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Tranmere visited a chilly Grimsby Town today for a 3pm kick-off in their latest fixture in the 2022/23 League Two season.
Ahead of the game, Micky Mellon said, “Getting an early goal is always a good thing. We need to concentrate on ourselves. If we go to Grimsby being the best version of ourselves, and what we’re trying to do, keep building on it, keep the confidence going, keep the development going, and add some goals in, then we’ll be doing well. We proved this at Northampton – we just need to show consistency.
“We’re creating some really good chances – ones which we’re disappointed not to be taking – so now it’s about the composure and confidence to go and score these chances, and to keep us moving again.”
Match Report: Grimsby Town v Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere notched up their tenth game in a row without a win across all competitions with this afternoon’s 2-1 defeat at Grimsby Town.
Grimsby, on the other hand, ended their six-match winless streak in League Two with goals from Brendan Kiernan and Niall Maher at Blundell Park.
As a forewarning of what could be, Grimbsy’s Harry Clifton had an attempt at goal within the first 60 seconds and just 60 seconds later, Luke Waterfall’s header forced Ross Doohan into an early save.
With seven minutes on the clock, the Mariners took the lead through a Kiernan header from the centre of the box into the bottom right corner of Doohan’s net.
Tranmere’s Paul Lewis tried a right footed shot from the centre of the box at 36 minutes, but his effort went wide to the right of Max Crocombe’s goal.
Both teams had a couple of stabs at goal before the half time whistle, but they all came to nothing.
Just before the hour mark, another Grimsby headed goal looked to seal the victory for the hosts. From the left side of the six yard box, Maher placed his header into the bottom right corner of Rovers’ net following a set piece.
Jake Burton drew one back with a shot from the centre of the Grimsby box that found its target in the bottom right corner of the net.
Whilst the remaining 25 minutes were nervy for each side, the score remained at 2-1 as the final whistle blew, leaving the travelling fans even more disappointed with Tranmere’s continuing run of poor form.
Tranmere host Crawley Town for a 3pm kick off on Saturday 17 December in their next game of the 2022/23 League Two season.
Match Highlights
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Fans’ Twitter Reaction
Too many players going through the motions, attitude absolutely stinks. No desire, no tempo…If you don't want to be here move on!! #swa— keepthefaith (@keepfaithprints) December 10, 2022
Too many players going through the motions, attitude absolutely stinks. No desire, no tempo…If you don't want to be here move on!! #swa
@TranmereRovers are lucky that the bottom few teams in League Two are terrible.10 games without a win now and just don't look like scoring goals.#SWA— Rob Mac (@Deadly_sub) December 10, 2022
@TranmereRovers are lucky that the bottom few teams in League Two are terrible.10 games without a win now and just don't look like scoring goals.#SWA
Bad start to my afternoon @tranmererovers— Alex Hay (@AlexHay2) December 10, 2022
Bad start to my afternoon @tranmererovers
It's not just this current run of form, we've been Terrible since about February. Something needs to change quickly whether it's the manager, coaches or players because we're in terminal decline #trfc #swa— Pete B 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@happytyskie) December 10, 2022
It's not just this current run of form, we've been Terrible since about February. Something needs to change quickly whether it's the manager, coaches or players because we're in terminal decline #trfc #swa
You cannot defend going to a side with the worst home record in the EFL and playing like that. Awful from first to last minute. Won’t call players out on here, but some need to sort it out or be sold #trfc @ATTTMPod— SWA Midlands (@MidlandsTrfc) December 10, 2022
You cannot defend going to a side with the worst home record in the EFL and playing like that. Awful from first to last minute. Won’t call players out on here, but some need to sort it out or be sold #trfc @ATTTMPod
Club statement tomorrow please #tranmerenil #bored #swa #trfc— Leon Foster (@leonlen) December 10, 2022
Club statement tomorrow please #tranmerenil #bored #swa #trfc
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Post Match Interview
Line-ups
Grimsby Town – Formation 4-1-4-11 Max Crocombe GK2 Michee Efete DF22 Danny Amos DF6 Luke Waterfall (C) DF31 Niall Maher DF4 Kieran Green MF27 Brendan Kiernan MF8 Gavan Holohan MF15 Harry Clifton MF11 Otis Khan MF10 John McAtee FW
Substitutes26 Andy Smith SUB16 Alex Hunt SUB30 Evan Khouri SUB17 Bryn Morris SUB7 Jordan Maguire-Drew SUB20 Danilo Orsi-Dadomo SUB21 Keyendrah Simmonds SUB
ManagerPaul Hurst
Match OfficialsReferee: Sebastian StockbridgeAssistants: Alex Gray and Stephen WadeFourth official: Johnathon Bickerdike
Tranmere Rovers – Formation 4-4-21 Ross Doohan GK2 Josh Dacres-Cogley DF3 Ethan Bristow DF5 Tom Davies DF19 Neill Byrne DF4 Lee O’Connor MF7 Kieron Morris MF6 Chris Merrie MF11 Josh Hawkes MF22 Paul Lewis FW10 Kane Hemmings (C) FW
Substitutes23 Mateusz Hewelt SUB18 Kyle Jameson SUB17 Rhys Hughes SUB8 Reece McAlear SUB27 Jake Burton SUB25 Joel Mumbongo SUB32 Samuel Taylor SUB
ManagerMicky Mellon
Attendance: TBC
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