Just back

Not sure there's much more room left in this "midtable" at the end of the season.

Quoted from arryarryarry

Amond had a similar response after scoring two goals and was then substituted last season.

Matter of opinion, don’t remember too many people stood up when Amond went off but that might have been due to being 3 - 0 down.  

What I do know is that this afternoon after the warm up Nathan went over to a load of Town fans in the main for a couple of minutes before getting his match shirt on, he didn’t have to do that.

Quoted from essexexile

If you've ever played in a decent team you give the ball to someone who can use it and you don't have centre halves taking throw-ins.
Hoofball is hope-ball, play it through the middle and you develop on the ball confidence which we as a football league club have always had but not now

Good points, Most teams play “hope ball” when a keeper clears a back pass

Quoted from Ahh Sole

Good point. Watching Matt today was like watching the kid in the playground who thought that he only had to move when he could score. Hooper is much the same - both are a waste of space (and contract).

You really don't like Matt do you ?

Quoted from jonnyboy82

You really don't like Matt do you ?

Along with most of Russell Fenty's signings? No.

Poor game in general. Much needed clean-sheet and not sure whether to look at it as 2 unbeaten or 3 without a win.

Attack and defense looking weak with no proven goalscorer and Dixon looking a big liability. Dixon needs to start sticking a foot in rather than trying to press the player into making a mistake.

Midfield looking strong. Would be nice to see a shot from Dembele at the end of his mazy runs - laying it off to others isn't working.

Finally, couldn't believe how many people were leaving in the 85th minute of a local derby at 0-0?! Grimsby road can be bad but it's hardly central London!

Macca was good when called upon, made a good reflex save, despite being reasonably straight forward, and generally caught crosses and corners well I thought.

Dixon was poor again today, not quite as shocking as has been previously but still pretty shaky. He's ok defensively but offers nothing going forward at all, his distribution is terrible and he is very slow.

Thought DC had a good game, has that element of class about him that the other defenders lack, very comfortable in possession and his decision making is second to none. Thought Davies did pretty well also. Very solid, didn't get beaten at all but just isn't athletic enough (like Dixon) to offer anything going in the other direction, one of the problems with us going forward is our slow full backs. Clarke was ok again as well.

Berrett played well, very tidy player, keeps things ticking over nicely and seems more aggressive than last season, has a bit of steel. Admittedly, he was crap when played out wide left by Hurst and Bignot (probably one of the reasons I thought Andrew was poor) but in the centre he looks a good footballer. Summerfield was MOM by a mile, won it, passed it, got stuck in, didn't give it away. Saw him put some ice on his groin when he came off so that's probably why he was substituted.

Dembele was marginally better today but has no final ball and has seemingly lost all of his confidence so refuses to try and beat men all of a sudden, he has electric pace but doesn't seem to have the mind or the confidence to go with it currently. I think with a spell out of the team and that he'll understand the game more and more as the season goes on means he'll improve. I hope so at least, he's such a talent. Woolford was ok but was blowing by 60 minutes, like Dixon he hasn't got the pace anymore so can't beat men and whip a cross in, his set plays were poor as well. He did a job in helping out Dixon though.

Jones offered nothing for long periods but nearly scored when he worked that opening quite late on with his strength and skill, his shot wasn't quite powerful enough though. Needs to be more selfless for me. Matt was anonymous for large periods and couldn't win or keep hold of anything aerially or on the floor.

Ref gave us nothing in terms of 50/50s and was seemingly oblivious to all the gamesmanship and pushing and shoving by the Lincoln players (that the BBC failed to mention during their love in last season). He didn't get anything obviously wrong and there were no dreadful decisions but just generally a but whistle happy and more lenient towards them.

Overall it was 2 sides lacking in any great quality, nobody on their side stood out as particularly brilliant. Thought Raggett looked solid and I've always rated Habergham and Woodyard from the Braintree days. They also looked quite toothless and didn't create anything clear cut, a couple of threatening crosses and forced one fairly routine stop by Macca. 0-0 was a fair result.

Baring the signing of a genuinely top quality striker and defender during the January window and Jamey Osborne's return transforming our midfield to be more dynamic I expect we'll stay between 11th and 16th all season long. I'd have take that in June.

Dembele isn't actually that quick once he gets going - definitely not 'electric' page. He's got good acceleration from a standing start which is why he can often skip past bigger players and make them look cumbersome, but in a foot race he tends to get caught. We could do with him getting the ball a bit further up the field so, when he gets past a player, they don't have the space and time to catch up with him again.

That said, it would be useful overall if we got the ball out to our wingers much more often. They just don't get the chance to do anything much but defend the way we're playing at the moment.

Love how JJ Hooper is getting a load of excrement even though he didn't play today and had only played a handful of games for us. Keep on with that good support guys!

He's scored 2 goals in 4 starts.

Quoted from sam gy

Love how JJ Hooper is getting a load of excrement even though he didn't play today and had only played a handful of games for us. Keep on with that good support guys!

He's scored 2 goals in 4 starts.

Do you actually go to the games?