Cod Almighty | Diary

Very interesting…

17 July 2024

Mr Target Demographic writes: Good morning fellow Mariners! After another convincing performance last night against a local team confidence appears to be growing slowly among Town fans. Ah, but pre-season can be a wolf in sheep's clothing. I remember watching Town beat Lincoln last year in a pre-season friendly that made me so confident we would do well next season I placed a 'friendly' bet, ho-ho-ho. I was not the one laughing though as, come the end of the season, Lincoln finished higher than us in their respective leagues, causing me to have to buy a round in the exact pub where the bet was placed.

So, have I learnt my lesson? Absolutely not! I haven't even seen Town play a minute of football with my own eyes yet and I'm already loosening the sails on HMS P*sstheleague. Where does this confidence come from? Well, to tell you the truth, before last night I didn't have any clue which direction our season would go. However, the word of Cod Almighty's very own Tony Butcher has made me believe all over again and he's done it with one simple word: "Interesting". With the word being repeated throughout his post-match summary it sparks curiosity in my mind as to what he finds interesting. Hopefully how good we seem to have become in such a short space of time, but I appreciate he could mean the opposite. With Town yet to concede a goal and winning all games comfortably I rather doubt it's the latter.

A "very interesting" thrown in there changes the complexion, makes my hairs stand on end just thinking about what Mr B found interesting. Perhaps there was a cat that ran on the pitch and made a wonder save or there was a similar incident to the beach ball which aided Darren Bent's goal for Sunderland but instead of a beach ball it was an inflatable haddock. I digress. Missing the game due to work commitments back in Newcastle has left me with little to talk about as, with university ended, all my Grimsby-related tales seem to dry up.

I could talk about last Sunday!...no let's not.

Should Paul Hurst replace Southgate as England manager and show them what real defending a 1-0 boring football looks like? Unfortunately, due to Danny Parslow being Welsh, Hursty would have to choose another defender to conduct the experiment with. I can see the Maguire Manoeuvre taking off. Can you tell I'm clutching at straws?

I'll end it there before I lose more of my dignity!

UTM and here comes the HMS P*sstheleague!!!