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Diary - Thursday 20 January 2011
20 January 2011
Idle Diary writes: Today, Town fans, I am so excited, and I just can't hide it. Part of the reason, I am eagerly following the New Adventures in Web Design conference through the interwebz. I know you will be doing the same too, so I don't need to tell you about how thrilling it is to be working in the world of digitalisms at this moment in time, especially if you're a talented bastard like me. Like I said: thrilling. I sense you all dreading the Cod Almighty makeover already.
But that's just about 36.3 per cent of my thrill quota today. Another 11.3 per cent is saved for a meeting tonight IN THE PUB, and 16.8 per cent is put aside for rolling home late on to my wife, kids, and the cats (who will be promptly slung out of the front door as I walk in). 3.2 per cent is for the news Civilisation is being given the HD treatment. And a large chunk of the remaining whatever per cent is based on Town news. Yes! Town news!
With Saturday comes a game, a game against Fat Twat Evans' Crawley Town. Crawley, you may remember, is where Town kicked off their Conference season, and with a 1-0 victory at that. Wasn't it great to get the new season off to a winning start? And great to win away? And by keeping a clean sheet Against a BIG SPENDING side? Managed by that cunt? Wonderful! Take that Sticky Fingered Steve!
And this weekend we go into battle against the Big Bad Bollockmonger again. While Town's season hasn't been as high-flying as some expected/demanded, Crawley have recovered and 'up there'. Probably helps when you have millions to spend rather than a "good budget at this level". But it's an appetising test for Neil Woods and his team. With Town in pretty decent form at home, you'd think we'd be in with a shout of a point at least. The bookies, they don't give Town a hope in hell. Crawley are evens to win, and a home win is something like 12/5. If I was in the area and wasn't so skint after Christmas (thank God it's pay day next week) I'd be going to the game - it's the kind of match-up seasons should revolve around, challenges, games that excite fans.
But I feel I am in the minority. It's still rubbish supporting Town it seems, we should get shot of Woods, blah blah blah blah. You're probably sick of me saying it, and I'm definitely sick of you Woods bashers. Remember this: remember Russell Slade's first season. He attracted a lot of similar shit (clueless, rubbish football, crap players, losing), but patience (from him and us) paid off with Town's most successful season for about eight years. We support a Conference team full of Conference players, trying to get promotion from the Conference. This is the Conference. Rise above being bloody Conference supporters, yeah?
While Saturday will be a hard task, it won't be helped by the number of absences for the Mariners, which are starting to add up further. Charles Ademeno's injuries show no sign of abating - to the point he needs a knee op that will keep him out for six weeks. This diarist is properly stoked though by the arrival of Serge Makofo though. While he's another former employee of the Bastard Franchise Scum, there's nothing that suggests M(ak)ofo will find Khartoum's head in his bed like Lewis Gobern. Dave Moore reckons he'll bring pace to the side, as well as athleticism, which makes him sound a bit rrrrrrrrRRRRAAAAAHHHH to me. And as a big fan of S&M, I reckon this lad will do well. And the fact he had the beating of Crawley while playing for Kettering recently shows he's no mug (although clearly doesn't guarantee a repeat performance on his Town debut). Fingers crossed, and good luck, Mofo.
To help raise that Grimsby groove flowing through me at the mo, Radio Humberside are reporting that Bryan Hughes is about to join Town until the end of the season. Bryan Hughes! And exciting as that could be, it's not confirmed, so I'll leave that baton for Guest Diary to run with tomorrow. But just to warn you, I was doing little squeals while I made a cuppa earlier, thinking about Hughes playing for Town. Could, just maybe, be the missing link? Let's see if he does sign first - his lack of match action has me wondering if he'll meet Woods' exacting fitness standards.
A peek into the postbag reveals... nothing. Not a single jot! You lot must either totally agree with us (which, given the diarists' multiple takes on affairs GTFC, is hard to believe), you're sick of sending us stuff, or the website's email is broken. We hope it's not the latter, but in the absence of any letters from any of you, check out this Apollo 11 Spacelog site. It should help pass Thursday afternoon, and bring you closer towards tomorrow's Guest Diary.
On a final note, is there any need for MPs to actually visit the Humber Bridge to evaluate the impact of its tolls on the region? Isn't that what analysis reports are for? This New Politics, eh folks...