Match Thread: Lincoln City v Nottingham Forest XI

[Jules]

So, our final pre-season game has arrived, as The Imps entertain a Nottingham Forest XI, made up of some first-team players but mainly under-23s.

"There's little reason to believe that he'll survive long enough to form an accurate opinion." (Who Are Ya?):

"The juries out, he's an unknown quantity for all of us. Though there's little reason to believe that he'll survive long enough to form an accurate opinion."

https://lincoln.vitalfootball.co.uk/theres-little-reason-to-believe-that-hell-survive-long-enough-to-form-an-accurate-opinion/

 

[Scotimp]

DC aims for 450 pre-season minutes. Although we don't really know who played at Derby last Thursday, DC did say that the team against Forest would be pretty much the one that played in that game. From the match photographs, it did include Grant Smith, Alex Bradley and trialist JE.

Totals so far including Scunthorpe but excluding Derby U23:

510 Cian Bolger
495 Jack Payne
452 Harry Toffolo
448 Neal Eardley
433 Joe Morrell
417 Jason Shackell
407 Jorge Grant
364 John Akinde
347 Ellis Chapman, Josh Vickers
324 Bruno Andrade
287 Harry Anderson
223 Grant Smith
133 Alex Bradley
132 Jordan Adebayo-Smith
118 Michael O'Connor
105 Michael Bostwick
94 Tom Pett
17 Ben Sault

Trialists:
Impossible to tally minutes, but we have fielded the following numbers:

Lincoln United: 6 (5 + Bradley)
Gainsborough: 0
Leicester U23: 3 (2 + Bradley)
Sheff Wed: 4 (3 + Bradley)
Reading: 1 (Bradley)
Stoke: 0 (3 on the bench but none appeared)
Derby U23: n/k
Scunthorpe: 3 on the bench, of whom 2 appeared

 

[Impish]

Anyone on here going to this tonight?

 

[Jules]

Anyone on here going to this tonight?

I'll be there!

 

[Impish]

Been away on holiday, has it mentioned anywhere about pay on the gate?

 

[Jules]

Been away on holiday, has it mentioned anywhere about pay on the gate?

The article on the Official Site suggests the Ticket Office and Eventbrite, but I imagine they will announce that later!

 

[Impish]

Thanks Jules. If it’s not pay on the gate, two of us won’t be going.

 

[Riiiiik]

Anyone on here going to this tonight?

Yes. Setting off shortly.

Edited 'cos I messed up replying to Impish and Jules in same post.

 

[The Imposter]

Thanks Jules. If it’s not pay on the gate, two of us won’t be going.

Surely a friendly has to be pay on the gate as well?

 

[devonexlondonimp]

Thanks Jules. If it’s not pay on the gate, two of us won’t be going.

will look forward to your post match assessments.......keeping us exiles updated.

 

[Luke Imp]

Been away on holiday, has it mentioned anywhere about pay on the gate?

https://www.weareimps.com/news/2019/july/190729-potg-forest/

 

[Impish]

https://www.weareimps.com/news/2019/july/190729-potg-forest/

Cheers.

 

[Jules]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1155888821105545217

https://www.facebook.com/VitalLincolnCity/posts/2323298244373074

 

[Scotimp]

No trace of the game on the Forest website or twitter.

 

[The Imposter]

From what I can see, two of the trialists ate full-backs and one is a striker.

 

[Skip155]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1155904186241957888

 

[Davidimp]

No Walker then, quelle surprise

 

[devonexlondonimp]

No Walker then, quelle surprise

NO CHANCE IN HIM SIGNING FOR IMPS.

 

[Imp13]

No Walker then, quelle surprise

It’s because he’s signing the contract right now...

 

[SalfordImp]

From what I can see, two of the trialists ate full-backs and one is a striker.

By eck, we will have a weak defence if they are eating each other. We want animals not cannibalism in the defence.