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Diary - Thursday 4 November 2010

4 November 2010

Reserve Team Diary writes: Do you ever get asked which Premier League team you support? As a Town fan exiled in West Yorkshire I get asked this all the time. Usually by Manchester United supporters, who were born and bred and in Leeds or Bradford. My answer, of course is to say I don't. I support my hometown team. Why would I do anything different? The Premier League bores me. It is so predictable. Only two or three teams have a chance of winning it. About five teams fight it out for a European place and the rest just are just happy to survive. Every other division of the football league is more unpredictable and exciting than the Premier League. Town have proved it by being relegated so often in recent years.

In a way the unpredictable nature of the football outside of the top flight gives me hope. Town have been playing poorly but we are still only six points off the play-offs. There are 29 games left in this season. It's more than enough time for Neil Woods and the squad to sort things out, to string together a run of results and for Town to drag themselves up the table. The first team could do worse than look to the youth team for a spot of inspiration.

The signing of Andrew Wright until the end of December seems like a step in the right direction. I'll be honest: I haven't actually seen him play yet. But from all accounts he's the kind of player we need. Someone with a cultured right boot to complement the sideways passing tendencies of Hudson, Leary and Cummins.

Now that Kenny Arthur is nearing match fitness again Richard O'Donnell has returned to Sheffield Wednesday. It's clear to see that the young keeper has learned a lot during his time in Grimsby, showing off his new-found ability to Tell The Telegraph We've Not Been The Best Lately But We'll Get Better Soon, Honest. To be fair it's a skill that will come in handy given Wednesday's recent run of form.

Finally, do you get the feeling that Notts County fans had a lucky escape?