Morecambe 0 Grimsby 3 LIVE thread

[Redalert1970]

Same starting 11 as at Tranmere

Only change is Jones on the bench in place of Harrack

Good luck guys especially Mr Burgoyne

[Keith]

Same team as Tuesday. Radio Blackburn, live commentary from Accrington again this weekend. Are Morecambe & Fleetwood in their region?

01 Burgoyne H.(G)
19 Dackers M.
02 Hendrie L.
03 Lewis A.
17 Lewis P.
08 Macadam H.
11 Slew J.
06 Stott J.(C)
18 Tollitt B.
04 White T.
14 Williams R.

Subs:

20 Brown C.
09 Hope H.
28 Jones C.
22 Millen R.
25 Moore S.(G)
24 Songo'o Y.
23 Tutonda D.

Edit: Typed at the same time as Redalert!

[Redalert1970]

Grimsby just 1 change from Tuesday

Thompson replacing Davies in midfield

[Keith]

Barrie Stimpson guest commentator. Remember when Joe Woj left for Colne Dynamoes and took all our best players with him, other than Barrie, because he was the only player with a contract! Stimmo had to wait until Colne came in with some cash. Record sale for a long time.

[Keith]

Raining & blowing a gale! Ball keeps blowing off the centre spot Free kicks etc will be a challenge. Commentary is a tad noisy too.

Come on you... ...err... blues!

[Keith]

Shot on target from Macadam after 30 seconds.

[Keith]

Phew! Good save by Burgoyne. Grimsby probably should have done better.

[Keith]

Early booking for Paul Lewis. He was fouled, soon after White was, but nothing given. Lewis with a yellow for a 'retribution' foul.

[Redalert1970]

1 0 to Grimsby

Swindon leading 1 0 as well

[Keith]

Poor corner by Tollitt, who then also lost the ball cheaply. Grimsby broke very quickly, and a lovely throughball which caught in the wind perfectly, and dropped in front of their player, who finished well.

[Redalert1970]

Swindon 2 up now

[dannymorc1]

Sad to say, but we are not handing the conditions at all well. If we can’t control the ball with the wind, we’ll struggle against it. We could have done with this being called off!

[Redalert1970]

If the home form does not improve we are going down

[Redalert1970]

2 nil to Grimsby now

Another poor home performance

[Keith]

Sad to say, but we are not handing the conditions at all well. If we can’t control the ball with the wind, we’ll struggle against it. We could have done with this being called off!

It frustrates me. Conditions are the same for both sides, but it is our ground, we should understand the wind better. Their goal came from a lovely pass, that used the wind to hold it up.

2-0

...and as I type, their second goal was similar. We lose the ball cheaply, they break quickly, and another nice pass, held up in the wind.

[Redalert1970]

Kieran Green 2 assists

Another player we watched couple of seasons ago

[Keith]

A bit of a let off after Stott caught in possession.
Burgoyne kicks straight to their keeper. Has he noticed it is windy?

[Redalert1970]

Hope we can get to January window still in touch

We need some pace in the team

[Keith]

Ref came on the Grimsby coach, which isn't helping. Great free-kick delivered, but Slew didn't get a proper touch. Their keeper dives in, and gets a free-kick. White got fouled. We've had two bookings for similar. He obviously questioned why it wasn't a booking, so he got booked instead!

Fouls:
Morecambe 7
Grimsby 13

Yellow Cards:
Morecambe 3
Grimsby 1

Derek Quinn saying he thought their first goal was off-side?

Regardless, poor first half. As usual, Dackers working hard and putting himself about, but with zero likelihood of scoring, or even creating for someone else.

[Redalert1970]

Refs can be frustrating Keith but we can't keep blaming them for our SHOCKING home form

[Keith]

Refs can be frustrating Keith but we can't keep blaming them for our SHOCKING home form

Teams in the play-offs aren't the ones we need to be winning though, so still not too dispondent. Not a huge gap between the two teams, but we really lack someone up front. Dackers, 21 games played, zero goals, two assists tells the story.

[Redalert1970]

Feel really sorry for Marcus... He's trying his best

[Keith]

Triple substitution

Songo'o, Jones & Hope on

Slew, White, & P. Lewis off.

[Keith]

Feel really sorry for Marcus... He's trying his best

100% he works hard, but he's not a natural goalscorer. Hope on with him now, so let's see if he can create something.

[Redalert1970]

Grimsby already had 3 attempts in the 2nd half