Lincoln City at home Carabao Cup third-round match thread

[firstdivision]

Glorious hat trick tonight of defensive incompetence: not closing down, defender robbed, set piece. Sums up the last two years. 

[RedRaw]

8 minutes ago, Andrew_V1 said:

This club is an absolute joke.

Fed up.

A slow painful deterioration until inevitable relegation to league 1 again beckons.

Owner has lost interest and frankly is incapable of leading a concurrent football strategy or good appointment to save his life

So sh*t at home for years now, embarrassing to hit this point with all the wasted millions on the Johnson jr vanity project

 

Hard to argue with that synopsis 

[dunsteral]

Played 84 games under Pearson, 42 at home of which we have won 12. can understand why so many fans have not turned up tonight.

I am one who hasn't turned up cos i am sick and tired of  us failing to win home games.

[robinforlife2]

Just now, Finley_Smith10 said:

same old story. Been the same for the past 4 seasons. Why do we have to accept this poor standard. Other teams have spent hardly anything and look so much better than us 

Because we have fans who think we are lucky to have a manager who is tactically inept. 

[nickolas]

Can we all stop moaning and someone whos there give me an update on the game?! Ofcourse, if anyone is actually still there?!

[Super]

One shot on target.

[Kodjias Wrist]

Why does williams shoot?  

[EstoniaTallinnRed]

1 minute ago, Bizyer said:

Or even concentrate on concentrating

I think most of our players are incapable of concentrating.

[OliOTIB]

6 minutes ago, OddBallJim said:

Have up until now been Pearson in.

However, this just isn’t good enough. Not by a long shot. These players should be doing better, and there has to be someone out there capable of getting more out of the players than NP and his coaching team are able to.

Time for change.

 

This

[RedorDead BCFC]

Currently 2 points of bottom 3 

[Lew-T]

The worrying thing is, that’s a pretty good side out there on paper. Weimann, Semenyo, Dasilva, Atkinson, Klose, Sykes etc…

Have the players lost faith, confidence, patience with Nige? 

[bbew]

3 minutes ago, Street red said:

Someone else will get the best out of them for 5 minutes it will make no difference players seem to like the cozy life at this club,Put in performances when they want. Whoever is in charge it won't change a thing! The club's a shambles and needs massive massive change.

What do you suggest changes?

[Portland Bill]

4 minutes ago, cityexile said:

Point is right, but Div 1. It’s a bit of a scratch side we have put out, but should still have more than enough quality really.

Lincoln will be absolutely fuming about going out of the cup at Chippenham, they will have been given an absolute roasting over the last 2-3 days by their coaching staff.

So if there was ever a time to put out a weak side, tonight clearly wasn’t it. 

[Fordy62]

2 minutes ago, Marina's Rolls Royce said:

Errr.... I think you'll find that you have as pro NP as you were anti LJ. 

Nige hasn’t lost 9 in a row while having an unlimited budget. He’s probably half way through his lives on an LJ scale. 

[RobArnold10]

Been very patient over the last few years but this is a bit hard to swallow, coupled with a situation below us getting tighter…this is much more Pearson’s team now and the same issues are occurring. I want it to work out for him but honestly? I’m beginning to waver in terms of my opinion, this isn’t really good enough. 

[Lack of Action Man]

1 minute ago, firstdivision said:

Glorious hat trick tonight of defensive incompetence: not closing down, defender robbed, set piece. Sums up the last two years. 

I agree. It’s unacceptable now. The coaches should be able to instil better defensive organisation and match awareness in our players than we are seeing. 
 

We are so, so poor defensively and we could be far better than this.

[EstoniaTallinnRed]

Just now, bbew said:

What do you suggest changes?

Perhaps everything.

[ChippenhamRed]

I’m 40 next year.

That means I’ve spent four decades supporting:

A club in the 11th biggest city in the country with no bigger clubs within 100 miles.

A club with a 27,000 all seater stadium and a top class training facility.

A club capable of taking 45,000 supporters to watch a game two hours away against Walsall.

A club with a billionaire owner.

….and not ONCE in those FOUR DECADES have I EVER seen us in the top division.

I’ve never seen us win a play off final.

I’ve never seen us in a major cup final.

I’ve seen us in the second tier playoffs ONCE.

Conclusion: I genuinely think this makes City fans of my generation amongst the most long suffering in the country. Just perpetual underachievement and disappointment for my entire life. And I’m really starting to wonder if it’ll ever be worth it.

[robinforlife2]

3 minutes ago, IAmNick said:

That sort of thinking is probably why you're sitting posting bollocks on an internet forum rather than relaxing in the channel islands as a billionaire tbh

Money aside, I probably give more of a damn about the club than the owner, who is more interested in an egg shape ball and is happy to watch us disappear into League One!

Funny how bringing in a problem solver has worked for many clubs, but it wouldn't be good enough for City, who continue with someone who has won less than 30% of the games he has been in charge of, and less than 25% of the home games he has been in charge of.  Yet a fan who is fed up, is the problem and not the bloke who couldn't manage for toffee!

[BasSavage88]

2 minutes ago, robinforlife2 said:

Because we have fans who think we are lucky to have a manager who is tactically inept. 

He's been utter garbage the majority of his career. I genuinely don't know where his Teflon coating has come from

[Street red]

1 minute ago, bbew said:

What do you suggest changes?

From the top the entire ideas and culture need to change. 

[RedorDead BCFC]

1 minute ago, Fordy62 said:

Nige hasn’t lost 9 in a row while having an unlimited budget. He’s probably half way through his lives on an LJ scale. 

Like to think we’ve learnt from that mistake. We need to stop comparing managers to a manager that far outstayed his time here. 

[Top Robin]

2 minutes ago, Lew-T said:

The worrying thing is, that’s a pretty good side out there on paper. Weimann, Semenyo, Dasilva, Atkinson, Klose, Sykes etc…

Have the players lost faith, confidence, patience with Nige? 

Poor coaching and tactics

[robinforlife2]

2 minutes ago, RedorDead BCFC said:

Currently 2 points of bottom 3 

More than likely come Saturday night, we could be in the bottom three if not, just a pt above it at most!

[NewquayRed]

1 minute ago, Portland Bill said:

Lincoln will be absolutely fuming about going out of the cup at Chippenham, they will have been given an absolute roasting over the last 2-3 days by their coaching staff.

So if there was ever a time to put out a weak side, tonight clearly wasn’t it. 

But surely NP knows this and it was to be expected, personally think this represents where his priorities are and the cup isn't one of them when your getting dragged into a relegation battle.

[BasSavage88]

Just now, NewquayRed said:

But surely NP knows this and it was to be expected, personally think this represents where his priorities are and the cup isn't one of them when your getting dragged into a relegation battle.

They've got 3 weeks off after Saturday 

[Fordy62]

Just now, RedorDead BCFC said:

Like to think we’ve learnt from that mistake. We need to stop comparing managers to a manager that far outstayed his time here. 

Maybe that’s fair. But I think it all stems from Cotts’ harsh sacking. He deserved better. 

[Guest]

Are you watching SL see what you have created

[OliOTIB]

Its alright though everyone, Just remember that a new 100m Basketball stadium is being built outside of the ground

[Capman]

3 minutes ago, RedorDead BCFC said:

Currently 2 points of bottom 3 

And two points off 14th.