Subs  Eastwood, Green, Smith, Wood, Eisa, Pyke, Obikwu

Go Thomspon!!

I thought Obikwu was on international duty……..unless he got a Lightning back to Binbrook?

Quoted from Epworth Mariner

I thought Obikwu was on international duty……..unless he got a Lightning back to Binbrook?

Artell said he'd be back in his interview the other day.

Looks like a backs to the wall defensive performance ahead. Let's hope we can manage to play a little more football tonight and let's hope that Wimbledon are as inept in attack as FGR!

Going to be a tough one this. Avoid a hammering and I think they’ve done ok.

Quoted from Epworth Mariner

I thought Obikwu was on international duty……..unless he got a Lightning back to Binbrook?

Love that reference mate. Gold star ⭐️ 🙂

Quoted from Epworth Mariner

I thought Obikwu was on international duty……..unless he got a Lightning back to Binbrook?

Be easier to get it to biggin hill

Same as Saturday, stop slagging and support, fed up of negative waves. We are Town, if not, fk off.

I would have Eisa in the 11 instead of ???? who for me contributes absolutely nothing.

Quoted from golfer

I would have Eisa in the 11 instead of ???? who for me contributes absolutely nothing.

I can't even remember Tondeur mentioning ???? So he must be bad

Quoted from golfer

I would have Eisa in the 11 instead of ???? who for me contributes absolutely nothing.

Yeah, big question mark over ??? for me.

Quoted from golfer

I would have Eisa in the 11 instead of ???? who for me contributes absolutely nothing.

But Eisa doesn't track back and help his full back out.

Balls.  I'm still stuck at work in a conference call... missed the last tube that would make it in time,

However, got iFollow on at my desk so this conference call can go on as long as it wants now.

Bench will be important tonight. Thompson was copulated after half an hour on Saturday, but he looks a good player.

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Be easier to get it to biggin hill

Kenley

Quoted from toontown

I can't even remember Tondeur mentioning ???? So he must be bad

Didn’t make it to the team bus on time.

Something to do with punctuation

???? - need I repeat myself - everybody knows who it is   clue - he tries but is absolutely shite.( oh dear - not a very good clue - there could be 10 answers )

Ah….Harry Pell is a Wombles sub tonight. JT referred to him as ‘last but  least’. Little chuckle. Harry Pell is a total…<insert your chosen word here>…

Mark Question, the new free agent we've signed???

Anyone else’s stream particularly jumpy tonight?

Was hoping to listen to JT tonight but it’s gone to that goals thing

(With ex mariner Calvin Andrew)

Rodgers just missed a sitter with a free header

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Was hoping to listen to JT tonight but it’s gone to that goals thing

(With ex mariner Calvin Andrew)

Commentary on DAB.

Quoted from mariner tommy

Commentary on DAB.

Doesn’t quite reach over here 😬

Quoted from DB

Rodgers just missed a sitter with a free header

Typical town, great chance not taken.

They're fighting for it

If you’re a betting man lump on Wimbledon Gritts is the summariser & we don’t win when that’s the case.

So far so good

Playing well

Wilson holding it up very well.

Blimey a lot of town fans - just seen on the tv - the away end looks busy!!  

Our passing is our worst enemy tonight I know I'm just as shocked  ;D

We're playing well though, and looking better than Wimbledon at present

Great save Cartwright

Good stop from Cartwright

Excellent save that

Very good save from Cartwright. Their centre halves seem to be getting away with murder on Wilson, constantly holding him with two hands without getting penalised.

Scunts 1 down 🤔

We are battling & looking competitive.

Is it Martin Gritton on co comms?

Good performance so far from all the team.

That looks like a pen

looked like a penalty for handball

Big big chance for Rosey. Ball just wouldnt sit. Lovely ball from Gav

Was that a penno for us?

Quoted from DB

Was that a penno for us?

Looked like Rose was hacked down

Another good save from Cartwright

This referee is dreadful. They can rugby tackle our players and be awarded free kicks in the process and hand ball it in the area and get away scot free.

2 good chances missed.
Wilson n rose not really on the same wavelength. ALL midfield playing their part n looking effective

Quoted from Chrisblor

This referee is dreadful. They can rugby tackle our players and be awarded free kicks in the process and hand ball it in the area and get away scot free.

We’re biased but thats not a pen. You’d be fuming if that was given against you.

Actually think the refs been fine, certainly not dreadful

Hume  Thompson n Tharme all look like upgrades on what's gone before

Quoted from forza ivano

Hume  Thompson n Tharme all look like upgrades on what's gone before

Interesting as I’ve not been too impressed by Thompson so far.

Mullarkey remarkably looks a different player. Clearly he’s most comfortable in a back three and as the right centre back.

Another cracking save from Cartwright.

Harvey's on fire

Cartwright plat a blinder tonight 2 great saves on the trot

Andrews has come into the game more

We’re doing well by the sounds of it.

Scunts 2 down at Darlo
McAtee scores for Barnsley

Wilson hits the bar, hard luck.

So so unlucky

453 away fans apparently  Crowd just over 7k.

Quoted from buckstown

Scunts 2 down at Darlo
McAtee scores for Barnsley

3 now 😂

Wilson did really well there. Back to goal and a great turn and shoy

Think we’ve been the better team TBH.

Great first half from town , looking lively and well up for this tonight.
You could easily swap league positions with these and no one would know the diffrence.
Cmon town, let's bring them 3pts back home
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Good half that. Cartwright, back three and Wilson playing very well.

Better side, unlucky not to be in front. Wilson a real handful.

A very decent half of football from Town there. Not loads in it, but Town the better side on balance. Their only chances have been decent, but speculative efforts while we really ought to have scored at least one. Cartwright’s had a marvellous half, mind.

As an aside, we’re getting fúck all out of this ref tonight, so if we’re going to get something, we’re going to have to do it by our own steam.

A lot of positives. Keep it up Town!

Watching this with my newborn tonight - she’s got a 100% win record so far so hopefully we’ll win it to keep that record up.

All told we were pretty good. Pitch is claggy, not much quality on show what there has been has been from us. Defensively we look well organised. Is it me or is Cartwright commanding his box much better?

Quoted from headingly_mariner

Better side, unlucky not to be in front. Wilson a real handful.

We look so much better with two up top. Rose and Wilson aren’t a pairing I’d particularly fancy if I were the average League Two defender.

Quoted from Yossarian

453 away fans apparently  Crowd just over 7k.

Their ground only holds 9000 , there’s no way there’s 7000 there tonight

Definitely should have been a penalty when Wilson hit the bar. The defender was all over him and nearly ripped his shirt off.

Wilson is doing really well, we're gona have to be careful with both Holohan and Thompson with on yellows this half.

Wilson impressed me Saturday , same today - deserved a goal for that instinct strike . Great for Rose to have some help up there - I wonder if there is anyway Wilson would give it another go next season because you just know if he leaves (like Orsi) he will go somewhere else and bang in a load of goals .

This game shows what can be done with standard organisation and effort in league 2 .

Aslong as they play and give the same second half I will be happy

Decent performance, unlucky not to get a goal from Rose's opportunity and Wilson's shot against the bar. On the other hand couple of good saves from Cartwright and a very good cross taken.

If it stays like this I'd be happy

Scunny 3-0 down at half-time against Darlington. Lol.

This has been an excellent half,  I hope they get something out of it.

Decent 1st half. I think we've been the better team, even if they have had the better chances. 10/10 performance from Cartwright so far, he's been rather commanding in the box, he's come for corners made 2 great saves looks a different player today.

I think one of our midfield 3 needs to play a little bit more of a 10 role and not to be quite as defensive, all 3 have dropped a little too deep and Wilson and Rose are slowly becoming more isolatednas the half has gone on. Same can be said for Harry who started alot higher up the pitch.

Refs a bit excrement, but not game changing really. He's giving us yellow cards for fouls he's not even blowing for when Wimbledon do it. As for the pen, I thought Rose might have been hacked down, but that camera angle makes it a bit difficult to see. Certainlu wasn't a hand ball, hes on the ground and has no odea where the ball was.

Overall, a decent first half and hopefully we can push on second half, pinch a goal or maybe two and get the win.

Wilson’s holdup play is some of the best I’ve seen in ages, he’s unbelievably strong for his size.

The pitch is borderline farcical, not a lot either side can do to produce any quality.

Feel like this could be a game for Obikwu with 20
To go to really run at them

I think Town have performed really well this first half, probably one of the best 1st halves this year We're unlucky not to be in the lead and a great half for Cartwright. There is now some team spirit in there and fighting grit. I'd hoped for a draw before the game but the Dons are there for the taking.

Quoted from grimps

Their ground only holds 9000 , there’s no way there’s 7000 there tonight

Just repeating what the commentator on iFollow was saying......

Looking at numbers they do average 7800....

Out of interest, I saw they beat MK dons this weekend.

Look at the 90th minute goal.... I wonder if the ball boy is still alive?

Quoted from pontoonlew

Wilson’s holdup play is some of the best I’ve seen in ages, he’s unbelievably strong for his size.

We were talking about this in the Upper on Saturday  he plays as if he's a foot taller and broader than he is and appears to be more than happy to put himself about.

Quoted from Hagrid

Feel like this could be a game for Obikwu with 20
To go to really run at them

International debut and late winner tonight from him, that would be a great week for him.

Quoted from Yossarian

Just repeating what the commentator on iFollow was saying......

Looking at numbers they do average 7800....

Out of interest, I saw they beat MK dons this weekend.

Look at the 90th minute goal.... I wonder if the ball boy is still alive?

Yeah I wasn’t blaming you mate , itll be the club claiming tickets sold rather than people actually there

Wombles have had two long-distance strikes, all Towns are inside the peno.

Again just didnt fall


Think wilson then fell over rose

Good to hear JT getting it all wrong as usual!🤣😂🤣😂

Game a lot more stretched this half. No way this is ending 0-0.

The change in attitude,organisation  n determination since I last watched a match is night and day

It good to belief in our players

So, are we pronouncing Tharme “Tarm”?

Darlo 4 up

My main concern is that we’re wasting a lot of time and it’s so often the case that the teams who do this get their comeuppance.

Midfield subs needed. All 3 are knackered and its showing.

Gotta make a change in the middle. Look leggy and all 3 now on yellows

Quoted from Hagrid

Gotta make a change in the middle. Look leggy and all 3 now on yellows

I’d be tempted to move Clifton into midfield, with Smith coming on at wing-back.

Quoted from Hagrid

Gotta make a change in the middle. Look leggy and all 3 now on yellows

Your man Gav’s not had his best night.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Your man Gav’s not had his best night.

No he hasnt, cant disagree with that

Andrews has done well tonight overall

That’s a superb away following in London on a Tuesday night

Andrews played very well tonight

Quoted from supertown

Darlo 4 up

Scunny are knackered when they meet a proper club

Quoted from Poojah

I’d be tempted to move Clifton into midfield, with Smith coming on at wing-back.

I’d do that too. Just don’t rate Green. Wouldn’t take Gav or Thompson off. Would throw Obikwu on for the last 5-10

Andrews was below average again and his stats bore that out - https://www.fotmob.com/en-GB/matches/grimsby-town-vs-afc-wimbledon/6iai4hl?player=1135681#4203654

53% pass completion
4 duels won / 13 lost
0 tackles won
5 times dribbled past

Those are not good stats for a central midfielder

Quoted from grimps

Scunny are knackered when they meet a proper club

And another sending off now for them . They get a few red cards

Need to cut out these daft fouls

Quoted from Chrisblor

Andrews was below average again and his stats bore that out - https://www.fotmob.com/en-GB/matches/grimsby-town-vs-afc-wimbledon/6iai4hl?player=1135681#4203654

53% pass completion
4 duels won / 13 lost
0 tackles won
5 times dribbled past

Those are not good stats for a central midfielder

Agree. Rubbish stats.

Town looking a bit fractious here.

Looking tired

Come on lads dig in

A long last 15 ahead……

What a great point this would be

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

What a great point this would be

Too early for talk like that.

How’s that not a pen ?

Foul anywhere else on the pitch

Weak girl private referee

Penalty!!!

Defenders will always get the decision there.

And they get given the fecking ball!!!

Clear pen

Wilson violently headbutted in the area yet still no penalty for town. Don't understand how if you misjudge a header and plant your forehead into the back of an opponent's skull it's viewed as an accident, whereas if you misjudge a tackle and injure an opponent it's a foul?

Don’t want to worry you but they have scored 6 times in 88 mins plus at home this season

By fuk this ref is so bad.

Well whatever happens in the last ten minutes , this lot have completely changed my mind from 4 games ago .

Quoted from HerveJosse

Don’t want to worry you but they have scored 6 times in 88 mins plus at home this season

How many times havr they comceded in 88 mins plus

Cartwrights handling has been impeccable tonight .

Quoted from oochiad

And they get given the fecking ball!!!

Thats the correct rule. They were in possession so they get the ball if the ref wasn't giving the pen

Think my watch has stopped - this is going on forever!!

Quoted from WHYWONTYOULETMESIGNUP

How many times havr they comceded in 88 mins plus

One less then before tonight hopefully

This has got 0-0 written all over it

Cmon town hoof it up last minute winner

Missed some chances but take a bow Harvey Cartwright MOM

Thank goodness for that! Well done Tharme there.  Cartwright had a good game in goal.

5 points out of 9, not bad!

Our fans have been brilliant all night. A safe journey home to each and every one

Very good point that

Great result/ performance. We are back

Great point
Well done lads
Harvey C mom for me.
UTM

Quoted from Poojah

Game a lot more stretched this half. No way this is ending 0-0.

😬

Great point!!

Cartwright & Tharme absolutely superb.

Important point. Well defended Town.

A very good hard earned point for town.
What ever was said in that clear the air meeting seems to have worked wonders.
This team is now showing  grit, fight, determination and spirit.
I'm gonna go along with DA......there's no way we're going down  
🤐
H O P E F U L L Y 🙃
Well done town , not so well done the appalling weak as pi$$ ref !
Utm.

Magnificent. Absolutely magnificent.

Thats a huge point tonight . Well fought for lads

A well fought for point from every single one of them. UTM!

Great defensive performance tonight. very happy with a point. Central midfield is still an issue for us as there's no quality at all in there, but at least they all put in a good defensive shift in our own half.

Well battled from 1-11. Dug in, and ground that point out.

Robbed of a stonewall pen but 1 point closer to safety. Proud of them tonight. And back to back clean sheets too

Town did well again, another point and clean sheet. Cartwright played  his best game so far.

Good point. Well earned. Tharme and Cartwright can fight over the MoM trophy for me tonight.

excrement ref was excrement

Subs probably should have been made earlier maybe.

Wish we'd push up just a little more, we sink deeper and deeper as the game goes on, we need soneone just to just drag them out a bit.

Will take that point all day long. Excellent result and another clean sheet to boot which will build confidence.

A very hard earned point but we seem to have a bit of resilience back which is great to see. A bit concerned about the mobility of our midfield but Thompson now looks quite decent on the ball and it’s a shame he’s not a bit fitter.

Must say one of the poorest refs I’ve seen this season which is saying something!

Well done Town hard fought draw 5 points from 9 keep that up and we have no worries  :)

Great point that, never really looked in doubt. Cartwright MOM. That’s the most composed performance I’ve seen from him personally (although that one in injury time was a bit scary). Win Saturday and should FGR lose it’s near enough safety IMO.

A new team in spirit and character.  Pleased we did not play Colchester when we had the “old team”.

Very hard fought, valuable point.

Fantastic point

Really excellent all round display. Backs to the wall second half but the defence and Cartwright dealt well with everything they could throw at us.

Clean sheets are clearly like busses 😃

Fair play to Artel and the players well done!

That’s a great point. Well done lads. Only conceded once in three games is a big turnaround!

Well done Town . Harvey C brilliant. Well done Artell too. Credit where it’s due

Fantastic effort. Cartwright and Hume excellent

Well earned point that. Cartwright MOM for me.

Another performance where we don’t look anywhere near a relegation side, I’m also more convinced than ever that the majority of the squad aren’t the absolute wasters they’ve been portrayed to be either.

Great point. Positives:-

Another clean sheet, we have a few recently which is a really good sign.  

Very handy to be picking up away points at teams in the top ten

That's a win and three draws in the last 4 away games. Suggest we are very capable of picking up a few more good away results.

Now a 7 point gap to FGR, a better goal diff and still a game in hand.



So I think we can get a win at Sutton and sink their boat well and truly. And, if as I suspect Walsall do the business  at FGR at the weekend, the table could suddenly look very rosy indeed. Very tough fixture for Colchester too.

My panic attacks are starting to get less frequent.

Great! Two games in a row with clean sheets! I think I can get used to this. Cartwright was great tonight, but most of the players fought hard. 3 points against Sutton now and we will be well pleased. :-)

Artell struggled to say more than 'he did his job' about Cartwright's MOM performance.

Well done Town.

Great Point Town
Well Done

Quoted from Croxton

Artell struggled to say more than 'he did his job' about Cartwright's MOM performance.

I think DA will more than appreciate the job done by him, but won’t single out a player necessarily when the whole teams performed

Artell interview currently here around 21:53:

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

Quoted from Croxton

Artell struggled to say more than 'he did his job' about Cartwright's MOM performance.

But he did. His job is to stop conceding goals and he did. He certainly pulled off some good saves but that's what he is expected to do.

Absolutely made up with a point tonight. Another solid performance from the side.

It's noticeable how many away games we have drawn this season and had good opportunities to turn a fair few of them into wins. We could be well up the league if we could just get a little more ruthless. It's not beyond the realms of possibility that we could have won tonight and at Morecambe, not to mention plenty of other examples I can think of.

However, can't complain at the last three performances, which have gone some way to eradicate the memory of the Donny debacle.

Point or three at Sutton will do nicely now.

Quoted from horsforthmariner

Watching this with my newborn tonight - she’s got a 100% win record so far so hopefully we’ll win it to keep that record up.

All told we were pretty good. Pitch is claggy, not much quality on show what there has been has been from us. Defensively we look well organised. Is it me or is Cartwright commanding his box much better?

She's still held on to her record!  Well done that young lady!

Quoted from ginnywings

Absolutely made up with a point tonight. Another solid performance from the side.

It's noticeable how many away games we have drawn this season and had good opportunities to turn a fair few of them into wins. We could be well up the league if we could just get a little more ruthless. It's not beyond the realms of possibility that we could have won tonight and at Morecambe, not to mention plenty of other examples I can think of.

However, can't complain at the last three performances, which have gone some way to eradicate the memory of the Donny debacle.

Point or three at Sutton will do nicely now.

Interestingly, we’ve lost fewer games than Notts County in 14th, and the same amount as Gillingham in 9th, who happen to be out of the play-offs only on goal difference. It just so happens that we’ve drawn more than anyone else in the division (13).  

Should have mentioned in my brief comments how impressed I am with Tharme’s performances after a shaky debut he’s looked very good and seems to have helped Rogers return to the type of player he looked in that first half a dozen games.

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

I think DA will more than appreciate the job done by him, but won’t single out a player necessarily when the whole teams performed

Someone with a degree should know that it is not mutually exclusive. If you can talk about a player missing a chance you can praise the keeper. Simples.

Quoted from ginnywings

Absolutely made up with a point tonight. Another solid performance from the side.

It's noticeable how many away games we have drawn this season and had good opportunities to turn a fair few of them into wins. We could be well up the league if we could just get a little more ruthless. It's not beyond the realms of possibility that we could have won tonight and at Morecambe, not to mention plenty of other examples I can think of.

However, can't complain at the last three performances, which have gone some way to eradicate the memory of the Donny debacle.

Point or three at Sutton will do nicely now.

It would be churlish to dismiss a great away point but, as you say, the inability to convert so many decent away performances into wins is frustrating. It shows that we didn’t recruit enough quality in the summer.

Who’s fault that is is another matter.

Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

Should have mentioned in my brief comments how impressed I am with Tharme’s performances after a shaky debut he’s looked very good and seems to have helped Rogers return to the type of player he looked in that first half a dozen games.

Totally agree,  his reading of the game is excellent, he snuffed out a number of breaks tonight by knowing when to go and when to stay.  Decent on the ball too and not slow, and that throw is useful  :)

In other news Hunt, Amos and the Shop all subs for York.  None could start for York as they lost their second home game in 4 days,
.

Amos came on, then off 9 mins later

Quoted from rancido

But he did. His job is to stop conceding goals and he did. He certainly pulled off some good saves but that's what he is expected to do.

It wasnt so much the Hollywood saves that most keepers seem to be able to do, it was the bread-and-butter crosses that he came out and caught easily which gave me a lot more confidence in him

Quoted from Croxton

Artell struggled to say more than 'he did his job' about Cartwright's MOM performance.

He’s right . Cartwright did his job . No more , no less . It’s the standard he should be at every game

Quoted from It Bites

He’s right . Cartwright did his job . No more , no less . It’s the standard he should be at every game

No more? Away from home against a top half team, under the cosh, only 21 and after several hammerings it would have been easy to say 'yes, his saves were top drawer and he should take confidence from his catching of crosses tonight.'

Have you heard a Liam Rosenior interview? Strikes a really good balance between honest appraisal of young players and stating what is expected.

If Cartwright had made the same number of mistakes as Holohan it would have been a cricket score. May as well do away with post match interviews if they are only ever couched in terms of the whole team. 'The lads done well' or 'we were miles off' seem good enough for 14 red crossers already!

Quoted from barralad

Kenley

KENLEY ...!! Young man the only thing thst takes off and land
are Gliders.You made me chuckle with that one as
I live 5mins away from it
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Quoted from Yossarian

Blimey a lot of town fans - just seen on the tv - the away end looks busy!!  

453 .... 454 if you didnt have your conference call
But you will be there for Sutton & Gillingham I guess/Hope
for you
UTM

The word of the night bouncing around  "Town Fans"
INCONSISTENTLY.. aimed at the Baffoon supposedly
Referreeing the match, stick to games on a Sunday afternoon
In People's Park.
But Harvey Cartright can kick a ball up field and was
My hero of the night , Roll on Sutton .

Quoted from dicko995

Same as Saturday, stop slagging and support, fed up of negative waves. We are Town, if not, fk off.

Like it ..Blunt to the point with attitude!!
UTM

Quoted from The Caterham Mariner

453 .... 454 if you didnt have your conference call
But you will be there for Sutton & Gillingham I guess/Hope
for you
UTM

455 actually, me and a mate blagged our way into the Cherry Red box, with a fantastically motley bunch that included Gareth Ainsworth, Jah Wobble and Ben out of Cornershop.

Quoted from Croxton

No more? Away from home against a top half team, under the cosh, only 21 and after several hammerings it would have been easy to say 'yes, his saves were top drawer and he should take confidence from his catching of crosses tonight.'

Have you heard a Liam Rosenior interview? Strikes a really good balance between honest appraisal of young players and stating what is expected.

If Cartwright had made the same number of mistakes as Holohan it would have been a cricket score. May as well do away with post match interviews if they are only ever couched in terms of the whole team. 'The lads done well' or 'we were miles off' seem good enough for 14 red crossers already!

Edit:-  Having just seen the OS post match interview on Mariners Player Artell did compliment Cartwright on his game and current form. Perhaps JT got his interview earlier than usual before DA had time to collect his thoughts. So all good.

Just 4 survivors from the season's opening game! And some of them in different positions.

Match 1: Eastwood, Mullarkey, Rodgers, Maher, Glennon, Clifton, Hunt, Conteh, Vernam, Rose, Eisa
Match 2: Cartwright, Clifton, Mullarkey, Tharme, Rodgers, Hume, Holohan, Thompson, Andrews, Wilson, Rose

The common factor was 0-0