'No big deal' as Fulton misses training

BERTIE Fulton missed training last Tuesday night, but manager Paul Millar wasn't making any big deal out of it and seems to be concentrating his thoughts on the players who are at his disposal now, especially as some of the many who had been out are returning.

“Bertie made it clear that he wasn’t happy about my decision to substitute him in his last outing and he did so in strong terms. But I’m the manager and I have to make decisions in the next interests of the team, regardless of whether it pleases individual players. That’s all I did,” said Millar.

“He hasn’t been in touch with me since and he didn’t come to training, although I’m aware that he was speaking with Paul Carland. But we’ll see what happens and right now I’m devoting my attention to the people who are playing, and especially the terrific young prospects.

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“It was great, for example, to see Craig Todd score his first goal for the club last weekend when he partnered Davy Larmour up front. Craig is a terrific player and he has been showing that in the last five or six matches.

“And wee Niall McConaghie is another lad with a great future. He came in on Saturday and I was very pleased with his solid performance, while I could lavish praise as well on Scott McNally and many others.

“Wee Liam Hogan is recovering from his injury and big Liam Carland is back again as well, so things are looking up once more after the terrible run the team has had through February and March. “It would be great to follow on from Saturday’s win, albeit against a team that was already relegated, with a couple of home wins to give the supporters something to be happy about.

“Banbridge Town on Saturday won’t be easy and Coagh United, who beat Ards 5-1 last Tuesday, is a tough enough one on Tuesday night. But we’ll do our best to win them both,” Millar added.