Just watched the whole game on I-Follow.
First a grumble - NOT IMPRESSED WITH Foxtel/beIN Sports. They scheduled it (not live) at 11:50am today (Wednesday). I had it on record but when I put the TV on five minutes before the game it was already just into the start of the second half with the score at 1-1. I had deliberately steered clear of social media, the club website, I-Follow, etc, because I didn’t want to know the score. There was scheduled to be a 30 minute interview with Tim Cahill before the Imps game - that didn’t happen because they were showing the Southampton v Lincoln game early
Bloody amateurs. I’ve written and complained and told FOXTEL I’m cancelling my account as I’m fed up with it in so many ways. Steaming services are better and cheaper.
Second, the game. Brilliant showing from the team
. OK, Southampton hadn’t played for a few weeks so may have been a bit lacking in match fitness, but they we’re still a FULL STRENGTH Premiership side, & showed it in the second half. We we’re perhaps slightly fortunate to take the lead after only 2 minutes (thank you ref) but it made a real game of it. From then on the lads battled for everything and could have even had a second with a couple of chances. The Southampton equaliser was offside and clearly the lino was not up with play. All credit to the lads they carried on battling and at times matched their illustrious opponents. Scrappy winner from Southampton but you can’t do much in a ‘pinball’ situation. So hard to pick a MoM as Sanders, Virtue, House, Poole, Jackson and Vernam marginally shaded it from the rest of the team.
Bit disappointed with Che Adams - good footballer but he’s one of those who spends all his time shoving defenders in the back and clipping their ankles as they go past. Such is the life of a Premiership player, obviously
. Hopefully we’ve made a bit from the game to add to our Papa John’s war chest. Hopefully it’ll give MK and JG some money to spend in January.
Great effort by the 1,500 travelling Imps fans - sang their hearts out for the whole game - superb
Onwards to Burton on Boxing Day.
Up the Imps