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Diary - Wednesday 23 May 2007

23 May 2007

Hello, Miss Guest Diary here, taking a well-earned break from reading a very badly written project initiation document written by a business analyst whose writing style is to the English language what Russell Slade's management style is to beautiful, flowing football. Tell me - what are "dis-benefits"? And why should anybody be "envisioning" them?

I'd like to bring you some Town news but the best the official site can manage is an auction for a scarf and the Grimsby Telegraph's news consists of Lincoln releasing Martin Gritton and the continuing count of how many season tickets have been sold. [At the moment the best the OS can manage for me is "Error! Could not locate remote server. You tried to access the address http://www..premiumtv.co.uk/redirect/
index.html?campaignName=mobilezonesms, which is currently unavailable. Please make sure that the Web address (URL) is correctly spelled and punctuated, then try reloading the page." - ed.]

By contrast, it's impossible to escape the Champions League final. I'm fed up already with the endless media coverage: the pull-out supplements in every newspaper, the endless TV footage of drunken crowds in Athens or reporters standing in airport terminals and the "special features" about every aspect of the whole extravaganza. The Times have gone to the extent of consulting a colour psychologist about the likely outcome based on the colour of the kits. I think I may give the whole thing a miss and finally get round to watching the last few episodes of 24: Season 5. A programme I used to really enjoy - and race through a box set in a few days - but which has now definitely jumped the shark.

Talking of jumping the shark - isn't that how Jack Lester used to win free kicks? And now he is jumping the ship, released by Forest and, no doubt, high up on the average Town fan's daydream list of those who might return. Not on mine, though - there's only one person on my wish list and it begins with a W...