Mighty Mighty Imps

Went to watch Lincoln last night and, for once, the Imps really were mighty.

How about this for a scoreline:- Lincoln City 3, Aston Villa 1

It wasn't some team of Villa youth players either, check out the starting line-up on the official Aston Villa site.

We went one down after just four minutes when John Carew (70 caps for Norway) exploited some comedy defending by Lincoln. It's a new look defence and it showed - they looked like they'd never met each other before! For the rest of the first half they withstood a lot of Villa pressure and did well to go in just one down. Nevertheless, the predictions were all about just how many more Villa would score.

The second half was a revelation. In the 53rd minute Stefan Oakes sent a free-kick on to the head of János Kovács who nodded it in. Great to see two of the new signings having such an immediate impact. Oakes' passing was super accurate, he's going to be a revelation in League Two. Peter Jackson reckons he can "peel carrots with his left foot".

On 73 minutes, an Oakes corner was met by the head of Lennel John-Lewis and Lincoln were in the lead! Two minutes later and the rout was complete as Ben Wright chased down a long ball and calmly slotted it past the keeper.

Of the new signings, Kovács, Oakes, Burch and Sinclair all stood out. Brown looked OK and only Graham failed to really get hold of the game. Although he was being marked by Zat Knight and Wilfred Bouma (2 England caps and 35 Holland caps respectively) so we should give him the benefit of the doubt.

Can't wait for the season to start now.