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Lincoln City 1-2 Sunderland: Three Things We Learned

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Following the 2-1 defeat at home against Sunderland in the EFL Trophy, I asked the Vital Lincoln City members what three things they learned from the match.

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Here’s what Chimpimp said:

1. We learned Lincoln’s experienced side should be expected to beat Sunderland’s under 23s.

Sunderland Lincoln
Finishing Line up. Finishing Line up

Burge 28 Long 18
Hume 23 Poole 23
Younger 21 Robson 23
Alves 21 Eyoma 21
Richardson 22 Montsma 23
Sohna 21 Sanders 22
Neil 19 Sorensen 21
O’Brien 28 Bramall 25
Prichard 28 Adelakun 25
Embleton 22 Nlundulu 22
Wearne 20 Scully 22

Total years 253. Total years 245
Average 23.0yrs. Average 22.3yrs

2. We also learned Chris Maguire will be a good addition to the side if he can keep and stay fully fit. He wanted to show what he could do against Sunderland and it was more than any other Lincoln player on the night.

3. We learned that Sunderland has some good strength in depth and have some decent players who can’t regularly make their first team. It was a difficult night for a number a city players but Jamie Robson had another decent game and Lewis Montsma reminded us he has an eye for a goal and why if you can avoid conceding a second goal, you are always in with a chance.

Without a naive error in the second half, that goal would have seen Lincoln definitely through to the knock-out stages. But it might well be that goal proves just enough.

Thank you to Graham Burrell and Lincoln City Football Club for the photograph!

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