Tamworth postponement leaves United on shake-y ground

Having awoken to bright sunshine in the town of Roy on Saturday morning, I was more than a little surprised to hear that our game with Tamworth had been postponed.

One suspects that a ref with more of a can-do attitude would have allowed it to go ahead. Certainly we have seen matches played in worse conditions in the past. But unfortunately we had the bloke (Rob Whitton) who scandalously sent off Stevenage's Daryl Murphy in the first leg of our play-off last year, and his choice to not let the match go ahead perhaps shows that his decision-making has improved little in the last nine months.

So there was nothing to do but wait with baited breath for the will they/won't they/will they/won't they/whothef***caresreally hand-shake between Wayne Bridge and England's Brave Love Rat John Terry ahead of the Chelsea - Man City game. As you probably know, they didn't, and I can't be the only one who thought it looked more than a little choreographed. I bet Wayno had been practicing his moves in the mirror all week.

The decision to postpone could be a damaging blow to United's fragile confidence, with three tough games coming up in the next ten days at home to Oxford then away to Barrow and Kettering. A nice, confidence-boosting, win over a Tamworth side whose form is nearly as bad as our own would've set the team up nicely for tomorrow night's clash with the league leaders. Plus there is the small matter of us now being in the relegation zone, which could also have a psychological impact on our poor little players. I can't see us getting anything against Oxford, but stranger things have happened I suppose.