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Diary - Tuesday 7 June 2011

7 June 2011

So there you are. All that patience has paid off. Town Management Duo (hereby known as TMD) have made their first signing. In comes right-back Gary Silk from Mansfield to become the latest in a long line of Garys to play their trade for the Mariners. It's clear from the interview that the TMD targeted the player, and given their reputation at Boston of having a pretty strong and tight back-line this may come as little surprise, especially with the departure of Straight Peter Bore.

Silk's been quick to roll out the fresh start hopes lines, but has a point in that three years playing in the Conference is tidy experience, and he hopes he can add to "what looks like being a good squad next season." Squad? Which squad is Silk looking at? We're not sure, so the only feasible theory is the TMD have given Silk a view of their Scout 7 wishlist. Or the lad has set his expectation management to "low".

The Grimmo Telegraph will be rubbing their hands at the puns derived from the new signing's surname. Like Silk transfer goes smoothly. Did you see what they did there? Personally, I prefer Harrison Dunk.

A quick scoot on the internet (how modern, etc) finds Silk is also on the Twitterz, which is certainly going to be, ahem, interesting given Fenty's recent remarks on how modern seems to mean "use a computer". Not sure what GTFC's staff policy is on social media usage is, but after the club's recent attempt to get content removed from Facebook I'm sure we'll find out soon enough. Using the hastag #fuckoffashcloud is totally acceptable in my books though, Gary.

So, the rebuild has started. What's next? Who is next? We'll just have to wait and see.