Cod Almighty | Match Stats

Saturday 6 February 2016

FA Trophy (R3)

Grimsby Town 3 Pittman (73), Nolan (87), Swallow og (90+3)

Havant & Waterlooville 0

Attendance: 1613 (36 away fans)

New Kid in Town: Evan Horwood

Not for long, unless he gets the WD40 out.

The canapé chompers like to spread a little happiness and welcomed the neat nipper from near Liverpool.

It wasn’t a day where anyone did anything much. When it's cold outside and there’s no kind of atmosphere then you may as well plump for the rejected Imp. Nolan fell into a Siberian exile for half an hour, but at last emerged to do things, adequately, competently and effectively.

If you go chasing rabbits and you know you're going to fall then you must be Marcus Marshall. Pittman gets away with it because he scored.

''It probably flattered us a little bit. In fairness to Lee [Bradbury, H&W manager]'s side, they had a few moments, but we settled into the game pretty well and after that I wasn't really that pleased with what I was seeing in terms of how we were set up."

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"We frustrated them a bit and got to half-time at 0-0, which I was pleased with. They changed it half time and gave us a few problems, but ultimately, once we went 1-0 down, we were chasing the game and they scored two cruel goals to finish us off... I do feel it was a little harsh."

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It wasn't 4-4-2. It was rubbish. They won, that's all.

Absolutely bog-standard Conference North/South team. Toothless and a little flimsy if pushed, but look perfectly pleasant if left to their own devices.

Not enough of us to act as decent wind breaks, just enough to claim a tax break.

Mr A Holmes (W Yorks)

He wore black, but really it should have been yellow. Should have sent their centre-back off, should have given them a penalty, and should have awarded a goal when Jamie Mack carried the ball over the line. And that was just the first half. He just wouldn't make any decision that could be deemed controversial within 25 yards of goal. I am looking at a number and it is 4.976, but then you'd guessed that already.

Huffing and puffing and a superficial stuffing.

In a word: clunky