Simon Barnes

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70 Edition

The Lincoln City Post

29 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad29 Nov 2027

A fracture rules Simon Barnes out for 21 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Lincoln City will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

The dugout29 Nov 2027

Ivan Varfolomeev says Lincoln City went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Match27 Nov 2027

No end in sight to Lincoln City's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Lincoln City has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad29 Nov 2027

Lamare Bogarde in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Lincoln City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match27 Nov 2027

A bad afternoon for Lincoln City against Birmingham

0‑1 to Birmingham, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout29 Nov 2027

John Morgan faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” John Morgan after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

The dugout29 Nov 2027

The manager has not finished forgetting Freddie Draper's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

The dugout29 Nov 2027

The manager makes an example of Lorenz Hutchinson

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Looking ahead29 Nov 2027

James Collins faces his old club

Derby County next, and one man in the Lincoln City dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

In brief

  • Market The Jack Moylan story refuses to die
  • Player ratings Nobody could get near Erik Ring
  • Market The shop window has Jilmar in it
Back issues
69 Edition

The Lincoln City Post

22 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad22 Nov 2027

Simon Barnes breaks a bone — 29 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 29 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

The dugout22 Nov 2027

Josh Honohan: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Lincoln City have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match20 Nov 2027

Lincoln City come up short against Millwall

Millwall left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout22 Nov 2027

The manager makes an example of George Wickens

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad22 Nov 2027

Words at Lincoln City training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sascha Risch is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout22 Nov 2027

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑2 John Morgan left the room before anybody could ask which.

The dugout22 Nov 2027

The manager has not finished forgetting Reeco Hackett's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

Squad22 Nov 2027

Bookings catch up with Jack Moylan

One yellow too many, and a match watched from the stand. The most avoidable absence in football, and Lincoln City will feel it on Saturday.

Player ratings22 Nov 2027

An afternoon Reeco Hackett will want back

Marked 4.51. Nothing he attempted worked and by the hour mark he had stopped attempting much, which is the part a manager notices rather than the mistakes.

In brief