New Convert!

'What a difference a day makes, 24 little hours', so say the words of the famous song and in 'football parlance' what a difference a few wins make, suddenly we've gone from the depths of despair and now 'the sky is your limit'. When United lost by a single goal at home to Institute on November 22 things looked pretty bleak. But now five games later we are on the brink of salvation (if Roy Walker would happen to read this, I don't mean that literally). We had only 8 points in the bag and things looked bleak, now we have 23 points and even though we're not out of the woods yet, there is light at the end of the tunnel. There were many doubters among the Sky Blue faithful, not too many made the trip to Mourneview Park for the Glenavon game, but Mourneview has been a ground where United have enjoyed a fair bit of success over the years and so it was on this occasion. That was the start and so it has continued over the last 5 games, maybe we were a wee bit lucky to take all three points at the Oval, but if we had taken all our chances in that game it would have been an emphatic victory. Probably our poorest display was in our last game against the Coleraine scum, but derbies are all about winning, entertainment comes a long way down the list. Once again in the Coleraine match our injury jinx struck once more, with Stuarty King breaking his ankle, while David Cushley was stretchered off for the third time in a game against Coleraine, surely an unenviable record. King, who had just taken over the Captaincy will be sidelined for two to three months, but Cushley in fact just had severe bruising, courtesy of scum player Tommy McCallion. The players who came on, Ryan Deans and Liam Mullan did an excellent job and are a fine example of the commitment the players are showing at this moment. What brought about this change in fortunes is our manager's catchphrase which the players have taken on board, 'only believe'. I was a doubter, one of many doubters, but now I believe also!