Back to action again after what seems an age since we were last at Sincil Bank with the visit of Ebbsfleet United. They came unstuck at home against Darlington last weekend when Darlo put paid to their six league games unbeaten run, winning 3.1. Something like that, an unbeaten run not coming unstuck, would do City a power of good as they look to finally get their season going after the stuttering season so far. It’ll be Christmas in four weeks and you know what people say about teams at the bottom of the league then.
Fleet were derailed, if you’ll forgive the pun by a Darlington side in what the curiously named News Shopper paper described as a cagey affair, the Shopper went on to say United would be looking to bounce back at Lincoln. Naturally we all hope they won’t but who knows? City fans have had to steel themselves for anything as the teams credibility have sunk as low as, well, a scuppered fleet but as ever, David Holdsworth remains positive although we are starting to get a few home truths in the interviews he is giving.
I have mentioned this before but I can’t help but find comparisons between our manager and both John Beck and Colin Murphy, both of course successful managers so no complaints from me if he emulates them. He writes in his programme notes:-
“As you would expect when a new manager takes over at a football club, there will be changes and certainly that’s the case so far in terms of the ethos and structure of the club” There’s that structure word again.
“We must implement some old school basic judgements and they’re called honesty, commitment and integrity-certainly key factors in what I believe the city is about and what the football club should be based on.” Starting to lose the thread a bit but we’ll press on.
“My players will understand the mentality required to get out of the horrible position we find ourselves in the league and if we adopt this sooner rather than later we will certainly climb the table and put ourselves in a position where we’re looking forward rather than behind”
No mention of deranged ferrets there at least and we’re all looking forward because to look back, at least over the last three or four seasons is just too awful to contemplate and it’s hard to think back a few seasons to trips to Cardiff, not to mention Stoke, Reading, Fulham and Manchester City. Oh well mustn’t get too maudlin and it will be good to get down to Sincil Bank tomorrow, have a pint of Batemans (other beverages on sale) and hopefully watch a fitter, stronger Lincoln City get to grips with the Fleet and set a course for survival and a better future and that really is enough of those dreadful puns.
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