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Diary - Wednesday 24 February 2010
24 February 2010
Hello folks. It's your original Diary back here again, for one day only. I was here in 2002 so I don't need to have a special Diary name, in the same way the UK doesn't need to print "the UK" on its postage stamps and the FA is just called the FA, not the EFA or whatever.
Do you want to know about last night? It was rubbish. The Diary suspects that, for many supporters, Town's failure to beat Macclesfield, after failing to beat Lincoln, will be the moment we lose belief and resign ourselves to non-League football next season. There've been far worse performances, of course, and a margin of only five points between the Mariners and Torquay or whoever is far from insurmountable. But the great question is, of course, how it might be surmounted, and if there is a purpose to Tommy Wright, it's a purpose that certainly eludes the Diary. Can Jamie Devitt play as a striker?
Macclesfield, of course, are a club with perhaps half the support of GTFC, but one that lives within their means (and treats their fans with respect, which means the fans do some great fundraising stuff). GTFC, meanwhile, subsidised by the increasing debt to John Fenty (Con), pay more than the club can afford for the likes of Wright to continue their underachieving careers in Cleethorpes, only to be eclipsed year after year by clubs such as Macclesfield, Accrington and Dagenham - all of whom spend a lot less money on wages. How many times do Town's pampered temps have to be outfought and outplayed by players earning a third of what they earn for Fenty to realise that his benefactor model isn't working?
If you'd like to ask Fenty (Con) that question yourself, or indeed any other, your luck might be in, as the Town chairman has announced that he'll be doing one of those question and answer type things on the public interwebs next Monday night. Albeit he's announced it at only six days' notice, but you can't have everything. The Diary already has a few questions lined up.
- Should you have done more to retain the services of Russell Slade as manager in 2006?
- Were you wrong to appoint Graham Rodger as Slade's successor, or wrong to sack him?
- Were you wrong to appoint Alan Buckley as Rodger's successor, or wrong to sack him?
- Were you wrong to appoint Mike Newell as Buckley's successor, or wrong to sack him?
- Were you wrong to appoint Neil Woods as Newell's successor? If so, when will you sack him?
Finally today, Wes Fletcher has fulfilled the expectations of him formed by most Town fans on his arrival at Blundell Park by apparently having returned to Burnley after only having started one match. I hope he has a nice career.