The Imps streamed the 2-1 win at home against Peterborough United from January 2020 on their YouTube Channel yesterday afternoon. If you didn’t watch it, you can do so HERE. You can view the 3 things one of our members learned from this match HERE and below you will find views from Joseph Lovett, which was originally published with the Match Stats.
Views from Joseph Lovett following the 2-1 win at home against Peterborough United in League One: “What a way to start the new year. Wasn’t much between the two teams but we bossed the second half, particularly after they went down to 10. One of the most effective performances you’ll see against 10 men. We stretched them, created space and were churning out chance after chance. I thought it was going to be one of those days where just couldn’t find the winner, but Grant steps up and produces a magnificent strike.
The Appleton style of football is really starting to shine. It is very effective going forward and gets the ball into dangerous positions. The flip side of that is the number of times we gave the ball away cheaply in defence. It happened 4 or 5 times before it ultimately cost us a goal. When there are players like Tony on the pitch you can’t afford to do it that regularly. Other than that, I thought Peterborough created very little and we defended them well.
Toney is some player. Fast, strong, good in the air and with the ball at his feet and, as we saw, an excellent finisher he’ll go for some big money.
That said, Morrell was head and shoulders the best player on the pitch. It was a magnificent performance. I was sat in the perfect seat to watch his cross-field passes time and time again. He bossed the midfield and carried the ball forward at will. We must try and keep him until the end of the season.
All the lads played well, but a quick mention for Akinde who had a very good impact on the game when he came on, gave the Peterborough defenders something extra to think about.
Peterborough are a decent side and defend their box very well (including the keeper). They have a good forward line too, but struggled to create much. If they are up there, we should be able to push up the league a bit. Nice to be closer to playoffs than Relegation.”
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If you haven’t already had a go at the quizzes, they can be found here: Quiz No.1, Quiz No.2, Quiz No.3, Quiz No.4, Quiz No.5, Quiz No.6, Quiz No.7, Quiz No.8, Quiz No.9, Quiz No.10, Quiz No.11, Quiz No.12, Quiz No.13, Quiz No.14, Quiz No.15, Quiz No.16 and Quiz No.17.
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The Appleton style of football certainly does not shine for me. Supported city for 68 years home and away and as yet do not see this set up as the answer what is this so called Appleton style of football ? I could go on in detail about next season but frankly can’t see any point. For the first time in many years l have to say I’ve had enough.
Couldn’t agree more with Doug Vasey, although I’ve only got 60 years under my belt. I’ve seen precious little evidence of any coherent style of play you could characterise as the Appleton Way, other than playing raw youngsters who aren’t ready and in some cases, I suspect, will never be ready. Time will tell. As to what’s going on at the club, it’s difficult to comment while we’re ignorant of the facts, but I hate to think letting Bozzy go was anything other than a financial decision (or conceivably a medical one). The trouble with that is, when accountants take over the running of a football club, disaster beckons.