Grimsby

[DonnyBazR0ver]

DFP report says the players were trying to adopt GMc s way of playing but gave the ball away cheaply at times. Showed some quality and created some chances but their keeper was up to it. Work in progress which seems a fair assessment.

I recall those vile remarks aimed at SO'D in his early days when the players tried to adapt. "F off back to Bournemouth" etc.

Now would be rather silly not to give the guy and his methods a chance don't you think?

[DonnyBazR0ver]

I think Beestin is in the footsteps of Mandeville in the sense there is talent but needs to follow up that promise or go the same way. Yes, he's young but time stops for no man and the pressure to score or create goals could overwhelm him and other players may overtake him to stake a claim for the shirt.

[Alan Southstand]

We were supposed to be very close to signing a forward player (not the Bristol lad) but that seems to have dried up. (Must have been demanding twopence halfpenny more than we were prepared to pay).

I hope we are not going to be relying on young Beestin this season, or we're in real trouble and I mean no disrespect to the lad - he is still developing. I realise there was no Copps but we can't keep expecting him to deliver over 46 games.

Fingers out time.

[selby]

Positives.
            Alie Crawford is a good player, passes the ball well, and sees the pass early.
           The lad from Leeds( sorry forgot the name) looked good at carrying the ball,quick feet, impressed more when he was wide left than on the right, took some heavy tackles but went back for more.
    A trialist from Portugal, who was not bad, shows we are still in the market for a couple of players if they are right for the club.
 Negatives.
           Passing the ball, Mason,Whiteman and Andrew were very sloppy.
          Finishing in front of goal,some good defending and goalkeeping from Grimsby, but we also missed a couple of easy chances by snatching at the chance.
     Nothing to get excited about, but not a disaster,apart from the goal we were the better side.

[the vicar]

Its...a...friendly.......give me a break

basically we was shit, same old story passing it around and no where near enough quality shots on goal, and Mason giving the fall away all the time

[Alan Southstand]

    A trialist from Portugal, who was not bad, shows we are still in the market for a couple of players if they are right for the club.

Labelled as one for the future, by the manager, earlier today, so will not be a first teamer.

[wing commander]

  I agree with the majority of people when they say it's only a pre season friendly,played at half the pace,with no big tackles and that we controlled most of the match and created some good chances...

   That said,we all know we don't score enough goals and once again a game finishes, friendly or not with a Doncaster 0 next to it...Every man and his dog knows that we are not good enough up top and the sooner GM accepts that and goes and spends some of our available budget on a striker the better..The rest I'm pretty happy with as long as we get lucky with injuries...

[DonnyOsmond]

We were supposed to be very close to signing a forward player (not the Bristol lad) but that seems to have dried up. (Must have been demanding twopence halfpenny more than we were prepared to pay).

I hope we are not going to be relying on young Beestin this season, or we're in real trouble and I mean no disrespect to the lad - he is still developing. I realise there was no Copps but we can't keep expecting him to deliver over 46 games.

Fingers out time.

He doesn't have the experience to lead creatively but when he was in the same team as Copps and Rowe he was our most creative player.

[since-1969]

Some serious panicking going on.

Two  back to back losses pressure on now against Blades . Defining season moment  and it’s not even started 

[the vicar]

According to those that were there we battered them. Unlucky to finish the way it did.

SM on yesterday we did have more shots few on target but we did not do it enough, we are still trying to walk it in mason gave the ball away all the time John Marquis is a striker not a winger as he goes out on the flanks far to much and the defence backs of way to much, so not much has changed from last season, I know it's only a friendly but bad habits are bad habits and need to be got rid of or we will struggle

[RedJ]

Some serious panicking going on.

Two  back to back losses pressure on now against Blades . Defining season moment  and it’s not even started 

Pressure's on? because we've lost two friendlies? hahaha are you f**king real?

[Boomstick]

Some serious panicking going on.

Two  back to back losses pressure on now against Blades . Defining season moment  and it’s not even started 

Pressure's on? because we've lost two friendlies? hahaha are you f**king real?

It's not so much the results, more the performance that adds the pressure.
it defines what the mood is going into the first game.
theres clearly a smaller budget, and a weaker squad than last season.  so yes the pressure is on to perform, otherwise things will turn very nasty very quickly.

[Filo]

Some serious panicking going on.

Two  back to back losses pressure on now against Blades . Defining season moment  and it’s not even started 

Season defining? Are you serious? Pre season friendlies mean jack shit!

I suppose Newcastles 6-1 Friendly defeat to a L1 side two or three years ago was season defining? They went straight back to the PL after that 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[selby]

  Pre season friendlies are just that, nothing to get uptight at all about. Results are not what the games are all about.
   We have fielded teams that would not be our complete first pick, a mixture of our playing strength, and giving much needed game time to young fringe players.
    The new players we have here look decent, that's a positive, I can see Crawford being a great addition, and Wilkes will bring pace while carrying the ball to our game.
   Our passing could be better from certain players in the build up, I agree about Marquis, but he took a couple of heavy tackles in the first half, and knowing him I thought it may flare up, I think he had the sense to pull back.
   Rowe looked dangerous and on another night we would have been a couple up at half time and things would be probably too enthusiastic and people would be dreaming which again is unrealistic at this part of the season.

[Pancho Regan]

Some serious panicking going on.

Two  back to back losses pressure on now against Blades . Defining season moment

This has got to be a deliberate wind-up, surely?

[since-1969]

Some serious panicking going on.

Two  back to back losses pressure on now against Blades . Defining season moment  and it’s not even started 

Pressure's on? because we've lost two friendlies? hahaha are you f**king real?

It was only tongue in cheek,
But  If these games have no baring then why play them in front of a paying crowed . Our opening game is away and you would want to build confidence and play with a a bit of a swagger in the preseason. Goals are what we lacked last season and it’s obvious it’s going to be a concern from the start .

[RedJ]

Some serious panicking going on.

Two  back to back losses pressure on now against Blades . Defining season moment  and it’s not even started 

Pressure's on? because we've lost two friendlies? hahaha are you f**king real?

It was only tongue in cheek,
But  If these games have no baring then why play them in front of a paying crowed . Our opening game is away and you would want to build confidence and play with a a bit of a swagger in the preseason. Goals are what we lacked last season and it’s obvious it’s going to be a concern from the start .

I'm not denying most of that. But to suggest the pressure is on because we've lost a couple of friendlies is a bit daft, especially when we've reportedly not been shit.

[wing commander]

 I don't give two hoots about the results of these games,it has zero relevance going forward.What these games are designed to do,especially when you have a new boss like what we do,is to improve fitness,practise playing the shape he wants us to play and showing him where our strength and more importantly weaknesses are..
     I would hope that he has been left in no doubt that our weakness is in front of goal and it has made him realise that we need to go out and find another striker and not a no 10 type who can play there if required..Whether he does or not remains to be seen..

[ravenrover]

Is this the side that McCann says is going to take league one by storm?  Can't remember the last time we last to Grimsby..  I keep saying we are not good enough.

Michael can you give us your opinion of how the team played, were there any stand out monents? Who were the best players how did the triallist do? You did go didn't you, sorry silly of me, to make those comments straight after the game you must have gone, sorry

[Herbert Anchovy]

Is this the side that McCann says is going to take league one by storm?  Can't remember the last time we last to Grimsby..  I keep saying we are not good enough.

Michael can you give us your opinion of how the team played, were there any stand out monents? Who were the best players how did the triallist do? You did go didn't you, sorry silly of me, to make those comments straight after the game you must have gone, sorry

Course he can’t answer that Raven! The guy is a total wind up merchant!!

[Michael Shaw]

It's quite bizarre the responses we get on here. My opening post was:-

Is this the side that McCann says is going to take league one by storm? 
......  If we can't beat Grimsby how are we going to take L1 by storm?

Can't remember the last time we last to Grimsby.. 
.....   I really can't remember when we didn't beat Grimsby.

I keep saying we are not good enough.
..... I don't think we have made any really good signings having lost several players. And others agree with me but that doesn't mean we are panicing.

And God knows how anyone can read panic into my simple statements. I won't even panic if we are 10 points adrift of the safety zone with one game to go at the end of the season. It's only football.

[mpc123]

It's quite bizarre the responses we get on here. My opening post was:-

Is this the side that McCann says is going to take league one by storm? 
......  If we can't beat Grimsby how are we going to take L1 by storm?

Can't remember the last time we last to Grimsby.. 
.....   I really can't remember when we didn't beat Grimsby.

I keep saying we are not good enough.
..... I don't think we have made any really good signings having lost several players. And others agree with me but that doesn't mean we are panicing.

And God knows how anyone can read panic into my simple statements. I won't even panic if we are 10 points adrift of the safety zone with one game to go at the end of the season. It's only football.

Because you stated gm said about the team taking league one by storm.... he didnt say it

[Alan Southstand]

However, he did say it about a certain individual who is on trial at the moment!

[Lifelong supporter]

According to those that were there we battered them. Unlucky to finish the way it did.

I was there and we did batter them...but only in the second half.
Having said that we didn't score...again.
First half was poor and McCann admitted as much afterwards.
Grimsby looked decent and could be a long shot to do well this season.

[ravenrover]

It's quite bizarre the responses we get on here. My opening post was:-

Is this the side that McCann says is going to take league one by storm? 
......  If we can't beat Grimsby how are we going to take L1 by storm?

Can't remember the last time we last to Grimsby.. 
.....   I really can't remember when we didn't beat Grimsby.

I keep saying we are not good enough.
..... I don't think we have made any really good signings having lost several players. And others agree with me but that doesn't mean we are panicing.

And God knows how anyone can read panic into my simple statements. I won't even panic if we are 10 points adrift of the safety zone with one game to go at the end of the season. It's only football.

Simple question did you go to the game? Yes or no is sufficient