Vive le Maccers

Player of the Month (Thanks to South Stand Says (Thompo?) for the pic)

So Maccers has finally got the recognition he deserves, being voted Harp Football Writers Player of the Month for November. Well done big man. I always knew Maccers would come good. Had an argument about him with a mate in Belfast last Christmas who said that if Maccers was rejected by Portadown, then he wasn't good enough for us. I reckoned it was due to fitness and injury problems, and thought he would shine. Plus, Ronnie has been known to make big mistakes. This is one of them.

I wrote it before on my other blog, but it's worth mentioning again.

"This guy is my favourite player. He may be overweight, a bit slow and he struggles to last 60 minutes of a match (bit like me, some people might say, and they'd be right, maybe that's why I like him :) ). But he's currently the only midfielder at the club who can put the foot on the ball, look at what options are available and pick a Blue shirt out with a pass. He has a footballer's brain, an absolute boon when those those around him are powerhouse headless chickens. Our team is much more balanced when he's on the pitch. Plus he gets stuck in too. Vive le Maccers, as our French chooms don't say.

Best moment: some might choose any of the 3 goals he scored vs. the Gurns last season, especially the 20-yard cracker at the Oval on THAT day, but my favourite is a goal he scored up at Coleraine last season. He played a lovely one-two with Spike, a little feint took him round the keeper before he slotted it in from a tight angle, right in front of us. Lovely.

Worst moment: getting sent off vs. the Gurns in an Irish Cup game after headbutting an (admittedly hateful) opponent THREE minutes into the game. Many think esteemed leader DJ wound him up too much in the dressing room before the game. It dropped us right in the shit, but he was close to tears upon leaving the pitch."