Voice of Reason, 27th August

Aug 27 2010 Ayrshire Post (main ed)

SPONSOR a player.

It’s an interesting concept, my friends.

Cynics will say it’s just another way to empty our wallets.

Realists will argue this is the future.

Like it or not, Ayr United are skint.

The budget has been set and spent.

What’s clear is this – a team with Alan Main looks a tighter unit.

And tighter units win titles.

On the evidence of Saturday, we should be pulling out all the stops to sign the 42-year-old.

Finding someone to stump up the cash is another matter.

SO Danny McKay is back in town.

The K*llie kid – unwanted by his masters, but certainly adored by us.

Baffling stuff is this.

Mixed-up Paatelainen has been bleating about a chronic lack of strikers at Rugby Park.

So what does he do?

Sends his best young striker out on loan, naturally.

But hey, when you’ve got Danny Invisible to lead your line, why worry.

Show them what they’re missing Mr McKay.

GREAT to see my old mate Coolio return to the Big Brother house.

Me and the gangsta rapper go back a long way, of course.

It was the VoR who famously arranged for Coolio to strut around Club de Mar in an Ayr shirt.

Possibly one of the greatest moments this town has ever seen.

Only matched when he showed up a year later in Vegas wearing the same shirt.

Question is, will he bust it out in the house over the coming fortnight?

It promises to be epic viewing.

HE’S quickly becoming the name on everyone’s lips.

And Celtic star James Forrest is looking quite the prospect.

Prestwick lad James is old fashioned brilliance.

The wee boy who wants to dribble all day and rip defenders to shreds.

And there’s no ego on the go, the little fella just wants to play football.

A breath of fresh air to see someone like this in the modern day game.

And not only is he Scottish, he’s from the Wick.

Super stuff.

BETTING corner. And it’s fast start from the slow living Allan Haggo.

The cricket veteran is off and running at the top of our challenge and leads with two points.

The VoR has a point on the board, while defending champion Iain Ferguson is still drawing a blank.

No doubt the racecourse guru is feeling some serious heat as this year’s competition is sponsored by his bosses.

What a total and utter embarrassment if he fails to bring home the bacon.

Anyway, to this week, where Haggo goes Spurs 2, Wigan 0.

Fergie says Aberdeen 3, Killie 0. Wise choice.

The VoR plumps for Motherwell 0, Celtic 2.