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It was my first day back at the club on Saturday after over a week off and with no first team match, I had the chance to look at the reserves.

I left with the score at 2-0 after young Phil Storrie had scored both goals - what a player he looks. I believe he is only 16, yet he went on to score another two and the game ended 6-0.

The manager was sitting watching from the stand and he must have been impressed - I don't think it will be too long before we see this lad in the first team scoring goals.

It wasn't only young Phil that put on a good show, Alan Inglis was bombing up and down that left wing at times and even managed to hit the target with a couple of left foot rockets - very unlike him.

It was good to see the boys on Saturday and the place is certainly a lot chirpier after the last couple of results.

It's just a shame that our Scottish Cup exit and bad weather has stopped us in our tracks.

The weather caused a few postponements at the weekend including Forfar's game against Stranraer, meaning we have no fixture again this coming Saturday.

The manager is trying desperately to organise a friendly game for us but looking at the weather outside, the only thing I can see this weekend is Annan Running Club, or maybe that should be Annan Ice-Skating Club.

Training was really good on Tuesday though. The pitch wasn't the best due to the freezing temperatures and we were worried that it would be a bit of a waste of time. How wrong I was.

We did our running as normal with a bit of simple ball work in between and then played one of the best training games we've had in a long time.

As I said before, the place is a lot happier at the moment and it shows in training when things are going your way.

The boys put the work in but we also had a right good laugh with each other as well.

The only thing that spoiled it was the referee - step up Piedro Baldotto.

Now, referees have been taking a lot of stick for their decisions this season and I see that George Peat had his say in the press on Tuesday.

All I will say is that Mike McCurry and Iain Brines are not a patch on this guy. He just does whatever the manager says.

I had just scored and the 'referee' shouted for time-up, only for Harry to say that the next goal was the winner (he was on the losing side).

Good football prevailed however when Jamie Dunbar knocked in the winner for us after about 40 minutes of added on time.

It's maybe a good sign that things are looking slightly brighter for us, as we also have our Christmas night out on Saturday.

There are over 20 of us going to Glasgow with 15 of us staying in a hotel that I've organised. Never again. It's a nightmare trying to get money from some of these boys, no names though (Lee Hoolickin).

Unfortunately a few of the boys have had to pull out for various reasons. Believe it or not Kevin Neilson is still trying to get out of it with only three or four days to go, and he wants his money back.

See you next week for the Christmas night out stories.