Lincoln vs Grimsby

[Waluigi]

The weird thing about the National League title season was that we didn't have any local rivals at all. Nearest game that year was North Ferriby, I mean come on.

Lucky we were title chasing that year because run of the mill seasons lose focus without a couple of derby games to look forward to.

 

[Davidimp]

O'Connor probably should have been sent off but Dean has a habit of doing shit like this. Last week pogba committed a terrible tackle on Alli and only saw a yellow.

 

[Clarkey_GTFC]

We're appealing the red card. Pretty ambitious to me. I still think he could've gotten away with a yellow but you can easily see why he's been sent off in this day and age. Likely looking at 4 games now.

 

[Gladders]

Fuck sake:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1086652503188480000

Uncut version here

https://twitter.com/x/status/1087114035559088129

 

[Plumbob]

We're appealing the red card. Pretty ambitious to me. I still think he could've gotten away with a yellow but you can easily see why he's been sent off in this day and age. Likely looking at 4 games now.

It was one of those that was always going to be a red, especially with the lino flagging furiously. I was pretty close to in-line with the incident, although higher up the stand, and it looked cast-iron. After watching the highlights, I think he probably got some of the ball but I doubt that will be enough to overturn a very card-happy premier league referees decision at such a lowly level of football !! Its not very often I hear of reds being over-turned in L2, we certainly don't tend to get much joy. That said, we are apparently a nasty bunch of cloggers, so no surprise really!

 

[GodsGift]

I normally enjoy reading Cod Almighty but what's this trash?

Whatever happens with our neighbours down the A46, those tactics won’t get them far and sooner or later they’ll be battling for survival again

Genuinely amazed how anyone could actually hold that belief. Don't like our style of play, fine, haven't got a problem with that, but open your eyes and admit it's obviously successful. It's not like those tactics have got us from the bottom half of the Conference to the cusp of League One in the space of two years or anything...

 

[Son of Cod]

Hahaha that video is great. Seems like this is the new tradition. Beat us in the derby at SB but undermine it with something utterly cringeworthy.

I normally enjoy reading Cod Almighty but what's this trash?

Genuinely amazed how anyone could actually hold that belief. Don't like our style of play, fine, haven't got a problem with that, but open your eyes and admit it's obviously successful. It's not like those tactics have got us from the bottom half of the Conference to the cusp of League One in the space of two years or anything...

Agreed, that's a bit much. The problem with CA is that they have quite a few different writers so there's no kind of uniform opinion/bias/tone. While it is still one of the best fansites around, I tend to find myself disagreeing with it slightly more than I used to. Around a decade or so ago it seemed like it couldn't really produce anything bad.

 

[pontoonlew]

I normally enjoy reading Cod Almighty but what's this trash?



Genuinely amazed how anyone could actually hold that belief. Don't like our style of play, fine, haven't got a problem with that, but open your eyes and admit it's obviously successful. It's not like those tactics have got us from the bottom half of the Conference to the cusp of League One in the space of two years or anything...

Aye weird one, Lincoln will do next year with that squad alone.

I do wonder financially what you’ll do moving forward, the Conference team seemed to be built on ‘sellable’ assets which doesn’t seem to be the case with this side. Akinde, Frecklington, Bostwick, O’Connor and Shackell are hardly players who you’ll sell for a profit and will all be on sky high wages. Your attendances are at their peak now unless a new ground is on the cards. You’ll need to invest again soon and the Cowley sisters will depart at some point. That investment is likely going to have to come from outside of the avenues you’ve had it so far, which is a dangerous game.

 

[StrangelyBrown]

Uncut version here

https://twitter.com/x/status/1087114035559088129

Fans enjoying themselves and making a noise- we really need to stop it.

Kids? The next generation of fans....

 

[pontoonlew]

Oh and our red won’t get overturned, like the FA would admit their top guy got it wrong.

 

[StrangelyBrown]

Aye weird one, Lincoln will do next year with that squad alone.

I do wonder financially what you’ll do moving forward, the Conference team seemed to be built on ‘sellable’ assets which doesn’t seem to be the case with this side. Akinde, Frecklington, Bostwick, O’Connor and Shackell are hardly players who you’ll sell for a profit and will all be on sky high wages. Your attendances are at their peak now unless a new ground is on the cards. You’ll need to invest again soon and the Cowley sisters will depart at some point. That investment is likely going to have to come from outside of the avenues you’ve had it so far, which is a dangerous game.

IF we go up this season, next year will indeed need some consolidation of the squad- Akinde is only 29 but the rest are the wrong side of 30.

We have a very strong nucleus of young players (Anderson, Andrade, Pett, Bolger, Toffolo) and the next team will be built around them.

We may get one more full year out of Shackell and O'Connor with Frecks and Bossie giving us 2 more years.

Already talking about extending the SB ground (either back of the Stacey West or temporary stands in the gaps caused by the smaller Selenity stand)- discussed at the supporters forum last week and again at the weekend when the CEO was interviewed. Open and honest- new ground will be many years so we will explore expanding SB.

EFL 1 is clearly on a different level to EFL 2- looking at clubs in the relegation zone with the size of their crowds (Bradford particularly and Plymouth) then investment is key to sustaining a longevity in the next league.

As for the Cowleys- they are already legends at SB and sit proudly alongside Bill Anderson, Graham Taylor, Colin Murphy and Big Keith Alexander. Whatever they do next will be up to them but they have continued to state they will stay until the project is completed and they can do no more. All depends on how we progress but I am hopeful of the next 2 seasons but life is never simple.

 

[GodsGift]

Aye weird one, Lincoln will do next year with that squad alone.

I do wonder financially what you’ll do moving forward, the Conference team seemed to be built on ‘sellable’ assets which doesn’t seem to be the case with this side. Akinde, Frecklington, Bostwick, O’Connor and Shackell are hardly players who you’ll sell for a profit and will all be on sky high wages. Your attendances are at their peak now unless a new ground is on the cards. You’ll need to invest again soon and the Cowley sisters will depart at some point. That investment is likely going to have to come from outside of the avenues you’ve had it so far, which is a dangerous game.

In the last day or two I've heard the same stuff from Grimsby fans we've been hearing for a while now - attendances are at their peak, our brand of football will only get us so far, Cowleys will leave etc. None of that has stopped us so far. Cowley has already turned down Forest, Barnsley and Ipswich and has made it pretty clear he'll leave us when he can't take us any further, i.e. when we're in mid-table in L1. I haven't got a problem with that and I don't think any Lincoln fan will, either.

Fair comment with our sellable assets, we do have a strong core of established individuals, although Harry Anderson and Bruno Andrade are young players who are already being linked with clubs higher up. We've obviously got a bit of backing as well and Clive Nates has recently brought another couple of guys into the boardroom. Not particularly arsed about a new stadium, I'd rather we stayed at SB and knocked down the Echo stand and had a stand that runs down the whole side of the pitch.

 

[StrangelyBrown]

Oh and our red won’t get overturned, like the FA would admit their top guy got it wrong.

Yep- FA are really funny about dangerous play red cards (no matter what the actual event was) and, unless it is absolute cast iron- ie video evidence shows the player dived or there was no contact, then running at pace and taking a player out, even if you get the ball first, will be seen as reckless or out of control.

Surprised at the appeal because of the risk of further extending the ban and you're 2nd string GK is pretty decent too so should be fine to hold the fort for 3 games.

Maybe a little frustration at the O'Connor yellow showing through (which, on most days, we would likely see a red for that challenge and certainly we'd be screaming RED if the tackle was on Bozzie or Shacks) but it was a funny game where, once the yellows starting to flow, more than one player could have received 2 yellows based on the low bar for yellows set by Dean

 

[pontoonlew]

In the last day or two I've heard the same stuff from Grimsby fans we've been hearing for a while now - attendances are at their peak, our brand of football will only get us so far, Cowleys will leave etc. None of that has stopped us so far. Cowley has already turned down Forest, Barnsley and Ipswich and has made it pretty clear he'll leave us when he can't take us any further, i.e. when we're in mid-table in L1. I haven't got a problem with that and I don't think any Lincoln fan will, either.

Fair comment with our sellable assets, we do have a strong core of established individuals, although Harry Anderson and Bruno Andrade are young players who are already being linked with clubs higher up. We've obviously got a bit of backing as well and Clive Nates has recently brought another couple of guys into the boardroom. Not particularly arsed about a new stadium, I'd rather we stayed at SB and knocked down the Echo stand and had a stand that runs down the whole side of the pitch.

I don’t buy this ‘brand of football’ rubbish, you adapt as you go up. Our brand that took us to the Championship was certainly not played when we got there.

Attendances I do get, you fill the ground most weeks so to generate more income you need to sell players, get a cup run or get somebody to invest and hope you go up again.

It’s nice to see a club seemingly doing it ‘properly’ but ‘properly’ has its limits, as we found out.

 

[Devon_Lad]

Uncut version here

https://twitter.com/x/status/1087114035559088129

This is fucking horrendous

 

[Davidimp]

I normally enjoy reading Cod Almighty but what's this trash?



Genuinely amazed how anyone could actually hold that belief. Don't like our style of play, fine, haven't got a problem with that, but open your eyes and admit it's obviously successful. It's not like those tactics have got us from the bottom half of the Conference to the cusp of League One in the space of two years or anything...

Don't remember Danny running on the pitch? Granted I know some Grimsby fans spend the whole game watching them instead of the game
We've definitely changed our style of play this season , we pass far more this season than the previous two seasons, we certainly don't just 'lump into Rheady' he hardly plays now.

 

[StrangelyBrown]

This is fucking horrendous

Fans enjoying themselves and making noise? Kids (the next generation of all clubs)?

Bit like this then?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1087367040288112642

 

[Imp in Branston]

Fans enjoying themselves and making noise? Kids (the next generation of all clubs)?

Bit like this then?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1087367040288112642

Yeah, I would think that Devon_Lad is a bit too young to be involved in a pic with those 16-18 year olds.

 

[Gladders]

Lincoln fans on here a bit precious aren't they? It's a laugh, don't say if it was Town fans you wouldn't be doing the same thing?

Sent that vid to two of my Lincoln supporting mates asking if they were in it and they both had a good laugh at it and said yeah they are the ones at the front. Only thing I can think off is Strangely Brown is actually in it and the one at the front.

 

[Son of Cod]

Lincoln fans on here a bit precious aren't they? It's a laugh, don't say if it was Town fans you wouldn't be doing the same thing?

Sent that vid to two of my Lincoln supporting mates asking if they were in it and they both had a good laugh at it and said yeah they are the ones at the front. Only thing I can think off is Strangely Brown is actually in it and the one at the front.

Have been through the pic and identified the ones I know...

 

[wangle]

Have been through the pic and identified the ones I know...

Missed me off. I'm the one with the drum.

 

[wangle]

In all serious though, yes those videos are a massive cringe and sometimes the 617 can embarrass themselves, but ultimately I'd much rather have them than not. They generate a fantastic atmosphere and typically improve the whole match day experience. I've been to a few grounds this season (not just in this league) where the atmosphere is really poor and it does make a difference.

 

[Richard Cranium]

In all serious though, yes those videos are a massive cringe and sometimes the 617 can embarrass themselves, but ultimately I'd much rather have them than not. They generate a fantastic atmosphere and typically improve the whole match day experience. I've been to a few grounds this season (not just in this league) where the atmosphere is really poor and it does make a difference.

They do make a racket, or at least they did when we came until the 93rd minute anyway... I’d rather it be noisy every week but I can’t get on with this ultra scene all the youngsters seem to love here

 

[GTFCfish]

To be fair that video is not as embarrassing as the one filmed before last years game with both sets of fans shadow boxing outside that pub in Lincoln.

 

[Railway Blue]

In the last day or two I've heard the same stuff from Grimsby fans we've been hearing for a while now - attendances are at their peak, our brand of football will only get us so far, Cowleys will leave etc. None of that has stopped us so far. Cowley has already turned down Forest, Barnsley and Ipswich and has made it pretty clear he'll leave us when he can't take us any further, i.e. when we're in mid-table in L1. I haven't got a problem with that and I don't think any Lincoln fan will, either.

Fair comment with our sellable assets, we do have a strong core of established individuals, although Harry Anderson and Bruno Andrade are young players who are already being linked with clubs higher up. We've obviously got a bit of backing as well and Clive Nates has recently brought another couple of guys into the boardroom. Not particularly arsed about a new stadium, I'd rather we stayed at SB and knocked down the Echo stand and had a stand that runs down the whole side of the pitch.

Amazing how your crowds have increased to your capacity. What capacity could Sincil Bank achieve with the above additions

 

[Davidimp]

Amazing how your crowds have increased to your capacity. What capacity could Sincil Bank achieve with the above additions

Couple of areas being looked at.
1. Build back the Stacey West stand into the car park.
2. Add temporary seating between the Stacey West and selenity stands.
Hopefully adding a few thousand more.

 

[Luke Imp]

Have been through the pic and identified the ones I know...

Unfortunately in any group photo's I'm sent to the back because I'm the tallest of the lot!

Amazing how your crowds have increased to your capacity. What capacity could Sincil Bank achieve with the above additions

Realistically, we're only going to manage to increase by 1,500 IMO by putting a temporary top tier on the SW.

If we go up, we desperately need to find a way of splitting the SW between home and away because just having it for away fans won't be feasible most of the time.

 

[Luke Imp]

Agreed, that's a bit much. The problem with CA is that they have quite a few different writers so there's no kind of uniform opinion/bias/tone. While it is still one of the best fansites around, I tend to find myself disagreeing with it slightly more than I used to. Around a decade or so ago it seemed like it couldn't really produce anything bad.

I didn't realise that, which explains why I can never really work the writer out!

Flits between being relatively normal and, like that article, being condescending albeit with a faint whiff of a compliment or two.

 

[Luke Imp]

Aye weird one, Lincoln will do next year with that squad alone.

I do wonder financially what you’ll do moving forward, the Conference team seemed to be built on ‘sellable’ assets which doesn’t seem to be the case with this side. Akinde, Frecklington, Bostwick, O’Connor and Shackell are hardly players who you’ll sell for a profit and will all be on sky high wages. Your attendances are at their peak now unless a new ground is on the cards. You’ll need to invest again soon and the Cowley sisters will depart at some point. That investment is likely going to have to come from outside of the avenues you’ve had it so far, which is a dangerous game.

I was discussing this a couple of weeks back with a mate.

Our squad was quite young in the NL, which generally goes hand in hand with not being able to pay the wages for the top, here and now players who'll get you promoted (bar Nathan Arnold, probably). That said, in Woodyard and Raggett, we had two players in the spine of the team who were far better than the league anyway.

Last season we signed Bostwick and Frecklington. This season Shackell, O'Connor and Akinde so it's definitely been a shift to capitalise whilst we can.

We'd not be able to go out and compete for top end L1 players, so should we get promoted, I think we'll go back to younger players to develop like the in the NL.

We've still got Anderson, Andrade, Pett, Chapman, Toffolo and Vickers who we'd be able to sell, though.

Green's also been sold and I suspect Wilson might be another well sell in this window.

 

[Son of Cod]

I normally enjoy reading Cod Almighty but what's this trash?

Genuinely amazed how anyone could actually hold that belief. Don't like our style of play, fine, haven't got a problem with that, but open your eyes and admit it's obviously successful. It's not like those tactics have got us from the bottom half of the Conference to the cusp of League One in the space of two years or anything...

I didn't realise that, which explains why I can never really work the writer out!

Flits between being relatively normal and, like that article, being condescending albeit with a faint whiff of a compliment or two.

Not sure if either of you have seen this already, but it might restore some faith...

http://www.codalmighty.com/site/ca.php?article=6994