New boys, old boys, and soon-to-be old boys
It's occurred to me over the last few days that David Cameron's imminent appointment as Prime Minister is a bit like when Chairman George assumed control at CUFC.
Don't laugh, it makes sense when you think about it: Nobody was convinced putting either of them in charge was a brilliant idea to begin with, but both ascended to the top job in the absence of any better options, leaving the rest of us to cross our fingers and pray that they don't screw up too badly. That didn't really work out so well in the case of good old Mr Rolls, so we can only hope Cameron doesn't follow his lead and clumsily implement massive, unpopular, budget cuts in all departments. Oh, hang on a minute.
If only one of the political leaders had shown as much passion during their election campaign as Jez George has during his walk for change, then maybe the country wouldn't be in this mess. The term legend gets banded about a lot in football, but our director of football is one of the few truly befitting of the title.
His exploits in the name of fair funding for youth football are well documented, and the climax of his walk, last night's all star game, was a wonderful occasion. Of the old boys on show, Dion Dublin was of course sublime, and scored a marvellous goal which may or may not (I prefer may not) have been slightly choreographed. Lee Philpott, shorn of his shocking early 90s haircut, pinged the ball around with precision, while Matt Joseph, one of my favourite players of his era, still looked impressive at right back.
Don't laugh, it makes sense when you think about it: Nobody was convinced putting either of them in charge was a brilliant idea to begin with, but both ascended to the top job in the absence of any better options, leaving the rest of us to cross our fingers and pray that they don't screw up too badly. That didn't really work out so well in the case of good old Mr Rolls, so we can only hope Cameron doesn't follow his lead and clumsily implement massive, unpopular, budget cuts in all departments. Oh, hang on a minute.
If only one of the political leaders had shown as much passion during their election campaign as Jez George has during his walk for change, then maybe the country wouldn't be in this mess. The term legend gets banded about a lot in football, but our director of football is one of the few truly befitting of the title.
His exploits in the name of fair funding for youth football are well documented, and the climax of his walk, last night's all star game, was a wonderful occasion. Of the old boys on show, Dion Dublin was of course sublime, and scored a marvellous goal which may or may not (I prefer may not) have been slightly choreographed. Lee Philpott, shorn of his shocking early 90s haircut, pinged the ball around with precision, while Matt Joseph, one of my favourite players of his era, still looked impressive at right back.
What will have been of more concern to U's fans is the new boys on show. I said on here before that I'm not a massive fan of Naisbitt, and unless he's significantly cheaper I fail to see the point of getting shot of Potter to make way for him. But I'll keep an open mind, as I will on our other refugee from Glassworld, Danny Wright. I don't know anything about James Jennings, the new left back, but as a former Kettering player you would assume he can mix it physically, something Aiden Palmer didn't always do, and which probably contributed to his departure.
Speaking of departures, Gleeson to Luton sounds like a done deal, though Lingy's comments today leave the door open for Crow and Big Brian to sign on the dotted line. Fingers crossed.
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