At the game today - my first since Forest Green. Praying for another three points.

Mariners!!
Lets get behind the boys today!

Come on Town!  Hoping for a good, postive atmosphere at BP today and 3 lovely points.   :)

wrexham loosing too....  :)

Hereford up 1-0 at Wrexham. H/T

UTM!

No Bradley wood

No Elding in the squad. Again. Not looking good for him. No Wood either, very interesting - hope it's just like JT says for rest. Very pleased to see Thanoj starting FINALLY. Interesting that nobody has suggested playing Niven and Thanoj together considering the article about them on the GET website.

Hutton for brad not sure about that at all

Quoted from sonik

Hereford up 1-0 at Wrexham. H/T

UTM!

Come on Town!! Come on Hereford and Dartford!!

Just got here, stood in the upper findus, Got a good feeling about today.C,Mon Town

Ps thanks to the lad who offered me a free ticket in the pontoon for my lad,had already bought my tickets but thanks all the same mate.

Wrexham had brought it back to 1-1 but Hereford have just scored again in injury time.  Come on Town!!!

2-1 Hereford 90th minute

Well I've just found out that Elding us not allowed at the match today and has been told he can leave for free

Grimsby Town
13 McKeown
02 Hatton
03 Thomas
05 Pearson
07 Colbeck
08 Disley
21 Thanoj
22 Pond
26 Marshall
12 Cook
25 Hannah
Substitutes
06 Miller
04 Niven
11 Artus
18 Pearson
20 Southwell

Quoted from Meza

Well I've just found out that Elding us not allowed at the match today and has been told he can leave for free

I heard a similar rumour last night.
Either we both know the same bull5hitter or its true.

Not quite sure what's going on but if true not happy with the treatment he's receiving.  It's never easy to tell players they are no longer in their plans but there are means and ways, is Elding still transfer listed by his request?

1-0 down already.

we're gonna win this 7-1.

Quoted from STB

I heard a similar rumour last night.
Either we both know the same bull5hitter or its true.

I trust my source

Bloody hell

Great start. What's up with Wood?, i cant stand Hatton but hopefully he has a good game.

fook

Send him off

Cheating Woking arseholes

Have it 8)

Quoted from springstomind

Great start. What's up with Wood?, i cant stand Hatton but hopefully he has a good game.

Haha, abuse welcome. Fair one with the free kick, i recall him hitting the bar twice from set pieces in pre-season, well done town.

Hatton scored wtf

with Luton losing  and wreham lost  great chance to capitalise
come on town UTM

yeah flipping have it

What a fantastic goal from Town that was, get in UTFM!!!

YEEESSSSS GET IN UTFM

Whats going on, not like a Town game at all. Come on Town make it 3

Quoted from Doctor Sanchez

1-0 down already.

we're gonna win this 7-1.

You could be right!  Town 3-1 up

Quoted from John Dory

You could be right!  Town 3-1 up

I'm too superstitious to respond to that*  



*This does not count as a response

Thanoj or Bbc says Hannah

It's tight this league. As it stands there is only 4 points between the top six. Anyone who can put a run together could break from the pack

Lincoln getting a run together you never know they could be late pushers

Luton losing 2-0 now

So far Luton losing 2-0
Wrexham lost 2-1
FGR winning 3-0
Grimsby winning 3-1
Newport lost 4-3

If Luton was winning Dartford then there would have been a gap of 6 points between 6th and 5th

Am I right in thinking joint second on exact same gd as fgr as it stands?

If Luton stays the same and we win, we go 2nd

Quoted from Henryscat

Am I right in thinking joint second on exact same gd as fgr as it stands?

Yes you are, for now anyway.

Quoted from Henryscat

Am I right in thinking joint second on exact same gd as fgr as it stands?

Yeah by 1 goal lol if it stays the same

Anyone know for sure who scored the 3rd goal? Few sources say Hannah, others say Thanoj  :-/

So how has it been so far anyone able to give us a half time summary

All good news apart from Forrest Green but i didn't expect them to slip up today.

All we can do is keep the pressure up and try to win as many games as we can.  We can see that at present no one is consistent yet but whatever we do we must take points of the top teams when playing away

Woking down to 10 players

Playing against ten men dosnt often seem to help town.
come on lets stuff them now

Lee Sawyer good player

Quoted from Meza

So how has it been so far anyone able to give us a half time summary

Started sloppy, but then come back into it. Hatton coped fairly well and scored a good free kick. Marshall is doing well down the wing and Thanoj and Hannah has been brilliant. Cook has been missing .. again, but for most the first half it was all town. This game should be in the bag now. as long as we don't do anything stupid.

Quoted from springstomind

Started sloppy, but then come back into it. Hatton coped fairly well and scored a good free kick. Marshall is doing well down the wing and Thanoj and Hannah has been brilliant. Cook has been missing .. again, but for most the first half it was all town. This game should be in the bag now. as long as we don't do anything stupid.

Thanks mate, but worried Hannah will be requested back seeing that he's doing well I know he says he'd love to stay can't see us stumping up the funds unless us fans did what we did with Bonetti ?

If cook isn't doing well can see Pearson coming on for him and Niven to come on at the later stages to keep it tight.

Quoted from Meza

If cook isn't doing well can see Pearson coming on for him and Niven to come on at the later stages to keep it tight.

Niven has been on since 17th minute

Just about to query that myself.

Quoted from nickmariners

Niven has been on since 17th minute

Who for ? Was it an injury or tactical ?

Quoted from Meza

Who for ? Was it an injury or tactical ?

Colbeck - was injured I think

BBC thread
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20190202

On for Coulbeck, but don't know the reason.

So we went 4-3-3 then ?

Liquid football  

Beast of a free kick from Hatton, clearly a set piece master

We want 5 :)

Quoted from springstomind

Great start. What's up with Wood?, i cant stand Hatton but hopefully he has a good game.

Two goals from right back.

I can't stand him either...

Just goes to show how many judgmental fans we have supporting this club. We only give players five minutes to impress us.

This was Hatton's first home start of the season, I believe. Pleased for him.

Quoted from NorthseaMariner

On for Coulbeck, but don't know the reason.

Coulbeck got clattered in a heavy tackle just before they got their goal and struggled on for 15 mins.  John Cockerill (commentating with JT) suggested we'd gone 4-1-3-2 once Niven came on

Also time for me to chip in and say that Hatton has scored a few free kicks for me on Football Manager 2013! He's got a good rating for set pieces.

If Colbeck isn't fit for the next game will they keep the same team / formation or play Marshall on the right and Nielson on the left

5-1, the fourth goal has sent us second on goal difference!!

5-1 Cook

Bless him so wanted cook to score

Can't wait for highlights

2nd........... Sexy!

Excellent win, but notice it was against a team that did not come to park the bus again, hopefully this will bring back the players confidence and we can put away the defensive teams as well

Macc & Gateshead have both lost today, making a 5 point gap between 6th & 7th

that's better !

Well done Town, great to bounce back so convincingly - true professionalism. Now let's build on this and romp this league...

2nd! Off to make a sex wee!

How many at the park lads

3400 ish i think

GATESHEAD, MACCLESFIELD, LUTON, NEWPORT, WREXHAM, all lost.. a great day for town!

Thought southport would be a bit higher than they are but nice to Luton out if the playoffs they spend big every year probably bought half of the best players in this league and still can't get top spot lol.

Looking forward to see the highlights tomorrow

Cracking result. Lets put a run together and win this league! We will not get a better chance of getting out of this hell hole.

Yes!!!!

Great result well done lads ;D

Despite the scoreline i dont think for large periods of the game we looked that good.
At 3-1 and a man down Woking were looking most likely, felt we struggled to adjust and did not keep the ball at all well.
The fourth goal settled us and from then on we kept the ball, played and teased them and ran home convincing winners.

Disleys goal the pick of the lot for me, great ball from Cook and confident finish.

Cook MOM for me, linked well, looked more confident on the ball than i have seen him to date and heavily involved in several goals.

Woking.....thugs. Should have had more than one off. Whoever clothelined Marshall prior to Hattons second could have walked, looked like WWF from the Osmond end.

UTM

Just got back home, well impressed with Thanoj today, Hatton scored 2 crackers,Cook and Marshall had a decent game too, Well done to the mariners today, Was not very pretty from Town but a great result all the same and met Grimsby Pete today and what a nice man he is too.

UTM

I thought Marshall played very well. Draws fouls and linked well with Thomas. My only criticism is that he sometimes overplays it around the box - but when you've got someone who can strike a free kick like Hatton in the team that is not always a bad thing.

Cook impressed too. He flicked a few good balls on and although he's not going to match the 17 he scored last season he makes a positive contribution to the team. His play for Disley's goal was brilliant.

Well, 5-1 flattered us - no denying that.
But... 5-1 is 5-1!!!!

I thought sam hatton had a very good game today and the 2 goals were really the cherry on top of the cake. Good to see he hasnt started sulking because he hasnt been getting game time and i bet he starts next week now after what happened last week after dropping miller after a very solid performance.
Marshall is direct with the ball, he really scares defenders when they see the ball at his feet but his end product isnt always brilliant, which i guess is expected at this level.
Andi Thanoj looks better and better every game i see him, his starting to look like a 10 seasoned pro. Not a young, naive 19 year old with seen from so many other players in the past.
Aswad was just Aswad and make my words will make a lot of money off him 1 day. Same with Shaun Pearson.
We need to tie Pond (and all of the 3 loanees for that matter!)  up if at all possible ASAP. He just plays with such confidence and is far to good for this level. If i was fenty id be really tempted to bite the bullet get all 3 of them and that in my eyes would be the difference between finishing 10th and 3rd, but like anything in business it takes a risk. If we get all 3 and dont go up, John will have lost a fair chunk of money.
One potential negative, anyone see why Colbeck went off so early? tactical or injury didnt catch it myself.
Finally, big well done to the fans. Made a superbv atmosphere today.
Roll on Saturday!
UTM

yes agree with you james about marshall, Disley also took his goal brilliantly.

I was there, hatton played excellent and it was definitely thanoj who scored and not Hannah

Quoted from bradzmilne

Well, 5-1 flattered us - no denying that.
But... 5-1 is 5-1!!!!

I thought sam hatton had a very good game today and the 2 goals were really the cherry on top of the cake. Good to see he hasnt started sulking because he hasnt been getting game time and i bet he starts next week now after what happened last week after dropping miller after a very solid performance.
Marshall is direct with the ball, he really scares defenders when they see the ball at his feet but his end product isnt always brilliant, which i guess is expected at this level.
Andi Thanoj looks better and better every game i see him, his starting to look like a 10 seasoned pro. Not a young, naive 19 year old with seen from so many other players in the past.
Aswad was just Aswad and make my words will make a lot of money off him 1 day. Same with Shaun Pearson.
We need to tie Pond (and all of the 3 loanees for that matter!)  up if at all possible ASAP. He just plays with such confidence and is far to good for this level. If i was fenty id be really tempted to bite the bullet get all 3 of them and that in my eyes would be the difference between finishing 10th and 3rd, but like anything in business it takes a risk. If we get all 3 and dont go up, John will have lost a fair chunk of money.
One potential negative, anyone see why Colbeck went off so early? tactical or injury didnt catch it myself.
Finally, big well done to the fans. Made a superbv atmosphere today.
Roll on Saturday!
UTM

Colbeck was limping so must of been carrying a knock.

Quoted from jamesgtfc

I thought Marshall played very well. Draws fouls and linked well with Thomas. My only criticism is that he sometimes overplays it around the box - but when you've got someone who can strike a free kick like Hatton in the team that is not always a bad thing.

Cook impressed too. He flicked a few good balls on and although he's not going to match the 17 he scored last season he makes a positive contribution to the team. His play for Disley's goal was brilliant.

Marshall for the third game in a row has taken some very hefty challenges, he has also already had two sent off for fouls on him, (should have been another at Hyde) so defenders obviously see him as a threat.
He is not much help when it comes to covering his full back but he causes problems.

Quoted from cmackenzie4

Colbeck was limping so must of been carrying a knock.

First run he made in the first few minutes, he tangled at the byline with the defender and stayed down off the pitch. Came back on but you could see he could feel something.

Cook had his best game for town, put himself about, some of his control and passing I never thought I would see him do. Really pleased he capped it with a goal. I reckon he his happy now Elding is out the way. His confidence has improved and I actually saw him smiling! When Niven came on he broke up a lot of their passing moves and Thanoj made a good contribution with his passing. Will be interesting to see if we revert to 442 next week, maybe with both Neilson and Marshall on the flanks but who would miss out? For now let's enjoy a good result from an enjoyable game, helped by Woking's attacking approach, can see why they have scored a good few goals, but they have defensive problems. I expect Braintree to be more defensive next week.

Great result town, get in!!