Voice of Reason: 22 April 2009

Apr 24 2009 by VoR

WHAT’S going on? This nonsense wasn’t in the script.

Play-offs may be bladder-bursting encounters of raw excitement.

But we want no part of such tension.

At best, we cruise through and enjoy four gloriously big occasions into the bargain.

At worst, we end up tanked and facing another year of Second Division beauty.

Such is the fine line between success and failure, my friends.

But fear not. As things stand, we might be looking forward to a nice little tussle with Airdrie as our futures go on the line. Won’t that be lovely.

ANOTHER reason why we can’t go into the play-offs – my diary.

As the VoR has explained before, I’ve got to be elsewhere on May 16.

And that would sensationally rule me OUT of the play-off semi second leg.

My attendance at the cricket test match between England and the West Indies is big stuff.

And, no pressure lads, but cancelling would put me on the breadline for a month. It’s just not an option.

So what to do? Go to the cricket and be slagged for deserting my team?

Or just rely on us to do the darned job between now and the end of the season, then I won’t have a dilemma. The latter, please.

LOOKALIKE corner has thrown up a peach this week. As brilliant as it is absurd, this could be a stroke of genius.

We head to the land of computersecurity where Colin McTrusty is hard at work. The Ayr supporting McAfee king has his fingers in many pies and always has a story to tell.

And it would appear he’s branching out. For VoR reader Graeme Morton has contacted me in a panic.

He reckons McTrusty is all over daytime telly in his guise as Homes Under The Hammer presenter Martin Roberts.

Not a programme I’m familiar with, I must admit. But research tells me that Roberts/McTrusty fronted Wish You Were Here for eight years.

And that deserves our ultimate respect.

The pictorial evidence? Damning is all you get round these parts.

SATURDAY’S clash with East Fife is large for many reasons.

Stevie Crawford’s under-achieving troops head here on the back of being whacked at home by Alloa.

But strangely, this was the run-in game that always worried me most.

Any team that contains Linn, McManus, Templeman and Makel is more than capable of competing for the title in this league.

They’ll be dangerous, so take heed.

ALL eyes are now trained on betting corner. Lottery lad Dougie Morton is charging from nowhere to launch a late challenge.

And, I’ll be blowed, it’s time for the VoR to start looking over his shoulder.

Three points in it, three weeks to play. It’s the sort of drama you can’t script, my friends.

Mr Morton is loving life again and he goes for Arsenal 3, Middlesbrough 1 as the chase continues.

Time for me to get serious. I’ll punt with Arbroath 2, Stranraer 0.

The trophy – she’s still coming home.