We were level with Fletcher when he received the ball before our goal. He was offside, but in my mind, it only made up for the referee missing a blatant second card for their no.14 just before halftime. In the last 10 minutes, what narked me most was, against 10 men, there was 3 or 4 set pieces when they had an extra player on our left hand side. We should have had two fast players up by the halfway line to hoof the ball to, as attack is the best form of defence. . They'd have needed at least two players plus the keeper back, one taking the kick, with only five available in our box. Their goal, which was always on the cards, came with 9 Lincoln players, including their keeper, in and around our goal area, which was very poor game management in my opinion. There was no out-ball for us at all as it stood. I hope that Steve Bruce doesn't allow that to happen again, because, unlike Neil Critchley, he learns from his mistakes. We played some exhilarating football in the first half and Lincoln's keeper made two or three superb saves to save them from certain defeat. Onwards and upwards for The Mighty Pool.

UTMP