News Round-up (21/11/09)

21st November 2009

Due to work constraints this week, TFI can only provide a news round-up; still, that will save having to make an interesting piece for today's match against Grimsby Town!

The match ended as a 0-0 and in truth was not pretty to watch. Both sides proved that they are facing a relegation battle unless they can bring in some new players.

In Lincoln's case, they desperately require a striker who can score. We have the defence relatively stable but without a striker, the team is always in danger of losing 1-0, no matter how good the defence.

Our we going in the right direction? Certainly, there have been improvements since Chris Sutton was appointed manager. Namely, we are now reasonably difficult to beat but it comes back to a lack of goals; just 11 in 17 league games.

I often criticised Peter Jackson for playing strikers as wingers. Something I find pleasing is that Sutton has brought specialists wingers to the club in the shape of Khano Smith and Sergio Torres. Smith though is still adapting to the English game but hopefully he will soon be consistent over ninety minutes.

The bad news for Lincoln is that Torres has been sidelined with an ankle injury and is not expected to play again until the New Year. Torres has been the star player for Lincoln since joining on loan from Peterborough United; he will be missed.

Also missing for Lincoln today was Aaron Brown and Ian Pearce who have been handed a three match ban for their dismissal against Cheltenham Town last week. Sutton is also in trouble as he has been charged with improper conduct by the FA and could face a touchline ban if found guilty.

It was not all bad from the Cheltenham match as debutante Michael Gordon was named in the Football League's League Two team of the week.

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