Views from sedgleyimp following Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at home against Hartlepool United in the Second Round of The FA Cup: “Having read through the thread there does seem to be the usual suspects suggesting MA should go. Now he clearly has to shoulder some of the blame for the formation and current form, but is still a very good coach and I have faith in his ability to get this right.
Honestly as well you have to say that it would be financial madness to bin him 7 months after extending his deal. Only Man United do that. Plus who do people really think could come in and do the job that he has done for the last two years. There is no realistic option out there. He is still the best man for the job, but he needs to reflect on what the problem is, and that problem is that the players we have are not suited to the kind of tactics he wants us to play. It worked great last year when we had Johnson and Rogers as speed merchants. We had Jorge Grant who could pick a pass to those wide players. We don’t have those type of players amongst this current squad so we have to adapt the formation and tactics.
We have 6 games to muddle through before the ‘promised land’ of the January window comes around the corner. I’m not that convinced we will have a huge overhaul of players. Can we really expect to shift on enough players to allow for those gaps in the wage budget and squad? One or two maybe, but any more than that is most unlikely.
Really still so annoyed about today. Not the mythical big tie we could have got because the reality of being a Lincoln fan is that we’d have drawn Luton away, but more down to just how predictable we have become. You could see exactly how todays game would go in the first five minutes”
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More views from our Match Thread:
JT_LCFC: “Weak, feeble, pathetic this isn’t a confidence issue now. There is a level of incompetency and we look like relegation candidates devoid of all ideas. The fact we haven’t scored, and don’t look like scoring is a real worry. I am normally optimistic but this looks like a watered-down version of Steve Tilson Lincoln.”
Warrington Imp: “It summed it up for me when in injury time we are still passing sideways that is down to the managers coaching the ball should have been lumped into the penalty area no passion no desire no doubt the red-tinted brigade will still be content but personally I don’t want to go back into division 2 I don’t want to go back to crowds of 2-3 thousand and that is where we are heading my friends because week in week out there is no change in performance which is down to the manager to lose to two of the worst teams in the league in 5 days is shocking.”
imps_joe: “Let’s be under no illusions we’re in a tough spot at the moment, but any talk of getting rid of Appleton is ridiculous. After what he achieved in the last two seasons he has more than enough credit in the bank.
I think getting rid of Appleton would be similar to when Charlton got rid of Curbishley.
We have to at the very least give him until after the January transfer window. We know what his football can achieve once some injured players return and if we get the right players in. The run-up to this transfer window is completely geared to what Appleton needs and wants, diverting from that at this time could be a disaster. Anyone who is unsure of the club’s transfer policy should read Gary’s article.”
Lincoln City 0-1 Hartlepool United:
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— Vital Lincoln City (@VitalLincoln) December 7, 2021
Sincil Bank
FA Cup Second Round
4/12/2021 4:00 pm
Attendance: 5506
Referee: Robert Madley
| Lincoln City | Hartlepool United | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiorini 52' (OG) | |||||||
| Long | Killip | ||||||
| Poole | 63' | Ogle | |||||
| Robson | 74' | Ferguson | |||||
| Montsma | Odusina | ||||||
| Jackson | Liddle | ||||||
| Fiorini | Byrne | ||||||
| McGrandles (c) | Shelton | ||||||
| Maguire | Featherstone (c) | ||||||
| N'Lundulu | Daly | 87' | |||||
| Bishop | Cullen | 76' | |||||
| Adelakun | Molyneux | ||||||
Substitutes |
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| Mair (GK) | Mitchell (GK) | ||||||
| Bramall | 74' | Francis-Angol | |||||
| Eyoma | Hendrie | ||||||
| Roughan | Jones | ||||||
| Bridcutt | Crawford | ||||||
| Sanders | 63' | Holohan | 87' | ||||
| Sørensen | Smith | ||||||
| Longdon | Fondop-Talom | ||||||
| Goodwin | 76' | ||||||
Game Statistics |
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| 7 | Goal attempts | 5 |
| 3 | On Target | 3 |
| 11 | Corners | 2 |
| 6 | Fouls | 7 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 54 | % | 46 |