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Diary - Friday 23 March 2007

23 March 2007

Notorious Grimsby heterosexual Peter Bore has jibbed out of training all week complaining of a sore back. And Lord Buckley was quick to set the record straighter than his teenage 'prodigy' on Mariners World when pointing out that the lad had not complained of a problem before being substituted last Saturday. So Peter Till it is then, whom I'm sure will win a very well-earned start against Peterborough tomorrow. Thank your lucky stars, gentle reader, for that switch will surely minimise the chances of local headline writers attempting to conjoin the name of the sulky young teenager with the name of the opposition in a most unedifying way.

Our esteemed manager was also quick to point out to the young chap interviewing him that he would have preferred it to be eight wins out of eight, rather than the actual paltry return of twenty one points from the last available twenty four. Nonetheless his conversation continues to be lightly peppered with the word fantastic and he has apparently told the Telegraph that there is a target of sixty points for the season. In the event that this is attained a new target will, of course, be set although I think that the word seventy was used in lightly ribald jestery by the great man.

To return to yesterday's news, Paul Ince was goaded in to signing prolific striker Isaiaiah Rankin on loan. The aerobically-challenged Rankin may have to get up and run about as early as tonight when Macclesfield play at Mansfield. Thanks for the goal Mr Rankin. Luton's Michael Reddy will continue to play up to seventy three minutes of reserve team football for Grimsby about once a fortnight I suppose.

The effect of defeat by the likes of Grimsby has hit Swindon's manager Sturrock hard. As he promised he would he went out and signed a whole new team this week. This batch included Kevin James from Forest who looked a decent player for us until he first dislocated his shoulder, and then threw up his own pelvis because of the pain last back end. As you may just have detected I can't be arsed to write any more about 'emergency loan deadline day' or whatever it is called. Just leave me alone and click this link if you really want to know how desperate Leeds are, or where Nicky Rizzo ended up.

So, will we win tomorrow? And can we possibly keep another clean sheet with the possible prospect of the Posh sticking the beanstalk Futcher up front for the last ten minutes? One thing is for sure they will play a different way now that Alexander has gone. Resident Town monotone Mr Watkiss has been to see them and confirms that they do indeed play differently to the sides we have faced lately. But no indication is given as to how, so we must do as AB does. Wait and see that is, for Buckley still resolutely professes to ignore the opposition. Don't you just love him? See yer.