An ice little earner?

The longer this wintry weather lasts, the more and more retarded the general public seem to be getting. On the radio this morning some bloke had called in to wonder why we don't deal with snow as well as countries like Norway? There are no words, really.

Even those resourceful Nordic types would have struggled to ready a pitch in time for United's match against Eastbourne tomorrow, which has long since been postponed. Not for the first time I'm find myself glad that I don't work for Radio Cambridgeshire, who have to fill a four-hour sports show tomorrow afternoon despite all the local action having been called off. I look forward to live reports from the Wisbeach and district Table Tennis club, or perhaps the Huntingdonshire Judo association. Good luck with that folks.

One suspects the rearranged date of next Tuesday for our FA Trophy showdown is a bit optimistic too, but we'll have to wait and see. And seeing as there isn't a game it leaves Lingy, Cardy, and Jez George free to continue their direct marketing campaign to flog Chris Holroyd.

"If I was a betting man, I probably wouldn't put any money on Chris being here beyond January," Cardy told Radio Cambs, while hanging a big For Sale sign around the 17-goal hitman's neck. "There’s no pressure for players to leave, but we’ve got to make sure whatever deal we do that it’s in the best interest of Cambridge United," added Jez. "But if Chris goes it won’t be for anything under our valuation unless it's gets near the end of the window and we haven't had any bids."

I might have made that last bit up, but the fact remains that the comments in the press this week make it fairly clear we want to get Holroyd off the books this month, and in that respect it makes sense to try and start a bidding war, or at least a small bidding skirmish. But there's a fine line between talking things up and looking desperate, and the United management will have to be careful that they don't make their desire to cash in on Super Chris too apparent, otherwise his value will start plummeting quicker than the temperature.