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Diary - Monday 22 September 2008
22 September 2008
In contexts other than a massive run of crap results in the nether regions of the fourth division, a 1-1 draw away at Morecambe might be considered a useful outcome - but the Diary is frugged if I can remember the last time Town spent much time in any context other than a massive run of crap results in the nether regions of the fourth division. It might not lift the beleaguered Mariners above 20th place, but Disco Stu Watkiss has his first point on the board, Liam Trotter looked at least half decent, and hey, at least Notts County are still crap as well. More significantly, DSW is inflating our expectations about more new signings in a most unBuckleylike way. "I'm hopeful that at least one, maybe two, new players will be in the door next week," he said after Saturday's game. "I think if it all comes off people will be excited by the people coming in but, obviously, I'm not going to blow our trumpets until it's an absolute 100 per cent done deal. Certainly, speaking to the club involved - and it's a big, big club - if it all comes off, I think everybody will be genuinely excited by it." Boooo Fenty cheap option etc etc.
The web-dwelling portion of the Grimsby faithful may have decided Watkiss was the wrong man before he was even born, but Town's goalscorer at Christie Park and runaway player of the season so far, Peter Till, wouldn't mind too much if the former Mansfield boss were to succeed Lord Alan Buckley on a permanent basis. "Stuart has come in with a lot of fresh ideas, training has been really bright and really different and spirits have been lifted. I don't see any reason why Stuart can't become the permanent manager," is how the Grimsby Telegraph quotes Till, who clearly spends less time than his chairman reading internet messageboards.
Lastly today, an announcement has been made about Town's forthcoming surprise win at little brother club Scunthorpe in the second round of the Dulux Cup on Tuesday 7 October. No advance tickets will be available from Blundell Park, according to the Mariners' superb new official website, so any Town fans travelling to the game will be required to pay on the gate in the unlikely event that they make it through the area surrounding Glanford Park without losing the will to live, cursing the God who created the heavens and the Earth and hurling themselves under the wheels of a passing 18-wheeler.