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Diary - Thursday 13 January 2011

13 January 2011

Bloody hell. It was hard work eating half of that pork pie, I can tell you. It was a monster. Ah, hello, and welcome, dear reader, to the Thursday diary, the weekly dead zone. How are you liking our use of fonts, by the way? Is it easy on the eye or do you have problems taking this all in?

Messy-haired youth Rob Eaglez is aiming for ten goals for the season. Goodo. Whatever. See what the future brings. I'll let the rest of you debate whether he can and how, and where, and why and all that. All the ruminations on Tuesday night were about whether he is best starting, what is his best position, would he be better coming off the bench, is he not actually 'suited' to away games, and the old issue about plain old inconsistency. Quandaries, quandaries, and things I don't waste my time thinking about any more. I leave that to Neil Woods. It's his job. I really don't care what he decides. He gets angry at the players? I, probably like the players, just shrug. Town pay very well by Conference standards, but Town only fleetingly play well by Conference standards. Consistency issues, malaise, or just a very thin squad that lacks balance and versatility? Who knows. Just sort it Woodses, eh.

Instead I waste my life reading articles about fish eating dead skin off a reporter's feet, wondering if there is any hope for (great white elephant) the Garth Lane development to actually ever get built, getting freaked out by Keith Brookes staring into the camera, and councillor Liz Redfern saying things like "It was an important meeting [at 10 Downing Street] and I wouldn't have wanted to miss it because IT WAS A CHANCE TO MEET DAVE AND ERIC, MY HEROES!" Riddle me this, fellow fans: can the Localism Bill help out the Mariners in any way? I fear a sneaky exploitation of this bill to resurrect the Fentydome. Hey ho. You dug that hole already Fenty. Did you let go of the spade?

A little further afield from Town is news that Paul Walden is leaving Louth Town at the end of the season, citing "the set-up off the field not matching what [the club] is trying to do on it". After two consecutive promotions under Walden, it'll be a loss for the club, but a reminder how much clubs even lower down the football pyramid from Town are desperate just for the numbers to make the club run. Do lower-league managers get angry with their players?

Ffffinally, North East Lincolnshire GCSE students have for the first time bettered the national average for students achieving five A*-C GCSEs (including English and maths exams). For the first time! Unbelievable it has been that long, but well done to all involved. We hope some of those grade improvements were a result of reading this website and Tony Butcher's reports - which might account for the 176.7 per cent rise in references to Pink Floyd in the region's GCSE exams.