Team

Crocombe
Cropper
Pearson
Smith
Amos
JMD
Khouri
Clifton
Wearne
Kierman
Pepple

Subs
Battersby
Glennon
Braithwaite
Green
Morris
Orsi
Efete

Taylor, Waterfall, Holohan all rested

Surprised to see Crocombe, Smith and Clifton start - I'd have taken the fine* for not following whatever the rules are on that sort of thing. Good to see Khouri get a game, thought he looked promising in his cameo v Notts Forest (as I believe they like to be known).




*obviously I've no idea how much the fine actually is

They have a pretty strong team out should be a decent test.

I'd liked to have seen Orsi upfront with Pepple. Think it could turn out to be a goal scoring duo?

Quoted from Abdul19

Surprised to see Crocombe, Smith and Clifton start - I'd have taken the fine* for not following whatever the rules are on that sort of thing. Good to see Khouri get a game, thought he looked promising in his cameo v Notts Forest (as I believe they like to be known).




*obviously I've no idea how much the fine actually is

Word Up.

Pitch looks immaculate.

Anyone else not able to get on Mariners TV?

I've got it, but I'm overseas.

Sh!t cameoff smith onto the post and a tap in 1-0

That didn't take long
Pinball goal

Unlucky to concede that

Comedy opener for Tosh Lines' lads

Comeback Kings  ;)

Burton beating Leicester's kids 3-0 after 10 mins

Quoted from It Bites

Burton beating Leicester's kids 3-0 after 10 mins

4-0 after 12.

Quoted from promotion plaice

4-0 after 12.

Joke of a cup

In other news, Alex Hunt starting for the Wendys tonight.

Does marinerstv audio periodically stop playing for anyone else, not in a buffering way just randomly pauses

Here’s the goal if anyones bothered.
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Derby have gone really strong
Decent game
Great little atmosphere

First shot on goal, near miss, apart from this we haven't shown any threat on goal after 20+ mins. It appears we're playing the same plan as previous games in that we defend the first half.

Hopefully we'll come good later on.

Chance for Cropper, went wide.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

In other news, Alex Hunt starting for the Wendys tonight.

For fu(k’s sake

He’ll be cup tied now

Coming into it with Wearne missing a sitter, straight at the keeper.

2-0. Ah wel

Brilliant play from Derby, cut open Town and popped it in. 2-0 down

3-0 wonderful goal for Derby

3-0 game over.

Think i might give the second half a miss  ;D

3-0 with a quality goal. We move on to Newport on Saturday

Ah well, saw us getting a battering tonight.

Hahaha

See it out without injuries... who cares about this really  ?

I really hate to say this, as I bloody love the bloke but Pearson looks well off the pace.

3-0 a bit harsh on us based on general play, but they've got a cutting edge that we haven't unfortunately. Shame Wearne missed chance at 1-0

Quoted from bradzmilne

I really hate to say this, as I bloody love the bloke but Pearson looks well off the pace.

Tbf what do you expect? He hasn’t played a game for months. Of course he’s bound to be rusty.

I just nipped out to water the greenhouse, come back and my POM entry is in tatters!

Quoted from davmariner

Tbf what do you expect? He hasn’t played a game for months. Of course he’s bound to be rusty.

What’s Clifton’s excuse? Tired after Saturday?

Quoted from davmariner

Tbf what do you expect? He hasn’t played a game for months. Of course he’s bound to be rusty.

Just an observation mate.

A truly wonderful servant to the club but at his age, playing so rarely isn’t going to be doing him any good.  

With that said, we’re not privy to any agreement with the club re: coaching etc.

Quoted from buckstown

I just nipped out to water the greenhouse, come back and my POM entry is in tatters!

Can’t you just call it cleaning windows like everyone else 🤦🏻‍♂️

Midfield letting us down. JMD, Kouri, Wearne ineffective.  No service to our lone striker Expect changes to the midfield second half.

Quoted from DB

3-0 with a quality goal. We move on to Newport on Saturday

And project stop Bogle !!

Quoted from Tinymariner

What’s Clifton’s excuse? Tired after Saturday?

Don’t think he’s playing too badly, certainly not the worst. Danny Amos is being torn a new one by Mendez-Laing who is a quality player.

Forgot we were playing…

Think we can see why the likes of JMD, Khouri, Amos, don't start in league games, Amos's positioning has been absolutely woeful and Mendez-Lainge is having a field day with him.

There's a mix of things of note after that first 45 that are hurting us in this game.
1 the Derby squad is a class above us in every position (especially Mendes-Laing), you can see it from their movement on and off the ball, how they pass it and the way they close us down.
2 no support up top again Pepple has been isolated a few times now and it's not just him it's the same most of the time when we get the ball forward.
3 Our passes are very sloppy tonight always a yard short or over-hit.

But as most have said, it is a good run out for those who don't often get a game and that's all that matters in this competition.

Be an exciting final 10 minutes when we do our usual late goal charge!!

Quoted from Roast Em Bobby

3-0 a bit harsh on us based on general play, but they've got a cutting edge that we haven't unfortunately. Shame Wearne missed chance at 1-0

Not enough spin.

Pepple getting no service whatsoever

Quoted from ginnywings

Not enough spin.

very good  :)

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

Amos's positioning has been absolutely woeful and Mendez-Lainge is having a field day with him.

Noticed in his last 3 games that when he lets our CB go out to the winger he doesn't cut off the square pass inside

Is our record in this version of the competition something like drawn 1, won 1 , lost 6000?
Not even sure we have won 1 in all honesty, that was more grasping at straws.

Green
Shed ed

We seem terrible on the break in pace and passing

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

1 the Derby squad is a class above us in every position (especially Mendes-Laing), you can see it from their movement on and off the ball, how they pass it and the way they close us down.

Giving youngsters like 30yo Mendes-Laing game time is what this competition is all about

Hull losing 3-0 (HT) at QPR so it's not all bad tonight.

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

There's a mix of things of note after that first 45 that are hurting us in this game.
1 the Derby squad is a class above us in every position (especially Mendes-Laing), you can see it from their movement on and off the ball, how they pass it and the way they close us down.
2 no support up top again Pepple has been isolated a few times now and it's not just him it's the same most of the time when we get the ball forward.
3 Our passes are very sloppy tonight always a yard short or over-hit.

But as most have said, it is a good run out for those who don't often get a game and that's all that matters in this competition.

Yeh but we wanna go as far as we can in this competition Hurst pre-match interview

I think Orsi may have a lot to offer in Lg2

I think the Man City game could be a long evening if the likes of McAtee’s brother is anything to go by 🤦‍♂️

3-1 come back is on   :K)

Goal Kiernan 3-1

The comebacks on


Wembley, Wembley…….

Quoted from essexexile

Yeh but we wanna go as far as we can in this competition Hurst pre-match interview

He's hardly going to say "not bothered about the tinpot trophy, sooner we're out the better"...

3-1 kiernan.

Told you we would make a late comeback, Wembley hotel booking still on!

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

The comebacks on


Wembley, Wembley…….

It's a sh1t competition and we're boycotting it...
Wemberley..Wemberley

Whilst Derby have clearly been better, we have missed 3 very good chances (Wearne 1st half, and two relatively easy headers missed by Kiernan and Green in the 2nd).

Another assist for JMD.

MOM Smith by a mile.

Quoted from GY1

MOM Smith by a mile.

All about opinions but I thought he struggled tonight
On another note Braithwaite looked promising

Quoted from carrot top

All about opinions but I thought he struggled tonight
On another note Braithwaite looked promising

Agreed, but I think it would have been more than three without him.

230 town fans there tonight in a crowd of 5348

And we've still got 2 more games in this tinpot cup before we can wipe our hands of it

Out of interest, why since the introduction of premiership U21 teams have none of those teams won the trophy, in fact they haven’t even made a final yet.

It actually pi..sses me off 230 town went to this game , I thought our fan base realised what a illegitimate this competition is and what it’s been made by selling out to PL youth teams

I'm not fused about the 230 going, freedom of choice etc.. I'll be more gutted if they chose that over say Newport Saturday (if they was going to do one or the other).. I feel the boys need our full backing Saturday which is going to be a very tough game.

Quoted from louth_in_the_south

It actually pi..sses me off 230 town went to this game , I thought our fan base realised what a illegitimate this competition is and what it’s been made by selling out to PL youth teams

Everyone should feel comfortable to make their own choices and not feel they are going to be criticised for it.   Its pretty hard to get tickets for games right now, so these games might provide some people with a good opportunity to get to a game.

What is Braithwaite's position? Centre mid?

Quoted from sam gy

What is Braithwaite's position? Centre mid?

Midfield according to the club.


https://gtfc.co.uk/manager/aaron-braithwaite/

Quoted from louth_in_the_south

It actually pi..sses me off 230 town went to this game , I thought our fan base realised what a illegitimate this competition is and what it’s been made by selling out to PL youth teams

Whilst I'm only talking about streaming for myself as I live overseas I'll happily watch the Derby and Mansfield games. Won't be tuning in to watch us play Man City's kids though, which pains me when it's so great having the ability to stream back this season. Last season the only games I could see were the playoff games, Bromsgrove and Southend, plus made it back to GY for the Maidenhead game. Just can't bring myself to watch us play a Premiershite youth team.

Quoted from buckstown

230 town fans there tonight in a crowd of 5348

Blimey, they pull in 30,000 for a league game. Shows what their fans think of it too. And that is with a cheap admission price.