Lincoln City Post Match Thoughts

[mellowmiller]

I said after the Northampton game that I'd take that game on its own merits, and we had three largely dismal outings since. Lincoln have been inconsistent (at best) of late and it showed. They presented almost no threat whatsoever and haven't chased us down like most other teams.

We were better. That position suits Cam, and quips from trolls aside, many have said it would for a long time, and pre-dating Evans too. We were sluggish and ineffective in the first half though, before eventually clicking for a 10 minute spell early second half. For that spell we looked good. To be honest though, that level dipped and whilst we looked better than them, it wasn't by miles.

The goal was a Millers special, another for the "what happened there" scrapbook. That probably typifies how we're doing, we just don't have a great amount of goal threat and it takes a "weird" goal to get us a win. That said, calmly taken and very well put away.

Reality time again now with two games which are likely more difficult. Nothing that went before yesterday suggested that was Evans' ideal XI, so things might get the lotto machine effect before Huddersfield. Good result, very average performance with a good spell for a time. UTM.

Exactly this.
We should be pleased about the win but not get carried away.
Saturday will tell us more.

[Derbymiller]

Exactly this.
We should be pleased about the win but not get carried away.
Saturday will tell us more.

I think the transfer window will tell us a lot about matters off the field as well. I do not expect us to get anything at Huddersfield, but if we put in a performance and look like they are trying that has to be an improvement on what we saw at Barnsley, Crawley, Leyton Orient and Mansfield. We are not going to look world beaters just like that, I still think the goalkeeper long ball hoof down the middle is just a lottery tactic but improvement has been needed and should be recognised when we see it. We still have a trophy to play for and our L1 status to guarantee.