Marjorie Daw!

See-saw, Marjorie Daw, so goes the ancient nursery rhyme and as I reflect on the comings and goings of the last few days, it seems like a fairly relevant phrase. United manager Roy Walker said he thought he needed, a couple of players during the transfer window. I'm sure it never crossed his mind that he'd lose two players who had 'shaken' hands on an extension to their contract, which meant he needed two replacements for them. Another player, who has become part of the United set-up has intimated that he sees no long term future at the Showgrounds and will not be here next season. Walker has already 'shown the door' to Richard Gibson and placed Nathan Hanly on the transfer list, but I believe Mike Smith has to go too.

Roy has already stated that if 'you're not for us, you're against us' and Gibson demonstrated that perfectly on Tuesday night at the Oval. Surely we can't take a chance on Mike Smith throwing in the towel against his likely employers (Linfield), this Saturday. He did play extremely well on Tuesday night, but we need somebody, who's a dyed in the wool Sky Blue man, not a fly by night money grabber. Hanly, Gibson and Smith all fall into that category and therefore they can't be relied on when the chips are down. Roy says Hanly and Gibson shook hands on a new deal, I wonder did they look him straight in the eye when they did it. The eyes are the windows of the soul and the 'shifty' boys can't look you straight in the eye which is a dead give-away.

On top of all this upheaval I found out today that Dwayne Nelson, who performed heroicly on Tuesday night, won't play again this season, yet another position Roy must fill in the next four days. The old saying that it 'never rains but it pours' is definitely bearing true for United at this point. But we've had such misfortunes many times in the past and we've just got on with it. Paul McAreavy may or may not turn out to be a good signing and like Ru McClean will have to be given time to prove his worth. Linfield (beware of wolves in sheep's clothing), have 'loaned' us a young striker, Aaron Boyd, which may or may not be beneficial to us, but only time will tell. A top six position is well within our reach, we have no other distractions and nobody to blame but ourselves if we don't make it. Come on Sky Blues, let's go for it, let's shaft them all!