blueginger
David Williams
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Post by blueginger on Jul 28, 2014 19:43:32 GMT
Will we see much difference between the standard of Football witnessed last season in league 2 (4th tier)
and this season in the conference(5th tier)? I know the conference is classed as non league but there are
a lot of our old rivals in here with us, as well as some smaller teams. The gap between league and non league is getting
smaller all the time, who would have thought to ever see the Crawley's and Stevenage's of this world as league clubs.
I don't think we will see much difference, maybe smaller away support at the Mem and smaller grounds to visit, but football wise
it will be very similar.
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Post by Centenary Gas on Jul 28, 2014 20:06:47 GMT
The referees will be even worse.
Hopefully we get knocked out of the FA Trophy in the first round, as apparently it causes havoc to a league campaign.
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Post by stevek192 on Jul 28, 2014 20:11:49 GMT
Hopefully we DON'T get knocked out in the first round as there aren't exactly going to be a lot of cup games this season as no JPT or Carling Cup. We should be approaching EVERY game as winnable. I know they aren't but that is the way I expect our team to approach them.
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smashngrab
Harold Jarman
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Post by smashngrab on Jul 28, 2014 20:12:15 GMT
From the games i have half watched on tv it looked well crap, hey ho same as before then.
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LincsBlue
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Post by LincsBlue on Jul 28, 2014 20:36:15 GMT
Been told by an Oxford fan that the standard of reffing is poorer - and the ref tends to favour the smaller club
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Post by basel on Jul 28, 2014 21:21:51 GMT
Hopefully we DON'T get knocked out in the first round as there aren't exactly going to be a lot of cup games this season as no JPT or Carling Cup. We should be approaching EVERY game as winnable. I know they aren't but that is the way I expect our team to approach them. One of our Lincoln posters warned of fixture pile up if you get an FA Trophy run.Could get in the way of a promotion push. |
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LincsBlue
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Post by LincsBlue on Jul 28, 2014 22:41:56 GMT
Oh yeah.....and be aware when at away matches of some fans who like to swap ends at half time  |
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Post by gasgomarchingin on Jul 29, 2014 7:32:23 GMT
Been told by an Oxford fan that the standard of reffing is poorer - and the ref tends to favour the smaller club Can't be any poorer surely. |
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Jul 29, 2014 7:51:45 GMT
Hopefully we DON'T get knocked out in the first round as there aren't exactly going to be a lot of cup games this season as no JPT or Carling Cup. We should be approaching EVERY game as winnable. I know they aren't but that is the way I expect our team to approach them. One of our Lincoln posters warned of fixture pile up if you get an FA Trophy run.Could get in the way of a promotion push. Yeah, iirc he said that very little consideration is given to when you might want to play your rearranged fixtures; the Conf basically makes you play them as soon as possible. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2014 7:54:24 GMT
The reffing tends to be odd, some poorer than the league and some on their way up.
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Post by CabbagePatchBlues on Jul 29, 2014 7:56:42 GMT
Our record against small clubs coming up into League 2 wasn't that much to shout home about. Let's hope Clarke gets the mental preparation right.
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Qatar Gas
Formally known as Porishead Gas
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Post by Qatar Gas on Jul 29, 2014 8:08:34 GMT
Hopefully we DON'T get knocked out in the first round as there aren't exactly going to be a lot of cup games this season as no JPT or Carling Cup. We should be approaching EVERY game as winnable. I know they aren't but that is the way I expect our team to approach them. Play the kids / reserves in FA trophy. League is no1 priority and does the trophy really bring in that much extra money? Besides I can't think of anything more embarrassing that being in such a competition! FA Cup of course should be taken seriously with full strength side. |
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Post by empirebaypete on Jul 29, 2014 9:07:29 GMT
Hopefully we DON'T get knocked out in the first round as there aren't exactly going to be a lot of cup games this season as no JPT or Carling Cup. We should be approaching EVERY game as winnable. I know they aren't but that is the way I expect our team to approach them. Play the kids / reserves in FA trophy. League is no1 priority and does the trophy really bring in that much extra money? Besides I can't think of anything more embarrassing that being in such a competition! FA Cup of course should be taken seriously with full strength side. In the hope of a good money generating game in the third round? That's the only plus I can see. Get on with the Conference boys  |
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Jul 29, 2014 9:24:56 GMT
Hopefully we DON'T get knocked out in the first round as there aren't exactly going to be a lot of cup games this season as no JPT or Carling Cup. We should be approaching EVERY game as winnable. I know they aren't but that is the way I expect our team to approach them. FA Cup of course should be taken seriously with full strength side. Yeah, we could be portrayed as brave giant killers, fighting against the odds, well above our weight, if we draw someone like Stevenage or Cambridge in the first round. |
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Post by phillistine on Jul 29, 2014 9:32:53 GMT
Oh yeah.....and be aware when at away matches of some fans who like to swap ends at half time I am not sure why people find this so mentionable. I used to watch conference football regularly and actually only a few fans swap ends at half time and then it was only because the grounds were not segregated and it was always to give more vocal support to the attackers. When I moved to Bristol and first started to watch Rovers at Eastville , I thought it must be harder for the attackers to be playing into empty terracing with no atmosphere. |
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Post by gasshole on Jul 29, 2014 9:39:24 GMT
Hopefully we DON'T get knocked out in the first round as there aren't exactly going to be a lot of cup games this season as no JPT or Carling Cup. We should be approaching EVERY game as winnable. I know they aren't but that is the way I expect our team to approach them. Play the kids / reserves in FA trophy. League is no1 priority and does the trophy really bring in that much extra money? Besides I can't think of anything more embarrassing that being in such a competition! FA Cup of course should be taken seriously with full strength side. Should go hard out to get to the trophy final, potentially worth a few hundred grand if we can shift some tickets +prize money. Any sort of success will be a tonic for the players and fans. It's achievable, we are the highest ranked division in the competition. i saw Woking lift the trophy 3 times in '94, '95 & '97. It's a great day out. |
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LincsBlue
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Post by LincsBlue on Jul 29, 2014 20:40:54 GMT
Oh yeah.....and be aware when at away matches of some fans who like to swap ends at half time I am not sure why people find this so mentionable. Because it doesn't happen in the top 4 leagues.......just answering the OP |
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