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Diary - Monday 1 February 2010

1 February 2010

"Trio released" says the superb new official site's banner headline. Followed by the subtext "for players released". Is it three or a badly spelled four wonders your Guest Diarist? Or is it in fact the five that have been bandied round the rumour mill? Sadly the article is all headline - click on it and your link expires, or some such nonsense. So at the time of writing I can't tell you any more.

Ah but when I check back again the link works saying "Jamie Clarke, Danny Boshell and Matt Heywood have all had their contracts cancelled by mutual consent." So now we know.

The last day of any transfer window is a tragic sad pathetic day - an undignified scrambled egg of rumour and desperation. When Palace players start the day dreaming of Barcelona and then sign for Wigan. When Town fans scream for more players even though we have loads of other teams' cast-offs already.

Town, having embarrassedly refused on Saturday the tempting offer of three away points against a side who normally hardly ever look like losing at home, can look forward to a week where our new signings can get to know last months signings and be absorbed in our borg. We missed an open goal; we missed a penalty but heck we don't care. No-one around us in the table is winning so it doesn't matter too much does it?

I read entrails as I gut tonights tea. Others apparently read Facebook pages to try and deduce the imminent future of people like that Danny North. The Grimsby Telegraph is a bit Mondayish today - just regurgitating what they've read on the SNOS. The McCrory saga is sort of dead but not buried so you never know - someone might detect the faintest of pulses and bring it back to life. How important is that signing though I say (trying to find a place back in the team for our longest serving player). We need hegativity. We definitely do. See yer.