IT'S THE NERVES!
Last updated : 20 May 2005 By United Mad
It could be the sweetest defeat ever, it could be a defeat that ‘kept’ us safe and saw our neighbours and most repelled rivals take the drop themselves.
Or not.
And with a cup final to follow.
Does it get any stranger?
Dundee fans will be thinking similar thoughts I imagine. ‘A win for us could send United down’, and one has to be honest, there’s a 2 out of 3 chance that one of the Dundee clubs will be forced to let go of SPL life for at least one season. Livi are in the strongest position – the best points, and favourites with the bookies to stay up. My opinion of them is that, well, they have just shocked me so many times with unexpected results. Ironically, I can remember Dundee fans telling us not to worry, when we were bottom, as they thought Livi were a terrible side and certain to go down. Now Dundee have to go to Livi to save themselves. Four clubs have been playing musical chairs with the bottom spot for weeks. This Saturday the tune stops for the last time and whoever rests in lowly 12th at 4.45pm (plus stoppages of course) is carted off to graze in the SFL. It will be like going to a funeral on Saturday, except you don’t know who’s died yet, though the ‘Death March Band’ are warming up their instruments and nearing readiness.
Jason Scotland, thankfully, is fit, and it’s about time Stevie Crawford converted his obvious talent into goals, unless he’s saving a hat-trick for the cup final. Actually no, this Saturday Stevie, on you go son, get one for me.
PRAYER MATS OUT
It’s time for nerves of steel, or at the very least tins of Stella. Fans are advised not be less than a 30 second dash to the nearest conveniences as the teams take to the fields this Saturday. As the day wears on, many will be encamped in the bathroom with radios, taken the dog for a walk because they can’t handle it. Many at the game will be cowering behind the stands unable to watch. There will be tears either at Livingston or Inverness, in fact probably both, as teams celebrate survival or commiserate and console each other – and for the large part, the world’s media will ignore our plights as they focus on another old firm title decider. I live in England and nary a mention of the relegation battle on breakfast TV down here this morning.
So good luck to all, especially United of course, my beloved Tangerines. I hope they fare well and that my fellow Arabs are, along with me, glowing at SPL survival tomorrow night.
