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Diary - Friday 6 August 2004

6 August 2004

Afternoon. Special Guest Diary today as regular Guest Diary is still on a sabbatical. And normal Diary is down the pub, probably.

Anyway, on with the newsiness. Russ has knocked out the old "no pain, no gain" line to his squad, insisting that if they're not in agony after the match then they can't have been trying hard enough. If they are in discomfort then they've obviously had a good match - or picked up an injury. He then says that we might not win for a bit, or words to that effect. Maybe. I dunno. Anyway, the gist of it is this: we might not win until the team settles down, but they better bloody well try really hard to win or else.

At the bottom of the article, the OS have sneakily sneaked in a sneakity sneaky line about Clint Marcelle signing a short-term contract. They don't make it clear how short this contract is though, so we'll assume it's one of those weekly efforts like what Daz Mans is on.

In other news, three players who won't be turning out on Saturday are Crane (knee and suspensionarama), Hockless (back thingyum) and Wheeler (groinage). However, Ronnie "The Cow" Bull is expected to recover enough from his slight twinge to feature in the game, and Mr Michael "Ever" Reddy may well start on the bench and come on in the last half hour or so. Although they'll both undergo late fitness tests this arvo and well, basically we'll just have to wait and see won't we?

Over in the GET, Whittle predicts the new season will be fast, furious and physical. Phwoar, eh? Phwoar! I assume that means he'll start running during matches then? He does go on to say that the team must play for 90 minutes, which is what all the fans have been saying after seasons of watching the team stop playing after 80, 70, sometimes 20 minutes. He also narrowly avoids the old footballers cliche by saying that the team must give 100 per cent. Phew! No trying for that impossible extra 10 for this team then. There's also an interview with Reddy where he goes on about being, er, ready for the new season. God the puns are going to get bad this season aren't they?

And finally, can I just remind you that CA's own Pete Green makes a return to his weekly column in the GET which is always a damn fine read. Have a looksy if you haven't already. Seeya.