McEvilly in, Quinn out, new managers, er, shake it all about

Hurrah, we have a new player. Well actually more like a slightly soiled, nearly new player, with several previous owners, but anyway, Evil will be leading our line next season after spurning "options at other clubs" and rejecting the chance to become John Hartson's full time body double to sign a two-year contract at the Abbey.

At this stage any player coming in has to be a positive move, especially one of Evil's proven quality. For the second half of last season he was our most consistent striker, playing the target man role to perfection and bringing others into play with no little skill. He's certainly more than just a big, immobile, lump up front (hello LFW), and should be an asset to the squad. Nice to see he's moving to the area as well, that's the sort of commitment we should be looking for.

Interesting comments about JQ as well, although I guess we should take them with a pinch of salt - it's easy to have a go at the manager who didn't want to sign you after all.

After Evil put the boot into Jimmy, our former manager decided to stick one back on the big man by claiming that “he had a bit of an issue with his weight, he had trouble getting fit after the injury, he lives in Liverpool and doesn’t drive, blah blah.” If he had trouble getting fit, that must be why you chose to play him for 90 minutes in both our last two games, eh Jimmy.

Other than that, the interview is a bit like a mini-version of one of those property programmes, but without Sarah Beeney. “I couldn’t sell my house and move down to Cambridge” confirmed JQ, before intimating that, quelle surprise, his departure was facilitated by the board. As ever the former Northern Ireland international isn’t short of confidence in his own ability to find new employment, ominously warning that he’ll “be giving Setanta a ring to see if they want him to do any commentary on the games.” Hmm, imagine a Paul Parker/Jimmy Quinn combo, bet that’d get subscriptions rolling in.

Anyway, the latest names in the frame to replace JQ include John Deehan (hmm), Justin Edinburgh (bigger hmmm) and Steve King (smaller hmm). None of them exactly get my pulse racing, but there we go, I’m sure the board will select a good candidate. Maybe. Apparently Phil Law wants a shortlist of “three proven candidates with one out of Leftfield”. Quite why he would be interested in an electronic-dance artist as manager is anyone’s guess, but perhaps he could pull a few strings and get a decent P.A. system set up so we in the Habbin could actually hear what’s going on.