After three weeks of needing to be away from all things United, I can't help feeling my spirits rise. This season was always going to be difficult, we have had a bit of bad luck, and we'll be storming next season. Just watch - this has been our low ebb before we are restored to glory. By, those "optimism" tablets are canny.

-- Anonymous, April 03, 2001

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Good to see you back on the bbs, Dougal. Hope things are going better for you. Think you can send a few of those optimism tablets over here? Just to get me to the end of the season. Unaided wild optimism will kick in again around mid to late July. ;-)

-- Anonymous, April 03, 2001

Good to read that you're in such excellent spirits Dougal.
While I'm not on the same happy tablets, there's nowt wrong with me that a couple of really good signings wouldn't put right - not necessarily expensive, just good!
I was drooling last night over Marcus Stewart -a kid we watched for ever while he was still at Bristol, and who I deperately wanted us to sign as he moved to Huddersfield and then sadly to Ipswich. That's the calibre and character of player we need to be buying.

-- Anonymous, April 03, 2001

>>>>> I was drooling last night over Marcus Stewart <<<<<

Does the missus know Clarky?? Actually, I didn't notice MS until he started to hit the limelight at Huddersfield. Canny move by Burley to get him - especially as Huddersfeld were in contention for promotion at the time. Easy with hindsight for me - I guess Tre will have plenty of "Told you so" messages in future.

-- Anonymous, April 03, 2001