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Diary - Thursday 1 October 2009
1 October 2009
Today's turn at Tell The Telegraph We've Not Been The Best Lately But We'll Get Better Now, Honest falls to Adam Proudlock. In the wake of Town's latest complete failure to perform, compete and generally not take the piss out of the fans who pay their wages, in last night's 3-2 defeat at Chesterfield, the Shropshire-born forward spoke to the local paper and said: "It's disappointing to lose, but I'm sure we will kick on soon. We have got a strong team. I certainly think this team should be aiming for promotion and if not the play-offs. We have got the players, we just need to build and get the confidence." We have and we do, Adam, we have and we do. We've had the players and we've just needed to build and get the confidence since about 2003. Well, if Town can keep copying and pasting their interviews and performances from one week to the next, I can do likewise with the Diary.
In fairness, Proudlock was one of the less bad players on show last night against an indifferent Chesterfield side which quite readily crumpled when, at 3-0 down, Town finally decided it might not be a bad idea to try passing the ball to each other and, you know, maybe sort of attack and try and score goals a bit here and there? It was another fine showing from Bradley Wood at right-back too, but all in all Town's ineffective formation and tactics and apparent lack of motivation (I know; who'd have thought it, after the things they say to the Telegraph?) combined with another tenth-rate referee to add up to yet another waste of sixteen quid. Dismayed? You should be. Barnet even have quite a good team this season.
Still, at least the Mariners aren't the only Grimsby institution to be underperforming. Hot from the pages of the Telewag today comes this testing teaser: "It was harsh on the keeper and Town, but had been coming as the Spireites turned the screw - much as the famous crooked spire in the nearby town centre". Answers on an e-postcard to the usual address, please.