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Diary - Monday 14 August 2006

14 August 2006

Despite his insistence that the Mariners deserved a point and possibly three from Saturday's visit to Bristol Rovers, Raham Grodgers is promising that his team will be strengthened sharpish. The manager has signed four players since his appointment earlier this summer, but ten have left for pastures newer, greener or Yeovil-er, and about a month after Town said a new centre-half would arrive any minute Grodge is telling the Grimsby Telegraph that he is now "very close to bringing someone in". He adds that he "would like it to be done by Friday, and perhaps even earlier", so supporters can realistically expect the move to be completed by the end of January's transfer window - or possibly this week if the manager mentions to his transfer target that there's a family fun day at Cleethorpes Boating Lake this Saturday.

If you've managed to stay awake through the club's latest 'war of words' with the local media, then the Diary will have two of whatever you're on. And until such time as these mighty stimulants arrive in the Diary's possession I will abdicate my quasi-journalistic responsibility to read carefully through John Fenty's latest stroppy, nay, antagonistic outpourings on the subject and decide whether to take the piss out of him, the club's official website, Radio Humberside, or all of the above. Richard Dawson, for one, remains onside. "A shame he did not make this statement at least a week ago," he writes in an email to the Diary, "but well said Positive John. Please make sure that Cod Almighty folk are roused from their Monday torpor sufficiently to become aware of the paucity of the Humberside offer and the unjustifiable arrogance and belligerence with which Burns tried to defend it. Then they can get back to slacking quietly." Will that do?

As soon as Sean Carr sends his report on the Bristol Rovers match, we will publish it. Promise. Then he can get back to slacking quietly as well. See you tomorrow.