh hour by the 'never say die' attitude of our team. The 'Sport crew to a man, thought we were dead and buried when Tippers weak penalty was saved by the Welders keeper, but credit to our players, they kept going and we were rewarded with a last gasp victory. But its back to the bread and butter of league football tomorrow night and we best be up for it.

The ref is our old friend Heth and we think the NIFL is taking the 'piss' as he is a native of Dungannon, but what's new. In the absence of regular spot-kick king, Ally, will Tippers still get the nod if we should be lucky enough to get one, or will the responsibility fall to Cutch? We suppose we'll have to wait and see on that one, but it will make for an interesting talking point. Its not going to be pretty, but if we want enough we can do it, so come Sky Blues, lets shag those chicken shaggers!