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Post by poorblue on Jul 25, 2019 12:32:21 GMT
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Post by Marshy on Jul 25, 2019 12:40:12 GMT
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Post by pirate on Jul 25, 2019 12:42:48 GMT
What does the Lincoln fan blogger Gary Hutchinson know about us? He's still banging on about JCH "being played through the middle" here despite the fact he was "played through the middle" at Coventry too. For my money I think we'll be closer to the relegation places than promotion, but hope I'm wrong.
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Post by kruger on Jul 25, 2019 12:52:19 GMT
Well I think its spot on, keep hold of JCH and with the new signings I am very optimistic
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Post by Okebournegas on Jul 25, 2019 12:57:07 GMT
What does the Lincoln fan blogger Gary Hutchinson know about us? He's still banging on about JCH "being played through the middle" here despite the fact he was "played through the middle" at Coventry too. For my money I think we'll be closer to the relegation places than promotion, but hope I'm wrong. Agreed , at present I can only see a relegation battle with our current set up. What annoys me the most , is that i thought the early recruitment of players was a sign that we were actually doing well in the transfer market. Why did we let lines go , arguably our only real source of creativity, and not yet have a replacement? We were desperately in need of wingers last season and we have still brought no one in , scoring was also an issue that needed addressing last season yet we’ve only managed to bring in a young kid on loan. I think we really are lacking height and a physical presence STILL ! |
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Post by Rovers 12th Man on Jul 25, 2019 13:02:55 GMT
I'm not sure we will be closer to promotion than relegation but I don't think it will be far off as I think we will pretty much bang on mid-table.
I expect a lot of low scoring games with our current squad, 0-0s and 1-0 etc unless we can add a little more creativity and if we do, then I think we are outside bets for the play-offs.
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Post by Henbury Gas on Jul 25, 2019 13:05:22 GMT
What does the Lincoln fan blogger Gary Hutchinson know about us? He's still banging on about JCH "being played through the middle" here despite the fact he was "played through the middle" at Coventry too. For my money I think we'll be closer to the relegation places than promotion, but hope I'm wrong. I've got £10 for us to be relegated, do it every year just to make me feel better if it ever happens |
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Post by Topper Gas on Jul 25, 2019 13:05:59 GMT
Well I think its spot on, keep hold of JCH and with the new signings I am very optimistic JCH is unlikely to get more than 15 goals even if he repeats last season's form so we need goals from elsewhere, as far as the new signings so far I'd say defensively they are, at best, similar quality, attacking wise we've lost Lines and still only got Rodman as a wide player. I can't recall another summer where we've brought in no attacking players bar a loaned young striker. |
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Post by gasstrictband on Jul 25, 2019 13:08:57 GMT
Thoughts for the comming season,
It aint gonna be pretty,
It aint gonna be awful,
Its gonna be pretty awful.
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Post by eastgas on Jul 25, 2019 14:09:29 GMT
It’s my opinion and I know others might not agree, but I see this is being pretty close to what I’m expecting from us this season. GC got results last season with a squad absolutely lacking in sort of confidence. I’m expecting GC to get results again this season having a summer to work with the players and add some of his own additions. There are some very good players in this squad, some new and some players that we didn’t have for a full season last year. I still think we will add one or two quality signings before the window shuts and I’m looking forward to the season ahead
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Post by gasandelectricity on Jul 25, 2019 14:15:04 GMT
Get two attacking players and I can believe this.
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Post by daniel300380 on Jul 25, 2019 14:20:11 GMT
What does the Lincoln fan blogger Gary Hutchinson know about us? He's still banging on about JCH "being played through the middle" here despite the fact he was "played through the middle" at Coventry too. For my money I think we'll be closer to the relegation places than promotion, but hope I'm wrong. Coventry fans rated him though and a lot said he ended up out wide during games, as they had others who stayed central. So probably is some truth in that. |
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 25, 2019 14:26:10 GMT
It’s the time of year when teams can all look positive and look forward to better times until September comes and reality kicks in. But for those who are interested fans on other forums are also having their say. On the Bolton forum amongst all the gloom one of their posters forecast us as a dark horse for promotion and several Lincoln fans have us in the top 6 although most have us placed in mid table. The Sunderland forum quotes their local paper which was quoted last season when many on here latched onto it because it said we would stay up saying we will be 14th this season. So not the doom and gloom that many on here are predicting, but perhaps others don’t know us that well!
As it stands we’ll be a hard to beat, organised team who will struggle to create chances for our strikers. We will be involved in lots of low scoring games and our strikers won’t score a bundle for no other reason than we don’t create chances for them. We will be round about lower mid table imo but inject a bit of creativity into the midfield and we could do much better but that looks as if it will be a bit of a stretch. Once the transfer window closes we will know more. And our FBs, Leahy, Little and Hare are going to be very important. COYB!
UTG!
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Post by GasAttacK on Jul 25, 2019 14:43:35 GMT
I wouldn't take much notice of the opinions of some guy who knows less about Rovers than any of us.
We know we had an excellent keeper last season. Neither of the new keepers look as good as Bonham.
We know our right back was arguably our player of the year last season. Little is a good signing and may be improvement on JC but defensively I'm not so sure.
We know Lockyer was one of the best CB in L1. Davies is not up to that standard.
We know Holmes-Dennis when he came into the team looked a class above. Unfortunately we don't know when we'll next see him in a Rovers shirt.
We know that although not regular starters, Lines and Sinclair were decent players to have in the squad. They haven't been replaced and we lack pace in the centre of midfield.
We know we were lacking in wide areass. This hasn't been addressed with not a single new winger signed this summer.
We know with the exception of JCH our strikers did not deliver enough goals. We've only signed a young lad on loan who managed just 2 goals in 14 appearances form a good Doncaster side, and they were both on his debut.
Add to this some of our better players like Rodman (32) and Criag (34) could start showing their age and may not be as good as last season.
The only positive I can see is that we will hopefully have JCH for the whole season and not just the last 3-4 months. If we lost JCH I think this squad would finish bottom.
I fail to see how our squad is better than last season. In my opinion it looks significantly weaker.
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Post by rememberhalifax on Jul 25, 2019 14:54:49 GMT
I wouldn't take much notice of the opinions of some guy who knows less about Rovers than any of us. We know we had an excellent keeper last season. Neither of the new keepers look as good as Bonham. We know our right back was arguably our player of the year last season. Little is a good signing and may be improvement on JC but defensively I'm not so sure. We know Lockyer was one of the best CB in L1. Davies is not up to that standard. We know Holmes-Dennis when he came into the team looked a class above. Unfortunately we don't know when we'll next see him in a Rovers shirt. We know that although not regular starters, Lines and Sinclair were decent players to have in the squad. They haven't been replaced and we lack pace in the centre of midfield. We know we were lacking in wide areass. This hasn't been addressed with not a single new winger signed this summer. We know with the exception of JCH our strikers did not deliver enough goals. We've only signed a young lad on loan who managed just 2 goals in 14 appearances form a good Doncaster side, and they were both on his debut. Add to this some of our better players like Rodman (32) and Criag (34) could start showing their age and may not be as good as last season. The only positive I can see is that we will hopefully have JCH for the whole season and not just the last 3-4 months. If we lost JCH I think this squad would finish bottom. I fail to see how our squad is better than last season. In my opinion it looks significantly weaker. Quite optimistic then!! |
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Post by rememberhalifax on Jul 25, 2019 14:55:57 GMT
Yep, I think we will flirt with the top 6 and finish about 10th
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 25, 2019 15:01:51 GMT
I wouldn't take much notice of the opinions of some guy who knows less about Rovers than any of us.We know we had an excellent keeper last season. Neither of the new keepers look as good as Bonham. We know our right back was arguably our player of the year last season. Little is a good signing and may be improvement on JC but defensively I'm not so sure. We know Lockyer was one of the best CB in L1. Davies is not up to that standard. We know Holmes-Dennis when he came into the team looked a class above. Unfortunately we don't know when we'll next see him in a Rovers shirt. We know that although not regular starters, Lines and Sinclair were decent players to have in the squad. They haven't been replaced and we lack pace in the centre of midfield. We know we were lacking in wide areass. This hasn't been addressed with not a single new winger signed this summer. We know with the exception of JCH our strikers did not deliver enough goals. We've only signed a young lad on loan who managed just 2 goals in 14 appearances form a good Doncaster side, and they were both on his debut. Add to this some of our better players like Rodman (32) and Criag (34) could start showing their age and may not be as good as last season. The only positive I can see is that we will hopefully have JCH for the whole season and not just the last 3-4 months. If we lost JCH I think this squad would finish bottom. I fail to see how our squad is better than last season. In my opinion it looks significantly weaker. Yes, perhaps but we all take notice of what others say, think and do, it’s the currency of football forums. None of us would be on here commenting on anything if we didn’t “take notice” of what others say. That’s not so say I or we agree with them but it is what it is, an opinion which in the end will be right or wrong. As to the rest of what you’ve said you may be right but I do think that our FBs are better this season but as with everything it will be determined by what they do when the season starts. As for the lack of width I agree completely but then Luton didn’t have much and their FBs were their wingers just as I suspect GC plans for us. But I may be wrong!!😉 UTG! ps. I suppose those who went on the Tranmere forum to tell them how cr** Payne was were told not to worry about what others thought. In the end it’s about the context in which something was said and whether it agrees with your opinion or not. Hey Ho! |
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Post by lpgas on Jul 25, 2019 15:23:45 GMT
We will be about 10th or so. Its next season when we can get of Nichols and a few others we will stand a chance. At the moment though we have recruited well, unless you think Partington was better than Little  |
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Post by pirate on Jul 25, 2019 15:33:43 GMT
We will be about 10th or so. Its next season when we can get of Nichols and a few others we will stand a chance. At the moment though we have recruited well, unless you think Partington was better than Little I don't think we have recruited particularly well, but I think the full back areas are a bit stronger. We've lost our captain on a free and replaced him with someone I think is a downgrade. Our first choice keeper last season kept 33 clean sheets over his past 2 seasons and is now gone, replaced by a couple of relative 'punts' for this level. Despite struggling to create or score goals last season, the only addition in that area has been a novice striker. All very disappointing and underwhelming to me. |
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Post by daniel300380 on Jul 25, 2019 15:52:51 GMT
Way to early to say either way, how our season will go. Hopefully we will still bring in a couple of player's.
Smith didn't get much game time, but scored a few in the national League last season. Normally fans want us to give player's like this a chance. If what we have heard is true and he runs all day and plays on the shoulder of the last defender, then he should complement JCH well.
We look stronger in the full back areas, especially going forward.
To early to judge the keepers, but Bonham never played in the championship. So hopefully he can be just as good. As the season went on, Bonham's form dipped anyway and he was not our keeper in the first place. The Dutch keeper is still young, so I think he's more for the future and backup.
We need to improve on the wings. Need to add more creativity and pace. Only managed to catch 20 minutes of the Swansea game, but in that time Tomlinson won us a free kick in a dangerous area and played some nice passes. The Swansea commentators were praising him and saying he was our most dangerous player at that time.
Lockyer is a loss, so Davies won't be as good overall. Although he might help to make us more physical and will probably be more commanding.
Would ideally like to move a few on. But a few are under contract, so GCs hands are still tied a bit. Which is why a manager needs atleast a few years really, but in today's football, they never get that long!
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