Exeter Unable to Turn ; If Exeter City Are to Challenge for Promotion From Coca-Cola League Two, Then They Must Learn Two Valuable Lessons From Saturday's Trip to Cleethorpes. One Is That They Need to Be More Ruthless and Make More of Their Possession, and the Second Is That They Cannot Afford to Concede Goals As Soft As the Two They Gifted to a Distinctly Average Grimsby Town Side.

Western Morning News, The › February 10, 2009

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If Exeter City are to challenge for promotion from Coca-Cola League Two, then they must learn two valuable lessons from Saturday's trip to Cleethorpes. One is that they need to be more ruthless and make more of their possession, and the second is that they cannot afford to concede goals as soft as the two they gifted to a distinctly average Grimsby Town side.

For 70 minutes at Blundell Park, Exeter were so in control the game was almost a mismatch. The Devon side started superbly and took an early lead through Marcus Stewart's delightful finish, but all their hard work was undone when they conceded a soft equaliser on the stroke of half-time.

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Exeter Unable to Turn ; If Exeter City Are to Challenge for Promotion From Coca-Cola League Two, Then They Must Learn Two Valuable Lessons From Saturday's Trip to Cleethorpes. One Is That They Need to Be More Ruthless and Make More of Their Possession, and the Second Is That They Cannot Afford to Concede Goals As Soft As the Two They Gifted to a Distinctly Average Grimsby Town Side.

The goal visibly lifted the home side, who looked all at sea during the first 44 minutes, but they started the second half with renewed confidence and optimism. More shoddy defending allowed them to go 2-1 in front, but the goal served as a wake-up call to the Grec...

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