U's:2 Wrecsam:2 - In the wilderness

Hi folks, I’m back from the wilderness, or to give it its other name, Jersey. As I mentioned previously, I was at a wedding over the weekend, but was hoping to be able to keep up with news of the match via text.

However, this plan went horribly wrong when I arrived in the Channel Islands and discovered that – quelle catastrophe – my phone didn’t work. So for the first time in ages I went through the whole of Saturday completely oblivious to goings on at the Abbey, until returning home in the early hours of Sunday to a note from my girlfriend’s uncle (with whom we were staying): “Matt – Camb United win 2-0 and go top of the league!”

Good old Uncle Stuart, I have a new found respect for him now. Anyway, sounds like we played really well in my absence. And, in an interesting parallel with this time ten years ago, we did it playing 4-3-3. Now as then our front line is full of guile (Beesley/Butler), experience (Evil/Shaggy), youthful exuberance (Holroyd/Benjamin) and most importantly goals. Lets hope that this time around the end result is the same as it was in 98/99.

In other news, Phil Law is gone, which is probably not a bad thing. I don’t know the guy, and suspect that some of the stick he has taken from the keyboard warriors on the messageboard is a bit OTT. However, anyone who was at the fans forum will know he lied concerning the matter of the £2000 supposedly offered by Brian York to cancel the City match – first stating there was no truth in the rumour then by the end admitting it was true but suggesting it had been taken out of context. Whether this was motivated by some alternate agenda or was simply because he’s a bit of a buffoon I don’t know, but either way, I think it was one cock up too far from a man who’s made a plenty of them lately.

And congrats to the club for taking the mature step of threatening to remove the messageboard (although, bizarrely, it's still there, just without links from the main page). Very professional, and not at all reminiscent of the stick-your-fingers-in-your-ears-and-hope-it-goes-away stance Histon Village took regarding Craig Pope.

Meanwhile, it seems we are trying to entice Danny Crow to the Abbey. The former P*sh striker watched Saturday’s match from the directors box with George Rolls, leading our Director of Football to remark to the CEN that “If Ronaldinho was there, he'd have been impressed. I think Danny was quite shocked by the level of the football.” Never one to over-egg the pudding is our George, oh no.

But I’m pleased to read we won’t be breaking the bank to get him here. While Crow is a talented player, we don’t desperately need another striker, and it would be a shame to upset the balance of the squad when Evil, Beesley, and now Holroyd, are all playing well.