Lynn start the season with a 1-1 draw against Telford.
Manager James Rowe booked and some unfortunate problems in the crowd in a separate incident which resulted in the game being stopped for a few minutes.
Gysai was the Lynn scorer on 60 mins, after Lynn had fallen behind in the first half from a penalty.
Att: 1354.
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I was under the impression that League and FA approval had been granted quite a while ago. :dontknow:
Excellent performance, missed too many chances, but very entertaining football. Nyahwema looked very classy and deserved his man of the match award. Gyasi and Fleming also impressed.
Not disappointed in the draw, as we probably should have won, but a super performance. Credit to James Rowe, it's going to be a good season judging from today's showing.
I will second that and we have a excellent player in Joe and when he learns to pass the ball when he's beaten one man he will a top player
We thoroughly enjoyed the game. So pleasing to see so much attacking football and our supporters right behind the team. The dark cloud and incompetence of Cleeve is long gone. We were just saying on way home win lose or draw playing like that we are in for a great entertaining season.
Quote from: Blue_and_gold on August 09, 2025, 05:15:00 PM
Lynn start the season with a 1-1 draw against Telford.
Manager James Rowe booked and some unfortunate problems in the crowd in a separate incident which resulted in the game being stopped for a few minutes.
Gysai was the Lynn scorer on 60 mins, after Lynn had fallen behind in the first half from a penalty.
Att: 1354.
Thought the referee was clueless and thats being nice
For anyone left in any doubt about our (nearly) all-new team... IT'S EXCITING 😂
It was an absolute joy to see them play today and they followed up on last weekend's Friendly promise.
Now, we weren't perfect and I'm sure someone miserable will point out all the bits that went wrong, but it was so watchable.
It's so opposite from some of the painful, nail-screeching, stay at the back dross we had served up last season.
Yes, I know, we ended up at the right end of the league. But it was a horrible, painful type of football to watch.
This match was thoroughly enjoyable and it seemed as if the final result hardly mattered to a lot of supporters.
They were just happy that they finally had something to be happy about ⚽⚽⚽
I'm going to burst a few people's bubble. Thought we ran the show for the opening 25 mins and should have been 2/3 ahead. The reason we weren't ? Poor finishing. That continued throughout the game. Chance after chance went begging. I bet Adam Marriot sitting in the bench must have been licking his lips. I guess Rowe was feeling the same with the amount of times he had his head in his hands.
Let's be fair Telford won't be troubling those at the top end of the table. So let's get today's performance in prospective. So let's see how we do next time out at The Walks when Darlo come visiting. The keeper playing up between the 18 yard box and the half way line makes it a bit squeaky bum time. We nearly got caught by it a couple of times.
Plus side was the amount of pace we have in this team. In some ways playing away from home may be helpful where teams have to come at us and with the pace we have up top we might scare a few teams. For me Mom was the lad Morgan signed from Chester. Will makes us tick in the no6 role. Though I'm not sure Clunan and him click that well together.
Still it's early days and think we will start to gel more once they get playing together as the season progresses.
Disappointing to see the game held up after the linesman called the ref over due to comments made from opposite the main stand.. security guards called over who basically didn't seem like they could deal with the situation. Another few grand for the FA I would suggest. Jo and Bal can't have been impressed with that on their first day in charge.
The pitch look devoid of grass and had no zip in it. The ball just didn't seem to travel that well on it. Has there been problems ?
Stephen Cleeve had a seat in the Directors box. Seems he can't walk away. Perhaps once the deal is finally done he will feel his time is finally over. Which it seems is subject to DCMS approval. Hopefully this is just a rubber stamp job. If not, well I guess that doesn't bare thinking about.
Morgan Williams didn't sign from Chester.
Good performance overall, despite the missed chances. Play like that for majority of the season and we'll be there or thereabouts.
Good crowd & good atmosphere before & after game.
:scarf: Cracking game. If we took our chances we would have won handsomely.
Why were 4 Security personnel sitting in the main stand when the incident occurred over the penalty award. That side of the ground seems to attract problems with opposition players and the "men in black" when a decision goes against us.
Sorry Paul but my first time and a lot of new players to get your head around. Was Morgan the lad who played in the no 6 role ? Or have I got the name wrong ?
What has happened to the pitch, looked decent in terms of smooth but a lot of brown patches and players were having to really push the ball along ?
I agree with re the atmosphere. Certainly a good vibe. As for how this season plays out. Not sure if we are more likely to be challenging next season than this. Expectation level seems really high for a young team that's been put together PDQ and may need time to gel.
All about opinions this game.
Well Quinn, you were right, Mallard focused on mostly negative stuff.
Marriott isn't the player he was before, he barely got in the Boston side. A colleague of mine and Boston fan said he lacks pace and at 34, isn't at the age that JR seems to want.
I was at parkrun this morning, along with 3 Telford fans. I said to them, we create lots if chances but don't take them. When we get better at doing that, we will be unplayable.
Don't see it as negative more balanced. Marriott must have been signed for a reason and for sure he's not the same player he was that left us a few years back. Just felt we just needed a fox in the box for maybe the last 10-15 mins to take one of those chances we were creating.
Quote from: John H on August 09, 2025, 10:12:48 PM
Well Quinn, you were right, Mallard focused on mostly negative stuff.
Marriott isn't the player he was before, he barely got in the Boston side. A colleague of mine and Boston fan said he lacks pace and at 34, isn't at the age that JR seems to want.
I was at parkrun this morning, along with 3 Telford fans. I said to them, we create lots if chances but don't take them. When we get better at doing that, we will be unplayable.
As has been said John, it's about opinions.
Can I ask what part of Mallards post do you personally think was negative?
Quote from: Blue_and_Gold on August 09, 2025, 10:45:55 PM
Quote from: John H on August 09, 2025, 10:12:48 PM
Well Quinn, you were right, Mallard focused on mostly negative stuff.
Marriott isn't the player he was before, he barely got in the Boston side. A colleague of mine and Boston fan said he lacks pace and at 34, isn't at the age that JR seems to want.
I was at parkrun this morning, along with 3 Telford fans. I said to them, we create lots if chances but don't take them. When we get better at doing that, we will be unplayable.
Has has been said John, it's about opinions.
Can I ask what part of Mallards post do you personally think was negative?
Let's hear your opinion on the performance? Who impressed you?
Well it was certainly exciting but like Mallard has said Telford on that viewing will not be in the top half of the table. Williams, Nyahwema and Gold stood out for me. I am sure the manager will look at the playback of any video particularly in the first half where we looked mighty vulnerable at the back. There will be plenty of teams in this league who will be very able to take advantage of that situation more than Telford.
Very early days where 8 of the starting line up were not in the side last year and it will take a bit of time to get the best balance of the squad.
The price of a bottle of water went down - I was charged an outrageous £2.50 for a bottle against Chester
Had heard at the game that Marriott got a slight injury and that might explain why he wasnt risked. Long season to come definitely a marathon not a sprint. Think Lynns pace will frighten a lot of teams and Telford having been lucky to go ahead did they best to waste as much time as possible. Overall good start lets make some real judgements after ten games.
10 games for sure will give a massive insight into where we stand in the swing of things. The team will Gel more as the season moves on.
Was far more watchable yesterday than the stuff Lakeland served up last season. Think we have pace to burn which may help us more on the Road as at home we may find that teams sit deep not allowing any space in behind to run into. No one can accuse JR of being one dimensional as we had two ways of forcing the issue yesterday. The lad who came on, Ford Brown looks a player. Very direct, pace and shows no fear.
One little thing for the Club to tighten up is no one checking stand tickets. Never saw anyone before the game and as the 2nd half started a good few people were taking seats near my group who weren't there in the first half. Again no one there checking peoples tickets.
What did others think to having balls all around the pitch, did it speed things up ?
My personal opinion re the volcano ball stands dotted around was that the balls ended up all over the place.
At one point there were four on the ground ⚽⚽⚽⚽ opposite the stand. It seemed to cause confusion rather than helping.
Now last week there were several ball kids who threw balls onto the pitch as required. They also picked up balls that went out and repatriated them onto said volcano stands.
Without ball kids, the new system was self defeating and balls should be thrown out from the dugout area for speed.
With ball kids, it works quite well. It would also reduce the time wasting by supplying the ball more quickly (unless it's us wasting time of course 😂)
Perhaps the club can call for volunteers, or make money by selling the opportunity to be on-pitch with their heroes 😺
(To someone who asked me why I leave gaps between sentences, it's easier for dyslexic people to read 🙂)
Quote from: Veratis on August 10, 2025, 09:50:29 AM
Had heard at the game that Marriott got a slight injury and that might explain why he wasnt risked. Long season to come definitely a marathon not a sprint. Think Lynns pace will frighten a lot of teams and Telford having been lucky to go ahead did they best to waste as much time as possible. Overall good start lets make some real judgements after ten games.
This "10 games into a season" theory seems to be trotted out every season.
How many points would be deemed acceptable at the 10 game mark?
17? 20? :dontknow:
Quote from: Blue_and_Gold on August 10, 2025, 05:21:31 PM
Quote from: Veratis on August 10, 2025, 09:50:29 AM
Had heard at the game that Marriott got a slight injury and that might explain why he wasnt risked. Long season to come definitely a marathon not a sprint. Think Lynns pace will frighten a lot of teams and Telford having been lucky to go ahead did they best to waste as much time as possible. Overall good start lets make some real judgements after ten games.
This "10 games into a season" theory seems to be trotted out every season.
How many points would be deemed acceptable at the 10 game mark?
17? 20? :dontknow:
You're quite right it does, but to be fair the 10 game mark is generally a valid yardstick to gauge how the season looks to be going. Trouble is, some, when they dont like the way things are going, will then say, "well we really need to see where we are at Xmas before judging" which is far too late!!
To answer your question though, if we are looking at top 2 then 21/22 points would be what we should be looking for, if its play offs, then 17/18 would be a good start.
Yesterday was very encouraging but did give me a bit of a deja vu feeling re: so many missed chances, as that seems to have been our achilles heel for quite a few seasons now.
Quote from: Ytsejam on August 10, 2025, 05:59:06 PM
Quote from: Blue_and_Gold on August 10, 2025, 05:21:31 PM
Quote from: Veratis on August 10, 2025, 09:50:29 AM
Had heard at the game that Marriott got a slight injury and that might explain why he wasnt risked. Long season to come definitely a marathon not a sprint. Think Lynns pace will frighten a lot of teams and Telford having been lucky to go ahead did they best to waste as much time as possible. Overall good start lets make some real judgements after ten games.
This "10 games into a season" theory seems to be trotted out every season.
How many points would be deemed acceptable at the 10 game mark?
17? 20? :dontknow:
You're quite right it does, but to be fair the 10 game mark is generally a valid yardstick to gauge how the season looks to be going. Trouble is, some, when they dont like the way things are going, will then say, "well we really need to see where we are at Xmas before judging" which is far too late!!
To answer your question though, if we are looking at top 2 then 21/22 points would be what we should be looking for, if its play offs, then 17/18 would be a good start.
Yesterday was very encouraging but did give me a bit of a deja vu feeling re: so many missed chances, as that seems to have been our achilles heel for quite a few seasons now.
Did you just mention Christmas??? :laughcry:
:xmascheers:
Chances missed last season ? Christ alive what games were you watching , we barely had a shot. If it is true what JR says in post match that we had 24 shots on goal. I would love to know the last time we had this many in a home game? Maybe someone far more knowledgeable than my husband and I can let us all know ....
We would rather us play like that every week and not achieve a playoff place. It felt different yesterday , it felt we were constantly attacking
Quote from: FayeM76 on August 10, 2025, 06:52:40 PM
Chances missed last season ? Christ alive what games were you watching , we barely had a shot. If it is true what JR says in post match that we had 24 shots on goal. I would love to know the last time we had this many in a home game? Maybe someone far more knowledgeable than my husband and I can let us all know ....
We would rather us play like that every week and not achieve a playoff place. It felt different yesterday , it felt we were constantly attacking
I didn't say JUST last season!!...I said few seasons and I question about what games you were watching then if you don't think the lack of a clinical finisher has been a big hindrance over the past FEW (please read more carefully in future) seasons!
Quote from: Blue_and_Gold on August 10, 2025, 06:36:34 PM
Quote from: Ytsejam on August 10, 2025, 05:59:06 PM
Quote from: Blue_and_Gold on August 10, 2025, 05:21:31 PM
Quote from: Veratis on August 10, 2025, 09:50:29 AM
Had heard at the game that Marriott got a slight injury and that might explain why he wasnt risked. Long season to come definitely a marathon not a sprint. Think Lynns pace will frighten a lot of teams and Telford having been lucky to go ahead did they best to waste as much time as possible. Overall good start lets make some real judgements after ten games.
This "10 games into a season" theory seems to be trotted out every season.
How many points would be deemed acceptable at the 10 game mark?
17? 20? :dontknow:
You're quite right it does, but to be fair the 10 game mark is generally a valid yardstick to gauge how the season looks to be going. Trouble is, some, when they dont like the way things are going, will then say, "well we really need to see where we are at Xmas before judging" which is far too late!!
To answer your question though, if we are looking at top 2 then 21/22 points would be what we should be looking for, if its play offs, then 17/18 would be a good start.
Yesterday was very encouraging but did give me a bit of a deja vu feeling re: so many missed chances, as that seems to have been our achilles heel for quite a few seasons now.
Did you just mention Christmas??? :laughcry:
:xmascheers:
Yes, apologies but there's only 136 shopping days to go, so you'd better get your skates on!! 🤪🤪🌲🧑🎄
Amazon vouchers don't take much getting. Who says the gift of giving is dying :thanks: I look forward to my Christmas stocking. You can never have enough socks or Old Spice :oldman"
Quote from: Mallard on August 10, 2025, 09:56:38 PM
Amazon vouchers don't take much getting. Who says the gift of giving is dying :thanks: I look forward to my Christmas stocking. You can never have enough socks or Old Spice :oldman"
Brut!
Quote from: Mallard on August 09, 2025, 10:18:06 PM
Don't see it as negative more balanced.
Mallard, are you saying that I'm unbalanced 😉😂
Quote from: Nigel nigle on August 10, 2025, 09:11:05 AM
Well it was certainly exciting but like Mallard has said Telford on that viewing will not be in the top half of the table. Williams, Nyahwema and Gold stood out for me. I am sure the manager will look at the playback of any video particularly in the first half where we looked mighty vulnerable at the back. There will be plenty of teams in this league who will be very able to take advantage of that situation more than Telford.
Very early days where 8 of the starting line up were not in the side last year and it will take a bit of time to get the best balance of the squad.
The price of a bottle of water went down - I was charged an outrageous £2.50 for a bottle against Chester
I really find this Telford won't be a top half team at the end of the season, quite funny, anybody who watched most KLTFC games last season would have thought we would have been well in the mix for relegation, however we dished up mostly rubbish football yet made the playoffs. Funny old game of differing opinions.
Quinn I'm sure you are very balanced....Just maybe it's your view on Football..... kidding.🤭😂 We all see things through different eyes. Be boring if we all thought the same.
100% the fayre on offer on Saturday was far more enjoyable than the turgid stuff served up a lot of last season. Just think it has to be kept in context. We are a new team put together very quickly. So feel the expectation level needs to be kept in check.
Guess it was frustrating to dominate such large parts of the game to end up with just a point to show for it. Two games on the road to follow so that should prove interesting.
I missed the game as I was returning from a holiday. I'll be at the next home game, and it sounds promising. I'm just hoping Rowe appreciates it is a simple game in which the winning teams simply try to outnumber the opponents in as many situations on the pitch as possible, with or without the ball. Let's not start hearing him "Redknapping" about made up tosh like "the Number 10 position", or "physicality", etc. The game is about speed off the mark and elusiveness - we sound as if we have the armoury, so fingers crossed....
I thought it was all about Nipster's Dilly 😂.
Or even more simply, just scoring more goals than the opposition. As in keeping them out at one end and taking your chances at the other end. 🤷♂️
It is, Mall.... That's what I mean by elusiveness! The opposite of last season's dross that was bound to produce many of the poorest results....