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Hello everybody, I'm back from my holidays, all refreshed and newly married.

It (the wedding) went very well, thankyou for asking, and I'd just like to thank Rev Stuart Wood for a couple of little United-related surprises which he organised to make the day a particularly memorable one for myself and the new Mrs Gooding.

As anyone who has planned a wedding will probably confirm, they tend to be all-consuming affairs, especially in the immediate run up to the big day, and as such I've not been keeping a close eye on events at the Abbey in the last week. However, a quick perusal of the official site would suggest that nothing much has gone on anyway.

You can tell it's quiet because the CEN are doing what they usually do when there's nothing happening, which is to interview someone - in this case Paul Carden - once, then chop it up into bite-size chunks to spread out through the week. Thus we have; REASON SET TO SIGN UP - CARDEN, CARDEN PLEDGES TO COMBINE PLAYING AND COACHING (a radical step for someone who is, afterall, a player/coach), and PROMOTION WELL WITHIN U'S REACH SAYS CARDEN. I can't wait for tomorrow's headline, which I predict will be something groundbreaking like FIXTURES OUT SOON - CARDEN or WE WILL PLAY SOME FRIENDLIES REVEALS CARDEN. Stay tuned news fans.

Anyway, it seems the Reason deal is all but done, which is obviously a positive step. Let's hope they're only keeping McMahon hanging around as a back plan, in case it all falls through at the last moment. If we're having a new, slimline, squad for next season I hardly think we need six central midfielders competing for two places.