James Collins felt City’s forward players showed good signs of cohesion in Saturday’s 2-0 friendly win at Hull City.
Collins opened the scoring after 15 minutes, heading home an Erik Ring corner, before Jovon Makama struck with a powerful effort on a counter-attack. Jack Moylan also saw a late effort clip the outside of a post.
The match was played behind-closed-doors at the Tigers’ training ground in East Yorkshire, with the Imps naming different XIs in each half to give every player a 45 minute run out.
Collins said: “We looked comfortable - we looked fit and played some good football against a good Championship side.
“The keeper had made a good save just before my goal so I was pleased to see that go in the back of the net and get up and running for pre-season.
“In the past two weeks we’ve worked on pressing and winning the ball back to hurt teams. Our press was really good and we caused them a lot of problems which is reflected in the scoreline.”
Imps first half: Jeacock, Darikwa, Bradley, Jackson, Trialist, Erhahon, Hamilton, Street, Hackett, Ring, Collins.
Imps second half: Wickens, Trialist, Montsma, Hamer, Trialist, McGrandles, Bayliss, Okoro, Moylan, Makama, Draper.
