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Powys County Times
02-08-2025
- Sport
- Powys County Times
Michael Skubala felt Lincoln were just too strong for Reading
Michael Skubala felt his Lincoln side had too much for Reading as they opened their League One campaign with a 2-0 win at the LNER Stadium. Rob Street put the hosts ahead after 21 minutes, latching on to George Wickens' clearance and squeezing the ball past Joel Pereira via a deflection. Street went close again before Mamadi Caba Camara's strike for Reading was ruled out for offside. Jack Moylan saw his close-range header superbly saved by Pereira just after the interval, before Lewis Wing almost levelled for the visitors when his fierce shot was pushed on to the post by Wickens. But the Imps doubled their lead in the 67th minute when Reeco Hackett finished coolly after latching on to Conor McGrandles' inch-perfect through ball to secure the win. Lincoln manager Skubala said: 'I thought we were solid. You want to start well on the first day and I thought today, as a group, we had too much for Reading. 'We want this place to be a hard place to come and the fans play a massive part in that and they were fantastic today. 'We had to weather a few moments but I think all-in-all it was a hell of a team performance. 'We want to be aggressive, not just in the duels, we want to go forward and put teams under pressure and get on top of teams. 'We want teams to fear us when they come here and there were some magnificent performances today. 'The lads have worked so hard, you can knock on the door or just stop but they kept knocking on the door and I think we could have scored more. 'The effort, the endeavour and the grind, they just couldn't handle us as a team and that's what we want to be. We want to be the strongest team we can be.' Reading manager Noel Hunt felt the Royals were unlucky to seee a goal chalked off. Hunt said: 'It was a tough day and we knew it was going to be tough as Lincoln have a good record up here. 'It's a hard one to take as we had a goal disallowed for offside when the player was three yards onside and it's baffling to me how that can happen at this level. 'It's all about fine margins and I thought we took control of the game after the first goal up until the second went in and then I think we dropped off a little. 'It will take a few weeks for some of the new boys to settle in but I still thought there were really good spells in the second half and much of the first half to give us something to look at. 'The players are all in an okay place, of course nobody wants to lose and they are a bit sore about that after the game, but I said we've got to stick together and work to improve.'
Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Imps to be 'adaptable' in left-back bid
Lincoln City will have to be "adaptable" in their search to replace left-back Sean Roughan, says Imps boss Michael Skubala. The 22-year-old Irishman left Lincoln for League One rivals Huddersfield Town at the end of his contract in early July, but the move generated a compensation fee for the Imps. Skubala has made finding a replacement for Roughan his focus in the remaining weeks of the transfer window, even though he says they "don't have the luxury of going for a like-for-like" replacement. "We have a plan," Skubala told BBC Radio Lincolnshire during the club's pre-season camp in Portugal. "It might not look exactly the same as it did last season because Sean was unique in the way he played the game. "The reason he got the move and the reason we got what we did for him is because of how he performed the role." Skubala discusses transfer targets and style of play Huddersfield sign defenders Roughan and Low Summer arrival Ryley Towler is a centre-back who is capable of playing at left-back when needed. Left-back Zach Nolan, from League of Ireland side Bray Wanderers, has been with the Imps in Portugal as a triallist alongside right-back Marcel Lavinier, a former Tottenham and Chelsea youngster who most recently featured for Yeovil Town in the National League. What Skubala wants are players capable of seamlessly picking up different roles in different formations, be it with a back five or back four. "It's important that we have adaptability, and maybe part of our strength as a club and as a team is being adaptable - it makes us harder to scout and harder to work on us," he said. "We definitely want to have a core way that we do it, what our principles are, what we want the team to look like, are definitely things that don't change, but in terms of system we can adapt. "We need to get the bodies in the building to allow us to do that and we have to be smart with how we go to work with that."
BBC News
30-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Barrow bring in ex-Lincoln City striker Walker
Barrow have signed former Lincoln City striker Tyler Walker on a one-year deal, with the option of a further will join the club on Tuesday, once his contract with the Imps has officially 28-year-old only played eight games across his two seasons with Lincoln, while he had a loan spell last season in the National League with to Lincoln, Walker, the son of former England defender Des, came through the ranks at Nottingham Forest before moving on to Coventry City."I'm grateful for the opportunity and can't wait to get going," he told the club's website, external.
BBC News
26-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Cambridge sign Lincoln defender Bradshaw
Cambridge United have signed Lincoln City defender Zak Bradshaw on a two-year was still under contract to the Imps despite not having played for them, but the clubs have agreed on a free transfer 21-year-old spent last season on loan at Tranmere Rovers, making 27 League Two appearances for the club, 11 of them starts."I am ready to knuckle down and kick-start my career properly. I have had a lot of loans and racked up a lot of games, so now I want to be able to call a place home," Bradshaw said., externalCambridge will start the new season with a home game against Cheltenham Town on 2 have now made five summer signings since being relegated from League Neil Harris said of Bradshaw: "He is a young player with a lot of potential, but already has experience of playing football in League Two."He adds real competition for places across the defensive unit and we look forward to working with Zak to enable him to grow into a player that has a long-term future at the club."
Irish Daily Mirror
20-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Shamrock Rovers' Danny Mandroiu on 'strange and bizarre' Mark Kennedy comments
Danny Mandroiu felt his reputation could have been tarnished by Mark Kennedy's barbed assessment of him at Lincoln City. But while he branded the jibe 'strange and bizarre', the Shamrock Rovers ace claims he has no lingering beef with the former Ireland was snapped up by the Imps from Rovers in 2022 and was a regular in League One, making 56 league appearances and scoring 14 goals. But in October 2023, then Lincoln boss Kennedy let rip at the Dubliner after he was sent off in a home defeat to blasted Mandroiu, claiming he would 'become just another statistic' unless he changed his approach to the game. Kennedy said: "We're here to educate him and help him, not destroy his talent. I don't know where he'll be in five years, he could be in the Championship, he could be back in Ireland. If he changes his mentality and there's structure to his game, he's got incredible talent and he can go wherever he wants to go. But if he doesn't change that, he'll just be another statistic.' Click this link or scan the QR code to receive the latest League of Ireland news and top stories from the Irish Mirror. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. Kennedy was sacked three days later and Lincoln's chief executive Liam Scully admitted the Mandroiu comments were a factor in his exit, not just poor results. Scully said: 'I don't think it was helpful in terms of our characterisation of Danny Mandroiu. Is that part of it? Yes. Is that the reason? No.'Lincoln rated Mandroiu and yesterday the player - who was also at Brighton - admitted he had options higher up the leagues in England, but they didn't come off. Asked if he had been worried that Kennedy's comments might cloud the opinion of other clubs, Mandroiu said: 'In a way, that could tarnish you with some teams. It obviously did. They'd obviously go to Mark Kennedy for a reference or whatever and I don't know what he's given. Lincoln know I'm a good lad so if they go to them…it was a bit strange and bizarre.' Mandroiu continued: 'He was entitled to his own opinion. It's false, it wasn't true whatever he said. It's not me. It was quite strange when it came out. It was really strange. "I didn't even know it until three days later when someone rang me and said there was something in the paper. I was in Ireland at the time actually. I read it on the Monday and I was 'Jesus'.'We were fine day to day. It was just very strange. I got sent off in a game. He started coming with 'he could be in the Premier League or nowhere' something like that. It was bizarre. He could come out with comments in the heat of the moment and then regret it the next day.'In the end, it was Shamrock Rovers again who won out for Mandroiu's signature as he returned on a short-term deal last August, before signing a longer contract this year. And the ex-Bohemians ace said: 'I had options everywhere, every time. I've never been released, I've had contracts on the table. It was just my own decision.'The teams I wanted to come in didn't come in, and I wasn't going to settle for anything less. I love Rovers, I love the gaffer, the team, we were in Europe at the time as well.'A recurrence of a hamstring injury rocked Mandroiu in the opening league game of this season, against Bohs at Aviva Stadium in February. But he is back fit and said: 'We can do whatever we put our minds to. We're playing some unbelievable stuff and long may it continue, in the league and in Europe.' ************************************** Stephen Bradley would love to see another All-Island clash in Europe. Shamrock Rovers could face Belfast giants Cliftonville in the second round of the Conference League - and Bradley hopes it and NIFL Premiership champions Linfield are already going head-to-head in the Champions League qualifiers on July 9 and 16. And the Hoops will face Cliftonville on July 24 and 31, providing the Reds beat St Joseph's of Gibraltar in the first qualifying said yesterday: 'You're hoping we get Cliftonville in terms of the travel and it becomes a lot easier, weather and everything else.'So hopefully we get Cliftonville because of the connection between both clubs and both sets of fans, that would be a great know a lot about Cliftonville, obviously, as we follow that league quite closely.'Rovers are no strangers to facing Irish League clubs in Europe, having won 4-1 away to Larne in the Europa Conference League league phase in Shamrock Rovers are not involved in the first European qualifying round this summer, they are lining up some home friendlies added: 'We've had offers from away as well, but a lot of teams wanted us to travel which is not what we want at that definitely stay local, whether it's up north or staying here, we definitely won't be travelling.' Get the latest sports headlines straight to your inbox by signing up for free email.
