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Diary - Thursday 28 January 2010

28 January 2010

The GTFC recruitment drive Thursday update: Paris Cowan Hall will remain on loan at Town until the end of the season, Dean Sinclair is being lined up for a loan return to Town, while Neil Woods has been casting his eye over ex-Newcastle Utd reserves captain Mark Doninger, currently wowing fans of Blyth Spartans. Woods also reveals that he's looking at bringing more players in, "they could be permanent, as well as loan signings." At least he's got a midfielder in to break up the monotony of all those incoming strikers, eh!

It's the words of loanee Michael Coulson that are enthusing your Idle Diarist today, showing a level of commitment to the black-and-white-striped cause that you wouldn't expect from a player we're only borrowing. He's really chuffed he's staying with Town for the remainder of the season, and has wanted to make the move permanent, although that's down to the Mariners and Barnsley. But the lad sees it as "a fresh start and the chance to play football, which is something that Grimsby are giving me. I want to help this club out and keep it in the Football League." Unfortunately the Coul guy pops any enthusiasms revealing the team "were a bit one-dimensional at Rotherham without a 'plan B'." Maybe we should watch games wearing those 3D glasses they give you when you watch Avatar.

With Thursday the traditional quiet day at Cod Almighty Towers, a quick delve into the postbag is needed to help pad out today's entry and also your reading.

First up, an email from the sensitive Jon Spurr about last week's supposed "swipe at me and the 12th Man campaign. Cheers for that, just a shame you don't check your facts!" Mr Spurr reveals there is a charity game against Lincoln on 20 February and an end of season charity football tournament lined up. "Just because things are going slowly doesn't mean they are not happening" he ends. Your diarist, while admiring the time and effort that must go into arranging these things, is still a little fuzzy on the purpose of the 12th Man campaign, who is taking part in these games, and where we would find any updates, but as Mr Spurr says, things are going slowly. Maybe things will become clearer in the future, near or otherwise.

Graham King writes from Noo Yawk! Noo Yawk! Nooooooo Yaaaaaawk! about the 'headline' for yesterday's Guest Diary ("Iraq enquiry in a sentence: they fixed the facts, tortured the texts, invented the evidence, blitzed Blix, gelded Goldsmith, framed the French, wrecked Iraq and hanged Hussein.") suggesting an improvement: "If you'd had inserted 'barred journalists' I'd have been very impressed at your Bad Seeds pun! You could have then added a number of Junk Yard and Deep in the Woods gags to leave your readership rolling in the aisles! An opportunity missed I think?" Oh yes, absolutely! And on that form of failing to fully convert a promising position expect your team of diarists to be vying for a trial at Town in the very near future. Enjoy the rest of your day!