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Match Thread: Northampton Town v Lincoln City

mikeosullivan said:
"As an aside, I have to say Michael Hortin time and again got the Lincoln players wrong. He sometimes gets one or two players wrong per game but he did it countless times today, even giving one of Johnson’s goals to Grant. Sorry Michael but you really should know our own players by now."

I have to agree about Hortin. Can we include him in the player performance marking? If so, he would struggle to get a "1" today. Absolutely appalling and should not be allowed back on air until he either starts to do some preparation, or visits an optician.

Other than that - what a difference in the same 11 who underperformed against Shrewsbury compared to today. I was one who thought MA should make changes, but MA has proved he knows more than me yet again. :)

Superb display.
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He rarely names and opposition players even though he has a team sheet in front of him .
As you say he was even getting our players wrong saying Monstma assisted for the first when it was Johnson and Grant got the third when it was Johnson.
Didn’t even get me started on his misinformation regarding the covid levels, such poor journalism, he sits in a news room and appears clueless to how bad it is in the city.
Needs replacing imho. Way too comfortable in his role.
 
GreenNeedle said:
I ignored Hortin. When the guy constantly calls Mark Hone "Thommo" you know he has become far too comfortable with things and just winging it. When he congratulates Johnson for tracking back when it is Grant and has been a 15 sec passage of play it is a little embarrassing as "colour blind" is no excuse there.
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How on earth can he confuse Grant and Johnson? They look nothing alike. "Winging it" is the right term; you can tell he does zero research on the opposition as he just refers to them by their short number.
 
nlondonimp said:
To be fair we have played more ‘difficult’ sides at home. The only top 8 away game was the defeat at Doncaster. the hull game will be an interesting test for our away record.
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Especially since Hull's Boxing Day game with Sunderland has been postponed. After ten days off, they should be pretty fresh.
 
Looks like Northampton did what they always said you had to do to get out of the fourth division, they kicked their way out.

They definitely sneaked in to League 1 with a huge dollop of luck. A bit like Wycombe were very lucky to be where they were on ppg. One more game (Coventry away) and they wouldn't have made it. (Posh failure a bonus!)

Both are well out of their depth now, though Wycombe shithousery somehow getting them a few draws.
 
Looking at the current table, if it all stopped now, then points per game and the final positions would look like this,

. . Played Points PpG
1. Lincoln 18 35 1.9444
2. Doncaster 17 33 1.9411
3. Hull 18 34 1.8888
4. Accrington 16 30 1.875
5. Portsmouth 19 35 1.8421
6. Charlton 17 31 1.8235
7. Peterborough 18 32 1.7777
8. Ipswich 18 32 1.7777
9. Sunderland 17 28 1.647
10. Crewe 19 29 1.5263

Which would mean we would go up as Champions, on 3 thousandths of a point over Doncaster, and Peterborough, Ipswich and Sunderland would miss out on the Play-offs.

Happy Christmas.
 
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cherryexile said:
Looking at the current table, if it all stopped now, then points per game and the final positions would look like this,

Played Points PpG
1. Lincoln 18 35 1.9444
2. Doncaster 17 33 1.9411
3. Hull 18 34 1.8888
4. Accrington 16 30 1.875
5. Charlton 17 31 1.8235
6. Portsmouth 19 35 1.8421
7. Peterborough 18 32 1.7777
8. Ipswich 18 32 1.7777
9. Sunderland 17 28 1.647
10. Crewe 19 29 1.5263

Which would mean we would go up as Champions, on 3 thousandths of a point over Doncaster, and Peterborough, Ipswich and Sunderland would miss out on the Play-offs.

Happy Christmas.
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Well front my whiskers, thank you.
 
cherryexile said:
Looking at the current table, if it all stopped now, then points per game and the final positions would look like this,

Played Points PpG
1. Lincoln 18 35 1.9444
2. Doncaster 17 33 1.9411
3. Hull 18 34 1.8888
4. Accrington 16 30 1.875
5. Charlton 17 31 1.8235
6. Portsmouth 19 35 1.8421
7. Peterborough 18 32 1.7777
8. Ipswich 18 32 1.7777
9. Sunderland 17 28 1.647
10. Crewe 19 29 1.5263

Which would mean we would go up as Champions, on 3 thousandths of a point over Doncaster, and Peterborough, Ipswich and Sunderland would miss out on the Play-offs.

Happy Christmas.
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Post of the year :)
 
Both Swindon and Wigan did us a favour with last minute goals against Charlton and Fleetwood , four points lost, both will feature I think come May. Its a long old season !
 
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