Obika's back!

Time for some humble pie from me and let me tell you, it tastes good. All summer I've been saying that we had no hope of getting Tottenham striker Jon Obika back on loan from Uncle Harry, that he'd be going to a Championship club or one of the bigger League One oufits. I was wrong, and am delighted to be wrong. Obika re-signed for us this morning, though there's no word as yet as to how long he's signed for. One assumes it's just for a month initially, to cover for Dean Bowditch's injury, but hopefully we'll have the option to make it longer should we wish to. Credit to Skivo yet again for recognising we had a problem and acting upon it - and credit to the board too for backing their manager. Regardless of the rights and wrongs about the events of last season and the treatment of Russell Slade, it's good to get the feeling that all sections of the club are, at last, pulling together.

Edit - it appears that Obika is with us for 3 months, with an option for longer if required. Happy days!

And while I'm in the mood for handing out praise, well done to the club for making Saturday's Tranmere programme available online for free. The club shot themselves in the foot a little on the day by pricing the programme at a one-off £1.50 as a loss leader, but seemingly neglected to print more copies and then were surprised to find they had sold out by 2.40pm, much to a lot of people's annoyance. So credit to them for at least taking this step. I've not personally bought a programme for a few years now as they simply were not worth buying for a long time, but judging by the content in the download above that has changed. They're not cheap at a full price of £3 per issue, but at least it now appears that you've got something approaching value for money rather than the complete rip-off they were a few years ago.

Thank you to everyone who bothered to contact me about my comments regarding the green room (Calm down, calm down). I seem to have struck a chord with most people, hopefully we'll see a difference in atmosphere on there in future. At the end of the day it's a hugely useful resource for the ordinary supporter and it is what we make it. Passionate and opinionated hopefully, yes; but without the aggression and hostility that has sometimes been present in the past.

Gambling corner: Glovers v Norwich City. Home win - 8/5, away win - 17/10, draw - 23/10.
I've got a feeling the bookies won't have us at odds-against for a home win for much longer, so while it's available I've got to take it, even if I do have a sneaking worry that the Canaries might bounce back strongly from their 7-1 mauling on Saturday. My fiver's going on the home win. Running total: +£12.50p