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Diary - Wednesday 6 January 2010

6 January 2010

Hullo Guest Diary here. In a lunch time where the news is either how much snow you have or haven't got, or whether two demoted retiring-anyway Labour ex-ministers can topple that Gordon Brown, we have to turn to the Grimsby Telegraph to find anything to even provide a crumb of comfort to you news-starved Town fans.

In two articles the paper manages to say that players might arrive, that players might leave and that players may stay. Manager Woods has apparently declared that he wants to extend Featherstone's loan spell. If this is true then fans of The Jarman like me will utter a little bleating groan as the chap from over the river has hardly torn a sapling up never mind a tree since his arrival. Featherstone who initially turned down a loan to the likes of Grimsby is keen to stay and one can't imagine that he is anywhere near the Hull first team (especially now their reserves dumped themselves out of the FA Cup last weekend). But waiting on Hull's decision he is, currently.

In the other article the headline grandiosely announces that Woods will review his squad in this transfer window. Which will take longer than it should I suppose because of the sheer size of it. Back up to thirty strong after the arrival of Paris Wotsit-Hilton (whom I must admit I am keen to see a bit more of after his tiny corner-flag cameo against Bury) there is a lot of chaff pretending to be corn in there I reckon. But no hint yet of anyone making a move to take any of our squad players on loan. I worded that carefully because it is not really that easy to work out who are first team players and who are squad also-rans this season. Whom would we really miss gentle reader? - Email in and tell me who you think will get player of the season based on performances in the first half of the season.

Any way you should read the Diary tomorrow folks because a load of you have responded to that Richard Lord's question about the Grimsby police football team being a bit good long ago. To spoil the plot - they were. But beyond that I'll keep you in suspense for twenty four hours. Now mind how you go. See yer.