Lincoln 1-1 Saints - Match Thread

[vectraman]

2 hours ago, O_Lord_Marian said:

Really, what player in the Lincoln squad, not even the starting 11, would/should even be on the bench for Saints?

If that is arrogance so be it, we should be blowing teams like this away. Winning is endearing for me, not appeasing. 

Their big lump who came in up front. 

[O_Lord_Marian]

11 minutes ago, vectraman said:

Their big lump who came in up front. 

The fact you cannot even name him proves my point. Horrible team that should've been put away.

[Tommy Mulgrew]

14 minutes ago, O_Lord_Marian said:

The fact you cannot even name him proves my point. Horrible team that should've been put away.

IMO, Lincoln was not a horrible team.  The players have their limitations, as do ours, but they played to their strengths, did it well and, with slightly better finishing, would have won.  I hope they stay clear of relegation.

We, on the other hand, except for twenty minutes or so, barely threatened their penalty area, let alone the goal, and towards the end played to our weaknesses, resulting in two lost points.  We could easily have lost that game.  Let’s be thankful for small mercies.  And hope for better in future.

[Saint_lambden]

The whole 'taking off a midfielder/forward and putting on another defender' never works, at least not for us. 

It just invites pressure and instills an attitude of 'we're defending what we've got' rather than having a front-foot mentality. 

Right the way back to Adkins taking Billy Sharp off for Dan Harding against Pompey in 2012, it baffles me each time. 

Plus our ability to never stop the cross or attack the ball in with any intensity, it's a toxic combination against sides that are direct. 

[Badger]

1 hour ago, vectraman said:

Their big lump who came in up front. 

More impressive than our lump we put on. 

[Harry_SFC]

25 minutes ago, Saint_lambden said:

The whole 'taking off a midfielder/forward and putting on another defender' never works, at least not for us. 

It just invites pressure and instills an attitude of 'we're defending what we've got' rather than having a front-foot mentality. 

Right the way back to Adkins taking Billy Sharp off for Dan Harding against Pompey in 2012, it baffles me each time. 

Plus our ability to never stop the cross or attack the ball in with any intensity, it's a toxic combination against sides that are direct. 

It's almost as if it just adds another player to get in the way/complicate things in our own box. We had 3 CBs in that area and none of them managed to deal with the ball in.

[Whitey Grandad]

6 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

It's almost as if it just adds another player to get in the way/complicate things in our own box. We had 3 CBs in that area and none of them managed to deal with the ball in.

Yep