Match stats: Grimsby v Tranmere Rovers

Cod Almighty | Match Stats

Wednesday 17 March 2021

Division 4

Grimsby Town 0

Tranmere Rovers 0

Attendance: 0 (0 away fans)

Cod Almighty man of the match: Ira Jackson Jnr

He pepped us up no end. A bit of pace and enthusiasm goes a long way and he's exactly what we'll need in Division Five.

Our gaffer says

In sanguine, not snippy, mood the man in the mac was moved to use the 'a' word:

"We didn't do enough attacking, and to be fair at half-time I had a bit of a pop at them. I said "don't be kidding yourself at 0-0 that I'm happy with that"."

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Their gaffer says

Post-match reasonableness and accuracy from the opposition manager is really dull.

"Sometimes you've got to grind out results, it was an evenly matched affair and we've got no disappointments."

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Us

Apart from the comic twist of being not better in the first half this was just a bog standard example of Hurstian motion. Shape was kept, slackness was avoided, chances were minimal at both ends. It is not humiliating to watch any more, our defeats are narrow, our draws our tinged with slight regret.

Goalscoring. Maybe next year.

Them

An unedifying propensity to cry before they'd even spilt their milk leaves an unnecessarily nasty aftertaste. They should let their feet do the talking.

This bunch of Prenton Parkers are the epitome of play-off fringers: well constructed, highly motivated and cleverly organised with a fine balance between age and beauty.

Official warning

Mr R Lewis

A fine fluorescent fellow for whom there can be no foul feelings: 8.222

Line-ups

Town: McKeown, Hendrie, Hewitt, Menayese, Clifton, Morais (Jackson Jnr 51) Matete, Coke, Lamy, Hanson, John-Lewis

Subs not used: Battersby, Waterfall, Rose, Adams, Green, Payne

Booked: Lamy, Clifton

Tranmere Rovers: Davies, Ridehalgh, Ray, Clark, McDonald, Feeney (Monthe 86), Spearing, Blackett-Taylor, (Lloyd 54), Lewis (Morris 77), Woolery, Nugent (Crawford 77)

Subs not used: Jolley, Murphy, Kirby

Booked: Blackett-Taylor, Ridehalgh

Match postponed from 13 February due to a frozen pitch.