The New Season

Today in training gaffer came up to us and told me that I'm in the starting eleven for the big match tomorrow. I'm absolutely made up at this boss announcement, because it means I can concentrate on my football and let my football talking on the pitch.

Because I'm striker, it also means that I'll have the chance to bag a goal by sticking the ball in the back of the net and get us three points on the board.

I've been training hard all week and I said to gaffer the other day that I'd like to be in the starting line up come Saturday. I told him that this season I want to play in the middle, so I can do my best scoring because this is the position that suits me the best. He told me that this is where I would be playing because I'm a striker. It worked out good all round for me and for gaffer.

This week I've also sat down with my agent, Greg, and we've talked about how we want to talk about a new contract with my club. Talking about a new contract with my club is like when you buy yourself a new telly. You first of all have to think you'd like a new telly and then you have to talk about getting a new telly. Once you've decided which type of telly you want to get, you have to talk about it with the man at the telly shop and he tells you what kind you can get. This is like my new contract, only I'll be paid in money and not in a new telly. I can buy a new telly with the money from my new contract though.

Greg, my agent, is a really sound bloke. He only ever looks after my interests at heart. He also looks after my best mate Digsy and his team-mates: Woody, Thommo, Dubbers, Shanks, JH, Banjo, Ando, Degs and Bomber. He's also Roxy's agent too. He's trying to get her a job presenting things on my new telly.

I can't wait for the season to start. Getting changed in the dressing room gets me buzzing and it's great having some boss banter with the lads. It's boss. Hopefully we can get three points racked up by tomorrow and be pushing for a UEFA cup place come 5 o'clock.