https://mobile.twitter.com/officialgtfc/status/1302230057604218880.      None of the 3 strikers. spokes on bench despite him not having been announced. No Ludvig

Not announcing a permanent signing to find him listed on the bench is so Town  ;D

I’ve paid my tenner. Really sad not to be able to be there in person. But here we go. UTFM!!

Starting XI: McKeown, Wright, Waterfall, Pollock, Preston, Hewitt, Rose, Williams, Tilley, Scannell, Green.

Subs: Russell, Starbuck, Idehen, Khouri, Spokes, Edwards, Gibson.

Come on town

The pitch looks terrible. You can tell it hasn’t had any maintenance over the summer . It looked like a park pitch the weekend of the kit launch .
It’s going to be in a state by February

God i forgot how utterly shite iFollow is. Absolutely diabolical quality - looks like i'm streaming it on a 56k modem rather than 500mbps fibre broadband. Such a massive rip-off

Pathetic defending, gonna be a long season

1-0 to Morecambe. Stupid mistake.

Quoted from Chrisblor

God i forgot how utterly shite iFollow is. Absolutely diabolical quality - looks like i'm streaming it on a 56k modem rather than 500mbps fibre broadband. Such a massive rip-off

iFollow was pretty good last season watching it from Scotland, probably because no-one was using it. Commentary microphone keeps cutting out on this stream and the video is very choppy. Not great.

0-1 poor header by Waterfall, good recovery by Macca making last ditch tackle lands straight at Morecombe feet always going to concede.

Lack of pace at the back has hurt us most then.

Morecombe are just going to sit now aren't they.

Shocking waterfall. Pitch looks awful!!!

That was flipping abysmal...

And furloughing the grounds man seems like a ridiculous idea now...pitch is awful.

Side note, iFollow is atrocious, like it’s being filmed on a spud...

Some encouraging signs going forward

Good to see urine poor comms and shite Town defending are retained as part of the new normal.

A new season and the same characters are already moaning. It's good to be back  ;D.

Imagine signing 4 new strikers and starting the season with Green up front. Pointless.

Ifollow quality is absolutely garbage too.

Well they arent fit so what do you want us to do? Get off Greens back ffs

Ifollow quality dependent on how many are using it isn’t it? Tondeur commentating from an eipsode of Doctor Who as I type.

The right back playing in midfield whilst using a winger as a right back is definitely a logical idea...

Quoted from LH

Ifollow quality dependent on how many are using it isn’t it? Tondeur commentating from an eipsode of Doctor Who as I type.

It shouldn't be if it were built to handle the load. But clearly it isn't.

Scannell is already looking far too good for this level already. Hopefully he keeps it up.

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

Scannell is already looking far too good for this level already. Hopefully he keeps it up.

Hopefully we can keep him fit because his touches have been quality so far.

Quoted from Kris2

A new season and the same characters are already moaning. It's good to be back  ;D.

Chrisblor stayed positive  for 7 minutes, that's not too bad.

the game on bbc commentary online or not?

I agree Kris he’s looked classy.  Defending not very impressive so far

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

Scannell is already looking far too good for this level already. Hopefully he keeps it up.

Be fair that's hardly difficult based on what I've seen so far

Quoted from SheepGTFC

the game on bbc commentary online or not?

Think so.

Quoted from LH

Ifollow quality dependent on how many are using it isn’t it? Tondeur commentating from an eipsode of Doctor Who as I type.

You'd expect any half competent streaming service (with years of experience) would have the appropriate infrastructure in place to increase bandwidth when more viewers are watching. Hardly should be a shock to them that there's more people trying to use the service when nobody is allowed into grounds. Unfortunately neither iFollow nor the EFL seem give the slightest excrement about the user experience they're providing - I guess we're the mugs for continuing to fund them.

Quoted from thevera

Chrisblor stayed positive  for 7 minutes, that's not too bad.

What do you lot want from a match thread? Everyone to clap and post 'hooray' when we make a defensive intercourse-up and concede inside the first few minutes of the season?

Oft. Almost!

Bad miss

You’d hope this weekend would give the EFL a good idea of how many people they’ll have streaming matches during the lockout and increase capacity as necessary. They won’t but hopefully enough people feel conned and don’t buy it next week increasing quality for those who do.

At least we look like we are finding our rhythm a bit more. Pitch causing issues for both sides though it's really crap.

Great to read all the lack of patience from some posters
Welcome back
Several players either injured or not fit enough to start
These are practice matches in many ways
CALM DOWN!

this season could have been iFollow's chance to create a good user base.

but of course they didn't improve anything and the service is still overpriced and excrement.

not a good start

Quoted from Kris2

At least we look like we are finding our rhythm a bit more. Pitch causing issues for both sides though it's really crap.

Whilst I see the need for furloughing staff, given that I’d imagine the grounds man isn’t on huge cash, surely he could’ve stayed on, doing his job....the pitch looks awful in comparison to our usual bowling green.

It’s certainly having an impact on the game...

Quoted from devs

Great to read all the lack of patience from some posters
Welcome back
Several players either injured or not fit enough to start
These are practice matches in many ways
CALM DOWN!

It's a league cup match, there's £5k prize money on the line (in a season where income is going to be hard to come by). In no way is this a practice match.

Hard to comment with such a crap stream , nothing has changed just awful

Quoted from devs

Great to read all the lack of patience from some posters
Welcome back
Several players either injured or not fit enough to start
These are practice matches in many ways
CALM DOWN!

I think it looks quite a strong Town side actually, stronger than I expected he'd put out

Any half competent striker scores that chance that Green just scuffed into the keeper.

Green misses a good chance   :-/

Should be scoring there. Come on Greeny head up

Get in

Could have had a couple of goals by now  in reality

Quoted from Chrisblor

Any half competent striker scores that chance that Green just scuffed into the keeper.

Much better finish from him there though

Green equalises!

1-1

Get in Green 1-1

What was everyone saying about green?!?

We’re playing some nice stuff now, Scannell looks the business. Remember it’s a work in progress folks.....great goal be Green assist Preston.

Yessssss

Quoted from Chrisblor

God i forgot how utterly shite iFollow is. Absolutely diabolical quality - looks like i'm streaming it on a 56k modem rather than 500mbps fibre broadband. Such a massive rip-off

You've probably tried it but have you checked the resolution?  Cog bottom right if i remember.  It's supposed to find the best automatically but i always had to change it.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Green misses a good chance   :-/

Green wins a good chance

Great run from Preston and a cool finish that

Green scores with a harder chance than the one he missed. Nice play from the young lad.

Get in Greeny. Brilliant from Preston

Not expecting too much from what is our first competitive match of the season.

So I will repeat what has been said, poor pitch poor defending.

And town just scored good run by Preston and Green nets. ;D

Where’s that girl private moaning that Green started?

1-1 deserved after apoor start due to sloppy defending. Thought Tondeur was harsh on Green for his chance a couple of minutes back. Difficult chance.

Great finish by Green. Was really worried as one the ball landed to Green and two he seemed to be taking forever to pull the trigger but all the same freat goal 1-1.

We've been on top for a while now and deserved that.

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

What was everyone saying about green?!?

I had faith.... got him as our first goalscorer on my POM  ;)

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

What was everyone saying about green?!?

Always knew he would score  (icon_lol)

Quoted from Mayaman

You've probably tried it but have you checked the resolution?  Cog bottom right if i remember.  It's supposed to find the best automatically but i always had to change it.

Yeah i've got it on 720p - there's absolutely no way it's 720p. Feels more like 360p at the very most - really blurry and low quality.

I haven't been Green's biggest fan since he signed but that's about the only place he could have put it to score. Great finish.

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

I had faith.... got him as our first goalscorer on my POM  ;)

Me too, he's going to have a good season and score a few if Hanson is out of the side a lot

Quoted from Chrisblor

Yeah i've got it on 720p - there's absolutely no way it's 720p. Feels more like 360p at the very most - really blurry and low quality.

Screen shot of goal!

[img]https://i.ibb.co/Cv2NSXG/match.jpg[/img]

We are dominating
Sounds like we playing really well
Good stuff

Barrow did well to take Derby to penalties earlier, just saying.

Quoted from Chrisblor

Yeah i've got it on 720p - there's absolutely no way it's 720p. Feels more like 360p at the very most - really blurry and low quality.

720p makes no difference if the source is awful quality. Probably streaming on a 56k modem from the ground. Cutting costs and all that.

Quoted from Chrisblor

What do you lot want from a match thread? Everyone to clap and post 'hooray' when we make a defensive intercourse-up and concede inside the first few minutes of the season?

No, but to write the whole season off after less than 10 minutes of the first competitive game and one poor defensive error was a bit much!  ;)

Quoted from GrimRob

Screen shot of goal!

[img]https://i.ibb.co/Cv2NSXG/match.jpg[/img]

Bit of a risk showing scenes from the game isn't it Rob?

I thought the iFollow police were ready to pounce on any subversive behaviour   ;)

Quoted from Kris2

720p makes no difference if the source is awful quality. Probably streaming on a 56k modem from the ground. Cutting costs and all that.

Does that mean it’ll go off in the second half so they can dial back up?

Quoted from Mariner_501

Imagine signing 4 new strikers and starting the season with Green up front. Pointless.

Ifollow quality is absolutely garbage too.

That aged well

;D

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

Bit of a risk showing scenes from the game isn't it Rob?

I thought the iFollow police were ready to pounce on any subversive behaviour   ;)

I think it's a bit grandiose to call it a "scene"

Promising run but Williams trips up on a foxhole ( bad pitch. )

Quoted from Les Brechin

No, but to write the whole season off after less than 10 minutes of the first competitive game and one poor defensive error was a bit much!  ;)

No - just some common sense would be a start!
You are one of 'minute by minute' brigade
Concede - relegation
Score - it's promotion
Lose- Holloway out
Win - Good old Oliie

It's frankly pathetic

Scannell is class, lovely feet and shave off, git bags of pace!!

Bovril time

Half time.  

After a poor start town get a goal and start improving so fair score.

Expect us to win now. :)

Scannell the best player at the moment, very direct fast and presses them all the time. Rose done some lovely switches as well. We are playing the better stuff and have done well since going behind.

Ooh... went straight on to Scunny commentary after HT at BP just as Zak Mills scores....  ;D ;D

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

Scannell is class, lovely feet and shave off, git bags of pace!!

Apparently not fully fit either. He seems stupidly fast, he's beating players who have a large head start on him and keeping balls in that seemed  were long gone. The fastest player I can remember us having in quite some time and Max Wright is already pretty fast.

Sloppy start, gradually taken control.

Should go on to win it, Scannell looks very good, Preston good, Rose good....Williams less so. Green will need to be better with his chances, bit a good finish after 2 poor ones.

Better side, neat and tidy. Promising

One thing looks certain we arent fking about with it going forward, working it wide quickly and hitting crosses in first time.

Pitch looks terrible.

Scanlon looks quick of foot and mind.

Scunny 1 down Zac Mills

I thought we looked fairly decent at times so far, see how our fitness levels are in the second half

we should all get airhorns to make some noise when we score

This must be a first.

There are more on the fishy than at the match. ;D

Much improved from the opening minutes towards the end. Good debuts for the new lads so far.

Will be renweing my ST. Cant stand ifollow and happy enough with that first 45. UTM

Pollock and Scannell the stand outs of that half. Waterfalls usual solid heading has been a tad suspect so far.

Poor start, but we took control by the end of the half. Williams not really in it at the moment and same for Tilley. Rose has looked solid as has Hewitt. Macca his usual brilliant self.

Looking forward to the 2nd half.

Seemed a slow start for us, the Wright experiment wasn't going well in defence and switching seems to have got us back in rhythm. Been a good run out for some of our new faces, if Scannell gets and stays fit then he can run games for us. Can see why Preston is so highly rated at Forrest, he can do it all. Rose looking a solid player so far, Williams got screwed over by the pitch a couple of times I think, we need to sort this out and soon by getting the groundsman back in.

Quoted from grimsby pete

This must be a first.

There are more on the fishy than at the match. ;D

Nah.. FGR away on a Tuesday there was more on the fishy than at the game!

To be honest, we’re playing better than I thought we would, consider the lack of pre season games and late signings. Good on the ball and our forward players all confident in possession.

Not great at the back first 20, particularly waterfall but they’ve steadied now. Pollock looks very assured and looks comfortable with the ball at his feet too.

Quoted from WHYWONTYOULETMESIGNUP

I thought we looked fairly decent at times so far, see how our fitness levels are in the second half

we should all get airhorns to make some noise when we score

Agree, some early signs that 3 of the “senior” signings, Rose, Williams & Scannell are all good quality plus Preston gets well down the line and will improve as the season progresses. Getting the ball in the box far more and encouragingly getting men in there as well. Despite his goal Green not really a target man but he’s putting in the effort.

Given lack of friendly matches not disappointed by what I’ve seen and for once with Scannell, Wright and Tilley we have both some trickery and loads of pace.

Town have grew into the game after a sloppy early goal. Shows in the half time statistics with over 60% possession and 80% pass accuracy. Good finish by Green for our goal. Hopefully can take it into the second half

How big are your screens? I'm only on a 18", but the quality doesn't seem all that bad, definitely not HD though. Audio cutting out was annoying, but it's a hell of a lot better than watching teletext for 2 hours.

Quoted from grimsby pete

This must be a first.

There are more on the fishy than at the match. ;D

EFL Trophy against Sunderland 23rd Dec 2018 attendance 248, not sure how many on the Thefishy that night.

Saying we havent had football for a few months I am pretty shocked how bad the pitch looks in places or maybe it's just the poor picture quality.

I always thought Green had more in him then he's shown previously.  He does put a lot of effort in but it never really went for him.  Tondeur made it sound like he missed a sitter so I thought , oh no , here we go again.  Hope that goal is the turning point for the lad.

No way this pitch is going to get better now the seasons started and games are going to be regularly played on it. Poor decision to leave it over the summer . It’s going to be an 80s style mud bath in the winter

Quoted from louth_in_the_south

No way this pitch is going to get better now the seasons started and games are going to be regularly played on it. Poor decision to leave it over the summer . It’s going to be an 80s style mud bath in the winter

Shush

Quoted from The Yard Dog

EFL Trophy against Sunderland 23rd Dec 2018 attendance 248, not sure how many on the Thefishy that night.

247 on fishy  ;D

Why on earth does JT keep on saying 'Scanlon'?!

Rose off Khouri on, sounds about right as Rose has looked a little knackered the last 10 mins or so. Lack of preseason catching up to him a bit.

Is Khouri from the youth set up?

Quoted from Mighty_Mariner

Why on earth does JT keep on saying 'Scanlon'?!

Isn't that  a brand of trucks?  Maybe he's a spotter.

Quoted from buckstown

Is Khouri from the youth set up?

Been with us a year it looks like... so yes and no I'd say?  ;)

https://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/teams/youth-team/midfielder/evan-khouri/

Quoted from buckstown

Is Khouri from the youth set up?

Yes,we got him a year or 2 ago when he was released by west ham.seem to remember we were pretty chuffed to land him, so he is/was highly regarded

We've looked knacker the last 5 minutes.

Look tired dont we

I’d forgotten how annoying JT is with his negativity.......

Edwards on for Williams, who again looks like a lack of preseason has caught up to him

From Taunton Town FC
https://tauntontown.com/featured-news/spokes-joins-the-mariners/

Quoted from oochiad

I’d forgotten how annoying JT is with his negativity.......

Like a few people on here!!

Gibson  on for Green. Bit suprised bu that thought it would of been Scannell who looks to be slowing down

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

Gibson  on for Green. Bit suprised bu that thought it would of been Scannell who looks to be slowing down

Williams and Green seemed to be struggling, probably bringing them off to avoid injuries. Scannell looks tired but not hurt like they looked.

This Edwards lad looks good. Quick, skillful, intelligent and direct.

We've been poor this half , hopefully we can nick it on penalties

Green was limping when he come off

Quoted from grimps

We've been poor this half , hopefully we can nick it on penalties

Wouldn't say we've been poor. We've spent more time in their half then ours, I would say we've tired before they have though.

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

Wouldn't say we've been poor. We've spent more time in their half then ours, I would say we've tired before they have though.

Statistics show we have had 66% of possession

Yes we aren’t match fit yet but have shown some really good signs of what we can do. For all our tiredness they still haven’t managed to break us down.

Fitness levels clearly an issue with the way things have gone, lots of players who have not played for ages and a season that took forever to get started. This game still feels like a pre season game with how tired players look.

Well it is our preseason isn’t it!😉

Quoted from WayneBurnettsJockstrap

Statistics show we have had 66% of possession

Is that over the whole game because right now as the game is coming to an end, it seems we're not getting any at all?

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

Is that over the whole game because right now as the game is coming to an end, it seems we're not getting any at all?

I last looked at about 80 minutes gone

Morecambe management acting like this is a Wembley cup final with how much they are screaming at the fourth official. So cringe.

Quoted from WayneBurnettsJockstrap

I last looked at about 80 minutes gone

Just wondered.... might be more even by the end of the game given the way they came on to us late on

There will a few aching muscles tonight lots of town players looking tired.

Good job there is no extra time but it is our first game in six months.

Pens it is.

Adams is a nob. We annihilated them last year at our place and he said they should have won it - to pennos we go

Penalties then

Hung on for pens in the end. Hopefully we can sneak into the next round!

not surprised at lack of fitness, but Morecanbe in the same boat, and should not have looked as strong.

I've got faith in Macca going into penos but I can't say the same for our shooting. If we don't progress I won't be too disappointed though. If we'd had a full preseason I think we wouldn't of needed penos

Scunts lose in last minute

Quoted from grimsby pete

There will a few aching muscles tonight lots of town players looking tired.

Good job there is no extra time but it is our first game in six months.

Pens it is.

Off we go.... fingers crossed

1-0 Matty Pollock

Good start 1-0

They miss their first!  :)

Tilley pen saved  :-/

Tilley misses. Good save

1-0

Two pens each

1-1

Good peno Macca has no chance

1-1

Preston scores

2-1 Town

2-1 right in the corner by Preston

Three pens each

2-2

2-2

Macca goes the wrong way

Edwards for Town

3-2

Edwards dribbles the ball into the bottom corner

3-2

3-3 Pringle down the middle

Pringle goes next and scores

3-3

Macca is saved

3-3

Macca takes a penalty and it's saved   :-/

Morecambe win 4-3 on pens   :-/

£5000 down the drain

O'sullivan scores

3-4 town are out

flipping state of that macca penalty...

Disappointing we've gone down but penalties is a bit of a lottery.... no disgrace to go out that way

Quoted from Chrisblor

£5000 down the drain

never bet on town, learned that years ago.

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

Disappointing we've gone down but penalties is a bit of a lottery.... no disgrace to go out that way

Won't stop the whingers putting a negative spin on a nothing game though will it.

Not sure McKeown will put himself taking pen no 5 again!

Quoted from Chrisblor

£5000 down the drain

Always looking on the bright side.

Shocker by McKeown.

Got to laugh 😂

Always dissapointing to lose- on penalties. Why macca took it ive no idea, Gibson as a striker surely should be putting himself forward. But hey ho, a good workout for the lads

Scannell, Wright, Gibson all could have taken a penalty. So why the f.uck did McKeown take the 5th??

£5000 prize money desperately needed and we let McKeown take *that* penalty.

I could hear the guy on the tannoy system after the game giving the scores from other games , I'm surprised he's survived the chop ? ;D
I'm guessing its not a paid role

Quoted from grimps

I could hear the guy on the tannoy system after the game giving the scores from other games , I'm surprised he's survived the chop ? ;D
I'm guessing its not a paid role

Maybe it was JF filling in?

Quoted from grimps

I could hear the guy on the tannoy system after the game giving the scores from other games , I'm surprised he's survived the chop ? ;D
I'm guessing its not a paid role

Don't want him getting rusty, and the equipment falling out of repair

Town have a difficult season ahead going on this performance. Skillful new players but very lightweight for this division

Quoted from davmariner

Scannell, Wright, Gibson all could have taken a penalty. So why the f.uck did McKeown take the 5th??

Scannell and Wrights legs had gone Gibson might be excrement at penos we don't know. Maybe Macca was confident and completely fluffed it

You'd have thought Gibson would be desperate to register his first goal for Town - strange he hasn't put himself forward.

Given that our best bet looked like penalties you'd have thought we'd have ended up with 5 outfield players who were willing to take one under minimal pressure on the pitch. Unless McKeown had had a lifelong ambition to score the winning penalty and thought this was the moment.

Quoted from golfer

Town have a difficult season ahead going on this performance. Skillfull new players but very lightweight for this division

I think we looked decent considering our lack of pre-season. First half we were good with the ball. Defending was a bit iffy but got better as the game went on. Obviously we were knackered after 60 minutes, but they have had their squad together longer and played a couple of actual friendlies. I think we'll be fine, but a couple of players short of a push at the moment. A couple more the quality of Scannell though and we'll be laughing!

Beaten due to a lack of experienced subs and fitness. played some good stuff in the middle 40 mins of the game. thought Khouri looked quite capable when he came on, and Williams scary with his pace and skill if he can come on when his team mates are still capable of running to keep up with him.  Pollock and Scannell pick of the team and Preston will only get better. More youths to be tried out on Tuesday I assume, but got to ask the question what the hell was he doing starting with a midfielder/winger at right back and player with much experience in that position in midfield. I expect some red Xs for not licking IHs bottom.

We looked like what we are, a team of strangers that haven't played together and are not match fit. In the first half, after a slow start we played some good football.  We had 67% of possession in the first half. We just never got going in the second half.

Some good signs there, especially Scanell, William's and Preston. Pollock and Waterfall looked solid, (apart from the backpass).

Was striking the gulf in fitness between us and Morecambe.

It “might“ only be £5k but it was a competitive game and I would like to think everyone connected to town would want to win. Can understand the early try out with Wright and Hewitt but with Macca taking a penalty is unforgivable, if he was that good a taker then why hasn’t he taken one before ?

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Beaten due to a lack of experienced subs and fitness. played some good stuff in the middle 40 mins of the game. thought Khouri looked quite capable when he came on, and Williams scary with his pace and skill if he can come on when his team mates are still capable of running to keep up with him.  Pollock and Scannell pick of the team and Preston will only get better. More youths to be tried out on Tuesday I assume, but got to ask the question what the hell was he doing starting with a midfielder/winger at right back and player with much experience in that position in midfield. I expect some red Xs for not licking IHs bottom.

Hewitt has played centre midfield before, and in his only outing there under Holloway was actually very good. Max is better running at people and more suited to a wide role than in the middle. It didn't work well, but it's not a decision that was completely out there. Perhaps if Scannell hadn't been able to beat his man first touch when Max was behind him, then overlapping might have worked better. Tilley and Preston were doing that on the other side.

Quoted from mimma

We looked like what we are, a team of strangers that haven't played together and are not match fit. In the first half, after a slow start we played some good football.  We had 67% of possession in the first half. We just never got going in the second half.

Some good signs there, especially Scanell, William's and Preston. Pollock and Waterfall looked solid, (apart from the backpass).

Looks even better on the that showing, physique improved, totally comfortable on the ball. Expect some bids incoming at some point this season.

Macca said nobody else wanted a penalty

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

Disappointing we've gone down but penalties is a bit of a lottery.... no disgrace to go out that way

Have to disagree, as i always do, with that cliche about penalty shoot outs.

They're not a lottery, they're a test of technique and composure.

Wish JT would ask about Ohman

Pollock looking decent again and Scanall looked decent.

Not a lot else to really talk about...perhaps we used it as a pre season game, which is fine but there was 5k available for simply getting a win which could’ve been easily achieved.

Tuesday is another friendly but how will we fair next week when the real football starts?

Quoted from Tommy

Have to disagree, as i always do, with that cliche about penalty shoot outs.

They're not a lottery, they're a test of technique and composure.

I see where you're coming from but if both teams were that good technically and have such mental strength, then they'd carry on until midnight

It's always realistically going to be an error, a lack of composure or a fluke that decides the outcome...

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

I see where you're coming from but if both teams were that good technically and have such mental strength, then they'd carry on until midnight

It's always realistically going to be an error, a lack of composure or a fluke that decides the outcome...

I’d be disappointed if a professional darts player turned round after a defeat and said ‘ Well it’s a lottery isn’t it ‘

I thought in patches we were good. Certainly first half after we conceded the goal. Bossed possession for long spells and knocked it around comfortably. Second half we tired and Morecambe didn't.

Think as our fitness improves and we get a few players back available, we could be a decent side.

Preston looks excellent.
Scannell has a bit of class about him still.
Rose looks real quality.
Edwards looked really promising in his cameo. Able to beat players.
Khouri handled himself well too which is great for the young lad.

Green was ok. Missed a sitter before a great finish for his goal. But he tires early in the second half still.

Overall fairly optimistic that we'll have a good side when it all comes together.

Wright is not a full back. Wing back maybe. Hes wasted at full back. No surprise we improved when that experiment was binned after a few minutes.

Scannell looks class for this level when fit. Pollock and waterfall had good games as did Rose (apart from the mistake from waterfall for their goal) Preston also looks decent. Macca made some good saves as always.

Passing was very good first half and once we got settled controlled the game until the hour mark. Generally entertaining too despite the lack of goalmouth chances.

Fitness levels were noticeably poor obviously.

Greens one good moment was when play was actually in front of him and he could turn, again no surprise, he can do a rudimentary job at the centre of a 3 with his back to goal but is always going to look out of his depth there. Remember he was originally signed to play wide in a 3 (which he never does now) with him and ogbu eityer side of hanson (remebering his interview from the telegraph) or as a 2 with Hanson.

Did Macca score in the pen shoot out last season? Or did he save from the oppo’s keeper?

He didnt take one and the macc keeper scored

Quoted from grimps

I’d be disappointed if a professional darts player turned round after a defeat and said ‘ Well it’s a lottery isn’t it ‘

So let's say that these darts players just had the bull to aim at...

Both can maybe hit it 99 times out of a 100 but at some stage, one of them will miss

On any other day the one that misses might have hit the target but the probability is that either due to a lack of concentration or their usual reliable skill being just that bit off, one will  eventually beat the other.

Same as with penalties... normally you'd put money on the best players scoring ( Messi, Ronaldo etc.) but they are human and prone to error.

Everyone says Matt Le Tissier was a "perfect penalty taker" but did he have a 100% record?  ;)

Quoted from golfer

Town have a difficult season ahead going on this performance. Skillful new players but very lightweight for this division

Jesus. First game and your making ridiculous predictions. Hanson, Moshni, Hendrie all to return yet.

Is it me or does Macca only know how to dive to his right on penalties? I'm pretty sure he does it every shootout

Apologies if I missed it but is Ira Jackson injured or not ready like Sissay?

Quoted from jaygy

Is it me or does Macca only know how to dive to his right on penalties? I'm pretty sure he does it every shootout

Didn't he save a penalty to his left in the Carabou Cup against Macclesfield last season?

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

I see where you're coming from but if both teams were that good technically and have such mental strength, then they'd carry on until midnight

It's always realistically going to be an error, a lack of composure or a fluke that decides the outcome...

Exactly, thats how a penalty shoot out works. A player (or several) take a penalty where their technique for that penalty causes them to miss or give the GK an opportunity to save it.

I'd disagree that "fluke" has nothing to do with it though. Its totally down to the technique/execution of the player taking the penalty kick, which can be affected by his mentality in handling the pressure situation.

If it was fluke or a lottery, why dont we just toss a coin to decide who wins.

Quoted from jaygy

Is it me or does Macca only know how to dive to his right on penalties? I'm pretty sure he does it every shootout

He used to only dive to the left a bit back.

Maybe changing it a bit might help.

2 to the left one to the right then stand still.for the ones who chip it down the middle then back to the left.

Whatever system you use it could still be wrong.

Spin it how you like we were way behind in fitness, lightweight in stature and amateurish in penalty taking, five grand down the drain

Don't think its fair to criticise people like Gibson, Hewitt, Scannell etc for not putting themselves forward to take a pen. How do any of us know they didn't?

Every player on the pitch might have put themselves forward to take one for all we know. Fair play to Macca for wanting to take one but I'd question the decision to let him take on when its clear that his kicking has never been his strong point.

Quoted from Tommy

Don't think its fair to criticise people like Gibson, Hewitt, Scannell etc for not putting themselves forward to take a pen. How do any of us know they didn't?

Every player on the pitch might have put themselves forward to take one for all we know. Fair play to Macca for wanting to take one but I'd question the decision to let him take on when its clear that his kicking has never been his strong point.

Maybe thinking if he aimed down the middle he’d skew it in to the top corner! 😁

Apparently Ollie was complaining in the post match interview that his keeper had taken a pen. Surely he’s in charge of that? If he gave the decision to the players then don’t complain after.

Really can’t get annoyed about this. It was a friendly in all but name. We have got some decent players there. It’s going to take a couple of months to get them firing though.

So what is it with Ohman?

Quoted from grimsby pete

He used to only dive to the left a bit back.

Maybe changing it a bit might help.

2 to the left one to the right then stand still.for the ones who chip it down the middle then back to the left.

Whatever system you use it could still be wrong.

If he did that Pete he would be on Strictly dancing

Quoted from marinerdazza

Really can’t get annoyed about this. It was a friendly in all but name. We have got some decent players there. It’s going to take a couple of months to get them firing though.

So what is it with Ohman?

The club is skint...prize money would have been nice so it wasnt a "friendly". I am glad its out the way though, the minimum number of games the better for this season as far as i am concerned, we only have a few injuries really and the bench today had alot of youngsters on it. Protect the squad for League games to maximise our chances of getting safety as fast as possible and then upwards from there.

Just listened to Holloway's post match interview with JT....

Interesting when he was speaking about the Limbrick situation and how AL didnt want to take the paycut if the players weren't, that he said "John wasn't having it"

So he's not the chairman any more but still calling the shots.

Quoted from Tommy

Just listened to Holloway's post match interview with JT....

Interesting when he was speaking about the Limbrick situation and how AL didnt want to take the paycut if the players weren't, that he said "John wasn't having it"

So he's not the chairman any more but still calling the shots.

Has that really shocked you?

Are we sleepwalking into a contractual minefield with some staff losing 25% of wages but players back on 100%? Leaving AL's case aside as there are other complications, surely we would be better doing what the majority of clubs are doing (whatever that is) rather than digging our heels in?
If , for example, the back office, ground maintenance, commercial functions are impacted to the same degree as the pitch, how are we better off? If we get into defending cases in tribunals it can soon be expensive.
There is bound to be a test case somewhere in the EFL brought by a club employee.
Could there be a return to say 90% if Season tickets pass 2000?  
I know this will get red crossed for 'hammering the club' but I'm just looking to avoid unnecessary grief for all concerned.

Quoted from Tommy

Just listened to Holloway's post match interview with JT....

Interesting when he was speaking about the Limbrick situation and how AL didnt want to take the paycut if the players weren't, that he said "John wasn't having it"

So he's not the chairman any more but still calling the shots.

Johns a pretty common name, maybe it wasnt John Fenty he was referring to ?  












;D

Quoted from moosey_club

Johns a pretty common name, maybe it wasnt John Fenty he was referring to ?  












;D

It must have been a different John he was referring to because he calls Fenty Squeaky.