Team - McKeown, Magnay, Boyce, Nsiala, Thomas, Brown, Clay, Disley, McLaughlin, Connell, John-Lewis. Subs: Humble, Bastock, Walker, Winfarrah, Bemrose.

Good interview with McKeown on Humberside just now. He sounds frustrated we don't have a permanent goalkeeping coach yet.

That bench isn't very inspiring is it. No offence to the young lads whatsoever.

Quoted from brad_gtfc

That bench isn't very inspiring is it. No offence to the young lads whatsoever.

Hope the young lads take any chance givern and the crowd are behind them. Utm

Come on town, 3 points please!

Just switched on wheres Bignot and McKreith

Just seen the other thread

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Just switched on wheres Bignot and McKreith

both out injured

why have I got scunthorpe on the commentary link?

Quoted from Bruce Springsteen

why have I got scunthorpe on the commentary link?

Me too.   :-/

God it's tough going supporting Town....even getting the commentary is hard work.

I had to log out of the bbc website then went in again

its changed to 145 dab or something

now town 4 minutes late......could have been 3-0 up..

complaint in the offering

no tellywag blog either

Town playing

1-4-4-2

Nuneaton

1-10-0-0

Going to be a bit confusing with 3 Browns on the pitch plus Macclesfield top of the league

Fgr 1 Chester 0

Alty 0 gimps 1

anyone on here at the ground any idea how full it is?

Quoted from Teestogreen

Going to be a bit confusing with 3 Browns on the pitch plus Macclesfield top of the league

Check -  Forest Green

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14: Long period of #GTFC period ends with Brown whipping in an inviting cross that's eventually hacked away for a corner

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12: Disley wins a free kick, a long way out, McLaughlin goes for goal but his effort is wayward #GTFC








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9: Town try to break. Connell feeds LJL who slides it across for Disley but the Mariners' skipper is offside #GTFC








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7: Brown goes in late but escapes without a booking despite protestations from the visitors #GTFC








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5: LJL with a snapshot that is well saved. Connell gets the rebound but Cook is up to make an even better save #GTFC

sub on Windfarrah for Aswad............another injury

Another flipping injury - Winfarrah on for Thomas

Ridiculous this

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14: Brown takes the resulting corner & Nsiala climbs well but his header is over the top #GTFC

Aswad injured!!!!!!! :(

Early sub from training injury, what do we do in training.

Thomas now going off injured.  We now have 6 first team players injured.  Is it bad luck or bad training/ fitness/ physio??

Quoted from Chrisblor

Another flipping injury - Winfarrah on for Thomas

Ridiculous this

injury through a tackle or just pulled up?

Aswad off injured

jesus.

yeah thats very unlucky all these injuries, its not starting very well for hursty at the moment.

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20: Good save by McKeown. Hutchinson left unmarked in the area. He elected to shoot instead of head & the Town stopper was there #GTFC

Anyone got link for mobile devices? Stuck on campsite trying to get stream

Under the rack a bit at the min .

All nuneaton for the past 5 mins.

Jesus, Buckley really is a moaner... stop judging players on a single 90 minute performance Alan

Quoted from jonnyboy82

Under the rack a bit at the min .

All nuneaton for the past 5 mins.

they know Jonny that this will be the best time to play us with 6-7 players out

Quoted from tanga_the_indestructible

Anyone got link for mobile devices? Stuck on campsite trying to get stream

- Go to App store / Google Play

- Download Tunein Radio

- Search for and listen to 'BBC Live Event 8'

This game is now going just like I thought it would. Same old same old.

we need a goal to get us going and to make sure no one starts moaning

we are crap

Buckleys doing my head in.

This is rather dull. Why isn't Connell getting the ball?

is it really that bad lads? whats buckley saying.  Can connell and ljl play together do they both drop deep who's running in from behind, dont tell me they are both dropping deep as that is surely basic manager stuff.

Quoted from RoboCod

This is rather dull. Why isn't Connell getting the ball?

No idea, but having a midfield comprised of 4 central midfielders probably isn't helping us to stretch the play.

Half time soon - and then it'll be the second half.

Quoted from Chrisblor

No idea, but having a midfield comprised of 4 central midfielders probably isn't helping us to stretch the play.

Especially when they've got 10 behind the ball.
Games like this are a nightmare even with a 1st team out, but with this bodged up line up I fear for us tonight.

Judging by our luck right now this really will be a test of character to get a result tonight. I think get them in at half time hopefully pull out a bit of tactical genius and change the play in the second half. Still positive c'mon town

we just about have a reserve team out there now

oooo a chance

Dont worry paul hursts "inspiring positive go get em lads" halftime teamtalk coming up.


If only.

Gosh, the opposition keeper decides to be rather good at Blundell Park.

0-0 beckons :-/

i think we can count ourselves lucky to be playing the likes of Nuneaton and Dover with the injuries we have, although we did ok at BR.  Imagine if it was FGR or Wrexham i dont think we would win.  In fact i dont even think we would beat Lincoln.  Having said that i aint at the match so cant see any positive for myself.

Quoted from jonnyboy82

Dont worry paul hursts "inspiring positive go get em lads" halftime teamtalk coming up.


If only.

To be fair, I honestly don't think Hurst can do anything to affect the result tonight.

Quoted from brad_gtfc

To be fair, I honestly don't think Hurst can do anything to affect the result tonight.

He can if its still 0-0 with 15 mins to go bring on the young striker and risk losing the point we already have. Got to go for it.

its a must win game for me.....we cant afford to be 4/5 points behind top spot at the end of tonight..

Quoted from Bruce Springsteen

its a must win game for me.....we cant afford to be 4/5 points behind top spot at the end of tonight..

Absolutely.  I can't remember any team ever pulling back that sort of deficit with so few games left in the season.

Quoted from brad_gtfc

To be fair, I honestly don't think Hurst can do anything to affect the result tonight.

Thats the managers job though..

We might have missing players but whats out there tonight is still good enough to beat nuneaton at home.

Its about instilling that confidence in the players that they can win and not be happy to settle for a draw just because players are missing..

Paul isnt a manager what you think has that belief, even he admits it when speaking to the press..

He has rubbed off on many supporters that because of injuries a point at home to nuneaton will be a point gained..

His acceptance

30 wins are needed to win the league. If we don't win this we can afford another 14 slip ups. No pressure

Quoted from jonnyboy82

Thats the managers job though..

We might have missing players but whats out there tonight is still good enough to beat nuneaton at home.

Its about instilling that confidence in the players that they can win and not be happy to settle for a draw just because players are missing..

Paul isnt a manager what you think has that belief, even he admits it when speaking to the press..

He has rubbed off on many supporters that because of injuries a point at home to nuneaton will be a point gained..

His acceptance

I really don't think he'll be that way of thinking in this game, maybe against the bigger teams he can be too negative but nights like this we all knows it's points dropped if we don't win. Whoever we have on the pitch they'll still come and put everyone behind the ball. His options are limited and we need that bit of quality from an individual to win the game tonight.

Do we have anybody at the club with quality??

Buckley just called grimsby as boring lol..

Just say it as it is alan.

Quality what?

Apartantly dave moores got a quality toaster

I'd understand people moaning at our performance if we had a full strength team playing, but judging on a half strength team is unnecessary.  

There's nobody with any quality. It's obvious to all of us following it on twitter . Lack of quality has cost us the league.were already too far behind. There will be less than a thousand there on Saturday. It's the fault of fenty, hurst, Moore, the conference, the ref, the training regime, the council, god, the negative crowd, the collapse of itv digital, lennie Lawrence, the shop.
Boo fenty boo hurts .they've got to go .tonight is the final straw

Quoted from forza ivano

There's nobody with any quality. It's obvious to all of us following it on twitter . Lack of quality has cost us the league.were already too far behind. There will be less than a thousand there on Saturday. It's the fault of fenty, hurst, Moore, the conference, the ref, the training regime, the council, god, the negative crowd, the collapse of itv digital, lennie Lawrence, the shop.
Boo fenty boo hurts .they've got to go .tonight is the final straw

Spot on

Sorry to repeat but again has anything changed from last year....NO.

It's not the players, we can have the best in the league it won't make a difference....

On the positive side we are hard to score against and are starting what will prove a long unbeaten run

Quoted from mariner2000

Sorry to repeat but again has anything changed from last year....NO.

It's not the players, we can have the best in the league it won't make a difference....

Is this post serious or is it tongue n cheek?

Quoted from forza ivano

There's nobody with any quality. It's obvious to all of us following it on twitter . Lack of quality has cost us the league.were already too far behind. There will be less than a thousand there on Saturday. It's the fault of fenty, hurst, Moore, the conference, the ref, the training regime, the council, god, the negative crowd, the collapse of itv digital, lennie Lawrence, the shop.
Boo fenty boo hurts .they've got to go .tonight is the final straw

Its the toasters fault.

1st time I've heard Disley mentioned for ages.

Lewis misses a sitter

LJL on form :-/

Oh Lennie, I dont know what to say anymore.

I understand that we have some major players missing, but how hard is it to get the ball into the box? how hard is it to get the crowd on their feet and raise the volume a bit, Tondeur's barely raised his voice this half.


Oh God...:JL misses again :-/ :-/

flipping HELL LENELL

we will not get promoted if we persist with playing him up front

Sounds like when we get it down on the ground and play rather than hoofing it aimlessly, we actually get a bit of joy and even created a clear chance.

Someone misses a sitter...


Better not name him though as it might be classed as knocking him.

Quoted from HackneyHaddock

Sounds like when we get it down on the ground and play rather than hoofing it aimlessly, we actually get a bit of joy and even created a clear chance.

pointless when you have coco the clown on the end of it

LJL is now costing us games .. come on Hurst sort it with him

Time to bring Bemrose on - we need a goal badly - fearless youth can do it.

Bring Bemrose on, put him up front and tell him to go be a hero.

oooo

bar

Off the bar..... :-/

Quoted from HackneyHaddock

Bring Bemrose on, put him up front and tell him to go be a hero.

Yep!

Give the young lad a go for ten minutes, can't be any worse than missing sitters!

lewis gets one on target................

Quoted from Bruce Springsteen

lewis gets one on target................

accidents will happen  ;)

Well, we're pressuring them, bit better.

We can moan about Lewis but how much has Connell contributed tonight, got to replace one of them or a midfielder.

Score in a brothel keeps coming to mind. hope i have to eat my words

Can anyone actually say they enjoy supporting Town? It's just a constant chore.

It's so frustrating, all the other teams in the league tipped to do well (Gateshead, Barnet, Forest Green, Halifax) are sitting at the top of the league on 6 points (as things stand) while we're floundering around and failing to convert the few chances we manage to create.

I see both of Barnets' new strikers have scored tonight

The point is that anyone else in the team would have had two goals now and we would have been equal top, instead of in the bottom 4

Quoted from Madeleymariner

We can moan about Lewis but how much has Connell contributed tonight, got to replace one of them or a midfielder.

Connell is proven at this level.....the clown never ever improves, a joke of a footballer

We might not score goals or win games with him in the side but he brings other things to the team.

Dire stuff.

Another Nothing side comes to BP and gets something. Time and Time again, Hurst doesnt have a clue

Totally unnaceptable and Hurst should be sacked, and sacked now

Quoted from MeanwoodMariner

We might not score goals or win games with him in the side but he brings other things to the team.

What? Making the others look good.....

Same old same old. This got Buckley sacked once didn't it

Cue Paul Hurst claiming it's a good point because we had 9 players out injured.

Scunny beat Blackburn away

Ohhhh can't wait for the radio interview who's to blame today ????

FFS get off ljl's back will you, as i remember it football is played by teams of 11 players, and you play as a team win lose or draw. So it finished 0-0 but by the sound of it no one stood out tonight, you cannot blame it on one player. Give the lad a break

FFS get off ljl's back will you, as i remember it football is played by teams of 11 players, and you play as a team win lose or draw. So it finished 0-0 but by the sound of it no one stood out tonight, you cannot blame it on one player. Give the lad a break

Quoted from Bruce Springsteen

Another Nothing side comes to BP and gets something. Time and Time again, Hurst doesnt have a clue

Totally unnaceptable and Hurst should be sacked, and sacked now

Oi Bruce I started the irony n sarcasm! Hope nobody thinks you're so stupid that you actually meant that post

Quoted from Bruce Springsteen

Another Nothing side comes to BP and gets something. Time and Time again, Hurst doesnt have a clue

Totally unnaceptable and Hurst should be sacked, and sacked now

Just out of interest what do you think Hurst could've done tonight to affect that result?

Early loans needed already ???

Quoted from northbankmariner

FFS get off ljl's back will you, as i remember it football is played by teams of 11 players, and you play as a team win lose or draw. So it finished 0-0 but by the sound of it no one stood out tonight, you cannot blame it on one player. Give the lad a break

No, if he could finish we would have 6 points from two games. He has to take some blame, as does the manager for building a team around a striker who cannot finish. His other attributes are considerably over-hyped (his heading and link up play really aren't that good) and do not make up for all the goalscoring opportunities he wastes.

Despite a long list of injuries it was by no means a reserve team out there. We all knew we are a little limited going forward but Nuneaton are favourites to finish bottom of the pile ffs. Concerning result.

Quoted from brad_gtfc

Just out of interest what do you think Hurst could've done tonight to affect that result?

Move the crossbar 5 inches higher for starters. He clearly doesn't plan ahead.

Quoted from northbankmariner

FFS get off ljl's back will you, as i remember it football is played by teams of 11 players, and you play as a team win lose or draw. So it finished 0-0 but by the sound of it no one stood out tonight, you cannot blame it on one player. Give the lad a break

dont agree,, he is useless period

Well at least 2 things will be certain lenny will start saturday and paul will say its a point gained.

Deja flipping vu.

Quoted from brad_gtfc

Just out of interest what do you think Hurst could've done tonight to affect that result?

Picked up his P45 at the end of last season along with the striker that can't be named

Quoted from brad_gtfc

Just out of interest what do you think Hurst could've done tonight to affect that result?

Signed some decent strikers in the transfer window - most of our targets went to other clubs or couldn't be convinced to sign for us. Akinde would have been a great signing - he scored for top of the table Barnet tonight.

Sounds like best chance fell to Lenny again but didn't go to the game so can't judge too much. Nevertheless it's 2 clean sheets and our success in the last 2 seasons have been built on a solid defence. It's only the second game so anyone asking for Hurst to be sacked should hold those fears and since he can't use it then I will, we had 9 injuries. Uptm!

Quoted from Chrisblor

No, if he could finish we would have 6 points from two games. He has to take some blame, as does the manager for building a team around a striker who cannot finish. His other attributes are considerably over-hyped (his heading and link up play really aren't that good) and do not make up for all the goalscoring opportunities he wastes.

As much as I want PH & LJL to do well, it is very difficult to argue with anything you've said there.

Quoted from brad_gtfc

Just out of interest what do you think Hurst could've done tonight to affect that result?

sacked off LJL at the end of last season for a start.  He hasnt a clue

44 more games to redeem our selves - plus we're unbeaten. Let's get these suspended players back in to action. It's a marathon not a sprint etc

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Picked up his P45 at the end of last season along with the striker that can't be named

so true

Arnold, Pittmaan, Hannah, Macreth, Neilson,

All forwards,

All could have scored tonight,

BUT

All out,

So we have played 2 games and not scored,

BUT

We have not conceded and Not lost,

44 Games to play,

Please do not lose hope yet.

Right then, had we scored one goal, we'd all be saying how we dominated a game with our reserves and never looked in danger.  As it stands, we're not able to but a goal at the moment.

Sometimes, I think managers just need to try something different, something a bit out of the ordinary, something maybe counterintuitive or risky.  I'm afraid that we didn't get that tonight.  It could have been to play Bemrose up front for the last half-hour, or to have started with Winfarrah.  Anything  to just change things up a bit.  Depleted team or not, it didn't happen.

Now onto the main subject that will probably get its own thread shortly....

I'm afraid that I now have to throw in the towel on my continued defence of Lenny's presence in the team.  It's clear that PH only wants him in the team to aim long balls at.  It's not even about Lenny the player, it's about the effect that his presence has on the rest of the team.  As long as he's there, there's always an easy option for players to just hoof it up.  Remove him, and you instantly change the mindset of the rest of the team; getting them to look for short passes into feet, to go past a man, to play with their eyes up and their mind open.   I would love to know what Buckley would do if he were picking the team.

Yep desperate for some of these players back, nathan arnold is one i'd like to see, ross hannah should go straight back in if connell doesn't score before then, don't want to ruin his confidence again (or play connell and hannah because LJL is crap)

Quoted from HackneyHaddock

Sometimes, I think managers just need to try something different, something a bit out of the ordinary, something maybe counterintuitive or risky.  I'm afraid that we didn't get that tonight.  It could have been to play Bemrose up front for the last half-hour, or to have started with Winfarrah.  Anything  to just change things up a bit.  Depleted team or not, it didn't happen.

I just don't think paul hurst does risky in any shape or form

Quoted from northbankmariner

FFS get off ljl's back will you, as i remember it football is played by teams of 11 players, and you play as a team win lose or draw. So it finished 0-0 but by the sound of it no one stood out tonight, you cannot blame it on one player. Give the lad a break

Err no..

He misses chance after chance after chance and its just getting a bit of a joke now..

He should be taken out of the team now if paul has got any sense or are you in the keep him in the team brigade because he holds the ball up.

He needs to stop being first on the team sheet its not funny anymore.

Hackney haddock - finally somebody talking sense regarding ljl
He should never have been signed, let alone played. Nothing positive has come from having john lewis in the team.

Quoted from nightrider

Hackney haddock - finally somebody talking sense regarding ljl
He should never have been signed, let alone played. Nothing positive has come from having john lewis in the team.

But he works hard.

...and he's abit like emile heskey

Thing is the chances always fall to him, so he is doing something right.  Hes just playing the wrong game, give him an egg shaped ball and elongated goals and he will be a star  :B.  By the way Connell was hopeless tonight(nothing to work with though)

Quoted from Kymariner12

Sounds like best chance fell to Lenny again but didn't go to the game so can't judge too much. Nevertheless it's 2 clean sheets and our success in the last 2 seasons have been built on a solid defence. It's only the second game so anyone asking for Hurst to be sacked should hold those fears and since he can't use it then I will, we had 9 injuries. Uptm!

To be fair though it's not Paul's 2nd game in charge. Or Lenny's on the pitch.

Avoidance of failure is built on a solid defence. But is built on scoring more goals. If we ever do let one in, you know it's going to be an uphill struggle to win 1 let alone 3 points.

I would love to see us with a full strength team but one issue i hate is the aimless balls into no one just a waste of time, just play simple and keep playing to feet with movement not aimless balls to no one, the forwards spend to much time back to goal.

Tonight was a even more a depleted team then saturday, defense great Brown played well but having Paddy and Clay on the wings was always going to be hard, i would of played Walker at RB and Magnay on the wing for a bit of width.

There are positives from the performance.

Quoted from jonnyboy82

Err no..

He misses chance after chance after chance and its just getting a bit of a joke now..

He should be taken out of the team now if paul has got any sense or are you in the keep him in the team brigade because he holds the ball up.

He needs to stop being first on the team sheet its not funny anymore.

What's not funny anymore is you continually slagging off one of our players. Using him as a scapegoat for a teams failure to score because he missed ONE chance is pathetically sad. Oh sodomist there I go again "giving it the big one"

Quoted from barralad

What's not funny anymore is you continually slagging off one of our players. Using him as a scapegoat for a teams failure to score because he missed ONE chance is pathetically sad. Oh sodomist there I go again "giving it the big one"

Its not just one chance though is it?

Come on stop pretending that the amount of sitters he misses is acceptable.