Lincoln (H)

[Johnnyrotten]

22 minutes ago, Mantra said:

They may not have been “ours” but they were our best two players last season so comparisons will always be made. 

As I say Baxter is plenty good enough for what we need, as is Cogley imo

Santos in the top 2 all day long (in my opinion). 

[Casino]

30 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Santos in the top 2 all day long (in my opinion). 

youve def got a blindspot re Trafford

santos top 3 though

we actually coped without santos, we wouldnt have coped without trafford

[radcliffe white]

Coped well without santos on a few occasions tbf

trafford kept us in many games 

[Horwich]

GT wont be starting now.

[Johnnyrotten]

30 minutes ago, Casino said:

youve def got a blindspot re Trafford

santos top 3 though

we actually coped without santos, we wouldnt have coped without trafford

That's because we had no back up for Traff; Santos had capable stand in's.  We are a decent team, losing one defender for a month isn't going to throw us off the rails, but of course if its Dixon rather than Traff for a long spell we'd have struggled.

In some games I saw Trafford was hardly involved, no fault of his, neither was the opposition keeper sometimes.  If we've got 75% possession and Santos/Johnstone etc aren't allowing the opposition many chances, I'm struggling with anyone saying the keeper is MOM or even in the top 5 or 6. 

Santos was our MOM in many many games, and in plenty others it was Bradley (Dempsey up there too but not if whole season taken into account).  I respect all opinions but I don't even think its close that Bradley and Santos were the 2 players that had most influence on last season, they were/are genuine game changers.  Trafford had some good games and he's a good keeper, Charles is a good striker but not for me as influential overall as Santos and Bradley, its not a criticism its just recognising what those two contributed.

[Johnnyrotten]

49 minutes ago, radcliffe white said:

Coped well without santos on a few occasions tbf

trafford kept us in many games 

Difficult to compare because we didn't have to cope without Trafford until now!  Obviously we can all make that judgement in a couple of months. 

That spell when Santos missed 9 league games in Dec/Jan, we had mixed results - 4 draws, 2 defeats and only 3 wins.  When he returned we won 5 on the trot (probably a coincidence, but hard to say we didn't miss him).

[radcliffe white]

8 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Difficult to compare because we didn't have to cope without Trafford until now!  Obviously we can all make that judgement in a couple of months. 

That spell when Santos missed 9 league games in Dec/Jan, we had mixed results - 4 draws, 2 defeats and only 3 wins.  When he returned we won 5 on the trot (probably a coincidence, but hard to say we didn't miss him).

didn’t say we didn’t miss him just that we coped ok and we kept some clean sheets 
 

And the back end of last season we did good when he was out 

[DazBob]

When Santos was injured we didn't have to bring in a flid to replace him.

[Zico]

6 hours ago, gonzo said:

Yeah but hes crap compared to Trafford

got beat from the half way line the other day

so he's now a £19M flop

[Whitesince63]

7 hours ago, desperado said:

@Whitesince63 I’m currently scouring the net for bwfc and goalkeeper “Hendersons” 

is it:

Charlie Henderson (only Henderson BWFC player I can see from 1894) 

United’s Dean Henderson

Jordan Henderson 

Ha,ha, a Freudian slip and of course I meant Hutchinson. Apologies.

[Alf Hartigan]

Burnley mate reckons Trafford will be second keeper there for now.

[Casino]

1 hour ago, Alf Hartigan said:

Burnley mate reckons Trafford will be second keeper there for now.

Imagine, our alf knowing vic kompany.

 

[Alf Hartigan]

3 minutes ago, Casino said:

Imagine, our alf knowing vic kompany.

 

Mates a season ticket holder tbf. Can't remember the name of the keeper who he thinks will be first choice, can't be arsed googling.

[Dr. Feelgood]

4 hours ago, Whitesince63 said:

Ha,ha, a Freudian slip and of course I meant Hutchinson. Apologies.

Stand your ground man. If you identify him as Henderson, then Henderson it is.

[Zico]

are trains running this weekend?

there's strikes on, looks like transpennine is affected

not sure who runs from manc to horwich though

[Whitesince63]

11 hours ago, Dr. Feelgood said:

Stand your ground man. If you identify him as Henderson, then Henderson it is.

I think it’s old age Dr so I have to own up!! 😉

[tomski]

55 minutes ago, Zico said:

are trains running this weekend?

there's strikes on, looks like transpennine is affected

not sure who runs from manc to horwich though

Yeah looks like they are 

[burnden]

 

[Horwich]

Wonder if the Lincoln lot get giddy with it being first game of the season and a game at their “new” rivals 🤣

[Casino]

4 minutes ago, Horwich said:

Wonder if the Lincoln lot get giddy with it being first game of the season and a game at their “new” rivals 🤣

they give plod the runaround that tuesday night

[gonzo]

Step foot near Nam Ploy and there could be fatalities.

[BeeversLeftPeg]

Anyone seen bus timetables for weekend anywhere yet?

[W.cramp]

25 minutes ago, Horwich said:

Wonder if the Lincoln lot get giddy with it being first game of the season and a game at their “new” rivals 🤣

I would expect em to.   Didnt they go in the Griffin last season after getting off the train. 

I bet a couple of em came out with bags of steaks and a couple with big jars of nescafe. 

[Traf]

57 minutes ago, BeeversLeftPeg said:

Anyone seen bus timetables for weekend anywhere yet?

I don't think they've announced the times/routes yet.

[Casino]

No rush