Just Back (Merged)

Quoted from BIGChris

Twice in the 2nd half he was in possession and we had a 3 on 3 but he just gave the ball away sloppily. He had to power at the defender to commit and then slip players in or if they backed off keep going. He did neither.
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This is something nearly all our players are guilty of in most games but Arnold was particularly bad today.

My god guys, we are a Conference side with as good a manager at this level as we can get. If Paul Hurst was to be sacked (with the team in 4th place I might add) then who on earth do you get in to make things better. Of course it was an awful result and display but aren't we letting our emotions take over from sensible constructive thought? We do not have a devine to be promoted, we just have to be realistic and support the manager and the team. The reaction of half the posts on here are almost as depressing as the result itself. Come on guys lets get in the real world. UTM

Quoted from mariner91

This is something nearly all our players are guilty of in most games but Arnold was particularly bad today.

And at Macclesfield , also shitting out of tackles to. Don't get me started about parslow, sooner he clears off back to York the better

Further to my above post I see Mr Fenty is on here and I hope has read my post. Please note John that as in every aspect of life it is always the minority that shout the loudest. UTM

Quoted from Maringer

Brown hasn't put in a decent performance for months, so criticising his absence today seems a bit odd.

2 days ago, before being taken off (hence my question)

Didn't want to say much before the game but since Simmo has gone we have a Lincoln lad in charge and he's really changed things.
It was all a bit clueless under Simmo but we are seeing subs made at the right time and a great team spirit 5 league wins out of 6 for us.
Adams has been a massive signing from Birmingham ran the show against Alfreton and was excellent again today.
Though after 1-0 that was it for us but we dug in and struck back right on HT.
Next game fecking Alfreton again for the 5th time this season.
Over reaction today was all flags were banned for being offensive by the police a Lancaster bomber over the cathedral?
Good job they didn't see mine devil worship  

Disappointed not to see Doig start today, he's probably just as good as Parslow in the air but can actually read the game and tackle, Parslow was desperately poor today and really struggled with their big lad up top. Felt many times during the game Toto would've easily shrugged him off or put him into the stands and immediately stopped an attack.

Thought once Mackreth had to come off the bench for Neilson we were seriously lacking game-changers on the bench - would anyone honestly say McLaughlin or Hannah would change a game? I've not seen any such evidence in their Town careers. At least some raw pace on the bench would've helped today to change the game - not that it mattered too much due to 2 subs having to be made before the 2nd half even started through injury.

They seemed to want to win more than us.  They had a slight edge in most positions, and overall. The curse of the large crowd struck again.

At 1-0 we had 2 reasonable chances to get a second goal.  Firstly with a missed pass to Mackreth when he was free in front of goal, the second when a Mackreth header missed the target.

Lincoln's first goal was a great shot.  The second and third goals were identical.  Pace down the right to the byline, low cross to at least 2 players waiting just in front of goal.  You could see it coming each time.

Lincoln attacked in numbers and at pace (for NL players).  Not quite like Oxford but too good for us on the day.

We tried hard to score but their defence and keeper were good enough.  They were dominant in the air at the back.  

We had no luck with injuries but were still well-beaten at the end.  It was not our day.  

If we beat Macc on 1 Jan we will have 3 wins against promotion rivals in less than 2 weeks.  All is not lost then.  (We do need more goals though to go up).  

Quoted from Helgy

Didn't want to say much before the game but since Simmo has gone we have a Lincoln lad in charge and he's really changed things.
It was all a bit clueless under Simmo but we are seeing subs made at the right time and a great team spirit 5 league wins out of 6 for us.
Adams has been a massive signing from Birmingham ran the show against Alfreton and was excellent again today.
Though after 1-0 that was it for us but we dug in and struck back right on HT.
Next game fecking Alfreton again for the 5th time this season.
Over reaction today was all flags were banned for being offensive by the police a Lancaster bomber over the cathedral?
Good job they didn't see mine devil worship  

Pleased for you mate, you totally deserved the win

Another thing that really gets my goat is the number of times our defenders have free, unchallenged headers and basically just head it as far forward as they can, even if it ends up nowhere near any of our players. On numerous occasions we do this, just giving the ball away instead of trying to lay it off to one of our players in midfield. All of our central defenders are guilty of this, from what I've seen. If under pressure, I understand you often just have to get it clear, but we just try and put it as far forward as possible every time, even when in plenty of space.