Davey Directs!

I guess Davey Jeffries has just got to prove how powerful he and Linfield really are. Not only did he move ‘hell and high water’ to get the Irish cup replay put back, he’s now talking about inducing the ‘4 day’ rule which would allow them to cancel their league game this Saturday against Loughgall. Don’t believe for one moment that Davey thinks Loughgall have ‘a cats in hell’ chance of beating the Blues. Even a team made up of their reserve and third strings would still be too much for the doomed County Armagh team. No Davey just wants to ‘rub the noses’ of the other Premier league teams, by demonstrating just what they are up against. Davey sneezes and the I.F.A. rush forward with the proverbial ‘handkerchief’. He has easily the biggest panel in the league, as he buys up almost every striker he can lay his hands on, not because he needs them, merely to keep them off other teams. In midfield he has so many options it’s embarrassing so it’s not surprising he sometimes gets it wrong and hopefully he will continue to do just that. At fullback he has three players battling for two positions and if he’s short a couple he can call on a versatile midfielder. The one position he is weak on is goalkeeper, Alan Manus is the man in position but when he’s missing, I’m afraid there’s only Greg Shannon for back-up and we Sky Blue fans know all there is to know about his shortcomings. Will the I.F.A. succumb to Davey’s wishes and postpone Saturday’s game? Of course they will, it is the I.F.A after all and they are so beholding to Linfield football club, it’s embarrassing. What happens if they do decide to postpone the game is even more interesting than if they don’t. Where is there a date on which the game can take place and could Linfield be faced with the prospect of playing four games in eight days in order to get the league wrapped up at the appropriate time? Maybe of course the Irish league will just decree that the season is extended by whatever weeks are necessary in order to accommodate Linfield, it wouldn’t be the first time the rules were bent, would it?