Day 242

We’ve been given odds of 2-5 to beat Southport tomorrow. If you’ve been betting on Lincoln since day 1 and adding all profits to your betting pool, then maybe you can get a decent return on that. Otherwise steer clear and enjoy the match for the football on display. I’ll try to put on a show.

The only thing I’m worried about tomorrow is the physical toll it’ll take on my squad for the following game against Fleetwood. Three days isn’t much time to recover. The good news is that Woods and Koroma look likely to be ready for the midweek fixture, and Olembé is 50-50. That means I could have three key men coming in fresh after facing Southport.

But it doesn’t stop the fact that Kanouté, Billington, and Shuker will all struggle to get through both matches, and anyone else who takes a knock—big or small—won’t have the extra couple of days they’ll need to recover. I can only cross my fingers that the players stay in good nick.