Clee Town friendly

Just watched the highlights of the game and there was some excellent goals scored, that Max Wright goal was a thing of beauty 👌

Quoted from Grantham_Mariner

No Cook, Vernam or Cardwell mentioned today in any reports, anyone heard if they are injured or ill ?

All three in Lyon today  hoping to pick up some tips on goal scoring

Quoted from Grim74

Jesus calm down people we beat a pub team I work with one of the players and he’s far far from a professional, it was a good first run out, nice to get the lads scoring and that’s it, anyone thinking about a top ten league position based on that performance is delusional.

Yes we gave them a good thumping, probably the biggest we have given them and we were far better than them but you are being a bit disrespectful of Cleethorpes Town as they are I believe only 3 promotions away from where we were 3 years ago.

No mention of Ring. Have I missed something??

I know they say not to read anything into friendlies but we struggled against them last year, then were pretty cack in rest of friendlies and lo and behold the Season wasn't one to remember.

Great to start all guns blazing and positive momentum with free flowing football, hopefully that carries over the campaign proper.

But of course its too early and means nothing right now, just good to build up a head of steam.

Just watched the highlights and I'm really pleased. Obviously we will face much stiffer tests in the friendlies to come and during the season but there were some positive signs from yesterday. Firstly, we were getting the ball out wide. Last season we had no width at all due to some misguided attempts to play 352 and having a squad with no recognisable wide players. Secondly, we were putting in good crosses. Yes there was probably more time for composure but we barely put in a good cross all season last season so if that's being addressed we'll be a much bigger threat going forward.

Hanson looks great, exactly what we need. Ogbu looks exciting going off the assist for the first goal, to put in a cross like that from that sort of position is not easy so I'm really looking forward to seeing just how good he might be. And Max Wright could be the breakthrough star. Really classy looking and looks to actually be really quite strong physically too! Would be great for him to be allowed to develop but he could be another good player for the team like Clifton. Three/four more quality signings and I'll be very happy.

Agree with Mariner91 I enjoyed the highlights.. Hanson looks HUGE but clearly knows where the goal is

Was there, Cleethorpes offered absolutely nothing, and don’t look as good a side as they were when I saw them last season.  That said Town played some nice stuff at times, were composed and passed it around well. Liked the look of Jack Senior, got forward well and was asking for the ball which is a good sign in my eyes. A good start to pre season, will be interesting to see how we fair against better opposition. Not sure Hanson will get as much time, space and opportunity against better defenders. Max Wright, what can I say, this kid has potential, really hope he gets a decent opportunity to make the match day squad on a regular basis. Looked good last game of the season and again yesterday, could be a real asset. UTM

A lot of the posts above sum up my exact thoughts.

I completely agree it's important to not get carried away about a performance against a part-time side in pre-season, but we did look impressive.  

Hanson and Green worked well together and I'm very keen to see how we fit Wright into that equation with them.  Like most I've been very keen for him to get his chance and he definitely sent a statement to Jolley about what he can offer to the side.  So direct on the wing, a proper throw-back type of winger who runs at his full-back.  Went both inside and outside with a very good end product.  

Interesting that we had two formations for each half, each working well.  Definitely more positive than 12 months ago in the same fixture where we had already become slaves to a system that we didn't have the players for.

Quoted from Civvy at last

No mention of Ring. Have I missed something??

Played 2nd half, or do you mean no mention of how he played?

Town SECOND HALF XI: Battersby, Trialist A, Ohman, Pollock, Ring, Hewitt, Curran, Buckley, Wright, Trialist B, Rose