I'm too excited to write anything

It's just too exciting for words being an Arab right now. In fact, the only one letting the side down at the moment is me.

Forgive me father, for I have sinned - it's been two months since my last blog entry. I'd like to use the excuse that I've been too busy with work, but as my job is supposed to be about digital publishing, it's a pretty lame one.

Since my last entry, the following things have happened - we've gone another eight games unbeaten, had two thrilling 2-2 draws with the Old Firm, signed Lee Wilkie, Sean Dillon, Darren Dods and David Robertson to long-term deals and got a promise from Craig Levein that he's intending to stick around for some time.

Not too shabby at all.

Sunday's Scottish Cup tie at Ochilview was a bit of light relief in the midst of all the SPL action. For fans of a certain vintage like me, it was brilliant to be standing again at a game. Most of my best United memories seem to involve being a teeanger and getting lifted off my feet in the Shed and being carried towards the goal by the surge after another great European goal. Scary - but great fun at the time.

The East Stirling game was like a throwback - all the fans packed in under the terracing roof, tiny toilets and a Tannoy announcer who just wouldn't shut up.

But there were two moments that made me laugh. One was the sight of Lukasz Zaluska - a week after playing in front of 60,000 - hurdling obstacles to get a ball that had gone into the adjoining practice pitch while the rest of the players twiddled their thumbs waiting for him to return. Come on East Stirling - surely a bag of sweeties and fizzy pop for one ball boy wouldn't break the bank!

The other great moments came when a particularly flame-haired police officer patrolling behind the goal came in for dog's abuse from the United fans. Chants of "ginger hair is unacceptable" and "your hair, your hair, your hair is on fire" had his colleagues in blue cracking up.

Anyway, back to the bread and butter this week with the visit of Motherwell. Warren Feeney, who's been very impressive in recent weeks, should be back in the team, leaving the fit-again Francisco Sandaza tearing up and down the touchline in his tracksuit again trying to catch Craig's eye.

As predicted in this very blog, Warren's on-loan colleague Roy O'Donovan didn't stick around at Tannadice after Christmas. His admission that he "didn't do his homework on Dundee United or the SPL" told you eveything you needed to know about a big-time Charlie who felt he would walk into the diddy Scottish team. Good luck at Blackpool now, Roy.

Finally, congratulations to the board and everyone at Tannadice for returning the club's first profit since 1997. Eddie's legacy lives on.