Waterford United will face Sligo Rovers in an FAI Ford Cup dress rehearsal when the two meet in the eircom league Premier Division at the RSC on Friday evening (KO: 7.45pm). The Blues are still smarting from two defeats on the trot and manager Gareth Cronin is anxious to stop this decline. Cronin will have Cathal Lordan back in the squad after his loan agreement ruled him out of Tuesday