Daily Monitor Friday March 19 2021 Robert Madoi It is immediately obvious why Fufa decided to send Cranes coach, Johnny McKinstry on gardening leave this past week. Although battles between the two parties have not been fought in the public eye, an increase in ‘hostility’ in relations was foreseeable – just not to the Northern Irishman. The terse statement Fufa put out – indicating that McKinstry has been sensationally asked to “step aside” from discharging his duties as Cranes coach for 23 days – makes using the past tense technically wrong. Taken matter-of-factly, though, backing the 35-year-old tactician to be reinstated in April is not different from supporting a doomed cause.