No team news as yet but getting excited!

Sun's out and I'm feeling optimistic for the season ahead!

Come on boys!!!

#UTM

The first league XI of the season:

McKeown, Collins, Whitmore, Davis, Dixon, Welsh (c), Clifton, Rose, Woolford, Hooper, Cook.

Subs: Hall-Johnson, Hessenthaler, Robles, Fox, Famewo, Vernam, Russell. #GTFC https://t.co/9wir4ivbD4

A coupe of surprises there....

No kay many would have had Dixon starting or Cook over Vernham but I have faith in Jolley & and Limbrick and if they think that's the way to go them I'm all for it.

Very surprised to see Hess on the bench

Really surprised Hessenthaler is not in the starting 11

Hess on the bench.
Dixon starts.
Cooke starts.

Contentious!  :D

Hessentahler Dixon and Clifton surprises for me.
Maybe on a hot day saving Hall Johnson, Vernham and Hessentahler for impact later in the game

Weird.. but I feel a little deflated. Was looking forward to watching Hess and Vernam play, but lets see how we go, trust the manager etc..

*Cook
*Vernam

Looks like a solid starting line up and plenty of pace on the bench - maybe he is thinking that in the heat a few fast runners in final third of the game is a good tactic

UTM

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Ah the fresh season opening summer pitch. It looks so nice at the start of the season and then it'll be destroyed by Christmas.

I wish I was there today instead of stuck here at work, C’Mon Town

Having to suffer being by the pool in Dubai 😎

Feels weird for the season to start in this heat wave. Seems unreal. I feel like I have emigrated.

is there anyway to listen without paying for ifollow??

Quoted from cmackenzie4

I wish I was there today instead of stuck here at work, C’Mon Town

same here ...ruddy railways

Poor turnout by their fans, around 50 I would say.
Oh and I write down all the predictions before kickoff 😋

Quoted from cmackenzie4

I wish I was there today instead of stuck here at work, C’Mon Town

I know how you feel mate! UTM

Good start by Town.... Certainly the better side and just need to test the keeper a little more.

How’re we doing? Utm

Quoted from MARINERSMAN22

How’re we doing? Utm

Had a couple of chances but letting FGR have way too much space to play the ball right now. We'll let one in if we don't sort it.

Solid start.
Some good football by Town now and again.
Under no pressure at the mo.
Early days.
UTM

Off the line by us but offside given I think.

Quoted from MARINERSMAN22

How’re we doing? Utm

John Tondeur says its all Forest Green at the min.

flipping stupid right now. Everyone looks clueless

PENALTY TOWN!!

Penalty Town

1-0 Town..... Mitch Rose!

Never in doubt!

1-0 Rose

We got so lucky that they've made a dumb mistake. We are looking like a mess today.

YESS! GET IN!

Rose must be pushing Lee Ashcroft for the coveted title of best gtfc penalty taker that I can remember.

FGR the better side at the moment. Haven’t quite figured Cook out yet. Him and Hooper haven’t really clicked.

Forest Green ahvign the lions share of possession and creating the better chances but Town do look dangerous on the break.

Not completely sold on Cook yet either.. He's playing as a central striker but IMO he needs to be picking up the ball and running with it rather than playing with his back to goal as he is at the moment. He's getting muscled off the ball too easily and losing possession.

Yes, the bbc site says 39 to 61% possessions.😟

Quoted from Mighty_Mariner

but Town do look dangerous on the break.

Kind of generous. Nothing we did really worried them, often too slow or too many bad passes meant our counterattacks didn't go anywhere when we had an advantage to press.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Poor turnout by their fans, around 50 I would say.
Oh and I write down all the predictions before kickoff 😋

Nearly 10% of the population of their village though.... :)

I would of had vernham for cook,  rhj for dixon. more pace in the side

Quoted from Kris2

Kind of generous. Nothing we did really worried them, often too slow or too many bad passes meant our counterattacks didn't go anywhere when we had an advantage to press.

Sounds like we should bring Vernam on to up the threat level.

1st game of the season against a club who probably won't make it above 18th?

we really should be doing better than this. Yes, we took the lead, but it was lucky.

I feel we are still missing a quality striker and a winger...

Like many surprised by some of the team selection and after 45 minutes I'm not convinced. Midfields and CBs too static leaving fullbacks exposed and strikers isolated. We're lucky to be in the lead. But Dixon is finally getting some support and Woolford is getting forward more to support the strikers so its heading in the right direction

Like many surprised by some of the team selection and after 45 minutes I'm not convinced. Midfields and CBs too static leaving fullbacks exposed and strikers isolated. We're lucky to be in the lead. But Dixon is finally getting some support and Woolford is getting forward more to support the strikers so its heading in the right direction

FGR look a tidy team and are playing some good stuff but, despite that haven't created much. Perhaps a bit too tippy-tappy in their approach play. They've got acres of space in the middle as we've dropped back to pretty much 5-3-2 so they are picking up pretty much everything in there.

An interesting selection from Jolley which leaves us badly lacking in pace in comparison to FGR (though they will certainly be outspending us a huge amount). Cook has done OK in fits and starts but keeps losing his footing when it a decent position to get forward with it. Looks a bit lightweight but has shown some decent touches. Dixon looking shaky and I wouldn't be surprised if he gets the hook in the second half. Clifton struggling against their forward who keeps dropping off to his side - big, strong and skilful so it's going to be a battle for him.

Interesting watching the subs at half time, rather than just kicking the ball around in a circle they’re doing an organised routine of stretches and short sprints.

Will see if theres any subs to start the second half

Bit of a flat 1st half, no standout player for Town. Had to play it back a few times, as their was no movement upfront or around the ball for the midfielder's to pass to someone. Hate to say it but Gunning playing well for them. Attacking the away end 2nd half. At least we're winning, FGR had a few chances, looking a little dangerous at times. We should win this!

Sloppy. 1-1

Not impressed with the first half, looking complete gash so far this half.

And I thought last season was bad, we are clueless.
Hope I am wrong but FGR will win this.

Jolly has got this so wrong. We can not cope with what FGR are throwing at us and the team and formation is all wrong.

We lack shape. We lack confidence and them pressing doesn't help the way we are playing.

I fear for us this season on this display.

flipping RIDICULOUS

This is flipping hopeless.

WTF Collins!!

Annual BP opener centre half calamity  >:(

Time for the subs to come on who shjould have started

Shocking. Absolutely shocking

Well, the enthusiasm has already well and truly copulated off. This is abysmal

Yup, it was inevitable we would lose... Shocking display, absolutely no organisation

Losing 3-1 to a relegation contender club.....

That was comical, Collins passes back to Mckeown who was out of his goal, and rolls in the net!

1-3 now!

Doublebugger

Stand by for boarders

1-3 Jolley needs to have a real hard look at this as it is a flipping shocking display.

Isn't pre season the time to try different formations..
Not the first game of the season!!

New season and we are the joke of the league again. Nobody fears taking us on.

The stats on the BBC look like we’re getting ripped a new one.

Quoted from Grimsby2012

Yup, it was inevitable we would lose... Shocking display, absolutely no organisation

Losing 3-1 to a relegation contender club.....

What makes you say they're a relegation contender? Is it because it's a village team and you're forgetting the millions that Ecotricity are pouring in?

Welcome to another season of this

Awful

started with a team slade would pick even though they hardly played all preseason. been so poor

Jolly has some serious explaining to do about picking this team.

Quoted from Kris2

New season and we are the joke of the league again. Nobody fears taking us on.

I admire your stoicism Kris. I bet your ancestors steadied the line at Waterloo.

Not surprising considering he left Hess, RHJ, Clifton and Vernam on the bench

Quoted from KingstonMariner

I admire your stoicism Kris. I bet your ancestors steadied the line at Waterloo.

This is sport, not war. After seasons of excrement and people sucking off the manager before each season like something will change some of us see the writing on the wall.

We won't come back, we've been excrement all game.

Considering we normally win the first game of the season does that mean the next 3 games we win   ::)

It’s like we’ve forgotten how to play, forgotten what we’ve been working on in the summer. Deeply disappointing, really lost for words how bad we’ve been today. Everything has been flat

Quoted from Kris2

This is sport, not war. After seasons of excrement and people sucking off the manager before each season like something will change some of us see the writing on the wall.

We won't come back, we've been excrement all game.

It’s a marathon not a flipping sprint

Quoted from CodHead

Not surprising considering he left Hess, RHJ, Clifton and Vernam on the bench

Clifton is playing, he started at RWB

Started with the wrong first 11

Quoted from hheh2

Considering we normally win the first game of the season does that mean the next 3 games we win   ::)

We can always hope

People going to realise now the target is to not be relegated and certainly not promotion.

Quoted from Kris2

This is sport, not war. After seasons of excrement and people sucking off the manager before each season like something will change some of us see the writing on the wall.

We won't come back, we've been excrement all game.

Precisely. If your bottom lip is quivering in these circumstances I wouldn't want to be alongside you if there was any danger.

First game of the season against a club with a decent budget. It's a reality check that's all. Did you really believe all that stuff about beating the relegation bound villagers?

Quoted from NorthseaMariner

The stats on the BBC look like we’re getting ripped a new one.

FGR by far the better side.

4-1 hahahahahaha

First game of the season and the naysayers are already writing us off.

How about we give an almost entirely new (again) squad time to settle in?! We are going to win some games, we are going to lose some games. Let’s not forecast our demise and failure before the end of the first game of the flipping season. Jesus H Christ.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Precisely. If your bottom lip is quivering in these circumstances I wouldn't want to be alongside you if there was any danger.

First game of the season against a club with a decent budget. It's a reality check that's all. Did you really believe all that stuff about beating the relegation bound villagers?

You all talked big before the game about how they are dreaming with their stars etc  ;D. Showed you all by humiliating us didn't they? You've all got Stockholm syndrome because you're so used to seeing garbage.

FGR are just laughing at us and our delusional fans who think we are a huge club for this level. We are non league punching above our weight.

Jolly gone by March probably.

I hope Jolley comes out and says we were excrement, any attempt to say we looked OK and he can intercourse right off, this is worse than when old slap head was here.

Bad day at the office. That's all. Some people on here have had too much Sun.

If any of you defend this pathetic display then you should be ashamed of yourselves.

Wow. I mean really WOW!
Nobody but nobody could have predicted exactly HOW excrement we've been today.
WOW! 😲

Quoted from Kris2

If any of you defend this pathetic display then you should be ashamed of yourselves.

I think you need to get out of the Sun. Or cut down on your drinking.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

I think you need to get out of the Sun. Or cut down on your drinking.

I think you need to shut up. Easy to sit back and shrug when you didn't invest money into a season ticket or attending the game and then get repaid with a gutless, pathetic display. There is nothing that can defend this, sit back and eat excrement if you want.

47 games still to go dont panic just yet

Quoted from Kris2

I think you need to shut up. Easy to sit back and shrug when you didn't invest money into a season ticket or attending the game and then get repaid with a gutless, pathetic display. There is nothing that can defend this, sit back and eat excrement if you want.

I'm not defending anything you pillock. Just pointing out it's the first game of the season and already you're at the wrist slitting stage.

If he ever plays clifton RWB again..... poor lad is lost

Quoted from Hagrid

If he ever plays clifton RWB again..... poor lad is lost

It's really not his position, square peg,round hole. FGR knew that and they exploited all afternoon by overloading that side.

Quoted from hheh2

47 games still to go dont panic just yet

?????????

Quoted from Hagrid

If he ever plays clifton RWB again..... poor lad is lost

Or Dixon and Woolford twp of the worst players under Slade and continuing in the same form today.

I blame the budget, we all know why the club stagnates or swings to disaster each season, Veggie man and the other lesser popular teams in Lincs are showing the boardroom what real drive and determination brings.

Totally shocked. Where on earth has the passion organisation and skill of the end of April gone?

Quoted from craigy

It’s a marathon not a flipping sprint

1st cliché of the season😁

We won the first game of the season last time around and that was definitely indicative of all 46 games yeah...

What IS pathetic is to see all you moaning, so called fans,  giving up on game one!  For goodness sake get a life and lets see how we do over the whole 46 game season, not just after 1 game.  Pathetic!  UTM.

Disgusted yet again. Everyone calling jolly the best thing since sliced bread. And he sends that team out. Writing was on the wall when we cannot beat Clee Town. And no I don't believe it was the hard training or the heat. Pro footballers don't loose it over 6 weeks rest. Glad I never went

Quoted from Hagrid

If he ever plays clifton RWB again..... poor lad is lost

Hagrid I could not agree more.
I spent over 5 years watching Harry play on a Saturday and Sunday.
He is a central midfielder.
Likes to push balls through for the strikers and hold up play a bit.
He is so out of position.

Quoted from 123614

What IS pathetic is to see all you moaning, so called fans,  giving up on game one!  For goodness sake get a life and lets see how we do over the whole 46 game season, not just after 1 game.  Pathetic!  UTM.

I did not go so I can not comment on the game yet but I will watch the highlights later,


The ones that did go though have every right to say what they feel,


Do you think we played well and were unlucky to lose ?

Just asking.

Russell jolley .

Quoted from grimsby pete

Do you think we played well and were unlucky to lose ?

Er...NO...and er NO

I'm going for the one and only positive from that debacle, and is that we were soooo bad none of them are going to get away with another display like that and therefore our shortcomings can't be papered over and will (or at least should be) addressed sooner rather than later.
That's all I've got.