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Diary - Friday 29 May 2009

29 May 2009

Was Mr Newell right to let James Hunt go and re-sign that Clarke? For sure, Clarke will have been cheap - he gets panic-stricken when the end of a contract approaches ever since he went out of the league with Boston. And Clarke is also pathetically versatile, and a nice quiet sort of chap to boot. Hunt, meanwhile, is a stubborn bugger with a track record of not backing down in an argument, who also expected a longer contract. But in other respects he is a model professional who came back after a long period out of the team and immediately looked like he had never been away. An ideal defensive foil to that yet-to-be-signed attacking midfield partner? Hmm, maybe, muses your Guest Diarist, who goes on to ruminate further about how hard it must be to run a small club on a tight budget. We can chew the cud all day I suppose, but decisions have been taken and the only conclusion I can reach is that the Re-Newell will require two midfield signings this summer. Somehow I just can't believe we can afford that Sweeney - especially as the manager told the Telegraph yesterday that he won't be releasing any more players. Unless we sell someone. Gulp.

It's going to be a hot day - hotter than the news on Town, I suspect. Will me telling you that Town have been drawn in the 'group of death' in the forthcoming Errea South West Challenge Cup trigger your adrenaline, gentle reader? With Town, Yeovil and the Belgians drawn together, the group winner will have to beat one of Blackpool, Rushden or Barnstaple to make the final. Our first group game will be against Royal Racing Football Club Montegnee, who are nicknamed 'the Rats' for reasons I have not yet determined. From what I can gather from their English website, the club is for foreign students who like to play footy during their degree course. Half the squad are Canadian and American but their skipper is an English centre-half called Jon Wheeldon. The Rats play in some provincial Belgian league and are bound to beat us.

I sense I am losing my audience so will resort to someone else's humour before signing off - here is a carefully crafted and quite hilarious montage of the best bits of Alan Sugar, which includes previously unpublished information about his naughty bits. Have a good weekend - see yer.