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Diary - Thursday 18 February 2010

18 February 2010

Town drew one-all away at Notts County last night. In earlier seasons, your Guest Diarist ruminated over a most unbovine-like bacon roll this morning, that would be a fairly mundane result. Town were very lucky to be only the one goal down. And then we scored on the stroke of half time which galvanised the team, seemingly, in to having a right go in the second period. Like enduring double maths on a Monday morning but getting stuck enthusiastically in to double games after break. Even Leary came on and crashed a thirty five shot against the crossbar with Schmeichel beaten all ends up. Cutlasses clashed with a delicious ringing sound; the deckies grafted until their bodies were raw and Captain Colgan continued to lead by example even after he lost one whole shoulder due to a great accidental save. But Notts are no longer the proud County of old. Their team is the usual fairly sadly average old crew, but now led by a few highly-paid skilled mercenaries paid with filthy bent lucre.

Hang on, I'm no good really at this sort of stuff; my metaphors are so mixed my toes are curling- you need to click this link now to travel to the wonderfully funny and oh-so painfully true and tragic debacle exquisitely described by our friends at ImpsTalk to get a proper dose of comic outrage. The arrival of the ex-Boston "fly-by-night cowboy with a proven track record in the inexplicable annihilation of no-name lower league sides while lending his public support to criminals" has provoked the revival of my favourite ever web site. None other than Jimmy Rodwell is the new Chief Executive at County. A man who tarnishes everything he touches: even the smell of him....no, no more from me, I'll leave it to the master.

Just to finish with last night, your other homework, gentle reader, is to read Sam Metcalf's excellent Cod Almighty match report. Manager Woods gave an informative and articulate post-match interview but our beloved club of course makes you pay to watch it. Woods explained that an unexpected diamond formation caused the massive first half problems and his players got too obsessed with their system instead of matching the opposition in actual play. His half time team talk must have been excellent I reckon.

Lest it be forgot in the mists of time I should record the fact that Town signed a loan player yesterday (and he scored on his debut which makes a change). Jamie Devitt is a young winger who plays for Hull. He's got youth international caps and played for Darlington. He scored for Darlo against Shrewsbury and they were so impressed they took him home to the new Gay Meadow where he scored against ermm Notts County. County seem inescapable today don't they?

Now that's enough of all that - if you haven't done that homework I set then it's your loss. I hope I see yer sometime soon - keep smiling folks, I know I will.