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Diary - Monday 29 November 2010

29 November 2010

"Grimsby Town bosses will keep a close eye on the weather over the next 24 hours, with tomorrow night's match against Kettering at Blundell Park in mind," says the Grimsby Telegraph today apparently as clueless as your Guest Diarist as to what likelihood there is that the match will go ahead. The superb new official Town website has, of course, the inside track, having spoken to Town groundsman, Mike Phillips.

Mike, it would seem, has a cunning plan. The pitch is covered with snow and there's more forecast. So he is going to leave the snow in situ in the hope that it will insulate the pitch beneath from freezing. So Town can boast over-soil heating. Well, almost. If I had to guess, with every media outlet in the country shrieking about sub-zero temperatures, large snowfall deposits and the prospect of a biting north-easterly (straight from Siberia you know), I'd say it's most likely off. But if we happen to play tomorrow, I strongly suggest you arrive at the match with warm clothing, a positive attitude, a large dog to cuddle up to, and, most important of all, a flask of something hot. Definitely bring a flask - they are allowed, you know.

Of course a postponement will mean the Town players will have gone 'too long' without a match and whatever form they might have been coming into will evaporate. But sod that for a game of soldiers - postponement will presumably mean that the match will take place next year, at which point there has to be a faint chance that the club will have sourced at least one better midfield player.

But escape from such doleful musing - stick a Leslie Nielsen DVD on, gentle reader, and laugh like a drain. Maybe Johnny the snitch could help Woodses with his tactical and player-sourcing dilemmas? See yer.