Horwood and Monkhouse not expected to start as in trackies not strips.

Interesting to see what he's going with. Sounds something different anyway!

So maybe

                           Macca

Tait         Pearson     Gowling      East


                           Dizza

         Nolan                        Clay

        
         Bogle         Amond       Arnold

Is it on BT Sports 1 or BT Sports HD?

Bt sports 1 and bt sports 1 hd

Marshall is in the squad today. Bogle is fit.

Macca, Tait, Robertson, Toto, Josh, Nolan, Clay, Dis, Pittman, Amond, Bogle

Marshall, Arnold, Hoban, East, Shaun on the bench.

Id rather have East than Robertson atleast East is mobile lol

Anyway lets see

3 up top or Pittman playing wide?

Clearly trying something different at least

433. We have to go for it.

Listening to their chairman. Amazed that the ground has 3000 in it when they normally get 700-800.

Everything about the club is wrong. Come on Grimsby!!! Nice early goal will put pressure on them!

Looks 433 to me which I like... it's good to see PH trying something different. Looks like he's trying to get them to play on the deck through midfield. Also, I k ow he's much maligned on here but I Like the inclusion of Marshall on the bench... he has the ability to produce something quality even we need it. Nerve are kicking in now though!

Been away for awhile, what did we get allocated in the end? Have we sold out

I actually feel we might get back into this match now. That is the perfect attacking formation that we needed in the first half, but feel we have the attacking threat to score a few today.

I still feel sick. 4-3-3 makes me feel a bit better though.

C,Mon Town let's have em!  a nice early goal please to settle the nerves, we can't carry any body today we have to play out of our skins and wear that shirt with pride!

This is what its all about...c'mon  town  lets have some fire, passion, and above all ruthless streak.  

C'mon you Mariners, lets leave the Iron all at sea, its a nice sunny day , and with a fair wind we shoukd sweep them aside today.
We owe them a thumping and 0-3 will do it for me....
UTM

Clem on BT Sport - Grimsby Town are the only club to have played in the top 5 divisions in England.....what about Luton.

No wingers. Can we get behind them without wingers?

Just listen to our fans - Fantastic!

Chance of getting over run in midfield? Don't they play 451

Quoted from topuphere666

Listening to their chairman. Amazed that the ground has 3000 in it when they normally get 700-800.

Everything about the club is wrong. Come on Grimsby!!! Nice early goal will put pressure on them!

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Good luck Town. Stuck on the waterfront in Hamburg but heart in Braintree for the next couple of hours xx

I'm still bemused that a part time side are forcing us to change our team and shape to try and beat them.  :-/

Quoted from GyMariner

Chance of getting over run in midfield? Don't they play 451

They play a sort of 4-4-1-1 thing. Who cares? Let's f***ing get em Town!

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I'm still bemused that a part time side are forcing us to change our team and shape to try and beat them.

Well after 3 games without scoring Town had to do something.

Sat in front of telly with Town shirt on and Harry sitting on my knee,come on Town restore my faith

Quoted from MarinerRob

Well after 3 games without scoring Town had to do something.

Yes, i agree. Still bemusing though.

Come on Town!!!

We can do this....cometh the hour, cometh the man

UTM 🏁🏁⚽️🏁🏁

What's with those jako cheap excrement tops! This league gets more tinpot by the second

Next seasons btsport sponsor, Hitec!

Come on Town - believe!

UTM

Theres a certain enivabilty to the game already.

Theres a certain enivabilty to the game already.

Scrappy and cagey so far.

C,Mon Town!

Well theres the gameplan  HOOOOF

why the long ball all the time

Pretty poor start on a hard bumpy pitch. Don't think we're going to see much good football.

Hoof....hoof.....get down and play.....need a bit more urgency

Ball's got frigging frostbite from being up in the stratosphere so long. One weak shot in first 15 minutes. C'mon lads ffs!

Nolan starting to take a bit of control in the middle. Come on town!!

Solid start. That Akinola worries me

Disley being a bit dodgy, bad pass earlier and just sliced a clearance.

Well....getting no where with this hopeful punting

I wish we'd stop lumping it in the air!

What a bloody waste of a corner - straight at the keeper.

Wouldn't it be nice if we had someone who could take a decent corner now and again?

Get clay, Disley and Nolan on the ball. They drop back big style when we do

Giving it to their keeper every time...be it from a corner or into the box.

We on the ball and they retreat when we have it. We then stick a useless punt into the box which is populated by 6 orange shirts!!! Keep possession.

Loads of space in midfield for us but the strikers can't keep hold of the ball.

They drop deep when we're on the ball. Keep running at them,

Please could someone explain to me what they expect to get from those high floaty crosses other than to see their big defenders head them away with ease each and every time???? Bloody crazy!

Long ball after frigging long ball. What is the point?

There's no presure at all on the Braintree defence. Defences under pressure make mistakes, but giving the centre backs the kind of balls they can deal with all day long is ridiculous. If you're going to put high balls in at least get down to the bye line before you cross.

This is tactically inept, yet again.

All I see is hopeful long balls into the box - easy for their defence. We do not look likely to score. I am shocked!

Is it me, or is Bogle a little blunt this afternoon?

Quoted from jock dock tower

Long ball after frigging long ball. What is the point?

There's no presure at all on the Braintree defence. Defences under pressure make mistakes, but giving the centre backs the kind of balls they can deal with all day long is ridiculous. If you're going to put high balls in at least get down to the bye line before you cross.

This is tactically inept, yet again.

It's painfully obvious that we should keep the ball and get at them. The lofted balls are getting swallowed up by their defenders.. Keep it on the deck!

Sounding like we've had a couple of decent chances - we've got to take these chances and make them pay.

Quoted from chaos33

All I see is hopeful long balls into the box - easy for their defence. We do not look likely to score. I am shocked!

Why???
That could describe every game since Christmas.
Hurst has not got a clue

Boggles first touch is gash!!!!

Braintree are going to be tiring in the second half and we must take advantage.

0-0 all over this. Braintree aren't gonna be tired. We haven't even challenged them.

We've huffed and puffed but not much else.

45 minutes to save our season! Against a team who we haven't scored against in 3 and a half games!!

Or 1-0 when we fook it up as normal and get caught sleeping.

The front 3 need to intechange dropping short making a run....so far tbey are just stood there.  Id be bold and bring Arnold on for pittman and get him to play behind the strikers

Quoted from cmackenzie4

Braintree are going to be tiring in the second half and we must take advantage.

How the hell do you see them as tiring? All they do is sit back and watch Town Hoof the ball around.... Not exactly tiring stuff.

Quoted from The_Chief

0-0 all over this. Braintree aren't gonna be tired. We haven't even challenged them.

This.
Need to create some actual chances.
Braintree will be well happy with that 1st half.
Comfortable for them.
Still plenty of time, a town goal could change everything-can we manage one though??

Think Bogle's done well, seems half a yard ahead of the rest of the team. Amond not involved, Pittman looks useless. 0-0 h/t no surprise to anyone.
All to play for but who's going to get the bloody goal??

Better than Thursday but just not enough interplay and movement around the box  Come on Town >:(

Better side but no cutting edge - can do this Come on Town

Oh for a winger than can get to the byline. Crossing from distance will not break them down. We have to get around the back of them.

Disleys passing has been terrible, just sending bouncing bobbling balls about which results in the recipitent hoofing it. Some nice play between Nolan and clay but then we get to the final third and what the fook are they suppose to do, no movement up there at all. Amond and Pittman might as well not be on the pitch. And bogle can't even control a ball, although at least hes tryi ng to get involved

Have to say that the pitch doesn't look conducive to pass and move football. It's very bobbly.

Pitch is male masturbation, so stringing any passes together has been pretty tricky. Might be worth lumping Pearson on up front with half hour to go, as Pittman has done nowt.

Quoted from ginnywings

Oh for a winger than can get to the byline. Crossing from distance will not break them down. We have to get around the back of them.

A sort of Plan B?
I can see Pittman making way for Marshall or maybe East, he's short of matches and yeah, we have no real width at all here.

Quoted from ginnywings

Loads of space in midfield for us but the strikers can't keep hold of the ball.

control and touch is dreadful.

Poor pitch. Good half. Nowhere enough chances

I can see us tiring long before Braintree. We look to be giving it everything. WTF do they do at training - nothing ever changes
We could have the ball in their half for 99% of the game yet id still fancy them to score first
As useless as Bogle is, at least he's getting involved and trying to make things happen.By far our biggest goal threat
Arnold for Pitman now

Players dont appear to have any go in them..none of them are on the move...anticipating...loads of reacting but no anticipation.

There is loads of space out there but we dont have anyone aside from Nolan who can run with the ball....sacrifice a striker and put marshall or arnold in the hole behind them

not seen 3 halves of Town playing where a goal seems very unlikely

here's hoping

UTM

More of the same sh1t.

Have to say that although bogles control and shooting has often been pants his movement is good and he is at least getting involved. Thes long lofted balls into the box are cack tho. When we do hav the opportunity to make something happen we slow things down with a pass back or sideways - we need to try quick stuff before they get organised, otherwise they will just lap it up

Bogle isn't useless - the movement is stilted and that's where we can win or lose this. Run at them Town force them to tackle and beat the man, create the space, square and score. Simples UTFM

Just pass the f*ging ball about tire them out - pass and move the basics of football not hoof the f*cing thing - you've got 45 mins Hurst!!!

More second balls won in this game than the past ten. Midfield hunting in packs and more aggressive. Pitch is terrible. Bumpy and unwatered. We can't start playing on the deck in our half. One bad bobble and game over. Looks like an attack v defence training match. Braintree timewasting from the first minute. Got to play a bit more football on the deck in the final third and be braver in trying to beat a man. Disappointed it's 0-0, but more encouraging than the 4-4-2 sh1te we've been served up recently. The early long clearances are frustrating but that pitch is easily the worst in the league, was never going to be pretty.

The way the game is going ( part-time v full-time ) its set up for Nathan to come on and make a difference ( I live in hope ).

Sat in Greece watching in a Bar in zakynthos and town are doing Ok
Need a goal tho. Bugle having a go but good one minute awful the next

45 minutes to rescue the tie then

Extra time would do as we should have enough in our locker over 2 hours

UTM

Kevin Davis asked at half time have Grimsby got a player who can take a man on,think we know the answer to that.

I've seen more effort in a pre season friendly.  So much at stake and I'm bored sh*tless

I'm going for a poo and I'll take the Bristol Stool Chart in with me..I'm getting used to looking at a load of sh*it!!

This time wasting is doing my nut.

Im telling you now they are not playing for PH...as i would be playing like im pocessed.

Hurst, a rabbit caught in car's headlights.

Can we really go four games against Braintree and not score just one single goal? If that is to be the case then he surely has to go.

On comes Arnold

Sorry but turned it off now..its flipping soul destroying watching that shower of shite bump the ball off each other like illegitimate statues..its awful! Hope the board are happy..play offs and a trophy final..far out reached their ambition this season..male masturbators!

Quoted from Meza

Im telling you now they are not playing for PH...as i would be playing like im pocessed.

He lost the dressing room at Halifax

I'd have taken Robertson off for Arnold - surely we need a goal dfs!!!

Quoted from ackomariner

He lost the dressing room at Halifax

Well if he doesn't know where the dressing room is where the fcuk does he go at half time?

Dis should have buried that one. 😯

Quoted from ackomariner

He lost the dressing room at Halifax

A reasonable assessment.

I cant get an internet connection to listen to it from my desk in the North Sea but the lack of regular posts on this thread suggests its not going well! :'(

Sounds OK on the radio.

looks like they are going more defensive, aky who ? off....  come on your crew,,

We're getting it up there alright, but no clue as to how we'll unlock them.  Doesn't look like we'd score against these in a month of Sundays.

Penalty!!!!! Utm

Get in!!!!!!

If we miss this, I'm going to start following Kabaddi.

Yes....i had to leave the room gtf in

Get it!

masterstroke by Hurst, to be fair.

Get in.. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Fooking get in..

Hurst nearly burst a blood vessel.

Game the fvck on!

The Hurstoutometer twitches (nothing more) towards IN.

YEEES NICE ONE!!!

flipping get in

Come on town , lets have it.

YEESSS!!!!!!!

We're back in it

Come on Town


Let's see this out

UTM

I tend to associate vinegar stroke rather than masterstroke with Hurst!!

This might be when the part-timers suffer from their work on Friday.

Silly silly pen to give away but we'll take it!

Couldn't have been any closer

So close from Omar!!!!

We've finally woken up!!

Quoted from Rik e B

Quality celebration!  ;D ;D ;D

Tondeur getting a bit too partial there!

Well one thing for sure today they have give everything.

Feel like ET would be no bad thing. Another 30 minutes at these please.

Quoted from HackneyHaddock

Feel like ET would be no bad thing. Another 30 minutes at these please.

How can you watch a Children's film at a time like this?!  ;)

They're down to 10

Now make it count!

Extra time...

Extra time.

That was the sitter to end all sitters. FFS!

Just time for 2 more 😉
UTM

That was the chance at the end!! Another 30.. Lets make our energy levels count.

We won't have a better chance than this now. Get at 'em, they are rocking.

No excuse they look knackered, down to 10men,  MAKE IT COUNT YOU MIGHTY MARINERS !!!

If we go 2 up in ET, does he bring Clay back on to seal things up?

Come on town. Shut us moaners up for a week

some pretty impressive confiers around the ground

I'm sure that goalie wouldn't have had that bottle thrown at him if he hadn't been time wasting so much. Wrong thing to do of course, but if officials don't apply the rules properly people will take the law into their own hands.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

I'm sure that goalie wouldn't have had that bottle thrown at him if he hadn't been time wasting so much. Wrong thing to do of course, but if officials don't apply the rules properly people will take the law into their own hands.

No need. Regardless of time wasting. Potentially get a banning order?

Don`t want pens, their keeper will be better than Macca

Quoted from topuphere666

No need. Regardless of time wasting. Potentially get a banning order?

I don't dispute that at all.

Has it gone a bit flat again?

Quoted from Garth

Don`t want pens, their keeper will be better than Macca

I don't think I can listen if it goes to pens.  :o. We've got to take advantage of the extra man.

Come on town another goal please

UTM

One goal for us in the last 15 should do it

Pleeeeaassssseee!!!!

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

One goal for us in the last 15 should do it

Pleeeeaassssseee!!!!

I think it will definitely do it

UTM

Marshall has been superb

Get in!!!!

Yeeeeehhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Omarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Get the intercourse in

BT sports gone.here in Greece
Saaghhhh

whoooop !!!

We're off to Wemberly!!!

I don't believe it.
Come on town !!!!!

UTM

Need 100% concentration now.

OMAR. You beauty!!!!

🏁🏁🍻🏁🏁🍻

Full credit to the Town fans too they have been the 12th man - brilliant!

Just 1 more please town , lets get my 3 😉
UTFM

Quoted from cmackenzie4

Full credit to the Town fans too they have been the 12th man - brilliant!

Fully agreed. Haven't heard anything from the Braintree fans through my headphones.

Fans are excellent

Get it out - Nolan sounds as though he's been brilliant at the tackles.

Thank you for the you tube post

Yes fkin get in you mariners
On our way !!!
UTM

Train tickets bought!!! Do we buy from Wembley direct??

Full credit to the players/Hurst and fans - well done and a great comeback from the first leg - see you at Wembley!  :)

Get in

Phew!

Quoted from cmackenzie4

Full credit to the players/Hurst and fans - well done and a great comeback from the first leg - see you at Wembley!  :)

This.

I fancy us against FGR - I watched the match last night and I think we'll beat em.

I've just danced around the carpark at work  ;D

Disley, that's what this club means to him, legend.

wow that was odd from diz......sounds like the pressure was really being felt in the dressing room last four days !

Disley is an absolute legend and clearly loves his football and his club.
WEMBLEY!! WEMBLEY!!

Fair play.

Wingers against tired defenders was the key. Fair play to Hurst. He got it spot on.

We having flipping done it !! Come on town !!

well done you boys, an emotive Disley at the end, thats what it means to your crew..... great winner and NOW MAKE IT COUNT,, and to be honest from just before  you equalised there was only one team playing "team football", your experience clocked in from then and to be honest they never looked like scoring ,,, but WELL DONE YOU LOT,

Thats what you get when you play with wingers.

Craig Disley! Give that man a knighthood.

My heart is still pumping away like crazy

What a turn around from the lads and above all.....

Massive massive well done to the thousand travelling fans who kept the faith

This win is for you as THE best fans this league has ever seen

One more week and one more push and in years to come they'll be talking about the days when the conference grounds used to be invaded by the Black & White Army

UTM GTID

Was Dizza upset with the criticism or the fact we got to Wembley i think it was because of all the pressure and criticism.

Didn't think we were going to do it until they gave away a very silly penalty and then there was only one team in it to be fair. Played really well after that, the WINGERS were brilliant.

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

My heart is still pumping away like crazy

What a turn around from the lads and above all.....

Massive massive well done to the thousand travelling fans who kept the faith

This win is for you as THE best fans this league has ever seen

One more week and one more push and in years to come they'll be talking about the days when the conference grounds used to be invaded by the Black & White Army

UTM GTID

Me too Tim, very well put mate.

Quoted from Meza

Was Dizza upset with the criticism or the fact we got to Wembley i think it was because of all the pressure and criticism.

get the impression it's a combination of both.... that desperate "want" to get out of NL football surely this would be his last chance? and can feel it from you guys as well ..  truley admired at the gas, and sure he wants it as much as you guys ......FOR YOU GUYS

Yaaaaasss! UTM!

Feel a little sorry for Braintree. BY that I mean f**k off you Esessex tw*ts

Agree, Hurst got it right today. Went narrow, 3 centre mids, as we discussed the other day. His timing to bring the subs on was right, and Marshall pops up with a move almost immediately that led to the corner and penalty.

And as Tondeur and Buckley said, they were sitting off giving the Town midfield trio the time to pick out passes and moves.

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

My heart is still pumping away like crazy

What a turn around from the lads and above all.....

Massive massive well done to the thousand travelling fans who kept the faith

This win is for you as THE best fans this league has ever seen

One more week and one more push and in years to come they'll be talking about the days when the conference grounds used to be invaded by the Black & White Army

UTM GTID

Indeed they will. Many a time I've had a lump in my throat at the start of an away game. Let's hope next year they say, it's not the same without Grimsby Town

UTM

I feel sorry for the PH outers, they must be gutted town won.

I'm a happy clapper and proud of it

PH got it absolutely right

I love him

Paul Hurst's black and white army

Quoted from DickBarton

I feel sorry for the PH outers, they must be gutted town won.

I'm a happy clapper and proud of it

PH got it absolutely right

I love him

Stupid first line - no Town fan will be gutted that Town won, Bizarre! :-/

Just got back from shopping with the wife. Had B.T. installed today for the match, can,t wait to cheer Town on. Is it 7-0clock  or  7-45 tonight.  Dont want to miss it.

Quoted from golfer

Just got back from shopping with the wife. Had B.T. installed today for the match, can,t wait to cheer Town on. Is it 7-0clock  or  7-45 tonight.  Dont want to miss it.

Lovely! :)

Quoted from cmackenzie4

Stupid first line - no Town fan will be gutted that Town won, Bizarre! :-/

Read the posts last few weeks mate!

Disley was in tears because if it at the end. RESPECT!

Quoted from DickBarton

Read the posts last few weeks mate!

Disley was in tears because if it at the end. RESPECT!

Good job he never gave up like a lot on here did

Quoted from codcheeky

Good job he never gave up like a lot on here did

Good post mate

Well we must give PH another 2 weeks-yeh

THe double is still on, and then every one will be saying we must keep PH because he is the most successful manager since sir Alan.

It's a funny old world

Seen this image spreading around a bit...



A wee bit of photoshop later..

Quoted from DickBarton

I feel sorry for the PH outers, they must be gutted town won.

I'm a happy clapper and proud of it

PH got it absolutely right

I love him

Dickby name dickby nature.

We're all delighted by the win today.

I still doubt Hurst though. We've achieved nothing yet.

Quoted from DickBarton

I feel sorry for the PH outers, they must be gutted town won.

I'm a happy clapper and proud of it

PH got it absolutely right

I love him

I know you do john, I know you do  ;)

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Dickby name dickby nature.

We're all delighted by the win today.

I still doubt Hurst though. We've achieved nothing yet.

Without automatic promotion what more could he have achieved at this point of the season?  Two Wembley appearance s speak for themselves, we have seen loads of goals and never looked like not being in the play offs

Quoted from DickBarton

Good post mate

Why do you getmore red x,s than me  ?  What,s the secret  ?

BenBB       ---Cor !   How u do that ?

Quoted from golfer

Just got back from shopping with the wife. Had B.T. installed today for the match, can,t wait to cheer Town on. Is it 7-0clock  or  7-45 tonight.  Dont want to miss it.

     " illegitimate  "

Quoted from golfer

BenBB       ---Cor !   How u do that ?

Marcus Marshall should be knighted. He single ha deadly changed this game, took it by the scruff of the neck and finally we had someone who could get through Braintree's resolute defence.

Quoted from easypeersy

Marcus Marshall should be knighted. He single ha deadly changed this game, took it by the scruff of the neck and finally we had someone who could get through Braintree's resolute defence.

You're home then?

Freedom of Grimsby might be a start for Mr Marshall :)

Following Football League promotions it should be decreed by the great old Town crier thag to a man the squad should be ceremoniosly granted the freedom of Grimsby at the Town Hall whilst the adoring masses look on.

A grand occasion to mark the dawn of a new era.. Some new ground news would be tremendous at this point btw planners


If and when. Though of course

I didn't watch it but we were excrement.

Great turnaround from you boys. One more step, just one small step for man but a giant step for GTFC to go. That done you'll be able to step on the hallowed turf at Field Mill once more in the FL. Good luck at Wembley.

Braintree nearly scuppered our title bid three years ago when we lost in Essex the penultimate Sat of t'season. Glad you did the biz down there.