Match thread

Davies in for injured Mills and Comley in for Berrett. Don't know why Comley keeps getting a game, unless we are looking to keep him on?

Isn't Comleys deal up at QPR?

Town: 1. Mckeown 2. Davies 3. Andrew 5. Pearson 8. Disley (c) 21. Vernon 22. Collins 26. Comley 31. Osborne 32. Osborne 35. S Jones

Subs: 4. McAllister 10. Vose 18. Bolarinwa 20. Boyce 23. D Jones 27. Yussuf 29. Dyson

Quoted from promotion plaice

Town: 1. Mckeown 2. Davies 3. Andrew 5. Pearson 8. Disley (c) 21. Vernon 22. Collins 26. Comley 31. Osborne 32. Osborne 35. S Jones

Subs: 4. McAllister 10. Vose 18. Bolarinwa 20. Boyce 23. D Jones 27. Yussuf 29. Dyson

Why has Osborne got to play in 2 positions ?

Quoted from grimsby pete

Why has Osborne got to play in 2 positions ?

Yeah, I copied and pasted it from the GTFC Live Blog.

This band is amazing

Quoted from promotion plaice

Yeah, I copied and pasted it from the GTFC Live Blog.

http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.u.....ys-game-3697417.aspx

The new Kante  

[img]http://i.imgur.com/QLBTrYw.png[/img]

Newport go into lead at Carlisle.

Quoted from ginnywings

Newport go into lead at Carlisle.

And Hartlepool losing.......as it stands Hartlepool will be relegated.

Newport and Cheltenham wining not looking good for Hartlepool

Quoted from promotion plaice

And Hartlepool losing.......as it stands Hartlepool will be relegated.

Cheltenham have now scored against Hartlepool.

Can't see that Hartlepool poster anywhere on here after boasting of there win against us at BP earlier on in the season.. Don't know why.

Jeff Stelling's voice going a bit when he was talking about Hartlepool.

Town fans are just the best.

Akinde again. FFS!

Town losing 1.0

Quoted from ginnywings

Akinde again. FFS!

We should put a cheeky bid in for him  

Quoted from promotion plaice

And Hartlepool losing.......as it stands Hartlepool will be relegated.

😂😂😂😂😂

Sounds like we are getting battered. Good performance, bad performance sequence goes on.

The Town fans sound great..........periscope anyone ?

Quoted from ginnywings

Akinde again. FFS!

Was always going to be him though. One hell of a player at this level, amazes me that Barnet have managed to keep him for so long.

2-0    

Again getting mashed by an average side who have won 5 at home all season and conceding at a terrible time. Much work to do with this squad next season.

Anybody else think the inclusion of Davies correlates to our poor performances?

Adam Drury scores his 11th goal of the season to pull one back; Grimsby Borough 1–3 Penistone in the NCEL Division One play-off final.

Maybe Grimsby Town will take another look at him in the pre-season freindlies.

Davies has been utterly dogshit this season and Nou doubt one of the highest earners. Zak Mills and someone in as backup next year

Quoted from Grantley

Anybody else think the inclusion of Davies correlates to our poor performances?

Sounds like he is getting the run around again.

Quoted from ginnywings

Again getting mashed by an average side who have won 5 at home all season and conceding at a terrible time. Much work to do with this squad next season.

wont be this squad though thankfully.

Been shocking we have

Don't like to criticise individuals but most of our  heavier defeats seem to happen when Davies plays.

Could be worse.  Leeds are losing 3-0 at home before HT.  No play-offs and partial season ticket refunds promised.

We are excrement, lucky not to be 5-0 down.

Poor, very poor and short changing the traveling banditos

Russ has got the RHS completely wrong with a geriatric Davis and a dis-interested Comley. Dis ineffective in mid field and they are at times doing a good job man marking Jamey when we have the ball.

Needs some pace on with Tombola and some creativity with Vose.

As it stands Wigan will be relegated tonight.

Half arsed or can't be arsed? Not sure yet.

Davies has started his retirement early

Tackling - anyone remember that?

Dont blame davies for this, he is woefully exposed 2 on 1every time they attack

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Poor, very poor and short changing the traveling banditos

Russ has got the RHS completely wrong with a geriatric Davis and a dis-interested Comley. Dis ineffective in mid field and they are at times doing a good job man marking Jamey when we have the ball.

Needs some pace on with Tombola and some creativity with Vose.

Missing Mills & Berrett then?

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Missing Mills & Berrett then?

Are we? It's not the first time we haven't turned up first half, whatever the personnel and against mediocre opposition.

Missing Mills? Yes. Not sure why we picked Comley to be honest

Quoted from ginnywings

Davies in for injured Mills and Comley in for Berrett. Don't know why Comley keeps getting a game, unless we are looking to keep him on?

I hope not-don't understand loan players playing-would sooner have Summerfield back-at least for all his faults he gets stuck in and gives 100%

Davies has been poor all season,had high expectations when we signed,he was at fault for Wycombe winner on first day of season and has gone downhill from there.

This is poo

Will RS come over and apologies to the fans?

How to kill off an amazing atmosphere! This team should be ashamed of themselves. Criminal!

Has Slade already told these lot they are not getting a contract, because it doesn't sound like they are playing for one? Barnet are the epitome of average.

Quoted from friskneymariner

Davies has been poor all season,had high expectations when we signed,he was at fault for Wycombe winner on first day of season and has gone downhill from there.

We won 1st game of season against Morcambe.

Atmosphere back on track. We're the black and white army!

1201 Town fans 💪

Incredible support, being let down again. At least give the supporters a goal to cheer, you twonks.

The team just seem like they can be arsed

Can't be arsed

Maybe they are just not good enough to perform week in week out in league 2, ie a typical midtable team. We need to offload some players and keep certain others.

The team should be ashamed of themselves, if 1201 loyal singing fans (with a band) can't inspire them then nothing will.  

I suppose this has made sladeys decision abit easier who to get rid of, definitely a goalkeeper in the summer please

Quoted from Grimal

We won 1st game of season against Morcambe.

Should have put away.

As least R.S. knows what he is up against.

'Bout feckin' time.

A disley goal that makes losing worthwhile

Disley scores!!

pleased for the supporters....an away day without a goal is never a good day IMO

The Shop has come on as sub for Newport. He's had a hard season.

If the scores stay the same there's a good chance we coulf be on telly next week isn't there?

That wasn't a Mexican chant............

Quoted from LH

If the scores stay the same there's a good chance we coulf be on telly next week isn't there?

Title decider?

Quoted from LH

If the scores stay the same there's a good chance we coulf be on telly next week isn't there?

Would save me 20 odd quid if it was.

Be hartlepool doncaster I think

Another poor performance and result. Inconsistent to the end.

Yeah it would be. Plymouth top as it stands - depends what Sky find more interesting between celebrations or the misery of relegation I suppose.

A bit bad when the fan's provide more entertainment than the players. UTM

Quoted from Hagrid

Dont blame davies for this, he is woefully exposed 2 on 1every time they attack

......and who picked the team ? Only " super morphing power manager Russell Slade". If anyone thought that RS being appointed as manager would make  lot of difference are sadly disillusioned. MB should have been allowed to carry on with his vision of  what he required to make the club a force next season. A lot of criticism on the thread about Ben Davies but he was PH's solution to what we needed at right back!!! I hope that the summer signings will bring a new perspective to next season but I don't think " super morphing power manager "nearly man" manager Slade" will be the answer.

Quoted from rancido

......and who picked the team ? Only " super morphing power manager Russell Slade". If anyone thought that RS being appointed as manager would make  lot of difference are sadly disillusioned. MB should have been allowed to carry on with his vision of  what he required to make the club a force next season. A lot of criticism on the thread about Ben Davies but he was PH's solution to what we needed at right back!!! I hope that the summer signings will bring a new perspective to next season but I don't think " super morphing power manager "nearly man" manager Slade" will be the answer.

going to go out on a limb here.....you dont approve of RS do you ?

Quoted from rancido

......and who picked the team ? Only " super morphing power manager Russell Slade". If anyone thought that RS being appointed as manager would make  lot of difference are sadly disillusioned. MB should have been allowed to carry on with his vision of  what he required to make the club a force next season. A lot of criticism on the thread about Ben Davies but he was PH's solution to what we needed at right back!!! I hope that the summer signings will bring a new perspective to next season but I don't think " super morphing power manager "nearly man" manager Slade" will be the answer.

Well that didn't take long Ben Davis was the best thing since sliced bread first game in when he scored that free kick lol and I see Slades still got his knockers must feel like a kick in the maracas to the magnificent 1,200 travelling Amigo's though.

The players in whatever combination have not performed against teams that have been below them at the time, this under three different managers, it shows that the common denominator is that fifty percent of the players are not of a League two standard consistency and the squad requires better additions

Quoted from rancido

......and who picked the team ? Only " super morphing power manager Russell Slade". If anyone thought that RS being appointed as manager would make  lot of difference are sadly disillusioned. MB should have been allowed to carry on with his vision of  what he required to make the club a force next season. A lot of criticism on the thread about Ben Davies but he was PH's solution to what we needed at right back!!! I hope that the summer signings will bring a new perspective to next season but I don't think " super morphing power manager "nearly man" manager Slade" will be the answer.

PH signed Zak Mills and Danny Andrew add Tait & Magnay as well, I would suggest that he knows more about full backs than most of is having spent a 400+ game career playing in that position. Though Davis is possibly finished at EFL level the issue is more about there is and has been no consistent mid field partner to link up with any of our full backs this season thus leaving all 3 of them with far too much to do.

To be fair to Russ he picked a right back to play right back as Mills is injured what option did he have another "square peg"?

Quoted from Garth

The players in whatever combination have not performed against teams that have been below them at the time, this under three different managers, it shows that the common denominator is that fifty percent of the players are not of a League two standard consistency and the squad requires better additions

And yet we have competed more against better sides higher up the league. To me that suggests we don't have the physicality to compete against the more agricultural sides but have some decent footballers. Players like Comley get bullied but are decent when given more time and space. We looked very good against Yeovil because they hardly put a challenge in against us, yet struggled against Cheltenham and Barnet.

Quoted from ginnywings

And yet we have competed more against better sides higher up the league. To me that suggests we don't have the physicality to compete against the more agricultural sides but have some decent footballers. Players like Comley get bullied but are decent when given more time and space. We looked very good against Yeovil because they hardly put a challenge in against us, yet struggled against Cheltenham and Barnet.

I think we have been pushed around a fair bit this season so it's a good observation Ginny, sometimes you need one or two bullies in a side I fail to see who plays that role for us. Also if you listened to RS post match today he mentioned the word mentality so maybe Marcus did have a point around mind set after all.

Funny league this as this morning we where 7 points ahead of Barnet who sat in 15th, watching the game today you would have thought it was the other way around.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

I think we have been pushed around a fair bit this season so it's a good observation Ginny, sometimes you need one or two bullies in a side I fail to see who plays that role for us. Also if you listened to RS post match today he mentioned the word mentality so maybe Marcus did have a point around mind set after all.

Funny league this as this morning we where 7 points ahead of Barnet who sat in 15th, watching the game today you would have thought it was the other way around.

As much as some will disagree, i think we have missed Gunning in there today.

I think it's pretty clear that we need more pace and strength in the squad for next season.

As has been noted, we've been bullied too often this season and need to add the physicality to make sure this doesn't happen if at all possible.

I'm sure Slade has an idea what needs to be done. Let's hope it's feasible considering how many players we'll need to get off the books to make new signings.

Quoted from ginnywings

As much as some will disagree, i think we have missed Gunning in there today.

Nah, the little lad they had running the mid field and there general movement would have made Gunning look a tw@t I think, but I get what your saying. Though some have differing opinions I can't remember Josh Gowling being bullied by too many in his time with GTFC.  

Now we know, our performances have had nothing to do with the managers. We have had 3 and nothing has changed. Maybe number 4 will have better luck.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

I think we have been pushed around a fair bit this season so it's a good observation Ginny, sometimes you need one or two bullies in a side I fail to see who plays that role for us. Also if you listened to RS post match today he mentioned the word mentality so maybe Marcus did have a point around mind set after all.

Funny league this as this morning we where 7 points ahead of Barnet who sat in 15th, watching the game today you would have thought it was the other way around.

Gunning always looked a bit of a bully but the top sides like Donny.Portsmouth Plymouth did not need a bully more of a case of unsettled side imho. It's hard to be consistent when your constantly chopping and changing.

Quoted from rancido

......and who picked the team ? Only " super morphing power manager Russell Slade". If anyone thought that RS being appointed as manager would make  lot of difference are sadly disillusioned. MB should have been allowed to carry on with his vision of  what he required to make the club a force next season. A lot of criticism on the thread about Ben Davies but he was PH's solution to what we needed at right back!!! I hope that the summer signings will bring a new perspective to next season but I don't think " super morphing power manager "nearly man" manager Slade" will be the answer.

And who left him with the most unbalanced squad that we've ever seen? He'd have been crucified if we'd lost 3-1 and he'd not played a designated RB at RB so who else was he going to pick other than Davies?! Bignot was in over his head and I have no doubt that RS will do better than he would have done. Nobody has claimed that Slade is whatever it is you've described him as but is he a safer bet than a man we took from a career high of 16th in the National League? Of course he is.

People were saying Bignot had had no time yet you've come out with this rubbish after two poor performances and two very good ones when he's only been here less than three weeks.  Talk about hypocritical.

Quoted from Mrs Doyle

Well that didn't take long Ben Davis was the best thing since sliced bread first game in when he scored that free kick lol and I see Slades still got his knockers must feel like a kick in the maracas to the magnificent 1,200 travelling Amigo's though.

For the record I never thought Ben Davis was " the best thing since sliced bread" regardless of any sensational free kick he scored. In fact there are many examples of players scoring against us and many other teams who have scored once in a lifetime free kicks. I will openly admit I never wanted Slade back! His departure , regardless of what JF says now , left a nasty taste in my mouth. IMO MB should have been given more time to put into practice the ideas and vision that he had for the club. We , as spectators , were obviously baffled by some of MB's team selections but he obviously had a reason for these and they weren't just random selections or picking players names out of a hat! I could be proved wrong ( and I sincerely hope I am ) but to me RS is a " nearly man " and I don't think he will get us out of League 2. To me the only saving grace is that Wilko is his deputy and he could be the answer we need.

Bignot knew what he was doing. No one can convince me otherwise.

Quoted from mariner91

And who left him with the most unbalanced squad that we've ever seen? He'd have been crucified if we'd lost 3-1 and he'd not played a designated RB at RB so who else was he going to pick other than Davies?! Bignot was in over his head and I have no doubt that RS will do better than he would have done. Nobody has claimed that Slade is whatever it is you've described him as but is he a safer bet than a man we took from a career high of 16th in the National League? Of course he is.

People were saying Bignot had had no time yet you've come out with this rubbish after two poor performances and two very good ones when he's only been here less than three weeks.  Talk about hypocritical.

Unbalanced by virtue of the fact it was still work in progress. Yes , we did have far too many midfielders but Clements, Osbourne and Sam Jones were astute acquisitions and surely MB was justified in getting them when their performances are factored in?
I don't accept that MB was " in over his head " but will accept that he is still learning his trade and with his experience as a player he will get better.
Contrary to what you say , there were posters on this site positively drooling over the fact that RS was back, that he would be the saviour of GTFC and indeed many had been clamouring for him to come back over the last few seasons.

I dont think its fair to lay all the blame for this squad at MBs door. PH is more to blame for the unbalanced state of the squad. Looking at what we had it's obvious why MB thought it needed sorting.

PH signed Berret, Summerfield, Disley, McAllister, Vose, Comley, Venny and Clifton. That's 8 centre mids probably none of which are really up to it for a promotion chasing side, but good enough to deliver a lower mid table finish which is what we have.

PH also signed only 4 wide players, 3 of which had never played a league game and the other came from a relegated side.  

Ultimately MB went a bit transfer happy when he should have just worked with what he had, which was a mid table unbalanced team.

MB inherited an unbalanced Mid-table team, signed a load of players and left us with an unbalanced mid-table team. How the hell we came out of the January transfer window with just Bolarinwa as our only recognised wide player was very worrying

Quoted from Swansea_Mariner

I dont think its fair to lay all the blame for this squad at MBs door. PH is more to blame for the unbalanced state of the squad. Looking at what we had it's obvious why MB thought it needed sorting.

PH signed Berret, Summerfield, Disley, McAllister, Vose, Comley, Venny and Clifton. That's 8 centre mids probably none of which are really up to it for a promotion chasing side, but good enough to deliver a lower mid table finish which is what we have.

PH also signed only 4 wide players, 3 of which had never played a league game and the other came from a relegated side.  

Ultimately MB went a bit transfer happy when he should have just worked with what he had, which was a mid table unbalanced team.

It could be argued that Vose and Clifton are 10s or at least attacking mids which leaves 6 which in a squad of 23 ish..is about right considering Venney is developing. Who was the 4th wide player? I can name Chambers, Browne and Bolarinwa but can't think of the other one. The fact that Hurst signed wide players as well as CMs would suggest he was trying to get balance but he did not stick around long enough for us to see if he was right or not.

Bignot clearly thought that the squad that was sitting in the play offs when he took over didn't have the right blend in mid field so he added more central midfield players who had failed to make an impact at their previous clubs or never played in the FL, that's fine if you can ship the others out or keep the ones who aren't playing happy, he failed on both of those accounts and that amongst other thongs probably cost him his job. Also signing players "for the future" when your paying full time wages is a very risky strategy.        

Bignot may still have been the manager and our competitive season may not be over if he had managed the keeper situation better, made a replacement for Omar his number 1 priority and added Osborne, Jones and kept or added 2 wide players. Oh yeah and not insisting on changing a winning team or retaining the same 11 that had been dicked in the previous game

Barnet F.C. 3 v Grimsby Town F.C. 1 | Mariachi you're having a laugh | (29/04/17) Matchday Vlog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1fC7iqdBes

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Barnet F.C. 3 v Grimsby Town F.C. 1 | Mariachi you're having a laugh | (29/04/17) Matchday Vlog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1fC7iqdBes

One word:- Why?

Quoted from barralad

One word:- Why?

I stopped it after two seconds.

Quoted from barralad

One word:- Why?

Two middle aged blokes wan*%£ng into a mirror I reckon, If anything illustrates the fact that people in Barnet are up themselves it's this........................... Anyway how quiet where their fans at 3 - 0 up?

To be fair, once you get past their flash Cockerney manner, it was OK. The chubby one pointed out how they'd had FOUR managers this season yet still will finish mid-table. We thought we were unsettled! Right to be chuffed I reckon.

Also bear in mind they could quite easily have picked Arsenal, Spurs, or QP-Ha-ha-ha-ha-hah. So fair play.

Two words:- Fat Wanka.