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I've been severely lacking inspiration of late; it's like someone has snuck into my flat in the middle of the night and removed my blogging-mojo with a syringe, Austin Powers style.

But then again, this has been such a boring close-season so far that there has been little worth writing about. Is anyone really that interested in the Abbey getting a new-yet-meaningless official name, or the Brabinator picking up a manager of the year award, or even Marvin the Moose standing for parliament? I've changed my mind on the merits of stability, it's just too dull for words.

Although if half man/half moose Jeremy Izod does get elected, perhaps he can bring some pressure to bear regarding a new stadium for United. This particularly old chestnut has been getting a bit of coverage in the CEN this week, and is already following a familiar pattern:

1) Someone from "our" side - in this case the Cambridgeshire FA's Jim Hill - makes some optimistic noises, usually involving the words "very positive talks", "10,000 seater stadium", "community facilities that can be used all year round".

2) A faceless council bod pours cold water on the idea, citing traffic, or preservation of the green belt, or some other unintelligible planning issues beyond the understanding of us mere mortals.

I suspect I am not the only United fan not to be giving this story much credence. We've heard it all before, several times, and I believe if we are to ever get a new stadium, it won't be with any local authority assistance. Even with the weight of the Cambridge Horizon project and the Cambs FA seemingly behind us, it looks like the councils are going to drag their heels again, just like they have every other time the sites at Milton and Cowley Road have been discussed. Perhaps if we subtly changed our name to Cambridge University FC they might be a bit more co-operative?

At the moment I think United need to concentrate on maximising income from the stadium that we do have, something they've been doing pretty well of late. In the long term we probably need to get out of rented accomodation and onto the property ladder, but if the team are running out at a new arena by the start of the 2015/16 season, I'll eat my hat.