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Quoted from barralad

If Stockport on Friday represented a great day then this was the polar opposite. Grateful though I am that Kings Lynn provided us with enough tickets for people who wanted to go to charge £21 for what we got was simply extracting the urine.
As far as the game went we did enough to win. Kings Lynn were pretty dire. It must be hard to raise your game in such circumstances but large parts of the game had the feel of a pre-season friendly.
Defensively Town were pretty untroubled. Waterfall (who should be a shoe-in for POTY) and Smith dealt with the little the home side gave them with relative ease ably assisted by both full backs. Clifton had a good game in the middle.
Max Wright (whose inclusion surprised many present) tried hard and I'm told rattled the post first half  ( I couldn't see). He was substituted midway through the second half without perhaps giving the management team any food for thought.
It is to be hoped that Mcatees injury isn't too serious because simply put we lacked anyone with his vision and charisma. The front two of Manny D and Abrahams, whilst the latter grabbed the goal were guilty of some of the most profligate finishing seen this season particularly Manny who could/should have had at least a hat-trick. It got so bad that a large portion of the crowd behind the goal were willing Scannell (who impressed again with his trickery, ability to pick a pass and speed) to go it alone as chance after chance went begging.
Town fans joined in with the minutes applause to commemorate the passing of Lynn's captain but the combination of poor accommodation and the lack of anything to get behind coming from the pitch meant that the atmosphere was poor-so poor that we were able to hear the Kings Lynn massive's 70s retro chant of "You're just a Town full of spast*cs"...astounding in the 3rd decade of the 21st century..

Quoted from moosey_club

Would just say that Hurst showing his lack of enthusiasm for the performance of those who came in I can understand in a sense of setting standards but I don't agree he should have done it.
Players like Mani & Abrahams hardly get a sniff, there aren't any reserve games so to expect them a third into a game to work as a front two and hit the ground running and to be match fit/sharp is a bit unrealistic.
Same for Wright with his time out and Fox also returning from injury.
Hurst gambled with all the changes today, got away with it, choosing to go with recovering and bit part players was a gamble, he can say players need to be prepared all he likes but every player knows there is no substitute for playing time to achieve that.

Quoted from LH

I didn’t go, great result though and let’s hope McAtee makes a full recovery (does he need two arms or could he lose one to get a promotion?).

The thing I find most staggering is that people found a need to go to King’s Lynn for anything longer than around 6 hours. There’s a Nandos and that’s about it - it’d be like going to Immingham for a weekend away. What did you fill your time with?

Quoted from Norseman

Kings Lynn had more open shops and cafes than Gy town centre

Quoted from diehardmariner

I was one of the fortunate ones who managed to get a vantage point that was half-decent having got into the ground quite early.  Whilst walking across the terrace before the game it was quite clear that it was going to be a shocking view for most once it started to fill up.  

Scant consolation I'm sure but there was very little on the pitch that was of worthy of seeing.  They didn't really trouble us other than the need for a few late block tackles, can't remember Crocombe having anything of note to do.  Their left winger looked a player but was absolutely spent after his little run across the pitch early on.  

Back four was solid.  Clifton and Fox never really got going together as pair, maybe too similar.  The wide lads didn't really get into the game and Scannell was head and shoulders above them when he came on.  Up top McAtee's injury left us with a bit of a mismatched pairing that had more than enough chances late on to make it very comfortable.  

They were exhausted from 70 minutes onwards and our finishing was genuinely woeful.  A win is a win and another 3 points closer to a play-off spot, but I couldn't help leave the ground thinking the better teams in this league would have run riot in the second half.  We don't have a nasty and clinical enough streak in us and it's something we need to address asap heading into the play-offs against teams who are just that.

Quoted from diehardmariner

I was one of the fortunate ones who managed to get a vantage point that was half-decent having got into the ground quite early.  Whilst walking across the terrace before the game it was quite clear that it was going to be a shocking view for most once it started to fill up.  

Scant consolation I'm sure but there was very little on the pitch that was of worthy of seeing.  They didn't really trouble us other than the need for a few late block tackles, can't remember Crocombe having anything of note to do.  Their left winger looked a player but was absolutely spent after his little run across the pitch early on.  

Back four was solid.  Clifton and Fox never really got going together as pair, maybe too similar.  The wide lads didn't really get into the game and Scannell was head and shoulders above them when he came on.  Up top McAtee's injury left us with a bit of a mismatched pairing that had more than enough chances late on to make it very comfortable.  

They were exhausted from 70 minutes onwards and our finishing was genuinely woeful.  A win is a win and another 3 points closer to a play-off spot, but I couldn't help leave the ground thinking the better teams in this league would have run riot in the second half.  We don't have a nasty and clinical enough streak in us and it's something we need to address asap heading into the play-offs against teams who are just that.