Originally Posted by
tarquinbeech
Thoughts not thought, plural, as I am capable of having several at the same time.
Tough physical local derby, result was about right though we were under the cosh for long periods near the end. Lincoln looked a bit of a nasty side with their huge number 9 chucking his weight around....he made Darren Caskey look like the Slimmer of the Year. There were bodies lying around the pitch a few times and I will be extremely surprised if we do not have a few injuries for next week, Hewitt took a wack to the ankle, Brisley took a few nasty knocks along with Jones.
The new guy looked a little out~paced though the few times he got the ball he looked ok, he was subbed early in the 2nd half by Noble who also never really got into the game....most of the balls forward were pretty frantic punts out of defence from our back 4 who were continually under pressure from the Lincoln forwards.
Nolo will be furious at conceding our first straight after we had scored a great strikers goal by Stead who is getting better as the season progresses.....they simply punted a ball towards the corner flag, simple cross, knock~down and slammed the ball home.
Grant had a good game capped by another superb strike, I think Jones playing allows him to find more central positions....IMO if we lose him without a good replacement we will struggle on the run~in.
Summary .....defence played ok~ish under tons of physical pressure....midfield seriously missed Yates.....Stead, Grant and Aless had decent games up front, Hawk still cannot beat his man though he was involved in setting up Stead for his goal.
ps Why were there 3 or 4 hundred covered~up seats in the County end....surely they could have sold those tickets if offered to us?