Ballymena United F.C.

They're four losses on the bounce, and their manager could be the next one.

And how much do we read into these winning runs of Glentoran and Ballymena? As week on week, this massive mid-table seems to be expanding.

Stick some dough in the meter as it's time for another weekly edition of your favorite Kicking Match.

[upbeat music] And here to talk about another weekend of football, on this occasion, is Caoilinn Leeper.

Like, there's been clearly players coming through the Irish League and eventually then playing for Northern Ireland over the years.

Of course, there has been.

But I, I still struggle to get my head round that that guy, Trey Hume, is the same guy that was at Ballymena a couple of years ago.

And, you know, I was there at, um, Windsor Park just by chance when Kaide O'Neill got his debut.

I seen those two players play tonight and over the last four matches, and I'm not just saying this, it's, it is hard to remember players that have been that consistent for us over such a period of time, and not just that, the consistency, it's how they're improving.

Like, Trey Hume was playing at Ballymena United about four seasons ago, and what he's doing now, you know, against potential Ballon d'Or winners, not giving them a sniff over 180 minutes.

And Shay Charles, he is so impressive from his blocks that he did, uh, at home to Hungary to last-ditch tackles that he did at the edge of the box today.

He, he wins things defensively, and he creates things offensively and just makes it tick in midfield.