Team for Cleethorpes Town

Quoted from Father Christmas

What does that mean?

You are going to get Mighty Mariner mad

We actually lost 4-3??

What was the 2nd half team? How did we look, surely somebody went to give us an early insight.

Just back -

first half looked decent ,
the lad on the left who i thought was probably the new Luton loanee but now looks like he was the Burnley triallist looked quick and decent left foot.  
Cook and Hooper looked lively, some nice one touch interchanges which on one occassion got the Hooper the chance to calmly finish.

Hessentaler (?) looked very slight and didnt contribute a great deal.

Rose was cropping up all over and scored his penalty.

Dixon was on set piece delivery.

Second half looked awful.....
wholesale changes and none looked any good in all honesty. Who i presume where Davis and Whitmore at the back looked shaky and poor on the ball, back line all over the place. Welsh looked slow and was getting caught in possesion, Fox out of touch, Robles did nothing, Whitehouse was probably the busiest but nothing outstanding... zero shape in the middle.  Totally out fought and dominated by the Clee lads.

Agree with the above, cook and hooper linked up well and caused a couple of problems, Mitch rose Was brilliant, always wanting the ball and kept things ticking over, the Burnley lad showed glimpses of quality and caused them a few problems with his pace and trickery. Overall in the first half I thought we played well and never looked troubled until the own goal.

Second half was awful, Fox wasn’t good at all, center half’s looked shaky, welsh lost the ball a hell of a lot which resulted in a clee goal, Robles looked slow and didn’t offer much and Woolford also lost the ball a lot and didn’t do a great deal. Whitehouse was the best of a poor second half team, he looked busy and tidy.

It’s al about the fitness and I’m sure they all got a good run out however from what I saw I still think we need a couple more quality signings.

I await the inevitable comments about it being "only pre season" and "give him a chance" etc which is true but you just get the feeling that Robles will be a terrible terrible signing probably worse than any of Slades signings, He didn't have a good scoring record in Spain at a level which is probably Sunday league standard and he's failed in the conference south in England, if Slade signed him he would have been crucified for it.

Burnley trialist looked good but the others on trial looked no were near and robles was very poor positives were the weather and the toilets.

Looked good in the 1st half Hooper and the youth player from Burnley played well, whilst Dixon and Rose contributed well and Cook looked Ok, Macca didn't have much to do...2nd half was a completely different story, lightweight and slow at the back, nothing up front, and only Whitehouse contributed, with Clee dominating for most of the half...I know it's only a training/ fitness exercise, but on the 2nd half showing we're a long way off, i'm surprised so few friendlies have been arranged 3/4 more, when we normally play between 8/10...anyway upwards and upwards, and a good turnout of 1800+ supporters...UTM

Quoted from Davec

I await the inevitable comments about it being "only pre season" and "give him a chance" etc which is true but you just get the feeling that Robles will be a terrible terrible signing probably worse than any of Slades signings, He didn't have a good scoring record in Spain at a level which is probably Sunday league standard and he's failed in the conference south in England, if Slade signed him he would have been crucified for it.

There is a long list of players who've been hammered on here on the basis of first impressions headed by of all people Shaun Pearson and Craig Clay. You may be right but let's at least give him a full pre-season...

It would be hilarious if not so ridiculous to hear players being written off as poor signings on the basis of one half of football in an unfamiliar line up on a boiling hot day.