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Another top versus second for the second Saturday running for us, with us having a quick opportunity to regain the top spot (as long as we win by more goals than Crewe who are away to Carlisle and Newport who are home to Scunny)
In view of the exciting news of the crowd for Bury Argyle at the end of the month, will this be the second time we beat the 5k attendance mark? In the balance I would say as the Vegans do not travel in numbers, despite the proximity and their current table topping status hasn't seen them break the 3k figure at home, they are however playing the conquerors of the mighty Grecians - Coventry, tonight in the EFL Trophy tonight which may do this for them in a cup competition this season.
Speaking to a Grimsby fan at the last home match he wasn't very complimentary about them, and having a quick scan of the Fair play table they have had four suspensions from red cards already this season and are third in the table behind Mansfield and Crawley (must have been hell of a match last Saturday. I think we will need a strong Referee, for Christ's sake not the one we had for Orient or Huxtable, but one that one stand up to game management and time wasting. Interesting seeing that players can be booked for not leaving the pitch at the closest point.
The Vegans top scorer is Joseph Mills who is a defender with 4 goals, he also happens to be their penalty taker, the rest of their goals have been shared around the team. It appears that they are in their position not on their goal-scoring capabilities but more on their defensive qualities, which judging from the fair play league may be robust. They have only let in six goals this season, scoring 14.
It is ironic that the first match that Lewis Ward misses is this one as he was on loan at the Vegans for the second half of last season.
After all the hype before the Grimsby match I thought it was inevitable that we would lose it, this time I feel the opposite and think that despite all the stats pointing to a dour 0-0 or 1-0 either way, we will storm it and all the work this week on putting the ball in the back of the net will come off. I'd love to say 4-0 but feel it will be 3-0 Jay Williams and Seymour, the Vegans getting another red card and a crowd of 4764 generally go home happy in anticipation of welcoming the greenies from down the road in the next match
In view of the exciting news of the crowd for Bury Argyle at the end of the month, will this be the second time we beat the 5k attendance mark? In the balance I would say as the Vegans do not travel in numbers, despite the proximity and their current table topping status hasn't seen them break the 3k figure at home, they are however playing the conquerors of the mighty Grecians - Coventry, tonight in the EFL Trophy tonight which may do this for them in a cup competition this season.
Speaking to a Grimsby fan at the last home match he wasn't very complimentary about them, and having a quick scan of the Fair play table they have had four suspensions from red cards already this season and are third in the table behind Mansfield and Crawley (must have been hell of a match last Saturday. I think we will need a strong Referee, for Christ's sake not the one we had for Orient or Huxtable, but one that one stand up to game management and time wasting. Interesting seeing that players can be booked for not leaving the pitch at the closest point.
The Vegans top scorer is Joseph Mills who is a defender with 4 goals, he also happens to be their penalty taker, the rest of their goals have been shared around the team. It appears that they are in their position not on their goal-scoring capabilities but more on their defensive qualities, which judging from the fair play league may be robust. They have only let in six goals this season, scoring 14.
It is ironic that the first match that Lewis Ward misses is this one as he was on loan at the Vegans for the second half of last season.
After all the hype before the Grimsby match I thought it was inevitable that we would lose it, this time I feel the opposite and think that despite all the stats pointing to a dour 0-0 or 1-0 either way, we will storm it and all the work this week on putting the ball in the back of the net will come off. I'd love to say 4-0 but feel it will be 3-0 Jay Williams and Seymour, the Vegans getting another red card and a crowd of 4764 generally go home happy in anticipation of welcoming the greenies from down the road in the next match