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Diary - Friday 7 August 2009

7 August 2009

"The squad is much stronger with experienced players in it. And there is a lot of competition for places." That is how Town's manager, speaking to the official site's Mariners Player subscribers, summarised the position of the club in comparison to a year or so ago. Season ticket sales are up and the club is planning to go for a good attendance at the first home game by cutting the price of tickets. Season ticket holders can't whinge because this time they knew that four home games would be discounted to the walk-up trade through this season. And it's a cracking idea to have one at the start of the season - just a crying shame we weren't lucky enough to be at home first match. Things seem better; good, even; too good?

Whatever next - the resumption of entente cordiale and Humberside commentary on Town games? The silence on this topic has been deafening, but your Guest Diarist, gurning one of those irritating middle-aged astute-because-I've-seen-it-all-before faces like your dad used to pull, would bet a pound to a penny that Burns and co have worked out that, just maybe, Town will be the only club out of them, Hull and Scunny who might be pushing up to the business end of the table this season. So maybe it is time for both sides to eat a sliver of humble pie; kiss, make up and give the fans a vaguely professional level of audio coverage again. You read it here first, but expect to hear Town on 95.9 and 1485AM again this season with the wonderfully knowledgeable and dulcet tones of Mr John Tondeur.

Manager Newell, who is taking the team down to Gloucestershire today, has a fit squad bar unlucky broken-toed Jarman, and Forbes (who needs a scan on that knee). But we have a glut of players who can 'have a go' on the wide right so Newell can still choose from Clarke, Jones and Bore to play there. As we are away I'm expecting it to be Clarke, to start with at least.

To celebrate all this improvement in things Town, and to revel momentarily in the heady atmosphere engendered by a new manager, a new squad, and some common sense here and there from the chairman, Cod Almighty has come up with a new T-shirt to start the season off. And it's got foreign on it. We love it - hope you do. Bigger people (up to 3XL) and smaller people (girly fitted and size small) should order quickly as those sizes always sell out fastest. Ordinary people (S, M, L, XL) should order fast because that way we will make more money for the club. ¡Viva la revolucion! See yer.