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Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

Sorry about that trying to watch MOD and post comments and must leave it to the Mrs to try and do two things at once.

Re Summerfield agree re his effort but thought he had a poor day distribution wise with his two second half free kicks perfect examples his radar was not switched on. He also hesitated two or three times on the edge of our box and lost possession that said Berrett gave him no support at all.

MoM for me Clarke or Mills as against those big buggers they defended pretty heroically I thought.

Of his 11 corner kicks and, at a guess, 4 or 5 free kicks (including the one we scored from), he hit 2 poor ones. I'll forgive a League Two footballer for that ratio.

The problem was that we couldn't create much of a threat from set pieces because they were so much taller than us throughout their team. I see we actually won more corners than them. Unfortunately, their extra inches meant they were more likely to get it clear than we were to score. After the early goal, of course.

I thought we started very well as we have done in quite a few games of late but as per usual we couldn't keep it going.

The game deteriorated into one lacking in any real quality between two poor sides. Even with 4 forwards on the pitch after the goal we hardly troubled their keeper until the last few minutes.

I have to disagree with some on here, I don't think we have the quality to stay up and feel that we will have to rely on other poor teams below us.

The last nine games we have failed to stop the opposition scoring and I just don't see that many games where we will score more than one goal or even manage to get the one.

If you look back we got an excellent 0-0 at Notts Co. , no shame in a 0-2 v. Luton, a fair 1-1 with Mansfield , after that is when we performed poorly and conceded regularly. Why ? Well think back the next game was Accrington and that was where we lost Macca. Defensively we haven’t been the same. No disrespect to either keepers but the defence doesn’t have the same confidence as before . I think that could be half the problem

He got injured when we were 1 up v Mansfield. Which backs your point up even more

Any news on when he is likely to be fit to play?

Quoted from Teestogreen

I see Mark Cooper (FGR) had the confidence to bring on Chris Clements in the 63rd minute today (against Coventry) and lo ! FGR scored in the 64th - leading to a vital 3 points and gaining 2 points on Town.
Can we recall him a.s.a.p.?

We have let Clements go , Osborne went back to Solihull (but I'm convinced that was more to do with Slade than homesickness ) and sold Jones to Shrewsbury. These are all mid-fielders ( Jones previous club used him as an attacking mid-fielder) and yet we keep Berrett who is mostly anonymous most games. Slade's judgement of mid-field players is atrocious and his tactics will see us relegated .

Don't agree with comments that was the worst home game yet there have been far worse but it wasn't great I must admit.
I think the early goal glossed over a few things. Felt sorry for Vernam he's looked a threat centrally in previous games but out wide he didn't contribute much, surely the better option would have been to start with DJ or Dembele and bring on Vernam as an impact sub later in the game. The game was there for the taking but too often the final ball just isnt good enough and without a second goal it was inevitable that Cheltenham would score against our shaky defence. I think our only hope is that when Macca gets back in goal it will instill a bit more confidence in the back four and we can manage the odd clean sheet.
As for Slade I've no idea what he's suppose to be building but with all these loanees what ever it is it will have to be knocked down and rebuilt in the summer. UTM

Quoted from Teestogreen

I see Mark Cooper (FGR) had the confidence to bring on Chris Clements in the 63rd minute today (against Coventry) and lo ! FGR scored in the 64th - leading to a vital 3 points and gaining 2 points on Town.
Can we recall him a.s.a.p.?

Should have been given a chance. Berrett , Rose, Clements ! Worth a vote on it's own. SLADE's recruitment has been the worst I can recall and he deserves the sack on that never mind results utm

When is Rose available again? Is it next week?