"I think a draw is a good result, and i think we played well, it would have been a travesty if we'd have lost, certainly Lincoln put you under pressure with their style and their set plays etc, but we coped quite well i thought, and if there was any side playing decent football, it was us"
"We created some good opportunities in the first half, and particular early in the 2nd half, and in fact their goal came on a breakaway, but that sometimes happens"
"We really needed to go in front, we needed to score first, but credit to them, they have stuck at it, and we gambled a bit by sticking three strikers up there to try and get something, and we were getting numerous free kicks and one of them is always likely to come of"
"Alan (Russell) has got good technique and he strikes a good ball, so when i saw him on the free kick, i thought he was going to go for power, but he took a decision that was going to work for him."
"He's a decent player, he's strong, he just needs match fitness obviously and i think he's done well whilst he's been at the club, his contract is up in the summer, so we'll deal with that when the situation presents itself"
"You never know about the play offs, if we beat Orient on Saturday, it looks different again, we just have to get the maximum points available, we might get 6 points over the easter period and it'll change"
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full audio interview here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/realmedia/football/2006/
stags_lincoln_away_manager.ram