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Diary - Wednesday 2 May 2012

2 May 2012

I'd like to begin this rather rushed and shorter-than-usual diary by contemplating how two managers can say they didn't see a player in their cunning plan for 10th place in the Conference next season, yet offer him a two-year contract extension. That, to your West Yorkshire Diary, seems to be an attitude more at home on the terraces when fans watch their team get dumped out of a cup competition, only to later declare that they didn't want to win a Mickey Mouse trophy anyway.

I'm not one to dwell on the past and reminisce about the times when Town were less shit than they are today, but I liked Michael Coulson and I think Scott and Hurst (or 'Scurst', as they are known among the generation that reads Heat magazine) may yet regret the decision to allow him to leave. It's one thing to say that they didn't see Duffy or Garner in their plans next season, but to suggest they didn't see Coulson in their plans - given the well documented and widely reported news of him being offered a two-year deal - is a downright lie. Either that or the Grimsby Telewag misreported the issue. Based on the impressions I have on both parties, I'm not quite sure which one to believe.

I don't know. Maybe Scurst did see Coulson at the club next season, to work alongside Serge Makofo in the gym or something. A part of me forgot Serge was still here. The Telegraph reports that he's likely to be transfer listed during the summer, while the most talented midfielder to come through Town's youth system in years and the steadiest keeper the club has had since Steve Mildenhall have both spoken about their delight in agreeing new two-year deals. That's pretty good news as far as I'm concerned. Let's hope Charlie I'Anson can agree a new deal in the next few days.

I'm going to have to love you and leave you there, I'm afraid. Ciao!