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Diary - Wednesday 30 August 2006

30 August 2006

Howdy. Hmmm, not a lot to tell you about today. Shall we make this brief so your Stand-In Diary can nip to the pub for a lunchtime pint?

Midnight tomorrow. That's the deadline for Graham Rodgers' eternal attempts to strengthen his squad, according to David Pye's succinct snapshot of the current situation. No word on who might be coming and going, but if things start to warm up it might be the cue for a rolling diary tomorrow.

With the club riding along on a crest of a wave (ahem), the decision has been made to hold a fans' forum in the very near future. Which you can watch on Mariners World. And, er, that's as much as we know, because that's as much as the club has decided to tell us. There's plenty to debate regarding the club at the moment so there is good chance of a heated night. Which means all too suddenly I am relaying the most predictable news of all: the reserves lost yesterday, 4-0.

The OS warms up for Friday night's game (yes, Friday again...) against Macclesfield with a piece reminding us about last season, something about the first five games don't really matter despite Town starting last season like shit off a stick.. It's clearly a work of fiction and pure fantasy; the author's "abiding memory of our last meeting with the Silkmen was of the sight of over 2,000 fans forming a sea of black and white and singing their hearts out [at Moss Rose]." My abiding memory of last season's trip to Macclesfield was how, like the news wires today, quiet it was.