Views from hulloutpost following the 1-1 draw away at Carlisle United in the Second Round of the EFL Trophy, which the hosts won 4-3 on penalties: “That really should have been as regulation a three or four-goal win as you can get against very poor opposition. Yet somehow we manage to waste about 20 glorious attacking positions with a weak shot or poor cross and still find time to switch off and serve up two gilt edged chances for an opposition that were never in the game – naturally they took one of them.
That match very much sums up everything that is going wrong for us at the moment. The truly infuriating aspect is that (as MA observes) we are quite good box to box but the errors at both ends are completely from our own failings and they are killing us.”
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More views from our Match Thread:
SIMJON: “I think it’s fair to say we should be worried. As has been said,.the squad is showing all the hallmarks.of a relegation battle, and from what I’ve seen so far I wouldn’t fancy many of them in the trenches with me. Let’s be honest, the problems are 100% down to the summer recruitment.”
JT_LCFC: “I have a feeling the chairman will be dusting the club down whilst he is here. Not the manager, but there maybe a fall guy behind the scenes as it did fall apart in the summer.
Still we need to get Scully and Bridcutt back on the pitch that will be an improvement at the very least.”
mikeosullivan: “A lot of what is wrong with this team was identified by many on here within a few games of the new players arriving. Full backs who can’t cross, one full-back who can’t defend, a player with an exciting individual skill who just switches off, and a midfield player too lightweight for this division – and all players we paid money for using the Grant/Edun sale fees.
The model of improving players to sell on at a profit only works if you bring in the right replacements. Which, sadly, we haven’t.”
Carlisle United 1-1 Lincoln City (4-3):
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— Vital Lincoln City (@VitalLincoln) December 7, 2021
Brunton Park
EFL Trophy Second Round
30/11/2021 7:00 pm
Attendance: 884
Referee: James Bell
Carlisle United | Lincoln City | ||||||
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Armer 69' | Maguire 45' | ||||||
Howard | Griffiths | ||||||
Mellor | Poole | ||||||
Armer | Bramall | 69' | |||||
Feeney | Montsma | ||||||
McDonald | Eyoma | ||||||
Guy (c) | Sanders | 78' | |||||
Gibson | 63' | Adelakun | |||||
Mellish | McGrandles (c) | ||||||
Clough | 85' | Fiorini | |||||
Fishburn | 63' | Maguire | |||||
Abrahams | 45' | N'Lundulu | |||||
Substitutes |
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Simons (GK) | Long (GK) | ||||||
Dinzeyi | Robson | 69' | |||||
Whelan | 85' | Roughan | |||||
Charters | 63' | Bishop | 78' | ||||
Devine | Sørensen | ||||||
Mampala | 63' | Gallagher | |||||
Young | 45' | Longdon |
Game Statistics |
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8 | Goal attempts | 18 |
4 | On Target | 6 |
3 | Corners | 15 |
6 | Fouls | 9 |
2 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
30 | % | 70 |