Rendell shambles

Anyone hear the sounds of gunshots in the Newmarket Road area earlier? Apparently it was our boards latest attempt to shoot themselves in the foot. Reports that they initially gave the gun to Danny Crow, whose shot missed the foot and instead hit a passing pigeon, have yet to be confirmed.

I'm finding the sheer ridiculousness of Scotty's return to the Scummers difficult to comprehend. First off I should say that there's no way we should be paying a potential £50,000 (plus his hefty wages) for a loan player, however good he is, so in that sense the board have done the right thing.

I can only hope that Fry has moved the goalposts at the last minute, but even if that is true, then why announce the deal before it's finalised? Given the wording of the statement, I'd be more inclined to think the board have agreed to the transfer, and announced the deal, before reading the small print and getting cold feet. If this is the case, then WHY ANNOUNCE THE DEAL BEFORE IT'S FINALISED? After all the various faux-pas' in the summer, I thought George Rolls was beginning to learn to think before he speaks in public, but it appears we will continue to lurch from one PR shambles to another under this current regime. It amazes me that they can make such a pigs ear out of seemingly elementary things like whether a transfer has happened or not, I'm really, really cross.

Never mind though, with the temperatures set to remain sub-zero for the rest of this week (I spoke to a weatherman yesterday so I know these things) I'd say the chances of Saturday's game being on are remote at best, meaning the Brabinator has an extra week to find a Rendell replacement. I'm sure he won't have any trouble, after all cheap yet prolific strikers are easy to come by, ho hum.