It's a good thing we got him, too. Fanimo refused to join us on loan. He didn't give a reason, but the jerk clearly thinks he's too good to subject himself to the humiliation of Conference-level football. (Sorry, that was a bit harsh.) Oh well, it's his loss as much as it is mine—it would've been a fantastic chance for the lad to prove he could perform consistently at a competitive first-team level.
I found five new scout reports on my desk. Defenders Prosser and Threlfall (is it unfair that I think his name sounds like a venereal disease?) would be great signings, but we can't afford them. Musa Manneh has an awesome name, but he's not good enough to play for Lincoln. Ryan Nelson is sadly nowhere near as good as his Kiwi namesake. And Leicester's Peruvian youngster Pier Larrauri is very talented.
I submitted a loan bid for Larrauri and filed the other reports in a drawer, never to be seen again.
Good stuff. Well written and genuinely interesting, looking forward to seeing how your season goes. I've just bought Kanoute for Torquay, I think he'll do well for you.
ReplyDeleteThanks! It's always nice to know when people enjoy my writing.
ReplyDeleteI actually signed Kanouté in my other save (now abandoned for the sake of this exercise), which is, funnily enough, with Torquay. He took a year to settle in, then had two ripper seasons before I let him go. We picked up a surprise playoff promotion to the Championship, and he didn't quite manage to keep his spot in the team.