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Postbag: Have the Mariners jumped the shark?

27 September 2011

Once, an incident like a manager throwing a plate of chicken wings at his most well-known player would keep us going for months, years even. Now, such moments come along every week or two.

These letters pre-date the resignation of John Fenty and the media clash of the petty-titans. We look forward to reading your views so continue to write.

Lob-sided

I know we're at risk of sparking the Grimmo dictionary back into life but what's lob-sided? I'm fine with cock-eyed to communicate the team's lack of balance but lob-sided?? Is it a spelling mistake or a Freudian slip, as in "lazy lob" or "got a lob on"?

It's taking my mind off the footy anyhow

from Rich Mills

Letters Ed responds: Wish I could have my mind taken off the footy, but having seen Town at Stockport, I can now enlighten you. 'Lob-sided' refers not to our formation but to the tactic of lobbing long, hopeless balls to the left of the pitch in the vague hope that the opposition right-back will panic and give us back the ball. As for the Grimmo dictionary, that too can never quite jump the shark...

Grimmo dict

At last my wife will understand me! All those years of abuse! At least she'll know where Freemo is and Top Town! & yesen!

from William Steadman

The customers are always right, even when they are foul-mouthed halfwits

Dear Fellow Sufferers,

Having now seen THAT video and read THAT statement I think Shouty could do with finding his own Brain Tree...!

Sincerely

from Rod Edge

Rob Scott is a long way from having the right to call us idiots

Dear Postbag,

I've tried to keep away from the subject, I've tried to bite my tongue, but if Fenty is just going to come up with spurious bullshit as some sort of defence for his managers, then I don't see why I can't counter it with spurious bullshit of my own.

It seems I am with the majority in being critical when it comes to Rob Scott's rant at Town fans, but it seems also that I have differing ideas on why it was so fucking annoying. I know, as we all do, that there are some people at games who have no idea what they are talking about, I may well be one of them. These people, no matter how stupid, have paid their money and as such have a right to complain.

The so called idiots thought the performance was shit. In comparison to previous performances under these managers, they were wrong, but perhaps they're not looking at just the last few matches. If Rob Scott wants to have a go at long suffering fans, after yet another home defeat, whether they are idiots or not, he must earn the right and at the minute he is a long way from having that right. His excuses about not being here ten years ago fall on deaf ears to those who were, and his excuse about lack of money is one of his own creation (did we really pay for Anthony Elding?). Telling paying Town fans to fuck off is out of order, full stop.

I'm at a point already where I wish I didn't have a season ticket because after that rant I'd actually be taking his advice. One last word to messrs Scott, Hurst and especially John Fenty (Con). WE'RE IN THE FUCKING CONFERENCE!!!!!!

from Mark Dillerstone

We agree, so why are we arguing?

Oh dear, wrong again. It wasn't Leslie Mitchell who first said "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted". It was the well-known Daily Mirror journalist William Connor, whose pen name was Cassandra, in 1945. BBC TV may have restarted in 1946 with these words, but if so, they were merely repeating Cassandra. And of course hardly anyone would have seen it as virtually no-one had a TV set in those days. You will all be much too young to remember, so maybe you should stop relying on Wikipedia and avoid referring to things wot happened before you were born.

Love and kisses,

from Antony Chapman

Letters Ed responds: Antony is referring to the FACT! in this factfile. But can I point out, in our factfile compilers' defence, that we did say the ascription of the remarks to Leslie Mitchell is an urban myth?

Those you have forgotten

Something triggered my memory re Neil Murray.

He now works with or for Kevin Drinkell as a football agent.

Regards

from Jan Przeniczny

CA T-shirts

Will you be bringing the T-shirts back? Can you post them to America, and if so, what is the cost? Have lived in the States for four years and miss the town. Thought a T-shirt or too might help the blues disappear (and confuse the yanks!).

BTW have loved Cod Almighty since I was a teenager. Would it be possible to subscribe to the fanzine and have it sent to me? UTM!!!!

from Robert Clark

Letters Ed responds: Thanks also to David Bennington for asking after our T-shirts. Watch this space for new designs, but we still have several (if they are not new, I guess they must be classic) designs in stock, at least in Medium and Large sizes, so contact CA T-shirt man with your sartorial needs. You can't really subscribe to Cod Almighty - just click on our website (I don't think we've fallen foul of the USA PATRIOT Act, so it should b

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