Player Ratings v Lincoln

[tarquinbeech]

Wow, where to start?

Lincoln were the better side for 25 minutes, 2 glorious chances and a free header from a corner. The Yates incident that turned the game had been coming, a couple of ugly challenges on Yates earlier, he then ducks his head for the ball and the Lincoln player took a kick at his extremely tough skull, red card, simples.....then the match changed, Stead was undecided whether to fall over (yet again) for a penno claim. Instead he decided to remember he was a striker, not a dancing-on-ice comedy act and half-hit the ball as he was falling, into the onion-bag.

Lincoln's equaliser was the best thing to happen for the game. Notts took control and thoroughly dominated from then on.
Sublime free kick from Grant, a low rocket shot from Toots and Hawk got his own back on the Lincoln boo-boys by drifting infield, past 2 defenders and nailed a low shot into the corner....Glorious stuff. ..........................the Cosmic Rays were aligned, as predicted

Collin - 7.5. Dominated the area despite a bright Lincoln start

Toots - 8. Superb defending, cracking goal. Low and hard through a packed area

Duffy - 7.5 Not a good first 25 minutes as Lincoln looked the better team. Second half was a stroll in the park as we knocked it around at the back

Brisley - 7.5 See Duffy.

Jones - 8 Excellent game again. Great bombing forward. Subbed due to injury. Twisted ankle possibly?

Grant - 8. Quiet first half apart from one mazey run across the box and a weak shot. Sublime banana free kick into the top corner. After that it was time for a few party tricks.

Yates - 8 This guy is on my side in a bar-fight. Hard as nails. Never shirks a tackle. Great link-up play with both attack and defence.

Milsom - 7.5 I thought he had a solid game. Not sure why he was subbed but KN game him a huge man-hug

Hawk - 8 Wow...and Wow. All over the place. Some superb runs. Great tackling back. My MOM. Silenced the Lincoln boo-boys with a terrific solo goal

Stead - 7 See my comments above. I'm tired of watching him falling over. So are the refs I suspect because he rarely gets anything from them. He got a 7 for scoring from open play....at last

Forte - 8. Great pace down the channels. Deserved to score before being turned into a ham sandwich by Lincoln defenders near the end. Superb party tricks once the game was won.

Subs
Dicko - 7.5 Solid in replacing Jones
Hewitt - 7.5 Not a lot of time to impress
Smith - 7 Got his match appearance money

[keldsyke]

Wow, where to start?

Lincoln were the better side for 25 minutes, 2 glorious chances and a free header from a corner. The Yates incident that turned the game had been coming, a couple of ugly challenges on Yates earlier, he then ducks his head for the ball and the Lincoln player took a kick at his extremely tough skull, red card, simples.....then the match changed, Stead was undecided whether to fall over (yet again) for a penno claim. Instead he decided to remember he was a striker, not a dancing-on-ice comedy act and half-hit the ball as he was falling, into the onion-bag.

Lincoln's equaliser was the best thing to happen for the game. Notts took control and thoroughly dominated from then on.
Sublime free kick from Grant, a low rocket shot from Toots and Hawk got his own back on the Lincoln boo-boys by drifting infield, past 2 defenders and nailed a low shot into the corner....Glorious stuff. ..........................the Cosmic Rays were aligned, as predicted

Collin - 7.5. Dominated the area despite a bright Lincoln start

Toots - 8. Superb defending, cracking goal. Low and hard through a packed area

Duffy - 7.5 Not a good first 25 minutes as Lincoln looked the better team. Second half was a stroll in the park as we knocked it around at the back

Brisley - 7.5 See Duffy.

Jones - 8 Excellent game again. Great bombing forward. Subbed due to injury. Twisted ankle possibly?

Grant - 8. Quiet first half apart from one mazey run across the box and a weak shot. Sublime banana free kick into the top corner. After that it was time for a few party tricks.

Yates - 8 This guy is on my side in a bar-fight. Hard as nails. Never shirks a tackle. Great link-up play with both attack and defence.

Milsom - 7.5 I thought he had a solid game. Not sure why he was subbed but KN game him a huge man-hug

Hawk - 8 Wow...and Wow. All over the place. Some superb runs. Great tackling back. My MOM. Silenced the Lincoln boo-boys with a terrific solo goal

Stead - 7 See my comments above. I'm tired of watching him falling over. So are the refs I suspect because he rarely gets anything from them. He got a 7 for scoring from open play....at last

Forte - 8. Great pace down the channels. Deserved to score before being turned into a ham sandwich by Lincoln defenders near the end. Superb party tricks once the game was won.

Subs
Dicko - 7.5 Solid in replacing Jones
Hewitt - 7.5 Not a lot of time to impress
Smith - 7 Got his match appearance money

Obviously you were not here as your score for Stead provides, unbelievable... I wish a few more had his vision for passes.... so who did all the donkey work and provided the pin point pass for Tootles goal??

[tarquinbeech]

Obviously you were not here as your score for Stead provides, unbelievable... I wish a few more had his vision for passes.... so who did all the donkey work and provided the pin point pass for Tootles goal??

I watched the game live...I'm pretty sure that you will find my scores and comments spot on......but I await your in-depth ratings with anticipation.....if you can be bothered?

[SolSigns]

I'm pretty sure that you will find my scores and comments spot on

Oh yes, you're well known for astute observation and analysis. Was there torrential rain today? Were Notts dreadful again?

[tarquinbeech]

Oh yes, you're well known for astute observation and analysis. Was there torrential rain today? Were Notts dreadful again?

No rain today that I saw Sol.....there was a little moisture showing on the screen after the Grant free kick.......my frothy beer escaped it's pint pot in excitement

Much improved game today....obviously KN has taken heed of my "dreadful" comments.....good lad

[navypie]

Lucky 4-1 ( but I will take it) , Lincoln were the better side until the sending off which in my opinion was harsh to say the least , Yates stooped for the ball but the bloke never saw him ! MOM for me Tootle , Stead had a good game as well but I disagree with you on Hawkridge Tarkers , I thought he was at fault for their goal and only seem to come alive in the 2nd half . Good goal though but Grant's the pick of the bunch.

[SmiffyPie]

Obviously you were not here as your score for Stead provides, unbelievable... I wish a few more had his vision for passes.... so who did all the donkey work and provided the pin point pass for Tootles goal??

Of course he "obviously" wasn't there, you know he lives in Mexico!! Nothing at all wrong with saying "Not a bad attempt from a TV viewing, however you didn't see ......."
But no!

JS started to fall over at a gust of wind three seasons ago. He is just as bad as that 20 goal a season player we broke the bank for... what was his name now? Oh yeah, Mcleod.

Not defending Tarkers in anyway, just sick and tired of Pavlovian retorts.

[slack_pie]

Collin 7 - controlled his area well, kicked well.
Tootle 8 - solid at the back and decent going forward. Took his goal really well.
Duffy 7 - fairly comfortable against a physical Lincoln forward line
Brisley 7 - same as Duffy
Jones 7 - was having another good game until his injury
Grant 8 - as always, showed that he's a cut above.
Yates 8.5 - this guy is awesome. Tough in the tackle, never stops running, and always up for the battle. Fairly tidy on the ball, too.
Milsom 7 - looked after the ball well
Hawkridge 7 - excellent goal, but wasn't his best game
Stead 8 - scored one, made another, and battled throughout - can't ask for much more
Forte 7 - looked dangerous when in behind their defence, but we played too many long balls in his direction. Unbelievable that he didn't get a penalty in the last minute.

Great game, great atmosphere. As other have said, I thought Lincoln had the better of it until the red card. We dominated the second half though. I thought they were quiet a nasty side, but the ref let their CBs get away with murder. Blatant cheating from their goaly to feign injury so they could get two pitch-side team talks in. To be fair, their fans were excellent - until we shut them up. I left the ground buzzing!

[CmonUSexyStylishPies]

Obviously you were not here as your score for Stead provides, unbelievable... I wish a few more had his vision for passes.... so who did all the donkey work and provided the pin point pass for Tootles goal??

I'm not a big Stead fan but he did well today. Excellent work to set up Tootle and a well taken goal of his own. His link up play was also better. It helps we weren't lumping the ball up to him though.

[countygump]

Goals:

1) https://twitter.com/shinjay_/status/911623397699973120
2) https://twitter.com/shinjay_/status/911623966573436929
3) https://twitter.com/shinjay_/status/911624185516036102
4) https://twitter.com/shinjay_/status/911624521484050432