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Diary - Friday 11 May 2012

11 May 2012

Mardy Diary writes: The second instalment of the highly anticipated management Q&A is now available on the SNOS - and this time they've been kind enough to transcribe the answers. And place them after the actual questions. No more cross-referencing needed.

The answers themselves don't really tell us much more than we already know: they like the idea of using 4-3-3 from time to time; they want the midfielders to contribute more goals; they want players with desire and Work Ethic (© 2005 Russell Slade); beating Stockport 7-0 was great; losing to Braintree was bad. That sort of thing.

There's a few snippets in there though: they think Shaun Pearson has applied himself well over the season and made the step up - hard to disagree with that based on how he ended the season. It's also nice to see that they see Artus as our creative outlet and link his run in the team after Christmas with the good run of results. There's the usual comments about the 'desire' of I'Anson and Coulson but they're not likely to change their tune on that - although they do mention their willingness to learn as managers. Unit C is People Skills I think, so hopefully they'll be touching on that next semester.

What I like about the Q&A though is the way they haven't tidied up any of the submitted questions so you get to see how one person inexplicably switches to CAPS IN THE MIDDLE OF A SENTENCE IN HIS MISGUIDED RAGE AT THE USELESSNESS OF G SILK. Couldn't even bring himself to mention his first name, that's how appalled he is at Silk's lack of ability. It always amuses me that though - that: I've been watching for 500 years and he is the worst player I've ever seen. Really? Silk? General opinion seemed to be that he wasn't bad. Steady, good crosser, bit lacking in pace. The worst player in 40 years? Worse than Terry Barwick? I pick Barwick there but really I could fill this page with names before I got to Silk.

But let's settle this once and for all with that arbiter of fairness: democracy (© 1969 Rupert Murdoch). Let us know, via the usual means, who you think is the worst player to have appeared for Town in the last 40 years. We will tally up the votes from our readership of seven people and the player with the most votes will be declared officially the worst player to have ever played for the club. Let's be fair and say that the player has to have made at least ten appearances, so that we're making a fair judgement of their abilities. And it's those who performed badly for Town, not those we think are arseholes. Although Beagrie does fit in both categories.

One final thing before I go: with pre-season games coming in thick and fast it appears the club have missed one already - although they barely acknowledged it last season. Barton Town Old Boys are claiming that Town will be taking a "strong squad" for a friendly match against them on July 28th. Although they don't say whether any of that squad will actually be playing or just watching from the side lines.

Have a good weekend.