This is becoming a crisis

[Filo]

Where is the next win coming from? I just can’t see it, we are way to sloppy in possession and not quick enough going forward, we must have the highest starting s for going backward in possession

[Sammy Chung was King]

Leaking at the back and not scoring enough always a bad recipe.

[ChrisBx]

We've got 6 weeks to put together a recruitment strategy ready for January otherwise we'll be playing in League Two next season.

[Pinter777]

TLT - slow to release always puts me on edge.
Hanlan - great finish, strong aswell.should have started after midweek.
McGrath - seems a shadow of last season.
Middleton- Scottish premier league calibre and on the bench, came on and improved us.
Molyneux - still great but always smothered by defenders. Does best he can
Billy - needs support upfront , lack of pace.does his best

[Copps is Magic]

Long-term problem is lack of striker/goals. Short term problem today was our two centre backs. First goal no coordination between them, second goal no conviction from either.

But I don't think its a crisis yet, it's not like we are a million miles off. We missed some guilt edges chances today. Hanlan to be fair took his goal very well. I'd give him a start next game.

[monkeytennis]

We miss gilt edged chances week in week out. Every week we see posts that say ‘another day and that goes in and we win that’ or  similar. We are desperate for an improvement in finishing our chances.

[mpc123]

Mccann will sort it, we are better in the last few weeks, no doubt about it. Still mid table finish I think, the same as what I thought at the beginning of the season.

[Pinter777]

As a side note..we are improving, mid table is still achievable, 3 points at Stevenage.

[Avsuptem]

On another day those chances go in and we would have won that.

[sedwardsdrfc]

Jan is big but we weren’t bad v a good Barnsley and could have won that game if we take out chances today sounded like we competed against a really good team.

I think it’s a mini crisis and Grant can help himself by picking Hanlan from the start. We need more legs up there to raise the game of the whole team. That or play Billy with a partner

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

Crisis? Results aren't great but actually we played well last week and this.  Yes we need some results and there's things to improve but we're not rubbish.

[ncRover]

Saw this issue in attack coming in the summer when Billy signed his deal and no one wanted to hear it.

https://www.drfc-vsc.co.uk/index.php?topic=294403.msg1395935;topicseen#msg1395935

[GazLaz]

On another day those chances go in and we would have won that.

They missed two absolute sitters and had a soft one disallowed


Bailey, Broadbent, Clifton, Mols, Gibson and Sharp were our front 6 last season. The fact we’ve not brought anyone in to improve on these lads is the issue.

[grayx]

On another day those chances go in and we would have won that.

Bear in mind the chances & disallowed goal Lincoln had though.
On another day they could have had 4.

[Chris Black come back]

First time since 97/98 we have lost there in the league. Was 2-1 then as well.

[GazLaz]

I don’t think it’s a crisis. A crisis is evident when players aren’t trying and all hope is lost. I don’t think we are at that point.

[Avsuptem]

On another day those chances go in and we would have won that.

Bear in mind the chances & disallowed goal Lincoln had though.
On another day they could have had 4.

I agree, I was just paraphrasing Monkeytennis's post for comic effect.

[Fal]

Where is the next win coming from? I just can’t see it, we are way to sloppy in possession and not quick enough going forward, we must have the highest starting s for going backward in possession

It really isn’t, Jesus wept our fans are laughable.

Sharp, Hanlan, ORiordan and Bailey all missed great opportunities and we get beat by an unlucky deflected own goal…

[Filo]

Where is the next win coming from? I just can’t see it, we are way to sloppy in possession and not quick enough going forward, we must have the highest starting s for going backward in possession

It really isn’t, Jesus wept our fans are laughable.

Sharp, Hanlan, ORiordan and Bailey all missed great opportunities and we get beat by an unlucky deflected own goal…

9 without a win in a results business is a crisis, you can have all the chances in the world but if you don’t score it’s a crisis

[Upton Rover]

9 league games without a win is very disappointing, game after game we get the chances and can’t put them away, today we were given clear cut chances and still can’t put them away, we look disjointed, same tactics week after week 1 up front isn’t working, can’t pass the ball and we certainly can’t tackle, very worrying times.

[The Dav]

It’s certainly looking like we’re in a pickle ! That said the last 2 Januarys Grants made some very good signings or maybe just god dam lucky signings, thoughts ?

[Ldr]

Filo mate, 97/98 was a crisis, this is a very shit run

[Fal]

Its like people just want to forget that we shaded possession, had double the amount of shots they had and even had more on target, more passess and better passing accuracy, i know its goals and wins that matter but i would be a hell of a lot more concerned if we were getting overwhelmed and completely outplayed

[Lesonthewest]

We've got 6 weeks to put together a recruitment strategy ready for January otherwise we'll be playing in League Two next season.

I'm hoping it's already in place. This season was always going to be tough, after the start we had & the talk of promotion, manager included, we were setting ourselves up for a fall.

Fact is, although the effort & endeavour is there, we are what we are, a below average league 1 side. We're trying to run before we can walk, hopefully plans are in place for January to sign 2 or 3 to help keep us in this league, then recruit again, only better this time, in the summer. Not writing the season off by any means, but as long as we keep a bit perspective & keep adding & progressing steadily with the current squad, we'll be fine. Rome wasn't built in a day & all that. Priority from now on in is to make sure we win enough games to stay in  league 1.

[scawsby steve]

We've got 6 weeks to put together a recruitment strategy ready for January otherwise we'll be playing in League Two next season.

I'm hoping it's already in place. This season was always going to be tough, after the start we had & the talk of promotion, manager included, we were setting ourselves up for a fall.

Fact is, although the effort & endeavour is there, we are what we are, a below average league 1 side. We're trying to run before we can walk, hopefully plans are in place for January to sign 2 or 3 to help keep us in this league, then recruit again, only better this time, in the summer. Not writing the season off by any means, but as long as we keep a bit perspective & keep adding & progressing steadily with the current squad, we'll be fine. Rome wasn't built in a day & all that. Priority from now on in is to make sure we win enough games to stay in  league 1.

Les, what makes you think we can recruit better in the summer? More money from Terry? Lee Glover waking his ideas up?

It's certainly been poor up till now, in a season that's turning out to be a disappointment.

[Metalmicky]

TBF - I was with a few Lincoln lads and they were mighty relieved when the whistle went - said we were amongst the better teams they had played this season.

[Thorney]

TBF - I was with a few Lincoln lads and they were mighty relieved when the whistle went - said we were amongst the better teams they had played this season.

Unfortunatly we have a fanbase who think we are and were shit.
Lincoln have every right to feel relieved today, thought we played better then the majority of the wins at the start of the season.

Just need to start turning it into wins, which i have faith we will

[Sammy Chung was King]

Billy has been over used, because the manager doesn’t seem to believe in the other strikers he signed. Hanlan has looked good recently, it may be time to start him in a few. We lack a bit of creativity in the midfield and we’re not keeping clean sheets, a few things to sort out.

[Metalmicky]

Hanlan played well today when he came on and gave their centre backs a hard time...

[In the box]

Where is the next win coming from? I just can’t see it, we are way to sloppy in possession and not quick enough going forward, we must have the highest starting s for going backward in possession

We put our priorities in a P.A. System instead of investing a proven goal scorer .. I rest my case ..