Non-Interference!

With the news that Newry City manager Gerry Flynn has resigned citing interference, presumably or allegedly from his chairman, it's worth remembering that no matter what the circumstances, interference is a non-starter. The Newry chairman has since denied any interference, but we at United have found Gerry to be an honest chap, even though he left the Sky Blues to move to the 'scum', which in the eyes of Ballymena fans is also a non-starter, but that's another story. Yes we all love to have our opinion on who should play and who shouldn't play, but that's only speculation and the decision must always lie with the manager as it's his job that's on the line if the players mess up. On the International scene yet another former Sky Blue, our own Nigel Worthington, has come in for his share of criticism over the dropping of 'fans favourite' Keith Gillespie. Now far be it for me to try and second guess our Nigel, but it is believed in some circles that Nigel, has an axe to grind with Gillespie and he's not omitted solely on his talents. Well that's as maybe but at the end of the day we have to abide by Nigel's decision, whether right or wrong, as he is the one who'll have to carry the can if Norn Iron (as looks likely), fail to qualify for the World Cup finals in 2010. We at Ballymena I hope would never dabble in team affairs, although we do like to try and influence the manager when it comes to substitutions, but he generally doesn't take a blind bit of notice. Gerry Flynn obviously felt he couldn't ignore the interference he was getting in team selection any longer, in fact a rumour is circulating that Gerry was given two possible team sheets for last Saturday's game at Ballymena, just our luck, from our point of view he picked the wrong one, but that's also yet another story!