Insane Kane!

No one knows when an animal goes wild, but when it comes' it comes without warning, that applies to Tony Kane, who went 'wild' at Warden Street yesterday. What possessed him to head-butt Dung's J.P. Gallagher, after a foul by the Dung fullback I'm sure I don't know. Head-butts have no place in football, it's a dangerous game without that and one English Premier league, Fabrice Muamba, is fighting for his life as we speak for no obvious reason. Tony is facing up to at least a 3 game ban and it could be more, maybe ruling him out for the rest of the season. I hope the club fine him and if he hasn't signed that two year deal, I would take it off the table.

Spike tried a different formation yesterday, dropping Elvis and playing Alan D up front along with Cutch, resulting a disjointed display from United. Maybe it's going to be impossible to have Jenks and Alan D in the same team, they're both attacking midfielders, but I thought Alan D looked like a fish out of water and never settled in his new striking role. In his first two games for the Sky Blues, he had been clinical in his scoring, yesterday he was looking to be spectacular and though he brought the best out of Dung's keeper Morgan, I thought he should have made sure, but he went for the spectacular.

Welsh referee Richard (a real dick head) Harrington, who has a penchant for sending off players was obvious trying to avoid that statistic, as he let the Dung's players away with murder in the first half. None more so than Marc Brolly who went in 'over the top' on United keeper Dwayne Nelson and should have gotten booked but the referee didn't even give a foul. I'm getting fed up complaining about the linesmen we seem to get at the Fisherwick end, no sooner have I said that was the 'worst' official I have seen and in the next match I see another mutton dummy (I hope that's not a racist comment), but that 'love child' we had yesterday will take some beating.

Ex-united player Mike Ward should've been booked for diving but the referee merely told him to get on with it. Dwayne came to our rescue with a timely save when Ward broke the shackles of Cookie but later Dung's Johnny Topley missed a sitter heading past the post when got his head to a cross. Alan D came close with a free kick, but he should done better when he found himself in space, but instead of going on, he tried for a spectacular shot and Morgan parried the ball and saved Ally Teggert's follow-up with his knees. Dung took the lead in controversial circumstances, reminiscent of the Ports goal in the cup semi-final two years ago. Dwayne came for a high ball and decided to catch it, but Marc Brolly (again), collided with him, a definite foul but referee Harrington and the 'mutton dummy' saw no foul and ball broke for Fungston to score.

Spike was livid and had to restrained and he had a right to be but I thought Dwayne, in view of what had been let go earlier (and the semi-final with the Ports), should've punched the ball, but it's easy to say that in retrospect, in the heat of the moment you do what comes naturally. That goal come in 33 minutes and the mutton dummy kept his flag down when they were two men five yards offside two minutes later. I thought Spike was going to have a heart attack this time and even Lee Doherty came out to have a rant at the incompetent official. Rory Carson was having a stinker, despite several promising moves he couldn't find his man with the final pass. The referee added 3 minutes to proceedings and during this time United won a corner on the left. Rory took it and it caused a bit of panic in the Dung defence and ace marksman Cutch was on hand to drive the ball into the net to leave scores 1-1 at the interval.

2nd half
Spike brought on Elvis in the second period for Carson, who had been poor in the first half, although in fairness he had supplied the corner for Cutch to score, Alan D on the other hand had done nothing. We looked a different team this half and Elvis was the difference, he was holding the ball up and providing a challenge for the Dung defenders. In one piece of delightful play he got in a cross from an impossible situation but nobody could take advantage of it. The mutton dummy flagged for offside against Ally with a Dung defender actually two yards behind him and then later on penalised Elvis when a Dung defender was pulling his shirt and should have been a penalty. I thought this time Lee Doherty was going to punch him but he merely gave him a piece of his mind.

Ally failed to find a telling cross when in a good position and Alan D despite a good turn and shot from the edge of box, failed to beat Morgan. On the hour mark, Alan D made way for Gavin Taggart with Kane moving on to the wing. Gavin was no sooner on the field when he was booked, for his first tackle, a mite harsh seeing the dick-head had let Dung players off with murder earlier. Jenks then missed with a free header when he looked odds-on to score from an Ally corner. With 15 minutes to go Kane saw red after a brutal challenge by Gallagher, they both should have been sent off for the Dung player lifted his hands, but the dick-head only sent the United player for an early bath. It now was a case of holding on and Ally made way for Young Jamie Davidson to try inject a bit of life into the match.

United despite being a man short played alright and I think with a bit of care could of got the three points. As they broke in attack after a Dung corner Jamie was 'felled' by a punch near the centre circle, missed by all four officials, see no evil, hear no evil and no action was taken. Johnny Taylor, who will miss United's trip to the Oval next week, had his worst game and got booked for winning the ball by the dick-head, the mid boggles. Not to be outdone Cookie was booked for a professional foul making five yellows and a red for United and only three for the Dung animals. United easily held out for the point and on their second-half showing they fully deserved it. I think Spike and the boys have got to face it, Elvis does some silly things, but he's the best man to lead our line, you know it makes sense, select the enigma!

Nelson (6), Rodgers (7) Black (7), Cookie (6), Taylor (6), Carson (5)(Sub: Elvis 7,), Alan D (5)(Sub: Gavin 6,), Jenks (5), Kane (5), Ally (6)(Sub: Davidson 6,),
Cutch (8)

Man of the match: Cutch