https://twitter.com/officialgtfc/status/1451896218334924803

Taylor and Efete missing.  Otherwise, it's still a strong side.

Good to see both Wright and Sousa available too. Some great attacking options to bring on if and when needed.

Taylor was the one I knew about, which is a blow, as he's been excellent so far. Let's hope Lenny has his shooting boots on.

Quoted from ginnywings

Taylor was the one I knew about, which is a blow, as he's been excellent so far. Let's hope Lenny has his shooting boots on.

Goals more likely to come from Bapaga and McAtee I think.

Quoted from ginnywings

Taylor was the one I knew about, which is a blow, as he's been excellent so far. Let's hope Lenny has his shooting boots on.

Good job he got a full run out last weekend. Got the option to go Bapaga up front with Sousa on the right if it’s not working out.

Got caught in a tropical storm and was befriended by these two aptly-coloured canines.  Sorry about the bad pic but they were like G.T.F.C squad members - they wouldn't stand still.

Quoted from RonMariner

Goals more likely to come from Bapaga and McAtee I think.

I think Mcatee might get a couple and after that, anybody could score. We have goal scores all over the pitch so who knows who will chip in with another. ;) ;)

Who is on penalty duty? We seem to get quite a few this season.

Quoted from ginnywings

Taylor was the one I knew about, which is a blow, as he's been excellent so far. Let's hope Lenny has his shooting boots on.

FFS I'm more likely to score than him, gutted Sousa isn't starting too

LJL doesn't need to score for us to win. He can hastle and bustle and hold play up for the others.

Even though all thats available is a commentary for me today, I am absolutely excited while waiting for kick off, butterflys even. Not felt like this every game for years.(clap2)

Dear Lenny
I hope you can feel the love cos we're sending it in vast amounts and we're all willing you to score. Even miserable old Ipswin and Jonnyboy who'll both be on sausage duty
Come on town!!!!!

Anyone got a link to commentary? Thanks

Quoted from mr b

Anyone got a link to commentary? Thanks

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_humberside

Hows Lenny looking - if anyone is there.  I think he'll get one today (not a pen).

1.0 Lewis penalty 😊

COme on the shop!!

GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLL

Brilliant from the SHOP

1 - 0 up and going up

1-0 SHOP!

I love you Lennie

Get in. Well done, the shop

Took guts.  Well done fella.

Bapaga won another penalty, he makes it really difficult for people to deal with him in the box. Good to see Lennie on the scoresheet.

Lennie could get 20 a season if Bapaga keeps winning penalties

Chesterfield winning 1 - 0

Think its time we named him Lewis-Pen. Bapaga has to start every game as he is a penalty winning machine

Quoted from Ipswin

FFS I'm more likely to score than him, gutted Sousa isn't starting too

Thank intercourse for that! Of course I meant score in a different context! ;)

These sound like a bunch of dirty illegitimates

ref is dog poo.

England well on top in cricket if anyone interested.

Atmosphere's shite. Is the Findus even here?

Wrexham 2 - 0 up at Barnet

Been flat on and off the pitch.

But 1-0 up so we’ll take it

The match sounds a bit drab but, hey, we're winning and that's what counts. Chesterfield now 2 - 0 up and for those at the match the latest scores are :-

Barnet     0     2     Wrexham     
                Mullin (24'), Hayden (28')     
45'+     Chesterfield     2     0     Boreham Wood     
     Rowe (20' pen)                
45'+     Dagenham & Redbridge     0     0     Southend United     
45'+     Eastleigh     0     1     Altrincham     
HT     Grimsby Town(1)     1     0     (0)Yeovil Town     
     John-Lewis (20' pen)                
5.20pm     Maidenhead United     v     Woking
45'+     Notts County     0     0     Stockport County     
HT     Solihull Moors(0)     0     0     (0)FC Halifax Town     
HT     Torquay United(1)     1     0     (0)King's Lynn Town     
HT     Weymouth(1)     1     0     (0)Wealds

We're not playing well compared to what we're used to at the moment, but we're winning.

I think we might see Sousa or Revan come on at half time, if not i don't think we'll have to wait long for one of them.

You would think Yeovil were top, team is totally of today and Lennie looking anything but national league level, sorry but he needs swapping.

hopefully we can pick it up 2nd half, grinding out wins when not playing well is a sign of a good team.

we can't play well every game but when we don't it is important to still find a way to win if possible.

Have always been impressed with Taylor's link up play up front and we seem to be missing that today.

Not sure what people are saying about a lack of atmosphere went a little quiet after the goal weirdly but some good noise coming out of the Osmond (where I am today). Gotta give some credit to the Yeovil support for doing their best to make some noise just a shame about the thugs who decide to take things further than banter.

Will did well to win the pen, looked like keepers ball but he accelerated and nipped in to win the ball he had no right to win and went over the keepers arm.

Most of the play is in midfield but we've created a couple of chances.

Ref is a worry, unpredictable

Quoted from Davec

hopefully we can pick it up 2nd half, .

We badly need that second goal, can't stand another nervous last 10 mins

Quoted from Humbercod

You would think Yeovil were top, team is totally of today and Lennie looking anything but national league level, sorry but he needs swapping.

Would you? They havent had a shot😂

I wonder how many more penalties Bapaga can win us today?

Nearly for Harry, another goal coming.

Scunts 2 up sadly

Quoted from buckstown

Scunts 2 up sadly

Not a problem, there going nowhere still bottom.

Sake Lennie

You might as well have played me upfront.

excrement pass. excrement finish

LJL doing what he does best! ;) ;)

You have to admit he's consistent (consistently shite) Disaster not having Taylor available

He must have something on Hurst, can't think why Hurst persists with him

Most of the other chasing teams now winning

I know finishing has never been John Lewis's area of expertise but I swear his finishing has regressed since he was last here (I do appreciate he is 6 years older now) I still think John Lewis does offer something but if he keeps on missing these easy chances then eventually i fear it will cost us valuable points.

See this is what you can't do, You can't just give a player a free ride for missing an open goal in a championship winning side.

Yea lenny gives his all but we all know he can't finish and as much as he's popular and like i say works hard you can not just accept missing an open net.

Im not having a go its just facts.

I'm afraid this has got 1-1 written all over it if we can't get that second goal

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Most of the other chasing teams now winning

I do like 'Chasing Teams'. We know where we are. ;) ;)

6400 so how the hell didnt 6-700 fans turn up ?

L:ennie misses a sitter. Now there's a surprise.
Couldn't hit a cows backside with an open bag of rice!
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Quoted from Ipswin

I'm afraid this has got 1-1 written all over it if we can't get that second goal

The only writing in my book is 1 - 0 town. Winning and going up as champions grinding out a result.

Quoted from grimps

6400 so how the hell didnt 6-700 fans turn up ?

Perhaps they saw who the star striker was today and just couldn't stand any more pain (or hilarity dependent on how you view LJL's shooting efforts)

Quoted from Davec

I know finishing has never been John Lewis's area of expertise but I swear his finishing has regressed since he was last here (I do appreciate he is 6 years older now) I still think John Lewis does offer something but if he keeps on missing these easy chances then eventually i fear it will cost us valuable points.

I think he’s the player to bring on when we’re holding onto a 1-0 win away from home .
The thing is this team isn’t the type to hold on for a 1-0

Quoted from DB

The only writing in my book is 1 - 0 town. Winning and going up as champions grinding out a result.

I hope you are right!

I dont really payy attention to posters names quite as much as I should when I read posts and replies etc. So in a way I guess I'll never be biased debendant on who posts... But seriously. Swim just stop following town mate. You're the first poster I've noticed in a long time. You're so negative and boring. It's redicilous.


Regards the game, we all know LJL isn't our chosen firstt striker, we all know PH tried to get another striker aswell. So let's just back the boys and if it ends 1-0 it's still 3 points 👊

I don't like this.

Quoted from lukeo

I dont really payy attention to posters names quite as much as I should when I read posts and replies etc. So in a way I guess I'll never be biased debendant on who posts... But seriously. Swim just stop following town mate. You're the first poster I've noticed in a long time. You're so negative and boring. It's redicilous.


Regards the game, we all know LJL isn't our chosen firstt striker, we all know PH tried to get another striker aswell. So let's just back the boys and if it ends 1-0 it's still 3 points 👊

Thank you for attempting to post a message about me, a good effort considering English is clearly not your first language.

Quoted from Ipswin

Perhaps they saw who the star striker was today and just couldn't stand any more pain (or hilarity dependent on how you view LJL's shooting efforts)

Are you actually at the game?

Quoted from chipsandgravy

Are you actually at the game?

It's painful (and tense) enough on radio Humberside thank you

Quoted from Mayaman

I don't like this.

Don't worry. The old saying is the sign of a good team is when you play badly and win then you're doing OK.

2.0 McAtee

Thank intercourse for that

Isn't this Lennys 2nd start since last season due to injuries?
I believe we should give him a chance to get match fit at least before being so bloody critical.

2  0

Thank intercourse for that!

McAtee makes it 2!

To be fair I'm predicted text on my phone and couldn't give two felicitations. Boring.

Woo hoo! 2.0

Yes!!!!!! Thank intercourse for that

2-0 game over

GOAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL going up 2 - 0 No Problem, just a matter of time >:( >:( >:(

Get in lads!!!

Yesss the way a good team wins always that late goal even when not playing too well

And relax ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Sounded a reasonably poor game from Grimsby but to win 2.0 shows this is a good team, we are going up!

Quoted from Ipswin

Thank you for attempting to post a message about me, a good effort considering English is clearly not your first language.

Lol..

Quoted from Ipswin

I'm afraid this has got 1-1 written all over it if we can't get that second goal

I bet the result has really  hacked you off and stopped that cynical bilge you were preparing in the comfort of your armchair!

Goal and assist for Lennie.

Just enough time for a third :)

Quoted from Ipswin

I hope you are right!

I wasn't, it was 2 - 0.

Sounded a bit like the Eastleigh game this one.

4 points clear at the top 😊

Another 3 points and another game down, Halifax and Boreham Wood both fall further behind us, not much to complain about all things considered!

UTM!

Winning 2 nil, when we've played poorly for most of the game is starting to sound like a championship winning side not just a promotion side isn't it

Quoted from cmackenzie4

4 points clear at the top 😊

Bromley lurking...

Happy mariner and 2 1/2 pint mariners tonight

From memory. I dont think Bromley have played more than one team away outside the bottom eight this season.

I guess the only people who will be unhappy are the ones preparing an essay speech offering a scathing review of the team and Hurst. It does show how easily our fans will turn on the team even when 1:0 up though when things don't come off, after so many seasons of being a losing team we struggle as fans to let go of negativity and yelling in deep voices from the stands.

Quoted from chipsandgravy

I bet the result has really  hacked you off and stopped that cynical bilge you were preparing in the comfort of your armchair!

Quite the opposite I pommed 2-0 Town, 1-0 HT, and LJL to score first Town goal

Quoted from Ipswin

Quite the opposite I pommed 2-0 Town, 1-0 HT, and LJL to score first Town goal

Of course you did!

Quoted from Madeleymariner

From memory. I dont think Bromley have played more than one team away outside the bottom eight this season.

Dunno...but they've won 6 in a row so they're doing something right.

Quoted from RonMariner

Goals more likely to come from Bapaga and McAtee I think.

Shows how much I know.......

But at least MCatee scored too.

I’ve just seen the Mcatee goal on Twitter and it looked a great strike

Quoted from grimps

I’ve just seen the Mcatee goal on Twitter and it looked a great strike

Care to share chap?

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Care to share chap?

https://twitter.com/DocksBeers/status/1451938667333922817

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Care to share chap?

It’s on the Docks beers Twitter account if anyone’s got it  , I’ve still no idea how to share stuff on here

Quoted from TheRealJohnLewis

https://twitter.com/DocksBeers/status/1451938667333922817

Shame they never  kept filming for a few more seconds so we could see the celebration

Quoted from Kris2

I guess the only people who will be unhappy are the ones preparing an essay speech offering a scathing review of the team and Hurst. It does show how easily our fans will turn on the team even when 1:0 up though when things don't come off, after so many seasons of being a losing team we struggle as fans to let go of negativity and yelling in deep voices from the stands.

I keep hearing this stuff about negativity but don’t see it? It seems more people actually want people to be negative so they can moan, and far less are actually moaning…

Quoted from pontoonlew

I keep hearing this stuff about negativity but don’t see it? It seems more people actually want people to be negative so they can moan, and far less are actually moaning…

I quote, and I apologise to the person who posted this, as I am very glad to have them back in the fold, but it was the first one I found out of the stack of negativity / nerves from some posters:

“You have to admit he's consistent (consistently shite) Disaster not having Taylor available

He must have something on Hurst, can't think why Hurst persists with him”

Quoted from pontoonlew

I keep hearing this stuff about negativity but don’t see it? It seems more people actually want people to be negative so they can moan, and far less are actually moaning…

I think after 20 years of misery moaning has been a coping mechanism for many of us , we’re just waiting for the next kick in the teeth or the wheels to come off .
Hopefully we’ve really turned the corner now and we’ll expect and demand that we win every week

Quoted from grimps

I think after 20 years of misery moaning has been a coping mechanism for many of us , we’re just waiting for the next kick in the teeth or the wheels to come off .
Hopefully we’ve really turned the corner now and we’ll expect and demand that we win every week

Bullies like a victim to single out, our second choice striker who has weighed in with a goal and an assist today is their chosen target at the moment, if it wasn’t him him it would be someone else

Quoted from grimps

6400 so how the hell didnt 6-700 fans turn up ?

Not to detract from another win, but also mystified - 10% of ticket holders didn't turn up?

Quoted from Knut Anders Fosters Voles

I quote, and I apologise to the person who posted this, as I am very glad to have them back in the fold, but it was the first one I found out of the stack of negativity / nerves from some posters:

“You have to admit he's consistent (consistently shite) Disaster not having Taylor available

He must have something on Hurst, can't think why Hurst persists with him”

Please don't apologise. I was the poster and I stand by all of it. I don't think LJL is worthy of a place in the current squad and in my opinion (I assume having an opinion contrary to the majority hasn't been banned by admin yet) I can't see how or why Hurst persists with him and having Taylor unavailable is bad news

It's not negative, its my opinion  unlike some I haven't yet mentioned cows arses and banjos but I don't rate him and his performance in front of goal has been abysmal - fact. Others may think his performance in the last two weeks has been outstanding

Quoted from Ipswin

Please don't apologise. I was the poster and I stand by all of it. I don't think LJL is worthy of a place in the current squad and in my opinion (I assume having an opinion contrary to the majority hasn't been banned by admin yet) I can't see how or why Hurst persists with him and having Taylor unavailable is bad news

It's not negative, its my opinion  unlike some I haven't yet mentioned cows arses and banjos but I don't rate him and his performance in front of goal has been abysmal - fact. Others may think his performance in the last two weeks has been outstanding

Lenny’s performances in the last two matches have been decent. His finishing hasn’t been great but he’s not a ‘goalscorer’. It’s a team game and Lenny brings a lot to the team / squad. Look at Giroud in the 2018 WC or Guivarc’h in ‘98. There’s no need to single him out though. We have goals coming from all over the squad.

It’s not like Lenny is a Payne or Conlon, who were due some of the scorn.

I had a ticket today,  was running late work wise, when I heard Lennie was playing, thought, I'll give this a miss and finish job. UTM

Quoted from Ipswin

Thank you for attempting to post a message about me, a good effort considering English is clearly not your first language.

Actually Swin, Lukeo’s first language clearly is English. It may not meet your impeccable standards grammatically but he is pretty effective in communicating his message, which I would have thought was the main requirement in participating in an on line forum.
Or to put it into the  vernacular, please stop being such a condescending sharp object.

Quoted from BS baffles brains

I had a ticket today,  was running late work wise, when I heard Lennie was playing, thought, I'll give this a miss and finish job. UTM

Your loss. Hope you gave your ticket to someone deserving of it.

Swin do you ever have anything positive to weigh in or are you content with constantly rolling out the "Hurst will be a failure if we don't get promoted first time of asking" and "Lenny is no good" tripe you persist with? This is possibly the best season some town fans have seen in a long time so why not just enjoy it?

And just in a side note, since returning from injury Lenny has scored in the 2 games he's started (albeit both penalties)

Quoted from Ipswin

Please don't apologise. I was the poster and I stand by all of it. I don't think LJL is worthy of a place in the current squad and in my opinion (I assume having an opinion contrary to the majority hasn't been banned by admin yet) I can't see how or why Hurst persists with him and having Taylor unavailable is bad news

It's not negative, its my opinion  unlike some I haven't yet mentioned cows arses and banjos but I don't rate him and his performance in front of goal has been abysmal - fact. Others may think his performance in the last two weeks has been outstanding

So you put your judgement above that of our team manager, the  stats say LJL has started the last 2 games and we have scored 7 and conceded 0 he has scored twice and made assists. Who is to say how the games would have gone had he not played?
I have been to neither game but from experience LJL has always been a hardworking team player, we are in the fifth tier we cannot expect Salah like finishing. He may miss a few efforts but never hides. You can have your pet hates but you should save them for when it costs us points, they may be more relevant then

Well whatever your view on Lenny, I'd rather concentrate on the fact that we have clocked up 29 points from 12 games, are the joint top scorers, have the best goal difference, have won the last four league games.

It's a tremendous start given that we recruited almost an entirely new squad. There is a long way to go, but we have given ourselves a great platform to build on.

We have been at the top of the league for weeks now, it feels great!  

Quoted from AussieMariner

Actually Swin, Lukeo’s first language clearly is English. It may not meet your impeccable standards grammatically but he is pretty effective in communicating his message, which I would have thought was the main requirement in participating in an on line forum.
Or to put it into the  vernacular, please stop being such a condescending sharp object.

Thank you. 👍
UTM

What’s the deal with the ticket numbers……it’s perplexing, can Kristine or someone from the club explain? I was looking forward to seeing 7000+ scrawled across the score board, but to be 600 down???

Very flat performance but the right result! UTM!

Bromley play at Notts County on Tuesday. Will be interesting to see how that goes.

Quoted from oochiad

What’s the deal with the ticket numbers……it’s perplexing, can Kristine or someone from the club explain? I was looking forward to seeing 7000+ scrawled across the score board, but to be 600 down???

Isn’t it sold tickets (i.e. including season tickets and all tickets allocated) and the discrepancy is the actual number through the turnstile?

So the waste of space a few posts ago who decided to have another w&nk into his tissue because he found out LJL was playing, didn’t bother to turn up.

Quoted from lukeo

Thank you. 👍
UTM

No wukkers mate

Quoted from Knut Anders Fosters Voles

Isn’t it sold tickets  (i.e. including season tickets and all tickets allocated) and the discrepancy is the actual number through the turnstile?

So the waste of space a few posts ago who decided to have another w&nk into his tissue because he found out LJL was playing, didn’t bother to turn up.

A big difference though - I can understand a couple of hundred ST holders might not make the game but not 6 hundred ticket holders not turning up...

Rows of empty seats in the ponny.

Several hundred does sound far too many, could it be a glitch with the new ticketing system?

Quoted from Oly1987

Swin do you ever have anything positive to weigh in or are you content with constantly rolling out the "Hurst will be a failure if we don't get promoted first time of asking" and "Lenny is no good" tripe you persist with? This is possibly the best season some town fans have seen in a long time so why not just enjoy it?

Because in my opinion (which hopefully I am allowed) unless Hurst gets Town back in the EFL first time he will have failed. Lovely football, good crowds mean nowt if we remain in non-league. Surely Hurst has been employed to get us promoted just as he was employed to avoid relegation last season

Quoted from Ipswin

Because in my opinion (which hopefully I am allowed) unless Hurst gets Town back in the EFL first time he will have failed. Lovely football, good crowds mean nowt if we remain in non-league. Surely Hurst has been employed to get us promoted just as he was employed to avoid relegation last season

My opinion is that you wrote the second best book of 2019. It would have been my number one but for Edna O’Brien‘s superb ‘Girl’. That doesn’t make you a failure. You, quite rightly, should be very proud of writing a brilliant book. I don’t give you a one star review just because Edna’s book was marginally better.

Quoted from oochiad

What’s the deal with the ticket numbers……it’s perplexing, can Kristine or someone from the club explain? I was looking forward to seeing 7000+ scrawled across the score board, but to be 600 down???

It seems that 7000 was available not sold in total.

Quoted from BS baffles brains

I had a ticket today,  was running late work wise, when I heard Lennie was playing, thought, I'll give this a miss and finish job. UTM

It must be tough being employed as a fluffer in a sperm clinic and having your hands full with a delayed deposit donation.

Still, that vibration white finger payout’s going to see you through your retirement.

According to their manager, they were better than us in both halves of the game.

The object of football is to outscore the opposition Mr Sarll. They managed one shot of note all game, yet we could have had 3 or 4 goals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMuMWKZh34A&ab_channel=YeovilTownFootballClub

[quote=799]According to their manager, they were better than us in both halves of the game.

The object of football is to outscore the opposition Mr Sarll. They managed one shot of note all game, yet we could have had 3 or 4 goals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMuMWKZh34A&ab_channel=YeovilTownFootballClub[/quote
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When he mentioned that his team were better than us in both halves I noticed he said it with finger in ear and not tongue in cheek. ;)

I think their Manager’s opinion reflects one of the problems with the modern game where possession is seen as King and people seem to forget the main aim of the game is to score more than the opposition.

Yeovil were very well organised and kept the ball very well but Macca had one save to make, from the free kick, one iffy back pass to deal with, one involvement when Waterfall made his one mistake and one flapped at corner, Yeovil never really looked like scoring despite getting away with several fouls on our centre backs. Liked the look of their number 8, ginger lad, who seemed to pick up a lot of second balls and retained possession well.

We certainly were far from our best but created all the dangerous situations in the match, albeit there were not that many of them, and with Harry’s effort and LJL’s miss could have still had four goals.

Still he wants to build his side up and give them confidence so maybe his comments are not too surprising and with a good striker they would look a very decent team.