Subs Eastwood, Ainley, Khouri, Wood, Vernam, Eisa, Wilson

Like that, with something on the bench too.

know we’ve not seen to much of him as a footballer yet but what a massive effort by Callum Ainley must have been a tough few months for the kid, hope he gets in👏👏👏

Clifton and Green not even on the bench.

Clifton and Green not even on the bench.

Green concussed from Cartwrights punch…
Clifton must be injured.

Understand why it’s difficult to get Vernam into this formation but made an immediate difference on Friday.

Bratfud have a winger called Oduor on the bench. Hopefully he won't be getting up town's nose

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Clifton and Green not even on the bench.

They’ve both been poor recently not surprised

Not been a fan of Clifton this season tbh. Midfield in general not been great but Clifton has been very wasteful.
Been a fan in previous seasons but definitely not his best by far.

Clifton isn't capable of playing in central midfield. Does a decent job on either wing due to his work rate and persistence and is reasonable as cover in wide defensive areas. We're not playing with wingers, though, and he's not been at all effective for most of the season.

Up to Smith to impose himself today and show he's worth a place ahead of a stopgap.

Loving the pre match music I have to say

We’re up and running

Dodgy sound today on Humberside!

Come on Town we have to win.
First in 20 years against these

Quoted from davmariner

Dodgy sound today on Humberside!

Yeah me too

What are those free kicks all about?  Lose the advantage.  

Call me old fashioned but we'd better off booting the ball into the box from a freekick

Have to stop squandering opportunities to get the ball in their box, really frustrating.

I like Holohan but he's started poorly. But obikwu has started well which is good to see, only seen him once and he was dreadful

The team cannot complain about the support. The fans are making plenty of noise.

Cartwright injured ffs

Cartwright has looked a better keeper since the change in defensive formation. Let’s hope it has the same effect on Eastwood - big chance for him today, let’s hope he grabs it.

Eastwood gets his chance, replacing Cartwright. Lets hope he does OK.

Usual crap performance from the Ref. We don't arf seem to get poor refs these days.

Another tosspot ref.

Is the ref an April fools

What happened to Cartwright? Anything serious

Our freekicks are awful, what are we even trying to do?

We have opportunities to get the ball in the box (danger area) yet we only want to do it from throw ins.

Hume is stinking the place out at the moment

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

What happened to Cartwright? Anything serious

Looks like he's tried to play through a hamstring/lower back injury and hasn't been able to

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

What happened to Cartwright? Anything serious

JT suggested a hamstring injury - no other player  involved, so does sound like a muscular injury or some sort of pull.

Hume having a shocker he cannot beat a man or cross a ball

Quoted from SouthLakesMariner

JT suggested a hamstring injury - no other player  involved, so does sound like a muscular injury or some sort of pull.

The ghost of crocombe?

Well we’ve got through the first half hour but there seems to be an inevitability about this. Still no shots on target.

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

The ghost of crocombe?

Yes, though Crocombe’s were usually ghost injuries.

Bradford look crap and there for the taking . Unfortunately we don’t look like scoring at all .

Quoted from 140381

Well we’ve got through the first half hour but there seems to be an inevitability about this. Still no shots on target.

They have only had 1

Really do like the way that obikwu is settling into the side. Player  that I’d love to see playing for us again next season

Got to ask, why do our players seem knackered? Or is it just a lack of pace

The biggest issue with this team is the lack of pace it really does cost us

That was awful . Obikwu must wonder what he’s surrounded by

Two excrement teams here going at it.

Holohan and Hume need to pull their fingers out, they've both been poor in that first half. Serviceable stuff from the rest of them and at least we've not gifted any goals yet today.

When we've put set pieces in the box, we've looked more like scoring (only marginally minded) stop this playing square nonsense.

2 shite teams. Its so boring. But, do feel they are there for the taking

So far so good, not brilliant by any means but we're holding our own. We do need to finish when the ball goes into their box. Ref's having a stinker with some unusual decisions .

The game is there to be won and Bradford are not particularly good in any department.

Funnily, I was just thinking how ineffective Obikwu has been! He's got no idea how to use his body and jumps about a foot shorter than his normal height whenever he's trying to win a header. I don't really understand how these young academy lads aren't taught how to put themselves around a bit.

One or two encouraging occasions for us without actually creating a huge amount but the number of free-kicks they are giving away about 40 to 50 yards from their goal is just ridiculous. The referee will surely have to start booking someone soon.

Just a pity that we're no threat from set pieces. One good delivery in five seems about the best ratio we can manage.

Smith has done quite well on his return to the team. Curtis Thompson is the only player in the centre of the park who understands the game. We haven't really been troubled apart from when Hume decided to try and turn on the edge of his box. Bradford are dire but we're simply incapable of putting a dangerous delivery in and I don't see how we're going to score without changing shape and opening the game up.

Missing Clifton's energy

If we don’t beat these we deserve to go down

The better side . No clear cut chance but 4 or 5 opportunities to give the ball a crack from around the edge of the area and only 1 struck with any discernible technique, the blocked shot from Andrews. Bradford done intercourse all, yet us fannying about around the edge of our own box once again, presents them with the best chance of the half, and their striker should've done better. I think Vernam would have these lot worried

Bradford look dreadful seemingly not helped by having so many players out and nothing to play for etc.

Still think this is our best chance to get 3 points of all the remaining games. Can't remember so many balls going into one penalty area with zero chances created - can't get near a second ball for sure.
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Vernam for Hume looks inevitable sooner rather than later...I hope.

2 poor teams could go either way this , I wish the big lad up front would use his size a bit more and I wish our team generally had more pace throughout

We don't need both Andrews and Holohan on the pitch. Replace one of them with Vernam or Eisa and go at them. This is clearly winnable and the 3 points would be massive, but we are really lacking any sort of creativity.

Veggies at Crewe
Sutton host Swindon
Tranmere home to Colchester

Getting anything out of this game is a must. We’re missing that pace
that every other team seems to have and uses well against us.

Always been a fan of Holohan but he looks lost today.
The game just seems to be bypassing any ounce of creativity by town

Doing a lot of the right things, at some point we’ll need to get Chas involved.

Andrew’s & Thompson doing ok in midfield but we have number 10 presence.

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Veggies at Crewe
Sutton host Swindon
Tranmere home to Colchester

Getting anything out of this game is a must. We’re missing that pace
that every other team seems to have and uses well against us.

Always been a fan of Holohan but he looks lost today.
The game just seems to be bypassing any ounce of creativity by town

I can see Sutton & Colchester getting something from those fixtures TBH.

Easily the better side. Bradford are awful all we're missing (like most of the season) is that final ball. I expect Bradford to get the hair dryer treatment at half time and to come and out and give us more of a game but hopefully we stay on top

Quoted from grassbandits

Can't remember so many balls going into one penalty area with zero chances created - can't get near a second ball for sure.

First half stats on headed clearances were - Grimsby 0 Bradford 14. That's how ineffective we've been at winning a second ball ffs!

We need Vernam to run at them.

According to JT Cartwright has an ankle injury.

Quoted from grassbandits

First half stats on headed clearances were - Grimsby 0 Bradford 14. That's how ineffective we've been at winning a second ball ffs!

Or because we havent had to make any

This feels like a re-run of so many games this season, poor quality opposition who are there for the taking and Town's inability to take advantage.

Our final ball and set piece deliveries are awful, no creativity, aimless long balls into the opposition box, god knows where we are going to get a goal from ?

On a plus note, Thompson has played very well.

Something needs to change because we all know what happens next, Bradford will get ONE chance and its 0-1 !

Much better second half needed.

Thompson and Andrews are having good games. Think if we had someone (maybe Ainley?) would transform the midfield

Possession stat counts for nowt if you don’t score

yessss 1-0 Thompson

Cracker !

Goal 1  0 up we need ed that

Pick that fu(ker out

Great goal

Superb! Just what we didn't do all first half. Have a go around the edge of the box!

THOMPSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON what a strike even in the slow mo replay that thing was flying

Simple ain't it.  Put that ball in there.  Just on the six yard box.  Despite not being a town player near him, the defender screwed up.  Good strike by Thompson

Curtis Thompson is different gravy by far the best   player on the pitch

I don’t know why I keep looking at the “as it stands” table but it suddenly looks better

Obikwu is going down too easily.

Ainsley is doing well aswell

Quoted from lukeo

Ainsley is doing well aswell

He's a sub

Quoted from lukeo

Ainsley is doing well aswell

Difficult to see how? Lots of encouraging claps and shouts from the sidelines maybe? 😉

Obikwu struggling now against the physical defenders. Would swap with Wilson.

If we can get a second, I can see Bradford collapsing and maybe giving us 3 or 4

Yessss get in there

Andrews is looking tired.

Quoted from Mayaman

Andrews is looking tired.

He’s having a fantastic game today

Quoted from Nutsy

He’s having a fantastic game today

He is.  

Good catch by Eastwood

Well done Andrews taking one for the team there

Great save Eastwood thank intercourse for that

Town fans leaving... Why???

excrement the bed

Penalty. For felicitations sake.

Looks harsh that

Cross played in by their player who should have been sent off. Screwed over by a ref once again.

This ref is rubbish like all the rest we've had this season

Quoted from davmariner

Dodgy sound today on Humberside!

SSSHHH Fantastic acoustics at the Royal Opera House - Madame Butterfly  sat with my fingers & toes crossed
WE need this win!!!
UTM

Stupid by Hume, wrong side of his man and then forced to drag him down at the back post

Hume has had a bad game.

Season defining potentially

1  1 we don't deserve these last min pens against us.

We just can't score more then 1 goal and put games to bed.

We all know this lot are going down. Today been shafted by the ref. How can you not beat this Bradford side they are terrible deserve to go down

Bradford deserve intercourse all today, good effort by the lads. Ref was always going to try and stamp his mark on this game absolute bell end.

Gutted

Ffs

Story of the season, team of bottlers who haven't been able to hold on to a lead. So many points chucked away from leading positions in games where we've had most of the possession. It'll be entirely up to the other teams if we survive because our squad has shown they've no bottle.

Only one team deserved any points out of this game and it wasn’t them bell ends bradford ref robbed us harsh penalty that

We was robbed by a ref, again

Quoted from Chrisblor

Story of the season, team of bottlers who haven't been able to hold on to a lead. So many points chucked away from leading positions in games where we've had most of the possession. It'll be entirely up to the other teams if we survive because our squad has shown they've no bottle.

Once again talking out your @rse, a lot of those lads really put a shift in today.

Gutted

Definitely a pen . We didn’t do enough to win the game imo . Bradford looked threatening in the 2nd half

That's a load of sh1te.  Town showed some bite. Andrews had a good game.  Hume not so much. Plus point was  that Eastwood must have done his confidence some good.  Decent handling and I can't remember that he could kick so far.

Quoted from DB

We was robbed by a ref, again

How were we robbed? We've not cleared the ball properly, let them load it in again to the back stick and Hume dragged their player over before he could stick it in the net. It's a clear penalty and red card.

We weren't robbed. We had every opportunity to win that game and the fact we didn't is down to ourselves. The result has convinced me we'll go down.

Well flipping done Artell. No changes when we’re dead on our feet

Quoted from Wrights35

We all know this lot are going down. Today been shafted by the ref. How can you not beat this Bradford side they are terrible deserve to go down

Speak for yourself, as far as I'm concerned we're staying up.

2 excrement sides playing excrement football. We'll be lucky to stay up unless there are two even shitter teams.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Once again talking out your @rse, a lot of those lads really put a shift in today.

Putting in a shift is the minimum to expect, but they've thrown away another lead and barely troubled their keeper except for one excellent strike from Thompson. Give it a rest.

Quoted from DB

We was robbed by a ref, again

No. We failed because we are incapable of scoring more than one goal a game, and don't have what it takes to beat a crap side when our survival depends on it.

Our only hope now is that Sutton implode, because we don't seem capable of staying up on merit.    

Will this season please end

Trying to win 1-0 again. What can possibly go wrong?

Quoted from DB

Speak for yourself, as far as I'm concerned we're staying up.

Won 8 games this season out of 40 ? We will be very lucky to stay up by the end the way it’s going

We are at home with the lead in front of a packed blundell park in a must win game against a team with nothing to play for with minutes to go......and we gift them a penalty and throw away 2 points. I just can't see the likes of Sutton, Colchester and Forest Green doing that if they were in that position. Very very squeaky but time now because I think Sutton will win today and they will all be lifted by our result

ONE shot on target...AGAIN...at home...against a very poor team.

Can't fault the effort but how have we not managed more than one shot on target? Makes it unbelievably hard to win games of football.

Watch Sutton and Colchester win to compound the misery. Fúcking knew we’d get shafted one way or another.

We Need a Break from the footballing gods
4 points dropped from dodgy last min pens
Sooo unlucky
Come on Town!!

Quoted from Hagrid

Well flipping done Artell. No changes when we’re dead on our feet

This is exactly it. Graham Alexander used all his subs and went for it. Artell has shat his pants and failed to get some fresh legs on in midfield when they were all out on their feet.

Need to win our two remaining home games now. 46 points might be enough. But this squad are frankly a disgrace.  

Just said on sky we’ve lost 34 points from winning positions this season - we’d be joint top if we’d kept them all. An insane number and one I don’t think we can blame solely on crap refs (though I agree we’ve had more than our fair share)

If that was a penalty we should've had one about 10 minutes earlier, Rose had his shirt just about lifted off his back and was dragged over, it works both flipping ways, excrement ref again 😡

Our inability to score more than one goal and a single moment of urine-poor defending has cost us 3 points today, in what was a dominating performance. Bradford deserved jack excrement today but we've once again gifted a team points

Colchester losing at least

...but Sutton winning. And now Colchester have equalised.

Quoted from gytone

If that was a penalty we should've had one about 10 minutes earlier, Rose had his shirt just about lifted off his back and was dragged over, it works both flipping ways, excrement ref again 😡

It was a clear Pen and red all day. Hume was wrong side of his man and then mounted him before dragging him to the floor so he couldn't score at the back post, Ref was given no choice.

To be honest calling the players bottle jobs is a cheap shot but I’d prefer never to see Hulme in a Town shirt again, no better than Glennon in reality.

Quoted from gytone

If that was a penalty we should've had one about 10 minutes earlier, Rose had his shirt just about lifted off his back and was dragged over, it works both flipping ways, excrement ref again 😡

It was an absolute stick on penalty. Hume was wrong side of his man and the foul was his only option.

Quoted from MaccasBoots

...but Sutton winning. And now Colchester have equalised.

Of course they fúcking are.

I can't believe that. Well, I can, but I'm still gutted. We were tiring badly in the last 10 minutes there and they were able to just keep reloading it from wide areas. Bit of bad luck with the deflected cross, Hume gets caught wrong side (he had a poor game) and then seems to drag him (although the replay was a bit unconvincing to me, I'd have to see it again). It feels like 2021 all over again, can't eke out the 3 points we desperately need. Sutton and Colchester are going to catch us.

I just can't see us picking up the wins to take us to safety when we can't score more than 1 goal to win a game.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

It was an absolute stick on penalty. Hume was wrong side of his man and the foul was his only option.

I said it might have been a pen, but we should've had one as well!! Still a excrement ref !!

We dominated them like we did at their place.

Why did Artell only make 1 sub? Absolutely clueless. Hurst did the same at Bradford in 35 degree heat, and it cost us there too.

Those 4 points dropped will be costly.

The stat that says it all about us is

1 shot on goal

Quoted from HertsGTFC

To be honest calling the players bottle jobs is a cheap shot but I’d prefer never to see Hulme in a Town shirt again, no better than Glennon in reality.

They've dropped 34 points from winning positions this season FFS. I know loads of this forum have an aversion to data and statistics but you couldn't find more conclusive evidence they're bottlers if you tried.

Even FGR are winning

Forest Green winning aswell

Quoted from Chrisblor

They've dropped 34 points from winning positions this season FFS. I know loads of this forum have an aversion to data and statistics but you couldn't find more conclusive evidence they're bottlers if you tried.

Not bottlers, just not good enough footballers.

Veggies 2 up ffs!

3-0 to forest green...

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Not bottlers, just not good enough footballers.

Exactly. We somehow managed to assemble a dreadful squad of players. Hurst has to take a large share of the blame. Artell has made some better signings but with his tactics, substitution and poor game management has managed to negate any improvement so that the net result is that we are still pretty much useless.  

Watching Sutton, they are all over Swindon

Quoted from MaccasBoots

3-0 to forest green...

If FGR are good enough to thrash Crewe away from home then we are in serious, serious trouble. On current form it's only a matter of time before they, and Sutton, and Colchester overtake us. Draws don't cut it. We need to win at least two more games to have any chance at all of staying up.

It is not impossible that we could finish bottom at this rate.