Macclesfield (H) - take 2

TonyM · December 09, 2025, 01:43:46 PM

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

m a hill · December 09, 2025, 08:04:01 PM

Can't disagree with any of that Tony let's hope we can turn it around tomorrow night

dillydilly · December 09, 2025, 08:06:10 PM

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...

John H · December 10, 2025, 08:10:10 AM

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.

Mallard · December 10, 2025, 09:51:04 AM

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

Angle of the North · December 10, 2025, 10:33:34 PM

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.

TonyM · December 10, 2025, 11:05:13 PM

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

Nigel nigle · December 11, 2025, 06:16:02 AM

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

Mallard · December 11, 2025, 08:13:01 AM

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.

TonyM · December 11, 2025, 01:09:02 PM

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.

mike20382 · December 11, 2025, 03:53:35 PM

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.

Mallard · December 11, 2025, 06:05:11 PM

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

TonyM · December 11, 2025, 06:43:07 PM

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?

Spiv · December 12, 2025, 11:55:47 AM

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.

Veratis · December 12, 2025, 04:22:00 PM

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.