Was a typical pre season affair, but a good workout none the less. To be fair Lincoln looked just that bit quicker than us and a bit cleverer on the ball, and towards the end you could see the difference in fitness that you would expect between a full time team and a part time team. We looked a bit disjointed at times which is to be expected from a complete new team playing together for the first time, we also looked a little toothless in attack. Not being negative just trying to look at the game in perspective.
Having said all that on the positive side I can only remember 2 or 3 times when they unlocked our defence but each time they failed to score. Stand out performance for me was, despite all the new players, Liam Parker. Cullingworth also had a very good game and these 2 impressed me the most, although I don't think there was a bad performance from any player. Big surprise seeing Dorothy back minus the red boots, even bigger surprise was the effort he put in and I think well worth another look. Very happy with the effort from all the players which was in marked contrast to last year. We're not going to play anything like the standard of Lincoln in the Unibond so to not look out of our depth bodes well for the coming season and I am cautiously optimistic.
Not sure if it's true but was told the mystery player was Danny Sleath (who we had on loan under TT). Great crowd for a friendly as well, circa 200 from Lincoln in the 950 total crowd.
