Melanie was involved in the first Lincoln City ladies team .
Pre-season
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SalfordImp
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Talking of Lincoln City Ladies they were just mentioned in the Olympic coverage of the ladies quarter final game, mentioned what a shambles it was when Lincoln City ladies was then made Notts county ladies then folded.
HoofGrantBrown
Vital 1st Team Regular
Worse than a shambles, it was an FA endorsed act of theft. Notts were literally allowed to steal our wonderful ladies team.
Disgraceful act and total karma that it all went tits up.
Merthyr Imp
Vital Football Hero
Perhaps not the best choice of phrase there...
Stand to be correct but at that point in time I think, a womens team had to be linked to an EFL Club and we got relegated, hence the move a couple of years later.
Trew was also bankrolling them, too?
Scotimp
Vital Football Legend
Today's scores:
Carabao Cup
Bournemouth 5 MK Dons 0
Friendlies
Accrington 0 Bradford 2
AFC Wimbledon 1 Scunthorpe 2
Bolton 2 Blackburn 2
Bristol Rovers 3 Oxford 2
Cambridge 0 Northampton 0
Cheltenham 2 Walsall 0
Chester 3 Fleetwood 0
Exeter 0 Shrewsbury 2
Fulham 1 Charlton 0
Ipswich 0 Millwall 3
Leyton Orient 2 Gillingham 0
Morecambe 1 Blackpool 1
Portsmouth 2 Peterborough 0
Salford 0 Lincoln 2
Torquay 0 Plymouth 3
Carabao Cup
Bournemouth 5 MK Dons 0
Friendlies
Accrington 0 Bradford 2
AFC Wimbledon 1 Scunthorpe 2
Bolton 2 Blackburn 2
Bristol Rovers 3 Oxford 2
Cambridge 0 Northampton 0
Cheltenham 2 Walsall 0
Chester 3 Fleetwood 0
Exeter 0 Shrewsbury 2
Fulham 1 Charlton 0
Ipswich 0 Millwall 3
Leyton Orient 2 Gillingham 0
Morecambe 1 Blackpool 1
Portsmouth 2 Peterborough 0
Salford 0 Lincoln 2
Torquay 0 Plymouth 3
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Scotimp
Vital Football Legend
Pre-season minutes (excluding academy and trialists):
408: Max Melbourne
405: Tayo Edun
388: Liam Bridcutt
368: Tom Hopper
360: Conor McGrandles
359: Remy Longdon
315: Adam Jackson, Sam Long
257: James Jones
245: Cohen Bramall
205: Chris Maguire
200: Max Sanders
180: Lewis Fiorini, Josh Griffiths
172: Freddie Draper
151: Regan Poole
135: Hayden Cann, Lasse Sorensen
121: Jovon Makama
90: Lewis Montsma
45: Dan Nlundulu, Anthony Scully
0: Haks Adelakun, Teddy Bishop, Sean Roughan, Joe Walsh
Quite what constitutes a perfect pre-season will differ between managers but Danny used to target 500 minutes; I always thought that sounded a lot, so possibly 400 would be par. Any ideas on that?
408: Max Melbourne
405: Tayo Edun
388: Liam Bridcutt
368: Tom Hopper
360: Conor McGrandles
359: Remy Longdon
315: Adam Jackson, Sam Long
257: James Jones
245: Cohen Bramall
205: Chris Maguire
200: Max Sanders
180: Lewis Fiorini, Josh Griffiths
172: Freddie Draper
151: Regan Poole
135: Hayden Cann, Lasse Sorensen
121: Jovon Makama
90: Lewis Montsma
45: Dan Nlundulu, Anthony Scully
0: Haks Adelakun, Teddy Bishop, Sean Roughan, Joe Walsh
Quite what constitutes a perfect pre-season will differ between managers but Danny used to target 500 minutes; I always thought that sounded a lot, so possibly 400 would be par. Any ideas on that?
MaineRoad_96
Vital 1st Team Regular
Seeing the Franchise get hammered will never prove tiresome.
Scotimp
Vital Football Legend
Apparently, three of Bournemouth's goals came from... you know what... you know, that thing that Lincoln do sometimes... that MK Dons made themselves a regular laughing stock doing last season... what is it called now?
NottyImp
Vital Football Legend
Impish
Vital Champions League
It would be nice to have a few more fit central defenders and RB cover with a week to go? Other than that and another keeper, we are pretty much sorted I would imagine.
Davidimp
Vital Football Legend
Very trew, the not so great Raymondo
gijsbert_bos
Vital Football Hero
Thank feck he was told where to go with his PLC idea.Very trew, the not so great Raymondo
Rob the Imp
Vital Football Hero
I always thought that a target of 500 minutes seemed almost impossible to achieve for more than just a handful of players. I think 350-400 is probably fine - that's still 4+ full matches. Bearing in mind differing fitness requirements, it seems more than reasonable (to me at least).
I guess some have a lightér load with knocks and big season last year
clanfordimp
Vital 1st Team Regular
Scotimp
Vital Football Legend
I always find the approach each club takes towards pre-season interesting.
Many managers (and fans) believe it is largely about minutes.
Most will use 'friendlies' to practice tactics and formations, look at trialists, and especially practice their excuses when they get gubbed by non-league sides.
One or two believe these matches should be competitive affairs. Here's a question for you: last August, which League One manager said he wanted to win every pre-season game because it engendered a winning mentality? You can find the answer at the foot of this post.
Back to this season. Crewe manager David Artell believed his side played too many friendlies during the 2020 pre-season (12 games), so reduced it to 8 this summer. But is 8 still too many?
How many games have Lincoln's rivals played, and how have they got on?
All will be revealed in the Season Preview, but here are some interesting ones.
The prize for the worst pre-season campaign must go to AFC Wimbledon with this outstanding set of results:
17/7 BRENTFORD H 0-1
20/7 Kingstonian A 0-2
20/7 Metropolitan Police A 1-0 Robinson (p)
23/7 Hampton & Richmond A 1-1 McCormick
24/7 Dartford A 0-1
27/7 Woking A 0-1
31/7 SCUNTHORPE UNITED H 1-2 Palmer (p)
Despite spending enough money to sink a League One battleship, Ipswich have hardly set Suffolk alight:
10/7 Dartford A 1-0 Chirewa
13/7 Bury Town A 1-1 Humphreys
24/7 CRYSTAL PALACE H 0-1
27/7 Colchester United A 3-3 Pigott, Bonne, Burns
31/7 MILLWALL H 0-3
Charlton selected some challenging games, and all away from home:
10/7 Glasgow Celtic N 1-2 Washington (at Dragon Park, Newport
13/7 Welling United A 3-0 Jaiyesimi, Clayden, Henry
17/7 Dartford A 2-1 Jaiyesimi, Davison
24/7 Reading A 1-1 Ghandour
27/7 Crystal Palace A 2-2 Stockley, Davison
31/7 Fulham A 0-1
Sunderland have hardly been ambitious with their choice of opposition:
3/7 Spennymoor Town A 2-2 O’Brien, Taylor
17/7 Heart of Midlothian A 2-0 McGeady 2
21/7 York City A 1-1 Neil
24/7 Harrogate Town A 4-0 Embleton 2, Winchester, Taylor
27/7 Tranmere Rovers A 0-0
30/7 HULL CITY H 2-1 Stewart, Grigg
Oxford did what they always do, and chose to slaughter some vastly inferior non-league sides:
16/7 Oxford City A 3-2 Agyei, Taylor, Gorrin
17/7 SALFORD CITY H 6-1 O’Donkor 3, Taylor 2, Smith
20/7 Hayes & Yeading N 9-0 Taylor 4, Cooper 2, Elechi, Goodrham, Yaw
21/7 Banbury United A 3-0 O’Donkor, Yaw, Goodrham
28/7 PETERBOROUGH UNITED (1) H 2-2 Forde, Agyei
28/7 PETERBOROUGH UNITED (2) H 2-2 Sykes (p), Winnall
31/7 Bristol Rovers A 2-3 Seddon, Henry
A small number of clubs have hardly bothered with pre-season friendlies at all:
Wycombe:
17/7 Stevenage N 1-0 Kashket
28/7 LEICESTER CITY H 1-0 Horgan
Shrewsbury:
13/7 AFC Telford United A 3-2 Bowman 2, Udoh
20/7 Hereford A 2-1 Whalley, Udoh
31/7 Exeter City A 2-0 Udoh 2
And Doncaster decided to field a trialist or seven:
10/7 Rossington Main A 4-0 Trialist One 3, Trialist Three
17/7 Bradford City A 0-2
20/7 Wakefield AFC A 6-0 Trialist Two 2, Trialist One, Close, Williams, Trialist Seven
23/7 NEWCASTLE UNITED H 2-3 Rowe, Bogle
28/7 SHEFFIELD UNITED H 0-4
Quite how much bearing any of this may have on the next nine months is anyone's guess, but some clubs are clearly not in a good place.
And the answer to which League One manager said he wanted to win every pre-season game because it engendered a winning mentality?
Neil Critchley.
Many managers (and fans) believe it is largely about minutes.
Most will use 'friendlies' to practice tactics and formations, look at trialists, and especially practice their excuses when they get gubbed by non-league sides.
One or two believe these matches should be competitive affairs. Here's a question for you: last August, which League One manager said he wanted to win every pre-season game because it engendered a winning mentality? You can find the answer at the foot of this post.
Back to this season. Crewe manager David Artell believed his side played too many friendlies during the 2020 pre-season (12 games), so reduced it to 8 this summer. But is 8 still too many?
How many games have Lincoln's rivals played, and how have they got on?
All will be revealed in the Season Preview, but here are some interesting ones.
The prize for the worst pre-season campaign must go to AFC Wimbledon with this outstanding set of results:
17/7 BRENTFORD H 0-1
20/7 Kingstonian A 0-2
20/7 Metropolitan Police A 1-0 Robinson (p)
23/7 Hampton & Richmond A 1-1 McCormick
24/7 Dartford A 0-1
27/7 Woking A 0-1
31/7 SCUNTHORPE UNITED H 1-2 Palmer (p)
Despite spending enough money to sink a League One battleship, Ipswich have hardly set Suffolk alight:
10/7 Dartford A 1-0 Chirewa
13/7 Bury Town A 1-1 Humphreys
24/7 CRYSTAL PALACE H 0-1
27/7 Colchester United A 3-3 Pigott, Bonne, Burns
31/7 MILLWALL H 0-3
Charlton selected some challenging games, and all away from home:
10/7 Glasgow Celtic N 1-2 Washington (at Dragon Park, Newport
13/7 Welling United A 3-0 Jaiyesimi, Clayden, Henry
17/7 Dartford A 2-1 Jaiyesimi, Davison
24/7 Reading A 1-1 Ghandour
27/7 Crystal Palace A 2-2 Stockley, Davison
31/7 Fulham A 0-1
Sunderland have hardly been ambitious with their choice of opposition:
3/7 Spennymoor Town A 2-2 O’Brien, Taylor
17/7 Heart of Midlothian A 2-0 McGeady 2
21/7 York City A 1-1 Neil
24/7 Harrogate Town A 4-0 Embleton 2, Winchester, Taylor
27/7 Tranmere Rovers A 0-0
30/7 HULL CITY H 2-1 Stewart, Grigg
Oxford did what they always do, and chose to slaughter some vastly inferior non-league sides:
16/7 Oxford City A 3-2 Agyei, Taylor, Gorrin
17/7 SALFORD CITY H 6-1 O’Donkor 3, Taylor 2, Smith
20/7 Hayes & Yeading N 9-0 Taylor 4, Cooper 2, Elechi, Goodrham, Yaw
21/7 Banbury United A 3-0 O’Donkor, Yaw, Goodrham
28/7 PETERBOROUGH UNITED (1) H 2-2 Forde, Agyei
28/7 PETERBOROUGH UNITED (2) H 2-2 Sykes (p), Winnall
31/7 Bristol Rovers A 2-3 Seddon, Henry
A small number of clubs have hardly bothered with pre-season friendlies at all:
Wycombe:
17/7 Stevenage N 1-0 Kashket
28/7 LEICESTER CITY H 1-0 Horgan
Shrewsbury:
13/7 AFC Telford United A 3-2 Bowman 2, Udoh
20/7 Hereford A 2-1 Whalley, Udoh
31/7 Exeter City A 2-0 Udoh 2
And Doncaster decided to field a trialist or seven:
10/7 Rossington Main A 4-0 Trialist One 3, Trialist Three
17/7 Bradford City A 0-2
20/7 Wakefield AFC A 6-0 Trialist Two 2, Trialist One, Close, Williams, Trialist Seven
23/7 NEWCASTLE UNITED H 2-3 Rowe, Bogle
28/7 SHEFFIELD UNITED H 0-4
Quite how much bearing any of this may have on the next nine months is anyone's guess, but some clubs are clearly not in a good place.
And the answer to which League One manager said he wanted to win every pre-season game because it engendered a winning mentality?
Neil Critchley.
