Subs  Eastwood, Green, Obikwu, Vernham, Andrews, Wood, Mullarkey

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On paper that looks a lot better than last week

No Wilson at all ?

A much more solid line up than last week in defence and midfield. Great to see Arthur back too. He keeps the ball well and rarely loses it, hopefully get some support going forward from Smith but should shore up that side no end.

Quoted from It Bites

On paper that looks a lot better than last week

I'll let you know about 4:45!

What is the team? All I see is Tweet 1753780435920818583 will appear here...

Would have thought Chas would have started ahead of Eisa considering they’re respective impacts last week.

That said let’s see what happens.

Quoted from Mappers

No Wilson at all ?

He's gone

Glennon not in the squad !!

Quoted from NorthseaMariner

What is the team? All I see is Tweet 1753780435920818583 will appear here...

Sorry about that but the link keeps missing the bit.

Quoted from NorthseaMariner

What is the team? All I see is Tweet 1753780435920818583 will appear here...

Same for me.

Can someone please tell me what the team is? All I’m seeing is:-
Tweet 1753780435920818583 will appear here...

Cartwright
Smith
Rodgers
Maher
Hume
Clifton
Thompson
Holohan
Gnahoua
Visa
Rose

Quoted from ginnywings

Same for me.

Cartwright, Smith, Rodgers, Maher, Hume, Clifton, Thompson, Holohan, Gnahoua, Eise, Rose

And the team is?

An experienced and hardworking midfield. I think we will win today.

Thank you. 😀

Quoted from grimsby pete

He's gone

No he hasn't.

Mullarkey probs makes the squad ahead of Glennon as he can cover CB as well as FB with the new CB out injured.

I'd prefer vernam over gnahoua but he is probably being eased back with his injury record

Quoted from gytone

Glennon not in the squad !!

Can't see him playing much again after the Apter roasting , suprised he lasted as long as he did after thst Nemane one at Notts early on .

Quoted from grimsby pete

He's gone

Apparently just his legs atm

Quoted from NorthseaMariner

Can someone please tell me what the team is? All I’m seeing is:-
Tweet 1753780435920818583 will appear here...

It's a budgie

On paper looks a far stronger team, those full backs are supposedly quality and a lot more confident with the midfield. Big 3 points and clean sheet incoming.

Quoted from TAGG

No he hasn't.

That will teach me to read the whole thread.  ;D

Chas has done well since his return.  Shame to see him not starting.

Test. Edit: Not sure why it didn't work in first post, but the twitter function thing is working.

Good save by Cartwright

Quoted from male private Nale

On paper looks a far stronger team, those full backs are supposedly quality and a lot more confident with the midfield. Big 3 points and clean sheet incoming.

Hope so 👍👍

Liking this Thompson lad

Nice feet from Arthur G.

How mad is it hull and grimsby just had a shot at exactly the same time so their commentary lined up with our visuals

Quoted from male private Nale

On paper looks a far stronger team, those full backs are supposedly quality and a lot more confident with the midfield. Big 3 points and clean sheet incoming.

Both full backs and the entire middle 3 changed from last Saturday - shows what Artell thought of that!

Thompson looks good so far proper battling and driving us forward how refreshing

Quoted from WHYWONTYOULETMESIGNUP

How mad is it hull and grimsby just had a shot at exactly the same time so their commentary lined up with our visuals

Yeah, that was surreal.

Probably a dumb question, but can you pay to watch the match or is it only for those outside the UK?

Quoted from AncientExiledMariner

Probably a dumb question, but can you pay to watch the match or is it only for those outside the UK?

Only those outside uk (or who know how to use vpns)

FGR 1 up at Col U

Quoted from WHYWONTYOULETMESIGNUP

Only those outside uk (or who know how to use vpns)

Thanks for clarifying. That's a shame...

Quoted from TownSNAFU5

And the team is?

There for you to find yourself?

Salford 2-0 Wrexham.

Thompson looks good if he stays fit

Quoted from davmariner

Salford 2-0 Wrexham.

Bloody Wrexham when you need them.

20 minutes gone and were looking good. What a difference 3 players make.

Quoted from AncientExiledMariner

Probably a dumb question, but can you pay to watch the match or is it only for those outside the UK?

dodgy stick mate only  £60

FFS FGR 🙄

Whoever got Thompson on an 18 month deal needs a pat on the back

Hmmmm that 35 min lull seems to be kicking.in after looking the better team

Hume looks like a competition winner

Wish we'd talk.  Hume cleared into nowhere when he loads of time.

Have to say, Harvey Rodgers looks very good today. Won everything and throwing there centre half around

40 mins in, can we go in without conceding?

Oooooooh!

Inches wide

Quoted from Chrisblor

Hume looks like a competition winner

Right, after 40 minutes of his debut for us!  Some people just like to moan.

Gav so close there.

Sheep shaggers pulled one back.(sheep)

How on earth have we got Thompson, sort of player we've been crying out for all season

Quoted from Chrisblor

Hume looks like a competition winner

Based upon your intrinsic knowledge of what being a professional footballer feels like or just the fact you like having a pop?

Clean sheet at half time bloody hell

0-0 half time, so far so good.

Thompson looking like a  very good league one / championship player out there

Quoted from LocalLadGTFC

How on earth have we got Thompson, sort of player we've been crying out for all season

Good first half for him.

Thompson screwed up.  Possibility of a  Accrington break.  Not on your Nellie.  He got back and hassled and harried until he won the ball then a free kick.  That's what we like to see.

45 minutes without conceding, progress!

Good first half.
Gav and Thompson looking good.
Eisa a bit quiet but has been ok when he's been on the ball.
All the new blokes have looked good.

We look solid , compact and resemble a team for the first time in a long time . 0-0 will do today

Not a bad half. Arthur and Thompson the picks so far. Look much more solid in midfield.

I hope Hume is just a bit rusty because he's not played for a while, because that was a shocking half. Don't think he found a town player once.

Some player that Thompson.

Quoted from LocalLadGTFC

How on earth have we got Thompson, sort of player we've been crying out for all season

A bit early in the piece but to me he looks an experienced version of Conteh who gets stuck in a bit more .

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Based upon your intrinsic knowledge of what being a professional footballer feels like or just the fact you like having a pop?

Based on him continually giving the ball away and getting caught out of possession. I dunno what you lot think a message board is for if you're so offended about other posters having opinions on how players are performing. On that subject Thompson looks class and Smith looks a marked upgrade on Mullarkey. Am I allowed to also hold those opinions or do I have to embody a professional footballer before I'm allowed to comment?

Just by the fact we’ve not conceded for every ball down the left means Hume is an upgrade on Glennon, even if his passing is off.

Thompson looks a gem of a find, generally look more experienced and a better side with this line up.

On paper it's a good score at half time, but it feels like a very un-Artell type performance - much more like a Hurst-esque game.

Quoted from Mariner93er

On paper it's a good score at half time, but it feels like a very un-Artell type performance - much more like a Hurst-esque game.

Definitely feels as if we are playing a little more direct now

Quoted from Chrisblor

Based on him continually giving the ball away and getting caught out of possession. I dunno what you lot think a message board is for if you're so offended about other posters having opinions on how players are performing. On that subject Thompson looks class and Smith looks a marked upgrade on Mullarkey. Am I allowed to also hold those opinions or do I have to embody a professional footballer before I'm allowed to comment?

Didn't see that, neither did the two commentators who said all 3 debutants are playing well.

Impressed with Thompson today, but there is an improvement all round from last week.

FAR better corner delivery from Hume, actually getting well past the first line of defence.

Perhaps still giving the ball away when trying to dribble through, when passes would be better.

Let's hope they go on to a victory at last !

On the ball Hume has been rusty but his set piece deliveries are very good, actually beating the first man !!

Theres 1 half time stat that is a very welcome sight

0/0 successful croses from Accrington

Quoted from LocalLadGTFC

How on earth have we got Thompson, sort of player we've been crying out for all season

The sort of player we've needed for years.

Quoted from 123614

Didn't see that, neither did the two commentators who said all 3 debutants are playing well.

Same TBH,

My Pompey supporting mate says Hume is really solid and will give everything. Think we ned to bear in mind he's not played all season

Thought they'd scored then.  

Pathetic that by Henderson.

2700 attendance? intercourse me, we deserve better than this league.

We're carrying Clifton here.

Think it was 675 away fans. Bloody good effort that all things considered. 👏

Come one Chas.  Run at 'em!

Does my head in when a player (Green) has to look at a book to know what to do.

Thats a fair sub, Thompson was starting to look leggy.

Quoted from Mariner93er

We're carrying Clifton here.

Hes worked his socks of today.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Does my head in when a player (Green) has to look at a book to know what to do.

Why? Him coming on for 1 player might change 3 different roles at set pieces. Just because he's taking Thompsons spot on the pitch, doesn't mean he's doing all the same roles as him as needs to be able to communicate the changes

Quoted from TAGG

Hes worked his socks of today.

Everyone has. At some point you've got to try to influence the game but he doesn't from the middle. The sooner we accept he's a winger, the better.

Quoted from Mariner93er

We're carrying Clifton here.

If that’s the view on Clifton I’d love to hear your views on the 2 wide players?

FGR blow a 2 goal lead

Sutton gone up against Donny

Quoted from TAGG

Sutton gone up against Donny

As one former town captain once said “do I not like that”?

This is a lot better performance by Town today, we’ve created a lot and been dogged, a really encouraging performance up to now, the new signings look a real improvement.

Playing well but still no goals. Need a finisher PDQ
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Veggies ship 3 in 5 minutes

We can take this

But, feel a clean sheet and draw would still be a big shot in the arm.

In the balance…..

FGR 3-3

FGR back to 3-3

The corners have also been so much better today

Green??

Quoted from chaos33

We can take this

But, feel a clean sheet and draw would still be a big shot in the arm.

In the balance…..

I feel 0-0 would be an excellent result away from home given the circumstances

Come on Town just pinch a win 1-0 will be fine, I'm not being greedy

Quoted from Bigwinn1975

FGR back to 3-3

Just need a Donny equaliser & Town not to concede

Did we just get a clean sheet?!

Decent point, excrement game.

Excellent performance from Town.  UTM!

A good point and a clean sheet to go with it. Not a bad day really.

Nearly by Rose, bit close to the goalie. Had a chance with the following corner but unfortunately the ball fell to Green instead of anyone else.  ;D

Good point that, could have won it. Well done Grimsby Town!

Good point and a much improved performance by the sound of it.

A fully deserved point there, a game we could have won too, we carry on like that and we’ll be fine, well done Town and well done to the travelling fans, you were excellent.

Good result, solid performance. Kept our shape. No weird concentration lapses. Thompson was star performer. Which helped boost us defensively.

Another day we beat 11th in the league and don't concede away from home

Good point , good solid performance, clean sheet . I’ll take that

Very good away performance that, restricted them to very little. Smith, Hume
and Thompson massive upgrades i’d say. I very much so have the same confidence as Artell in that we will not go down.

A lot better performance this week and a clean sheet. Safe journey home to all the travelling fans.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Just need a Donny equaliser & Town not to concede

You have your wish

Absolute bottom line, writing on the wall, back to basics message……’sort your defence out’.
That performance today is a massive step forward to that end. Can’t fault the resolve, commitment, effort. Can’t complain.

Donny late equaliser

More than happy with a point. Well done to the defence for the clean sheet!

Donny last minute penalty! 1-1 lol

Good away point, new lads did well. If we’re going to make draws turn to wins we need the wide players in the game a bit more & they need to do better on the ball

Great turnout, safe journey home.

Easy game at BP next weekend 🤦‍♂️

Good point and a clean sheet. We could do with a win soon with Sutton's result but sure it will come if we keep that up.

EDIT: Donny equaliser! Even better then.

We look like we now have a defence.

Quoted from AndyGTFC

Good point and a clean sheet. We could do with a win soon with Sutton's result but sure it will come if we keep that up.

1 each not bad for us I don't think.

Didn't want to jinx us but we deserved to win that.  Although, we didn't have many clear cut chances, Accrington didn't have sweet FA, especially in the second half.  Of the new lads,  Hume looked rusty at the beginning but settled, Thompson was a class act. Smith was excellent.  

I thought we edged that game , happy with the new lads and the performance

Good point..  thought we mixed it up a lot more today from the back rather than trying to play it all the time, defence looked happier playing that way.. Rodgers best game for a long time looked like player from start of season

Have to say, Rodgers and Maher looked much more assured with two capable full backs next to them. Massive credit to them two.

I think we should be winning that game in all honesty. It's progress that we have a clean sheet

All debutants good with Thompson the puck. Deserved to win , decent show utm

Maintains our 7 point cushion after a potentially difficult away fixture.

Now let’s see if we can get something out of Stockport next weekend.

Good performance given the context of what happened in January!

My main worry ahead of the game was us looking rudderless like we did last week against Tranmere. That would've been concerning.

Not a worry in the end — think the new players helped for sure.

Tricky away day, really. Accrington might not be up there but they have a decent home record and a wily manager. This feels like the ship has been steadied a bit.

Just need to go and build on this in our next match... which is a nice and easy one!!

Also, just noticed... we haven't conceded an away goal since Boxing Day! That's 225 minutes and counting  :P

16 shots to their 5, think we were the better team really, clean sheet wj give them a boost

Came away more impressed than I thought I would .

Should really have won , impressed with the right back , looks a no nonsense type who will kick someone on the stand if required . Thompson looks very good . Tbf all the rest had relatively good games so fair play last week they deserved a battering this week they deserve praise .

Decent performance against a good, well drilled Accrington side but a game we should and would have won but for some poor finishing.
Much, much better with three very positive looking acquisitions.
Keep that level of performance up and we'll have no more worries over the "R" word.

First clean sheet in ages, think that shows where the real problems were. Something good to build on and well done to Artell for sorting out the porous defence.

Given recent results a clean sheet is as good as a win for me today. A step in the right direction.

A good day for us. Can't see that lineup chucking away 2 goal leads, which is just what FGR did.
3-3 draw for them and Donny scoring with the last kick of the game means no one below us gained on us.
Get the new players up to speed and Thompson lasting 90 mins and we will be up for anyone.

Quoted from RichMariner

Good performance given the context of what happened in January!

My main worry ahead of the game was us looking rudderless like we did last week against Tranmere. That would've been concerning.

Not a worry in the end — think the new players helped for sure.

Tricky away day, really. Accrington might not be up there but they have a decent home record and a wily manager. This feels like the ship has been steadied a bit.

Just need to go and build on this in our next match... which is a nice and easy one!!

Also, just noticed... we haven't conceded an away goal since Boxing Day! That's 225 minutes and counting  :P

Fair summary Rich and I agree, we needed something out of that and the new lads showed great willing.

Our much better goal-difference is always worth an extra point.  

Excellent effort by all today, unlucky not to get all three points

A good step in the right direction a clean sheet.

Just got to be a bit more precise in front of goal and we will move up the league.

Mid table end of season then find that scorer who will takes us near the right end of the table.

Happy with new signings

That was more like it - with a bit of a nod to PH pragmatism - on another day we win. UTM

Clean sheet!! So relieved. Was convinced we were going down before today. Think we have a chance now it looks like we might have a defence. Just praying we will be lucky with injuries.

I can’t see Donny , Forest Green or Sutton finishing above the team I saw today . Obviously injuries may continue to play a part but we now have hope

That pass from Green halfway through the 2nd half ❤️

Quoted from grimsby pete

A good step in the right direction a clean sheet.

Just got to be a bit more precise in front of goal and we will move up the league.

Mid table end of season then find that scorer who will takes us near the right end of the table.

Happy with new signings

I think we already have him Pete - his name is Danny Rose.

Managed to catch the last 25mins of the game and we seemed to be dominating. Clean sheet is a bonus. Utm

Got to be happy with a clean sheet away from home, and with a bit more composure, which comes with confidence, we nick a win there.

All the stats in our favour again, which has been the case in many games this season.

Good results in the other games at the bottom end too, so not a bad day all round.

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

That pass from Green halfway through the 2nd half ❤️

Was still applauding that when he fluffed a 2 yard pass to Eisa and kicked it out of play. Did well for the most part though. Not sure that new fella will play the full 90 too often so hopefully he can step up when needed

Really pleased I made the effort to go as it was so much better than last week. Thompson was excellent as I thought Hume was. Hopefully we’ll be able to get at least a draw now against Stockport……

How many town fans there today?

668 in a crowd of 2,745, good noise especially second half.

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

668 in a crowd of 2,745, good noise especially second half.

I see that as a slightly under-par town following, yet how many away teams have managed that at BP? Maybe Mansfield and Notts County? That shows how mad our average away following is. I should join them one day - I don’t do anywhere enough away games.

Decent result today, made far, far better by Sutton letting that late equaliser in, and FGR squandering their lead too.

Quoted from Heisenberg

I see that as a slightly under-par town following, yet how many away teams have managed that at BP? Maybe Mansfield and Notts County? That shows how mad our average away following is. I should join them one day - I don’t do anywhere enough away games.

Decent result today, made far, far better by Sutton letting that late equaliser in, and FGR squandering their lead too.

If we were doing well in the league, that would comfortably be over a thousand I reckon.

Some were singing ‘we’re excrement and we know we are’ much to the annoyance of some others but I think it shows where we are at with a little less normal away support. A couple of good results and things will be back to normal…..

I might be mistaken, but just before half time I'm sure it was a town fan who threw the ball straight to the opposition for a throw in when our defence were not ready. It nearly gave them a chance. Did anyone else see that? Luckily no damage done 🙂

Quoted from ginnywings

If we were doing well in the league, that would comfortably be over a thousand I reckon.

No doubt about that. And it’s only below par our usual 900-1000+ to Greater Manchester. Stockport only brought 750 to BP last season when challenging and Tranmere had 400 at BP last week.