Collin 7 Had little to do but is proficient and one goal conceded in five can't be all luck.
Tootle 7.5. Great goal , very good performance.
Jones 7. He may have had a mare at Cov, but hasn't a put a foot wrong since. Hope he isn't badly injured, he will be missed.
Brisley 7 he had a let off when he slipped first ten minutes but apart from that very, very steady.
Duffy 7 Good solid performance.
Hawkridge 7 Always puts a shift in and really pleased he scored, a well taken goal.
Grant 7 He was having a quiet game, but he does have the class to change games, which is priceless.
Yates 7 To be this consistent at nine**** takes some doing. He's integral to our fantastic start, hope he starts to look for the forward pass more often as that's all that's limiting him from playing at a higher level.
Milsom 7.5 Put a massive shift in, and played a bit too.
Stead 8. Lincoln are even bigger than us , and we're a big strong team this year. He led the line, scored in open play and generally grafted like the grizzled old pro he is.
I agree with Tarquin, he does go down looking for the free kick too often and it is frustrating at times but that's modern football.
Forte 7 A tough ,physical game for him today, second half he played better but he does run a lot of hard miles down the channels and offers us an outlet.
Subs
Dickenson 6.5 No faulting his effort, but he isn't as good a left back as Jones. A game here and there and we'll cope but if Jones is out for a while we may start to leak a few more.
Hewitt 6.5 Slotted in seamlessly and could easily be starting.
Smith N/ A
Lincoln where a sterner test than the scoreline suggests, at nil, nil and with eleven men, Lincoln were the better team.
Credit to us , when they equalised we stepped up a gear, and squashed Lincoln like a cider press. For me that's the mark of a good team, how many times have we seen it done to us by teams that don't look exceptional, but do a job, then get promoted.
Not saying we're going up, not by a long chalk , but we are bulldozing teams through physicality and moments of class.
Nolan deserves a huge amount of credit to turn what on paper is a mid table team and get them to the top of the league, and looking pretty good getting there.
Still think we are a striker short for cover but apart from that things are looking pretty good and there is a buzz around the club. Happy days.