“He’s managed to quietly rebuild his confidence.” (opinion)

Following Jovon Makama’s first league goal for The Imps in the 5-1 win away at Barnsley on Saturday afternoon, one of our members had the following to say.

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I’ve been impressed by the way Skubala has managed Jovon Makama. Makama was having a tough time before Christmas when he was exposed to regular League One football way before he was ready. His potential was obscured by his confidence draining away and when we had more striking options available most people expected Jovon to be shunted off on loan well down the pyramid.

Skubala though has kept him in the squad while keeping him out of the firing line. He’s managed to quietly rebuild his confidence by giving him a few minutes from the bench in several recent games and I reckon we were all delighted for Jovon when he recorded his first League goal yesterday. The lad did look a bit sheepish though in the goal celebration, maybe thinking Jack Moylan deserved the credit. Jovon should stand tall and be proud though, that sort of tap-in is what we need our strikers to be doing, not every goal can be a classic, and in fact Jovon’s follow-up put the icing on the cake to what was arguably Moylan’s best run of the game.

Writer: GrotierBranfootLeigh

Some of the replies:

Sigiriya: “Having heard some of the grief that was aimed Jovon’s way at Derby I was absolutely delighted that he got his name on the score sheet yesterday. Whatever happens in his career he can hold his head up high and say I scored for Lincoln City in a League 1 game in front of nearly 2,000 away fans in a game that attracted more than 14,000 spectators. Not many can say that. That will probably do his confidence a darn sight more good than a scrambled goal for whatever club in a league 3 or 4 divisions below ours. He deserves a lot of credit for how he has conducted himself during the Team’s hour of need. Well done Jovon.”

clanfordimp: “Really pleased for him that he got his goal yesterday but without the injuries that we’ve had to our front players he wouldn’t have been anywhere near the team, and that’s not being derogatory to his ability but that is the truth, he was nowhere near ready to be in the team.

He is still developing and is still young and undoubtedly what would be best for him is a season-long loan period out to a team where he is playing week in, week out and then with that experience and further maturity let’s see where he is from there.”