United in Panto mode

THE panto season may still be a few months away, but Galway United got in on the act early against Waterford United last Friday night as they slumped to a seventh home defeat of the season to drop into the relegation play-off place.It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so serious. United’s away record is up there with the best of them, but their home form is rock bottom, and they have now taken just four points from a possible 33 in Terryland, with this latest reversal seeing Waterford move above them into tenth.The fighting talk will be of United being able to drag themselves away from that November play off spot, but it would be more in people’s line to adhere to that traditional chant heard in halls and theatres around the country every festive season — look behind you.Bottom side Longford stunned Bohemians on Saturday night to make it three wins on the bounce, and Alan Matthews’ side are now just six points behind United as the season enters 'squeaky bum’ time.Two days after hosting Sunderland in a packed Terryland, United took to the field on Friday night in front of a more modest turnout, close on 2,500 locals obviously being knackered from their bandwagon jumping 48 hours earlier to bother coming out and supporting United when it really mattered.In fairness to the deserters, it looked like they called it right as the quality of play in the first half was as low as the two teams’ positions suggested.If anything it was Waterford who tried to play decent football, working neat passing moves on the surface while the hosts, for reasons best known to themselves, persisted with this ridiculous route one hoofing routine which should be complete anathema to a side with no recognised target man up front.United’s set pieces were…..