Lincoln City V Chester FC MATCH THREAD

Why would they?

And I also said, with some notable exceptions and that there was a chronic lack of firepower and creativity. read my post fully!

Unfortunately, as Jon himself says himself , we have to judge him and the squad over the whole season. We had a brilliant purple patch in Autumn which helped achieve the main objective of avoiding relegation. But the start of the season into September wasn't great, and form/performances have been alarmingly awful for nearly 5 months with only a handful of games to go. Is the squad good enough to go forward without significant change ? I feel the answer to this should be obvious.     

Thank you Paw for your kind words, as for the game it was a wonderful atmosphere at Sincil Bank, and credit to Jon and the lads they played very well against a very good Lincoln side who were excellent in defence. Huge credit to the blues who although eventually lost the game they (unlike) most sides this season kept themselves in the tie and very nearly spoiled the Lincoln party.

The crictism on here is unbelievably harsh and not fair. As for Blues Live, Matty will be back on Friday as we make the trip to Forest Green.

Lobster your just being shellfish - it's an open forum even though you talk a load of crawfish most of the time don't be a snapper

Spoken to a few Lincoln who only have praise for or players tonight - strange our own fans can't muster any positivity? Genuinely disgusted some of the comments on here.

Lincoln were very average hardly worked Lynch at all.Effective at what they do but not a great side.
We had a couple of chances one cleared off the line from Alibi and Durrell long range effort in last min.
Similar to last 3 away games to be fair, Not many chances at Southport,Bromley or Torquay but like those games fairly solid at the back.
Whatever McCarthy said in post match interview Joyce did make mistake that ultimately cost us the game.

Calm down dear it was a better result than I expected tonight but it's the little things that frustrate like 1 shot on target and inability to make extra man count and another sending off for the hot head Richards and more worrying another post Christmas defeat - I admit slightyou better showing but I won't be driving around Chester with my sunroof down sounding the horn

I am sick and tired of reading the negativity on much of both this thread and, tbh, this forum. People seem to get the right of free speech and the desire to make abusive comments mixed up. You can be critical without being rude and defamatory to individuals. Social media allows people to say things to and about other individuals that are simply unacceptable.
If you are a Chester fan support the team. Negativity, as opposed to criticism, will always lead to failure. Seems to me that is what some posters want.

What's happened to Chapell? Last i heard is that he fractured his cheek bone, but you see players playing with that injury all the time wearing protective facemasks. Given that he will be taking a decent wage and our serious lack of options up front, then I'd like to think that we'd try and get him back playing asap.

Good grief Rio, not a negative comment from you

We never had a 17 match unbeaten run!

Just got back home to Sheffield, one perk of living close to Lincoln!

Anyway the game was really weird to be honest, Lincoln started so well and Arnold was tearing us a new one down the wing with some nice pace and a couple of cut backs nearly resulting in goals. We grew into the game with a decent first half from Luke George of all people but offered little going forward. Joyce, who was like someone we'd selected at random from the park, made a stupid mistake which lead to their opener and to be honest, he is about as much use at wing back, as I am on karaoke.

Second half, played alright but similar pattern of them winning second balls and free kicks around half way and lumping long balls up towards Rhead. The sending off came next and to me it looked harsh, but gave us a chance! We had free kick in a great area to get a ball into the box, so Lloyd does the sensible thing and tries a slip ball down the wing and goes straight out of play, summed up out game that far. All of a sudden a ten minute spell of pressure for the blues, Alabis shot cleared off the line and some solid pressure with Lincoln camped in their half. Then Richards gets sent off for a one footed late challenge that deserves a yellow, because the ref had the Cowleys going berserk and players surrounding him. Game over.

Positives - George and Durrell were pretty lively today, with Hughes solid at the back.

Negatives - Joyce. May raise a few eyebrows with this ones but Alabi doesn't seem fit...something didn't seem right with him today he often lost battles and didn't look sharp, just my opinion.

yes it's better without Pedro woooooooa woooooooa woooooooa