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Chris Todd column

By Chris Todd
Torquay United defender

Chris Todd
With the lads playing so well it's difficult to get back in the side. I'm looking for a loan move at the moment to get a few games and see how it goes from there.

What a weekend it was, with the boys very unlucky to lose to Coventry City in the FA Cup. We put in a really good account of ourselves and deserved a win to be honest.

I was back in the squad for the first time since my illness. It was nice to see my shirt back up in the changing room although I didn't manage to get on the bench, which was pretty gutting.

With the lads playing so well it's difficult to get back in the side. I'm looking for a loan move at the moment to get a few games and see how it goes from there.

It's a matter of finding a team to play for, the lads are doing well so I need games really. You never know, there might be a team who need a centre back.

Anyway I'm going to wait until after my wedding, which is this weekend, to get that sorted.

On Saturday I managed to speak to Coventry manager Chris Coleman, who I first met six or seven years ago. He remembered who I was, being a Swansea boy himself.

We had the same youth-team manager at Swansea City and we had a good chat after the game.

He went through a tough time himself with injury, so it was nice to speak to someone who's been through something similar to me.

He's a top man, a good manager and a nice bloke as well. Swansea lads have a bond and it was nice to have a good chat.

On the wedding front, you may have read last week that my fianc�e Gemma's wedding dress was under threat as the shop where she'd bought it from had caught fire.

Fortunately for us, the woman who does the sewing for the dresses had taken Gemma's home with her, so it wasn't at the shop and is safe!

The wedding is this Sunday and it seems the build-up has gone on for ages! I expect it'll be a bit like Christmas, with the build-up going on for a long time and then it being over really quickly.

And for those of you wondering what a footballer will do in his final days of "freedom"... arranging my wedding of course!

Chris Todd was talking to BBC South West's Brent Pilnick.

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