Naomi fancies a bridie and the pubic bone isn’t of the funny variety.

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July 23, 2008

Late. Keith Anderson phoned at an inopportune moment this afternoon. I’d just found out two pieces of bad news as far as we as a club are concerned. He wanted to ask me what my thoughts and hopes for the new season were and if I come across as subdued or resistant when his article comes out tomorrow or Friday just remember I’m not the type to be down for long.

Naomi is signing for Forfar today or tomorrow and I genuinely wish him all the best. As a manager you are resigned to losing your better players but three at one go is a bit much. I started EOS management in 92/93 season and apart from a spell at Meadowbank in the SFL I’ve been in this league ever since.

Only once in the past have I lost more than one player upstairs in the close season and that was two. I’ve never lost three players to the SFL as we’ve done this time round. John Bird and Stewart Purvis left me at Whitehill to join Montrose and I got them back a season later but I wouldn’t wish that on Kevin, Jono or Ross. I hope they do well.

Ross scored a lot of goals or us in his two seasons with the club; he played in a number of positions and was an important Spartan both on and off the field. Good luck in the future Naomi and listen to everything your dad says.

Cloudie phoned after the news about Ross came through and just before the EOS scribe came on the blower. After the calls I looked up the cause of his ongoing problems. Here’s an extract

“Frustratingly, Osteitis Pubis can be resistant to treatment and can last between 6 months and two years before symptoms resolve…….Treatment options for those with acute symptoms are pretty limited.”

And so it goes on. Keith said the consultants were getting excited because it is sometimes hard to make out on the scan but his condition is so acute it sticks out like a sore thumb (I suppose a sore bum is nearer the mark). See you when we see you Cloudie. On the park that is because I know you’ll be about the club.

There you have it - not good news this evening.

As well as being p***ed off I feel as though I’ve let Chris, Robbie, Nicky, Daryl and Deano down, telling them they’ve joined a very talented group of players.

In fact they have but the group is not quite as big as it looked like it was going to be a couple of months ago.

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