Hopefully the rain stays out to the west and there are no issues with getting the game on tomorrow evening.
Tough one for IC after the 'men against boys' comment in his post match interview at the weekend, very few options for him to shuffle things round and really he was just stating the fact - we do have a lot of inexperienced youngsters, unfortunately the only way for them to learn is by coming up against sides like Chester (and potentially Maccesfield)
I thought the two centre halves were OK at the weekend but we were completely overrun in midfield and offered very little going forward, Crane is a shadow of the player he can be when played out wide so with no Marriott I would move him into the centre. Fleming hasn't been half the player I hoped when we signed him at the start of the season and has been shown up for pace in a number of games so wondered if IC might move him a bit further forward to play as the holding midfielder and take a bit off Clunan's shoulders. My team for tomorrow
Jones
Wilson, Wilson, Dickens
Williams, Collins, Fleming, Clunan, Clements
Crane
Sealey
Can't disagree with any of that Tony let's hope we can turn it around tomorrow night
I believe "experience" is overrated. IC should go for ability, not experience. Chester appeared to be a young team with ability, at least what I could see through the dark combination of our not very good floodlights and the shirts colour clash...
Agree with Tony M re starting line up. We are lacking a forward, but I still wouldn't start Omotayo, maybe use as a sub.
Will need to get better control of the midfield, if we can dominate that, then we should be ok.
Hopefully Nacclesfield don't play in a similar colour strip, agree with Dilly, re colour clash v Chester.
Maybe, just maybe a few Mac players will have one eye on their trip to Selhurst Park, early January.
The Lynn side under Cully do seem to be a little inconsistent. Maybe something that comes with such a young group. Let's hope tonight is one of the 'up' nights.
Take a Desmond from this one
Final score
King's Lynn 1 Macclesfield 1
The officials failed to notice that 2 players were off the pitch without permission before the corner was taken that led to the Macclesfield equaliser.
Fair result with Lynn having the better of the first half then Macclesfield putting us under plenty of pressure in the second and getting a deserved equaliser. Neither side happy with the officials and you do wonder what on earth Sealey had to do to win a free kick having endured 90 minutes of being pushed, kicked and thrown to the floor tonight.
MotM was an interesting choice, I like Crane but he hardly had a touch in the second half. Much better performance first half but moving Troso further forward to support Sealey left Clunan desperately needing help in the middle of the park
That was a far better battling performance last night and enormously frustrating we didn't get the 3 points. Its a hard job being a referee but he did miss a few things last night including the Macclesfield player pushing Wilson out of position from the exact place they scored, as Angle said. Bazza got boooked for his protests
Desperately needed some fresh legs out there as the oxygen tank was empty at the end
Struggling for options from the bench, yet again.
Lambert being managed on his return from injury. Collins been ill last few days then Gold tweak a hamstring in the warm up. Not really much Cully could have done to fresh it up.
For a team at this standard to have three relatively unfit players on the bench is not a great look. Yet we still have a good few players out on loan.
Come on Bal get it sorted.
Mall, I think the fact we have players out on loan is a bit of a red herring and sure that if IC thought any of them were a better option than we have in our current squad (when fit) he would be making the case to bringing them back to the Walks. This is part of the issue with going down the 'developing younger players' model, they won't all develop into EFL players or even step 2 players so there will always be some signings who end up dropping down to find their level.
As IC explained last Thursday the squad will be adapted but it won't be overnight and we don't appear to have the financial luxury of carrying a huge squad 'just in case'. Fingers crossed we can get one or two loanees in but Christmas isn't always the time when clubs are keen for players to go out, particularly experienced ones.
Quote from: Angle of the North on December 10, 2025, 10:33:34 PMFinal score
King's Lynn 1 Macclesfield 1
The officials failed to notice that 2 players were off the pitch without permission before the corner was taken that led to the Macclesfield equaliser.
Did anybody notice that every time a ball was sent into the Lynn area, a Macclesfield player fell down.
Tony I would suggest the likes of Williams. Van Lier, Toll have got to be an improvement on a bench that can't be filled and running with either a youngster or unfit players. Cully also suggested a couple of weeks back he needed to bring in a right sided player for the injured Reece-Johnson.
Maybe Bal needs to hand over some of the Trust money that must be with him by now to Cully. Unless of course that's been earmarked for other areas
Quote from: Mallard on December 11, 2025, 06:05:11 PMTony I would suggest the likes of Williams. Van Lier, Toll have got to be an improvement on a bench that can't be filled and running with either a youngster or unfit players. Cully also suggested a couple of weeks back he needed to bring in a right sided player for the injured Reece-Johnson...
I haven't seen Van Lier in a competitive game so can't comment, Williams got games at this level for Sports this season so seemed a strange one to ship him out with Marriot now missing for four to six weeks and I think Toll is injured again but would be good to have him around the squad for IC to have a proper look at him as he returns to fitness.
Ultimately it's down to IC but you would hope there will be at least one in before Darlington. Hopefully Collins illness clears up and Lambert will have had another weeks training in his legs, is there any indication on timescales for RHJ and Gold? I also assume Maja is injured or did I miss him going out on loan? We must be getting close to Doherty being back in training too?
https://premium.lynnnews.co.uk/sport/injuries-ravage-linnets-squad-9445526/
From that article - Defender Reece Hall-Johnson is about a fortnight away from joining full training, while Rhys Doherty is close to being reintegrated with the squad.
No mention on how long Gold might out.
It seems to me with regard to the playing budget ( of which I have no knowledge of how much it is ) that the Club are trying hard to remain within that budget by being smart with loaned players in and out. Also some loans are for fixed periods and a player cannot always be recalled at short notice, this is the nature of loans.
I know some fans would like to see the Club make lots of new signings but it is important that attention is paid to the financial aspect as I thought we wanted a Club that is sustainable in the future.
Of course if someone wanted to sponsor a new players wages for the remainder of the season the Club would be delighted along with the fanbase.
I don't think fans are interested in seeing loads of signings being made Vera, just quality or quantity is the order of the day.
It's really not a good look to once again having a bench that can do nothing for the Manager in being able to change things because of players having to sit in the bench when not fit to play any part in the game.
Looking at the Managers comment he appears to be reaching out to Bal and asking for help. 5 players being out on loan must be generating some spare cash. Plus now the Trust are on onboard with cash on the hip there surely is no reason for some of that investment not to be used to support the Manager, when he needs it.
Please ask Bal and see what he says.
Quote from: Mallard on December 12, 2025, 07:43:18 PM... 5 players being out on loan must be generating some spare cash. Plus now the Trust are on onboard with cash on the hip there surely is no reason for some of that investment not to be used to support the Manager, when he needs it...
That's an interesting idea Mall but I had always thought that loans at our level were more about reducing the overhead rather than generating a profit. I think 4 of the 5 have dropped down a level so you are assuming that step 3 clubs are happy to pay more than the wages (and on-costs) of what are, in effect, full-time players? Obviously Gyasi is a different case but again, looking at his history of staying anywhere for any length of time, I can't see Kiddy would have wanted to pay much over the odds.
I think we have to accept that the 'player development model' that TSI want to see help fund the club isn't a perfect science, not all players signed will turn into future EFL stars and unfortunately some may not even be step 2 standard but what we currently have is a squad primarily signed by JR with a few he inherited from AL and IC is having to make the best of what he has at his disposal, something that is not helped with injuries to experienced squad members. IC seemed resigned to dealing with this when he spoke at the meeting and I think why he emphasised that he is looking at 2026-27 for when he will have his 'core' to build around. For now I think fans have to accept there will be days like Chester but equally there will be more and more performances like the first half in midweek, IC is too good a coach to think otherwise.
Totally agree with what Tony has said and anybody that had attended the fans forum or listened in would have heard Culverhouse say that he accepted the current squad situation and would work with it ( some in some out ) that's what he is paid to do. I cant recollect him reaching out to the owners for an increase in the playing budget unless people have seen this quoted elsewhere and it seems more like that this is an assumption.
With regard to Gyasi anybody looking at the Kidderminster website will see that so far under his loan spell he has not played a single minute. Some loans work out and some don't.
Anyway with the players now getting a ten day break injuries can mend and energy levels can be restored so more players will be ready for the rest of the season.
Quote from: Veratis on December 13, 2025, 01:15:22 PMWith regard to Gyasi anybody looking at the Kidderminster website will see that so far under his loan spell he has not played a single minute.
Or it could be that the Kidderminster website has not been updated,
Other sources show five appearances and one goal against Chorley.
Keep up Vera.
I hear Michael Gyasi as returned to the Club from his loan spell at Kiddie. Can anyone confirm ?
Just heard the tragic news that Ethan Mcleod who played for Macclesfield at King's Lynn lost his life in a car crash last night on his way home from playing at Bedford - aged 21