Liam Hearn...

I hear pundits talk about managers wanting rid of 'bad apples', but that just seems to give those bad apples exactly what they want, i.e. a transfer, so the player always wins.

Whatever happened to leaving players to rot in the reserves?

Hearn: I want away. You're not giving me enough game time. I don't want to be subbed off.

Lincoln: Tough. We've given you a contract. We pay you. Have some respect.

Hearn: I don't want to be here any more. I want to go to Barrow - they'll play me.

Lincoln: You're going nowhere. We pay you. We won't let you go anywhere until your contract is up. So, you'll be sat in the stands, rotting in the reserves, nowhere near a shop window, and when your contract is up, with your injury record and attitude, no one will touch you with a barge pole. That's your football career over with.

I imagine the real reason Lincoln have allowed him to leave is because Barrow will be paying his wages.

By the way, I have absolutely no idea what actually went on between Lincoln and Hearn. Pure speculation from me.

Hearn got 80 mins, about the norm for your first game probably. Weirdly his replacement, fellow debutant loanee Rigg lasted about 5 mins and was taken off injured.

First win under Cox anyway.