"It is frustrating as it has been good to get in a run of games," Gritton told the Mansfield CHAD website in the build up to the clash.
"Hopefully I will figure on Tuesday night and get straight back into it.
"You don't like missing any games, regardless of the opposition. But I would have loved to have played at Lincoln.
"Obviously I know the lads there and have played against them in training so I am sure they would have been happy for me to play too.
"But you don't want to rock the boat.
"I hav a lot of good friends at Lincoln and, technically, I am still a Lincoln player which puts more edge on it.
"That is why these agreements are made - to avoid causing friction."