Double whammy for Olwen this week - not only was she 1 minute out on the golden goal - there's some bugger with a brolly blocking the view (picture co-starring Anthony (son)) - and yes it's orange again !
And still it rained ....
The turning point was the substitution of Mossley skipper Melford Knight - a quick re-org at the back saw Mossley spend most of the last 20 minutes bombing the Lincoln penalty area. The Lincoln keeper then went down - he'd been shot in the elbow apparently from row D (we are talking Mossley here - we don't have a row Z !) - well it wasted a few minutes...
With about 10 to go Terry Bowker came up for a corner to power it into the net (another set piece goal for Mossley - think they all have been up to now this season - now there's a worry). At 1-2 people thought - who's got the "Get of of Jail Free" card this week ? However like Ilkeston a couple of weeks ago Lincoln managed to run the clock down and it was another home defeat for Mossley.
Lincoln keeper Mario Ziccardi after the game - "elbow - what elbow ??"
Missed the goal with camera due to battery failure (I'll never work for the press will I) - so went to Co-op for more - and got back in time to miss England's first against Andorra ! Still back in time for the exclusive pic above !!
Watched the rest of the England game in between natters/grumbles etc. I think we know where the problems may lie - fingers crossed the management have worked it out as well. Going back to an earlier comment made by me - somewhere (not on here I think) - we've got rid of some good players - have we got adequate replacements ?? You decide ...
PS Ilkeston managed a 2-2 draw v Burscough.
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I'm not sure about the away games Smiffy but I'll give you a few stats about the home games.
In the last 180 minutes of football at Seel Park we've only forced the opposition keeper into making a save in open play three times (four shots on target in total including Bingy's goal against Burscough).
Of the six goals we've scored at home so far this season, five have come from crosses (all courtesy of Joe Shaw), four of which were from dead ball situations. Five of the six goals were also headers.
And only one of the 8 goals we've scored this season has come in the first hour of a game.
There's an arguement to be had about whether we've strengthened the team but the fact is that it's new personnel but the same old mistakes. Maybe it's time we took a different approach to games i.e. letting defenders defend instead of closing down space and options before resorting to last ditch tackling in the box.
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