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Diary - Friday 12 November 2004

12 November 2004

Your SGD returns this week to an earlier diary than normal - I'm outta here by 12.30 you see. I don't agree with the whole working on Friday afternoon ethos. Or the working on afternoons in general ethos. Or mornings. Well, the whole work thing really: concept, implementation, execution. Waffling? Turn left at the traffic lights, and it's the next road on your right.

"So Colin Cramb is scared of flying like some big scaredy blouse of a pre-pubescent girl, is he?" That's what you might say to Mr Cramb's face, should you want your own face punching - very hard. I'd never make such a remark. Still, it seems Mr C will be travelling by car to Exeter, glass of milk to hand I'm sure. He ain't getting on no plane, fool.

And whilst on the subject of strikers, news reaches us that Hull have just signed their one millionth striker this season - well done to them. As a result, those of us who are struggling to sign goal-baggers are having to make do with players they've decided they don't want anymore. Snooty rich bastards. We remember when they came begging for loose change, and look at them now, all high and mighty in their ivory towers with their solid gold backscratchers. Sorry...news: Town are taking a looksy at Hull City striker Jon Walters with a view to loanage I imagine, now that Daly has returned to Stockport. Any deal is unlikely to happen before the weekend though.

With DazMans in limbo between Grimsby and Halifax - that would put him in his native Doncaster I think - that leaves Town with fewer striker options this weekend. As a result, they've decided to release ageing bench warmer Clint Marcelle in to the wilderness. Where Clint will go, or why he was here in the first place, no-one will ever know.

In other loanee news, Graham Hockless hasn't actually returned yet - and he's still at Leigh until Monday "despite reports elsewhere", says the text from the club, snottily. Which leads us to injury news - and the OS reports that Town are injury free going in to the Exeter match. So Simon Ramsden and Tony Crane are back, I assume. And that comment about Dean Gordon being doubtful with knee wotsit - they just made that up for a laugh.

Those wanting to face further humiliation against our local rivals are told that to buy tickets for the Lincoln match they'll need to sit through the home matches against Kidderminster and Notts County and collect vouchery things. Whether Season Ticket holders get priority again, or not, they care not to mention.

I love it when a plan comes together.