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ginnywings
January 11, 2018, 11:46pm

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Slade said he wasn’t the type of player he was looking for (or words to that effect).



A goalscorer?
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January 12, 2018, 6:40am
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I run a music and arts web site (Lincolnshire Arts and Music Bulletin if anybody's interested), and it's quite interesting to see how many Lincoln Musicians and Artists have got behind The Imps. I don't see the same thing from Grimsby bands, etc.

So yeah, they have got something going, and the public being behind them, rather than slagging them off 24/7 must be a situation John Fenty can only dream of.

So maybe there is something GTFC can learn from them, but so can Town's supporters.


Most musicians these days are artistic 'Nezbit' types anyway , I doubt many are even into football
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Thing about Podge is that he scores goals but does little else when it comes to working the defenders, so I can sort of see why Slade wasn't interested.

Only problem here is that our other strikers don't score goals or do anything else much!

He's not been tearing up any trees this season but I fully expect him to score against us yet again.
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January 12, 2018, 10:00am
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Grimps,

As I posted earlier, the P.A. announcer at Blundell Park is a Town fan but also a very highly regarded musician.
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January 12, 2018, 11:21am

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Slade said he wasn’t the type of player he was looking for (or words to that effect).



I remember that Hurst prefered Tomlinson to Podge at one point (against Braintree for example) which I never understood
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January 12, 2018, 11:34am
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I think the point that most are missing here is the key one and that's a fresh face on the board, adding both investment and ideas. Until a couple of years ago Lincoln were bumping along in the Conference unable to even mount a playoff challenge.
They had/have a Chairman and board every bit as hapless as the Fenty led shower we have, perhaps more so given their unconvincing time in non-League. Then quite randomly an Everton supporting Hedge Funder from South Africa queried as to whether they'd need a hand. Clive Nates was duly brought in, and now look.

I still raise an eyebrow when I think of a Hedge Funder from SA, with no links to a club offering his services (and cash) yet as dodgy as it sounds it seems to have done the trick.

The irony is in the constant bigging up of the likes of Fenty and Dorian as being a fan, one of us and wanting the best for their home town, when a complete stranger from the other side of the world steps in and (with a touch of fortune as the Cowleys had also just arrived on the scene) does the simple stuff, engages with the fans and begins tying up the loose ends of the business side and basically does the job that the incumbent board seem incapable of.
A reverse image of GTFC in other words.

"So yeah, they have got something going, and the public being behind them, rather than slagging them off 24/7 must be a situation John Fenty can only dream of"

You're right on the dreaming bit, as I doubt the current non-chairman's ego could bear the above scenario, but the club is stagnant with a board of non-engaging plodders who have employed a similarly equipped manager.

Think that Bob Dorian has some business links in SA and that is how he got involved with Clive Nates and as I understand it he is also backed by a further four SA businessman.

Before Nates became involved I believe Peter Swann was going to invest in Lincoln but somehow Scunny prized his cash away and for some reason were a more attractive proposition for him.

Difference appears to be Dorian's willingness/ability to work with other investors for the benefit of the club.
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January 12, 2018, 11:56am
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Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

Think that Bob Dorian has some business links in SA and that is how he got involved with Clive Nates and as I understand it he is also backed by a further four SA businessman.

Before Nates became involved I believe Peter Swann was going to invest in Lincoln but somehow Scunny prized his cash away and for some reason were a more attractive proposition for him.

Difference appears to be Dorian's willingness/ability to work with other investors for the benefit of the club.


I heard somewhere that Nates was an Everton fan and some friendly between them and Lincoln from years back put Lincoln on his radar and made them his other team, in a way. Something vaguely along those lines.
I think Swann just saw Scunny as the better, more organised and ready to move forward option of the 3 Lincs clubs, and he wasn't wrong at the time.

Your last line is exactly right, though he's not a chairman I rate very much credit's due, he kept things ticking over, kept a transparent dialogue open with the fans and was busy making his club look an attractive proposition to investors as possible.
They got a little bit of fortune with the timing of things but fortune can favour certain types.


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January 12, 2018, 12:29pm
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I heard somewhere that Nates was an Everton fan and some friendly between them and Lincoln from years back put Lincoln on his radar and made them his other team, in a way. Something vaguely along those lines.
I think Swann just saw Scunny as the better, more organised and ready to move forward option of the 3 Lincs clubs, and he wasn't wrong at the time.

Your last line is exactly right, though he's not a chairman I rate very much credit's due, he kept things ticking over, kept a transparent dialogue open with the fans and was busy making his club look an attractive proposition to investors as possible.
They got a little bit of fortune with the timing of things but fortune can favour certain types.


That's right, at the time we were supposedly developing a link with Everton so that they could have first refusal at our better players (if we had any then) and we could probably loan some Prem talent in return. However the link up never materialised so Clive Nates found out about Lincoln then. He also thought investing the relatively small amounts he had in Everton would be pointless with the millions the Premier clubs earned so that's also why his interest in Lincoln started. Ever since Bob and Clive got on the same page the club has been transformed beyond recognition. How long it will last who knows but will enjoy the moment and glory while the sun shines. If we can do this, there's no reason why Grimsby can't turn the corner.

As for Swann, he shook hands with Bob to come onto the board at Lincoln with a view to becoming chairman. But a gentlemans agreement obviously doesn't mean anything to him, hence investing in the Scunts instead.

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I remember that Hurst prefered Tomlinson to Podge at one point (against Braintree for example) which I never understood


I think Hurst identified that dropping him was the best way to get him playing at his best when he came back, sort of player who thrived on having something to prove and needed a kick up the bottom to ensure he put in the hard yards in training and in games. It all worked in the end.


I've wasted my life in black and white, a pathetic act for a worthless cause
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I think Hurst identified that dropping him was the best way to get him playing at his best when he came back, sort of player who thrived on having something to prove and needed a kick up the bottom to ensure he put in the hard yards in training and in games. It all worked in the end.


Yes he was making such a poor contribution towards promotion before Hurst dropped him, scoring a measily 20 goals in th first half of the season 😉


Through the door there came familiar laughter,
I saw your face and heard you call my name.
Oh my friend we're older but no wiser,
For in our hearts the dreams are still the same.
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