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Quoted from DocTower

We know how Lincoln play , no excuse for not knowing that . We looked as if we didn't know each other , Hursts game plan , if there was one collapsed and as usual no plan b . Got exactly what we deserved .
Over to you .

I think that's a great point about no plan b and its been like that for yonks

Quoted from KingstonMariner

But you'd still rather have him at the helm eh Pete.

I do unless another multi millionaire wants to take over,

Do you know anybody who wants the job ?  

Quoted from DocTower

We know how Lincoln play , no excuse for not knowing that . We looked as if we didn't know each other , Hursts game plan , if there was one collapsed and as usual no plan b . Got exactly what we deserved .
Over to you .

Ok. If you was hurst what what you have done today? Over to you and all that  

It's also worth considering when we win , usually 1 nil with about 2 shots on goal , how many people question the team and management . Then in the heat of a local derby we crumble . Hmmm

Quoted from louth_in_the_south

It's also worth considering when we win , usually 1 nil with about 2 shots on goal , how many people question the team and management . Then in the heat of a local derby we crumble . Hmmm

This  I can't remember coming away from a game this season thinking , yea we was great today .

Well that was an abject performance. First of all, credit to Lincoln, deserved the win. They wanted it much more and outmuscled and outpaced us. If our players had their attitudes we'd have won today, that much I'm certain of. I don't think Lincoln looked particularly good, other than Adams and Sam-Yorke, but they had a game plan and worked as a team. You know what you're going to get from them especially in a derby and the fact that our players couldn't match them for effort is a travesty in front of nearly 6500 fans. I don't care what you say, if you're a player and you can't motivate yourself for a local derby in front of almost the biggest crowd you'll get in this league, then you're in the wrong profession. It shouldn't need to come from the manager, not today.

On to us. Other than Pearson who played reasonably well and I think Pittman had a half decent game we were poor all over the park. The centre of midfield is still not good enough. It lacks pace and power coupled with a lot of stray/sloppy passes today and that leaves you with very little. Parslow is not good enough, who ever thought he could play centre back needs their head examining. As Maringer said, I wouldn't bother signing him. Thomas was AWOL for their third and should have defended better for the second. Up front I thought they battled well and caused them problems. Their defence wasn't great. There were goals to be had if we could have shifted up a gear or two but we never got going and our strikers had to come deeper and deeper to get the ball from a midfield that wasn't doing it's job. Mackreth was okay when he came on, some good runs at speed but still little end product. As for Nathan Arnold, that was one of the most gutless and useless performances I've seen in quite a while. Didn't look interested second half, always seemed to make the wrong decision and I think I could count on one hand the number of times he managed to retain possession. Absolutely woeful and I'd drop him for the foreseeable future. This lad on loan Walker cannot be any worse than that.

I thought all three goals conceded were avoidable. The first was a piledriver admittedly but it is criminal to not have a man within 15 yards of him in the centre of the goal. If he's under any sort of pressure he does not score. And the clearance from Disley was poor, it's a simple rule that you do not head it out to the middle of the box. The second and third were similar and came from us being caught short and positioning ourselves poorly. You give the ball away in those areas you are asking for trouble.

The thing that really grinds my gears is the lack of positivity and ambition from our players when attacking. Far too many times when given the opportunity to advance with the ball, our players hesitate or choose not to. This is particularly annoying with the wingers, there were a number of times today when we could have had a go at them on the break but all the forward players, particularly Arnold, didn't have the heart to. Lincoln have a leaky defence, it was clear they were not comfortable with players running at them or with the ball played on the floor into feet. Yet all too often we didn't capitalise on this like they did when given the chance. Not good enough. However, I don't think this comes from the manager like some will suggest. No manager is going to suggest to his forward players to not take on defenders when on the break in a good position. I think we have too many gutless players who take the easier option and hope someone else does something. For this reason, we'll get to the play offs and fail to go up yet again. They haven't got the balls required to win in a big game in front of a big crowd.

You could argue we were unfortunate with the two injuries and Toto being banned. However, we keep saying what a strong squad we have. If this is true, it's about time some of them stood up to be counted when it matters.

Quoted from Mariner Ronnie

I think it's sad how it's more "reactionary" when we lose than when we win.  

I'll tell you what's sad mate is that my kids have had to watch Dogg excrement for the last decade and some of that dog shitt is non league dog shitt

Quoted from grimsby pete

I do unless another multi millionaire wants to take over,

Do you know anybody who wants the job ?  

Why do we need one? Oh I forgot, because we keep overspending while we fail in football terms.

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

I think that's a great point about no plan b

We don't know what goes on behind closed doors , but with the tinkering we see on the field , is it a case of trying to keep everyone happy . Obvious that Aswad isn't or wasn't fit , running through treacle . I was slated for saying weeks ago that we are a mid table side , but that performance encompasses town ever since Hurst took charge . If you went to the Forest Green game were poor but got 3 points . Far too predictable , with a reactive not a proactive approach .

Today showed we are in desperate need of a winger, CM and a striker if we want to get out of this godforsaken league.