Post by Iron Webbo on Aug 24, 2014 8:43:23 GMT
DEVS FRUSTRATED BY SUNDAY FOOTBALL
Braintree manager vows to put it right
Braintree manager Alan Devonshire was left bitterly disappointed with some of his players after they lost another game against the Imps - their sixth defeat in eight Conference games against them - and has promised "to put it right" with one or two new signings if necessary.
Conceding two first half goals, described by Devonshire as "Sunday morning park football goals," he said he told the players at the final whistle they would have to improve or else.
"I'm really disappointed with certain players so far and I've told them so," he said. "I'm definitely not happy and we should have done much better today than we did and we should have at least come away with a point."
He added: "No, I'm not pushing the panic button because I don't do that - we were bottom of the league once and then pulled ourselves up to finish in the top half of the table.
"But it's my job to get it sorted and I will and if that means bringing in new players I will and that will mean one or two going out because we run on a tight budget, the smallest I believe in this league," he said. "I know we've got some players with knocks but that's no excuse for this defeat - I'm really unhappy.
"I know one or two players I have been wanting to bring in and we'll see what now happens," he continued. "We'll dust ourselves down, check on the walking wounded and get ourselves ready to do better and win the next game which is at home on Monday."
Devonshire, who lost James Mulley at half time with an injury and then saw Mitch Brundle having to go off for lengthy treatment for a badly cut face after he was crudely elbowed by a home defender.
"What is annoying is that the referee could clearly see what happened as it was so blatant and the lad immediately had blood gushing from his face from a deliberate elbow but he chose to do nothing about it," claimed Devonshire. "Whilst he was off having treatment they scored again with another poorly conceded goal."
The Iron had conceded two dreadful first half goals through schoolboy errors - Sean Newton netting direct from a corner on seven minutes and then on 21 minutes allowing Hamza Bencheri to add a simple second.
Three minutes into the second the Iron clawed their way back into the game when Kenny Davis netted from the penalty spot after Jordan Cox had been brought down by Tony Diagne who was shown a straight red card.
"It was a penalty but I think it was a bit harsh to send the lad off but at least it gave us a lift," said Devonshire. "But then we lost Sparkes for lengthy treatment during which they scored again which then gave us a mountain to climb."
Ben Tomlinson netted that goal on 61 minutes and again it was poor defending by full-back Sam Habergham that set the goal up after which the Iron battled hard to get back in the game.
They did manage a second one minute into stoppage time when Mitch Brundle fired the ball for his first goal for the club.
But it was all too little too late and but for those poor moments of defending the Iron would have returned home with at least a point. Devonshire had started with a new attacking duo of Cox and Michael Bakare, dropping Sean Marks to the bench, but it's clear on the evidence of this game they still need some fresh firepower up front to score goals to win games.
David Ward
POOR FIRST HALF AT LINCOLN
Iron give themselves mountain to climb
Iron could not quite do enough at Sincil bank to take away a point against Lincoln side who were forced to play with ten men for much of the game due to Tony Diange's dismissal straight after half time. After finding themselves two goals behind at the break, Braintree gave themselves a chance through Kenny Davis, who slotted away a penalty won by Jordan Cox after Diange's foul in the area. With the Imps pulling away again through Ben Tomlinson, Iron left it late to reply, meaning that the task in hand was too much on the day with Lincoln running out 3-2 winners.
Alan Devonshire held nothing back about what he had seen following the game, issuing a warning shot to the squad that he had no problems with replacing those that will not stand and fight. "Poor goals were given away, especially the third one and I feel like we should have got something out of it in the end.
At the end of the day, they are moaning about a sending off which I thought was harsh to be fair, I thought it was a penalty as he dragged him back, but I didn't think it was a sending off. My lads got a five inch gash brought about by the number nine, and there was nothing given. And the referee has seen blood spilt from his head. He's got to go and have five to eight stitches for it now. He comes off the pitch for five or seven minutes, and its back to 10 vs 10, so we're penalised for it.
I'm disappointed in certain players, if I have to go and get some new players after Monday I will, but the problem is if one comes in then one goes out, and I've told them that in there today. I wasn't happy at all. I don't panic about any situation we're in, I know what needs to be done and it's down to me as a manager to try and get the players in that I have been after for a while now. At the end of the day I always knew it was going to be a tough season. Everyone knows we've got the smallest budget in the league and we have to do the best we can."
As the game got underway, Jordan Cox showed his hunger, closing down the opposition goalkeeper Nick Townsend, and blocking his delivery which rebounded out for a goal kick. But the home side were soon ahead through Sean Newton when they made a brief spell of pressure count. Crosses were delivered back and forth across the Braintree box as Iron struggled to clear their lines. Eventually, the ball was put out for a corner, which would hand the Imps the lead as Newton met the ball in at the near post, guiding the ball into the far bottom corner with a headed effort.
Some nice footwork from Michael Bakare allowed the forward to find Kenny Davis in the middle of the park, who played the ball out to Dan Sparkes wide on the right. Sparke's delivery in was cut out by Jake Caprice as he looked for Jordan Cox in the area, and the Iron were made to start again as their corner came to nothing.
Quarter of an hour in, two corners in quick succession allowed Ben Tomlinson to pick the ball up on the edge of the area, then requiring a great save from Nick Hamann to stop the hosts from doubling their lead. Michael Bakare tried his luck from the edge of the area, but could not test goalkeeper Nick Townsend as his effort trickled to the man between the sticks.
No sooner that Iron found their first real attempt on goal would the home side deal a further blow when scorer became provider on twenty minutes. Sean Newton crossed from deep on the left into Hamza Bencherif, who nodded virtually unchallenged into the back of the net to double Iron's woes.
Just beyond the half hour mark, the flag stayed down for Jordan Cox who sprinted onto a ball played through the middle moments after having a shot scooped up by Townsend. Iron continued to add some pressure when Alan Massey blasted a shot from the edge of the box, which was blocked and lofted away by the Imps.
Lincoln were soon on the attack again when Ben Tomlinson picked up the ball on the hosts right hand side. Without a viable option ahead of him, Tomlinson carried the ball across the edge of the Iron box, going on the shoot with his left hard and low at the Iron goal, but missing the target by a fair distance.
As the half drew to a close, Dan Sparkes provided one last chance to pull one back before the break, curling in a decent effort towards the head of Mitch Brundle. The centre back flicked the delivery towards goal, but misjudged slightly as the ball skipped out for a goal kick which would be the last kick of the half.
Alan Devonshire looked to bring about a change when James Mulley was brought off for Ryan Case at half time. Moments after the start of the second half, the game was turned on its head when Jordan Cox was pulled down in the area by Tony Diange. Diange saw red despite home protest, and Kenny Davis was handed the opportunity to get back into the game with the majority of the half still to play. Davis coolly slotted the ball down the middle to grab a goal back for the Iron, with Townsend diving to his right.
As Iron searched to get something out of the game, Jordan Cox looked to have been held back again on the edge of the area, but the referee signalled a goal kick this time. Two minutes after the incident, the Imps were to increase the lead to two once more through Ben Tomlinson. Tomlinson easily got behind Sam Habergham to latch onto a great ball through the middle, and guided the ball across goal and beyond and outstretched Nick Hamann to extend the home advantage.
With twenty minutes left to play and two goals behind, Alan Devonshire looked to force a change in the game again by making a double substitution. Dan Walker came on for Sam Habergham, and Sean Marks took to the field in place of Michael Bakare.
On seventy five minutes, a spell of danger for the home side saw crosses exchanged between the flanks, finally resulting in Kenny Davis drilling a shot at Nick Townsend. Both Dan Sparkes and Mitch Brundle had to go off at times to receive treatment in the final ten minutes, Dan for what looked like an ankle injury and Mitch for a head wound. Both returned to the field of play, and Brundle could not have made more of an impact upon his return, scoring in the 90th minute to hand the Iron a chance. Brundle picked the ball up just outside the box, and fired a deflected shot into the back on the net as five minutes of injury time was announced.
Braintree searched for an last gasp equaliser when Dan Sparkes fell in the are three minutes into time added, but a point was too much to ask as time ran out for the Iron with the score line stuck at 3-2.
Lincoln City: Townsend, Caprice, Diagne, Brown, Newton, Bencherif, Nolan, Mendy, Power, Burrow (Marshall), Tomlinson. Unused Subs: Kabba, Robinson, Everington, Farman. Braintree Town: Hamann, Brundle, Habergham (Walker), Isaac, Massey (Case), Davis, Sparkes, Bakare (Marks), Cox, Peters, Mulley. Unused Subs: Clerima, Pentney. Referee: John Whiteley. Assistant Referee: Chris Francis and Matthew Smith. Fourth Official: Duncan Carratt. Attendance: 2231. Match report by Chris Pargin.
Braintree manager vows to put it right
Braintree manager Alan Devonshire was left bitterly disappointed with some of his players after they lost another game against the Imps - their sixth defeat in eight Conference games against them - and has promised "to put it right" with one or two new signings if necessary.
Conceding two first half goals, described by Devonshire as "Sunday morning park football goals," he said he told the players at the final whistle they would have to improve or else.
"I'm really disappointed with certain players so far and I've told them so," he said. "I'm definitely not happy and we should have done much better today than we did and we should have at least come away with a point."
He added: "No, I'm not pushing the panic button because I don't do that - we were bottom of the league once and then pulled ourselves up to finish in the top half of the table.
"But it's my job to get it sorted and I will and if that means bringing in new players I will and that will mean one or two going out because we run on a tight budget, the smallest I believe in this league," he said. "I know we've got some players with knocks but that's no excuse for this defeat - I'm really unhappy.
"I know one or two players I have been wanting to bring in and we'll see what now happens," he continued. "We'll dust ourselves down, check on the walking wounded and get ourselves ready to do better and win the next game which is at home on Monday."
Devonshire, who lost James Mulley at half time with an injury and then saw Mitch Brundle having to go off for lengthy treatment for a badly cut face after he was crudely elbowed by a home defender.
"What is annoying is that the referee could clearly see what happened as it was so blatant and the lad immediately had blood gushing from his face from a deliberate elbow but he chose to do nothing about it," claimed Devonshire. "Whilst he was off having treatment they scored again with another poorly conceded goal."
The Iron had conceded two dreadful first half goals through schoolboy errors - Sean Newton netting direct from a corner on seven minutes and then on 21 minutes allowing Hamza Bencheri to add a simple second.
Three minutes into the second the Iron clawed their way back into the game when Kenny Davis netted from the penalty spot after Jordan Cox had been brought down by Tony Diagne who was shown a straight red card.
"It was a penalty but I think it was a bit harsh to send the lad off but at least it gave us a lift," said Devonshire. "But then we lost Sparkes for lengthy treatment during which they scored again which then gave us a mountain to climb."
Ben Tomlinson netted that goal on 61 minutes and again it was poor defending by full-back Sam Habergham that set the goal up after which the Iron battled hard to get back in the game.
They did manage a second one minute into stoppage time when Mitch Brundle fired the ball for his first goal for the club.
But it was all too little too late and but for those poor moments of defending the Iron would have returned home with at least a point. Devonshire had started with a new attacking duo of Cox and Michael Bakare, dropping Sean Marks to the bench, but it's clear on the evidence of this game they still need some fresh firepower up front to score goals to win games.
David Ward
POOR FIRST HALF AT LINCOLN
Iron give themselves mountain to climb
Iron could not quite do enough at Sincil bank to take away a point against Lincoln side who were forced to play with ten men for much of the game due to Tony Diange's dismissal straight after half time. After finding themselves two goals behind at the break, Braintree gave themselves a chance through Kenny Davis, who slotted away a penalty won by Jordan Cox after Diange's foul in the area. With the Imps pulling away again through Ben Tomlinson, Iron left it late to reply, meaning that the task in hand was too much on the day with Lincoln running out 3-2 winners.
Alan Devonshire held nothing back about what he had seen following the game, issuing a warning shot to the squad that he had no problems with replacing those that will not stand and fight. "Poor goals were given away, especially the third one and I feel like we should have got something out of it in the end.
At the end of the day, they are moaning about a sending off which I thought was harsh to be fair, I thought it was a penalty as he dragged him back, but I didn't think it was a sending off. My lads got a five inch gash brought about by the number nine, and there was nothing given. And the referee has seen blood spilt from his head. He's got to go and have five to eight stitches for it now. He comes off the pitch for five or seven minutes, and its back to 10 vs 10, so we're penalised for it.
I'm disappointed in certain players, if I have to go and get some new players after Monday I will, but the problem is if one comes in then one goes out, and I've told them that in there today. I wasn't happy at all. I don't panic about any situation we're in, I know what needs to be done and it's down to me as a manager to try and get the players in that I have been after for a while now. At the end of the day I always knew it was going to be a tough season. Everyone knows we've got the smallest budget in the league and we have to do the best we can."
As the game got underway, Jordan Cox showed his hunger, closing down the opposition goalkeeper Nick Townsend, and blocking his delivery which rebounded out for a goal kick. But the home side were soon ahead through Sean Newton when they made a brief spell of pressure count. Crosses were delivered back and forth across the Braintree box as Iron struggled to clear their lines. Eventually, the ball was put out for a corner, which would hand the Imps the lead as Newton met the ball in at the near post, guiding the ball into the far bottom corner with a headed effort.
Some nice footwork from Michael Bakare allowed the forward to find Kenny Davis in the middle of the park, who played the ball out to Dan Sparkes wide on the right. Sparke's delivery in was cut out by Jake Caprice as he looked for Jordan Cox in the area, and the Iron were made to start again as their corner came to nothing.
Quarter of an hour in, two corners in quick succession allowed Ben Tomlinson to pick the ball up on the edge of the area, then requiring a great save from Nick Hamann to stop the hosts from doubling their lead. Michael Bakare tried his luck from the edge of the area, but could not test goalkeeper Nick Townsend as his effort trickled to the man between the sticks.
No sooner that Iron found their first real attempt on goal would the home side deal a further blow when scorer became provider on twenty minutes. Sean Newton crossed from deep on the left into Hamza Bencherif, who nodded virtually unchallenged into the back of the net to double Iron's woes.
Just beyond the half hour mark, the flag stayed down for Jordan Cox who sprinted onto a ball played through the middle moments after having a shot scooped up by Townsend. Iron continued to add some pressure when Alan Massey blasted a shot from the edge of the box, which was blocked and lofted away by the Imps.
Lincoln were soon on the attack again when Ben Tomlinson picked up the ball on the hosts right hand side. Without a viable option ahead of him, Tomlinson carried the ball across the edge of the Iron box, going on the shoot with his left hard and low at the Iron goal, but missing the target by a fair distance.
As the half drew to a close, Dan Sparkes provided one last chance to pull one back before the break, curling in a decent effort towards the head of Mitch Brundle. The centre back flicked the delivery towards goal, but misjudged slightly as the ball skipped out for a goal kick which would be the last kick of the half.
Alan Devonshire looked to bring about a change when James Mulley was brought off for Ryan Case at half time. Moments after the start of the second half, the game was turned on its head when Jordan Cox was pulled down in the area by Tony Diange. Diange saw red despite home protest, and Kenny Davis was handed the opportunity to get back into the game with the majority of the half still to play. Davis coolly slotted the ball down the middle to grab a goal back for the Iron, with Townsend diving to his right.
As Iron searched to get something out of the game, Jordan Cox looked to have been held back again on the edge of the area, but the referee signalled a goal kick this time. Two minutes after the incident, the Imps were to increase the lead to two once more through Ben Tomlinson. Tomlinson easily got behind Sam Habergham to latch onto a great ball through the middle, and guided the ball across goal and beyond and outstretched Nick Hamann to extend the home advantage.
With twenty minutes left to play and two goals behind, Alan Devonshire looked to force a change in the game again by making a double substitution. Dan Walker came on for Sam Habergham, and Sean Marks took to the field in place of Michael Bakare.
On seventy five minutes, a spell of danger for the home side saw crosses exchanged between the flanks, finally resulting in Kenny Davis drilling a shot at Nick Townsend. Both Dan Sparkes and Mitch Brundle had to go off at times to receive treatment in the final ten minutes, Dan for what looked like an ankle injury and Mitch for a head wound. Both returned to the field of play, and Brundle could not have made more of an impact upon his return, scoring in the 90th minute to hand the Iron a chance. Brundle picked the ball up just outside the box, and fired a deflected shot into the back on the net as five minutes of injury time was announced.
Braintree searched for an last gasp equaliser when Dan Sparkes fell in the are three minutes into time added, but a point was too much to ask as time ran out for the Iron with the score line stuck at 3-2.
Lincoln City: Townsend, Caprice, Diagne, Brown, Newton, Bencherif, Nolan, Mendy, Power, Burrow (Marshall), Tomlinson. Unused Subs: Kabba, Robinson, Everington, Farman. Braintree Town: Hamann, Brundle, Habergham (Walker), Isaac, Massey (Case), Davis, Sparkes, Bakare (Marks), Cox, Peters, Mulley. Unused Subs: Clerima, Pentney. Referee: John Whiteley. Assistant Referee: Chris Francis and Matthew Smith. Fourth Official: Duncan Carratt. Attendance: 2231. Match report by Chris Pargin.