Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Confessions and a season preview


Greetings one and all,



I trust that everybody has had a most productive off season in the world of TM, I for one have taken up the art of origami with sensei Haramishu. Sensei was recommended to me by Mr Staunton, who according to himself owes his success in life to Sensei Haramishu, a little known fact is that Mr Staunton has a quite lengthy juvenile record for everything from shoplifting to carjacking, it was during an impromptu late night freestyle battle rap session that Mr Staunton met with the aforementioned Sensei Haramishu who then introduced him to the wonders of rehabilitation the origami way.




I realise that in the past I have been quick to lose my temper, up to now I have put it down to my good genes and germanic breeding, but I have seen the light with Sensei and to all those I have hurt with my words in the past I offer my profound apologies, in the words of Sensei, forgiveness please.




For those interested in origami, here is some of my work up to date.





Now on to more pressing matters, following my last post in which I put out an advert to all potential Frau Mann's I was greeted with an overwhelming response from men, women and children. I wish to make it clear that I am only looking for females over the age of eighteen. I will try and make my decision in the coming weeks, but rest assured it is not to be taking lightly, as Sensei says "those who rush decisions end up rushing dinner". Despite his 87 years he is a man with a wealth of wisdom beyond his years.


On to football.

Last season was an impressive first one back in the LOI, I do not wish for us to rush ahead of ourselves. This season will not be an easy one, we are not bound for European football next season, we are building a foundation for the future, that includes facilities. Most notably I hope to have at least 8 frankfurter stands placed at strategic points around Shout park. There is no shouting like shouting of frankfurters. HaHaHaHa. My Germanic humour gets me every time.


I think that it is possible for Shout FC to finish in the top three, we have some splendid young players coming through the ranks. I strongly fancy new signing Alastair Dawson to have a very positive impact on the club for years to come, at 18 he is still very young, possibly too young to be playing at the top level during his first season at the club but we will see how things go, there are one or two players in the b side who I also feel could figure for us during the LOI season. As ever I am still looking out for possible transfer targets. Today we finalised I deal with Italian side Ibridissima F.C. for Scott Byrne, I deemed him to be surplus to requirements, he never made an impact despite the hard work which he has put in during the years. I wish him all the best during his career, and as a parting gift I even made him this origami piece.
It is a Jedi warrior, and it represents his fighting spirit, as I told Scott, "To fight is to be one with the jet engine of the spirit".
Fondest farewells for what I hope to be the shortest of time.
Yours forever and ever
Herr Mann