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Diary - Sunday 12 December 2004

12 December 2004

Mrs Diary is dyeing her hair and I'm supposed to be making soup, but I thought I would make time for a quick Sunday Diary - chiefly because Cod Almighty is unlikely to be running a report on yesterday's 2-1 defeat at Yeovil and I've just received this email about the game from a shadowy Town supporter calling themselves only MFB.

"We really didn't deserve to lose this game to one of the division's leaders. Town dominated the first half and played quite well throughout. Yeovil's first goal was unstoppable, but the second should have been cleared before the cross. Stan's goal was brilliant but it should be noted that his first five minutes on the pitch consisted of giving the ball away.

"Mr Slade is correct to continue his endless search for a striker. In this match Town did everything in the first half but score. All through the game our best efforts were by midfielders. Parkinson is again the worst offender - tons of effort but no result apart from being continually offside. MOM Pinault. Town will play a lot worse and win, but they really do need an attacker who simply attacks the opponent's goal."

Thanks, MFB. From the sounds of that, Town did play a lot worse when they beat Kidderminster and Notts County recently, so I guess there's cause for optimism. Maybe Russ should see if all those strikers he checked out over the summer are fixed up yet; some of them surely couldn't be much worse than Parky in front of goal, and unless the Diary's Scotch-addled memory has taken a sudden nosedive in form, even the technically challenged Marvin Robinson popped one in for Walsall yesterday. Anyway, time to chop onions and dust down the liquidiser. Until tomorrow, armchair Britain.