Day 108

No news on the Woods transfer. Maybe he'll sign tomorrow. Regardless, he won't be involved in Saturday's match against Ebbsfleet. If he's up to it and we get him in time, I may give him a run in next week's cup tie. In the meantime, I'm looking to Power and Richardson to forge a strong central midfield partnership.

While we're talking about selection policies, I need to figure out a way to ease Smith and Kanouté back into the side. Kanouté's at 71% match fitness, while Smith's at 63%. I'm reluctant to even play them off the bench at those levels.

I've decided to transfer list Rodney in December (ahead of the January transfer window) if he doesn't change his attitude and put together a string of good performances at some stage over the next couple of months. I'll also be renewing my efforts to sell the transfer-listed players around that time—but it's two months away, so they've got time to win me over.

I had a look at the transfer rumours page today, which I've not done before. Apparently we're preparing to make a £10,000 bid for defensive midfielder Stuart Kettlewell. I'm not sure how we'd manage that. I had not heard of the lad before today, and there are plenty of other players I'd look at first if I had £10K to spend (which I don't—I have nothing).

I'll never read Pitchero Non-League again. (Not that I ever did before.)