Garry Monk had mixed emotions following his side’s 1-1 draw with Lincoln City on Saturday afternoon which was similar to the online reaction as Grecian fans shared differing opinions.
Post-match in his interview with the media, Garry Monk felt it was ‘overall a really good performance’ and if they had managed to score a second it would’ve been ‘a deserved win’. Monk thought Cambridge fought for all three points as he said;
“It’s a point, but we want it to be three. We tried all we could to try and turn it into three.”
“Spirit, endeavour, some quality at times.”
“There won’t be too many teams that have come here and controlled the game how we wanted to.”
“Once we got through that 20-minute period,- we controlled the game from that point, especially going in to the second half.”
Keep going Monk 💪 ‘fans’ on here moaning about a point away to Lincoln, crazy stuff.
Players are all doing their best out there, and so is he. Fully trust Monk to improve us in League 1 or 2 next season, had a shocker on the injury front and fine margins keep costing us.
— 🖤💛 (@Possum_Badger) February 9, 2025
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The Cambridge United head coach also went on to mention that he felt his side were unjustly not awarded a penalty on two separate occasions but he didn’t elaborate on when those moments were. This is what he had to say; “We have two clear penalties that we don’t get for whatever reason. You need those things to go for you.”
He also had a lot of praise for City’s young goalkeeper Zach Jeacock as Monk spoke about the saves he made; “Their keeper made two unbelievable saves- you have to credit the keeper” Lincoln’s No 31 impressed again as he deservedly kept his spot over the returning George Wickens. He made 3 important saves, distributed well and was comfortable with the ball at his feet.
The U’s have picked up a bit of form in the last five games including this one. They have drawn three against Lincoln, Wycombe and Bolton which are all good results for a side struggling at the bottom of the league. They also managed to beat a faltering Mansfield side and were narrowly defeated by Rotherham. Those results look even better when you consider the five games before these all ending in defeat for United. However, the fans are desperate for wins so these results would usually be good but are instead causing Grecian fans to curse their side for not grabbing a winner or for not holding on to a lead. Just to add fuel to the fire, Shrewsbury and Burton especially have been picking up wins instead of draws over the last month which keeps Cambridge further away from safety.
I respect your opinion but where the U’s have taken 2 points from the last 2 games where the opposition have ended with 10 players, Shrewsbury have taken 6, massive difference
4 points gained over the course of 2 games , whereas it’s taken the U’s 5 games to collect 6 points.— palmerstonblues (@palmerstonblues) February 8, 2025
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Draws to wycombe and lincoln are normally decent but in our circumstances draws are basically loses especially when teams above us are winning…we’re done for 😆
— Dan (@Avesycufc) February 8, 2025
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Garry Monk did also acknowledge Cambridge’s lack of ruthlessness on the day, especially after Lincoln went down to ten men late on in the match. He reflected on this when saying; “We could’ve been more of a threat at times- we had control but we didn’t use it well enough to threaten in that last five, ten minutes. That’s the only slight disappointment from the game.”
Any other season that’s probably a decent point. We need wins though. Have to be more positive and throw more caution to the wind, that game was winnable. We don’t have enough games left to be that cagey 💛🖤
— Boris Mineburg (@borismineburg) February 8, 2025
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Monk out after picking up a point against lincoln and wycombe away from home. I’ve officially heard it all😂😂😂 I understand a point rn isn’t all that great, but if anyone asked you before wycombe and lincoln that we’d take two points from them, all of us would’ve taken that
— Josep Sabater (@jsabjsabjsab) February 8, 2025
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Draws arent enough! Where was the urgency to try and win after the red ?
— Bridgey (@Bridgey_Matt) February 8, 2025
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Again, in any other circumstances a great point away at Lincoln after previous trips there – but draws are starting to look like defeats as rival teams also get points
— Jake (@fishcake555) February 8, 2025
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Far from good enough we need to be winning these type of games very winnable but we don’t attack it’s always sideways or backwards in the last 10 we needed to push for the winner but we just recycle the ball it’s the same shit every week and monk clearly doesn’t give a shit
— Danf2618 (@Danf1826) February 8, 2025
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