So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, good bye
So far 2010 has been quite a year for endings. Labour left Downing Street after 13 years, Jack Bauer tortured his last terrorist of indeterminate Arab origin in the final series of 24, and Courtney Pitt bade the Abbey Stadium a fond farewell after five glorious years.
And now it is the turn of U's Blog to say adieu. I started this blog mainly because I enjoy writing about United, but also to give me some sports-writing experience in anticipation of getting a sport-related job in the future. It's paid off, though not quite in the way I expected, and as of this week I have started a new role as Sports Editor for Cambridge First. So if you live in the Cambridge area you'll still be able to read my ramblings, albeit in a more concise format with less lame attempts at humour.
Writing this blog has generally been ace, and I think the last three seasons have summed up life as a CUFC fan - and probably as a football fan in general - pretty well; fleeting moments of hope followed by ultimate crushing disappointment and bitterness. Hopefully that will all change this coming season, and I certainly believe we have the right man in place to do it - Lingy always gives the impression he knows what he's doing, which is a stark contrast to some of his predecessors, and the squad he has assembled should give us a fighting chance of a top-five finish.
So yeah, anyway, thanks to everyone who has read and/or contributed over the past three years, and I hope to make a return to blogging one day if circumstances allow. But for now it's cheerio, cheerio, cheerio.
MG
14/07/2010
So yeah, anyway, thanks to everyone who has read and/or contributed over the past three years, and I hope to make a return to blogging one day if circumstances allow. But for now it's cheerio, cheerio, cheerio.
MG
14/07/2010
6 comments:
A sad day for me is a good day for my employer as they will now get an extra ten minutes out of me every so often.
Many congratulations on a well deserved position, hope all goes well!
Wierd scenes...
I am saying "goodbye" to someone else this evening so this has come as a double whammy.
All the best in your new career and I hope it goes well for you.
Thanks too for a fine blog.
Michael.
Will really miss reading this blog, especially as a United fan who has since moved away - was a great way of keeping abreast of things. That said, all the best with the job, you've certainly earnt it.
Shame, it's been good to read the opinion of a Cambridge fan who speaks from a well-formed and rational viewpoint. Not too much of that knocking around the message board. You'll be missed Matt, but congratulations and good luck at Cambridge First. I trust that - under your stewardship - it won't descend to the quite frankly abysmal standard of the CEN, plucking news stories from message board rumours.
Have a haiku:
U's blog is over
All good things come to an end
In Ling we must trust
Some of the niftiest sportswriting I've read in the last year or so. Amusing and inspiring stuff. Thanks, and good luck with the new gig.
JP
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