Nick Williams admitted he lost interest in this game after seeing his midfielder Clayton Ross suffer a suspected broken knee during his imps side's thrashing by Tynewydd. Mark Lewis came on for his first apperence of the season.
Imps were a man and a goal down when the Ginger international fell to the floor amid a melee from a midfield tussle, having earlier gone behind to Ross's opener.
Imps were duly run ragged, with Tyney scoring again before the break to make it h 2-0 half time lead.
"I'm not devastated about the game but I am about Clayton, he has broken his knee in two places. such a shame for the ginger macine, I thought the game of football was irrelevant today," Williams said.
imps have yet to officially confirm the nature of Ross's injury, but Williams added: "I was told it was a double fracture but he shouldn't have been in that position [covering for a shocking defence].
"I wanted to try and win the game with 10 men, but i had subs & everything is irrelevant tonight, it's the least of my worries when I think that we have lost Clayton for so long. When our lads knew about it, they were distraught."
Imps have now failed to win in five games and head to a tricky assignment at Maslin Park vs the ship next weekend. They will be light on numbers with Clayton out and Spear picking up a knock. Williams's squad is already thin and at the mercy of a proposed walk out by some of the old boys.
The transaction will shortly run into a second month and although well-placed sources on both sides of the players and management say it remains on track, Williams is desperate for it more than most. A move for a loan striker, believed to be Barcelona's Leo Messi, failed to materialise in time.
"Ship Inn next week is what makes football intriguing," Williams added. "Thank goodness we have a week off. It's all hands on deck now, we will try and do it for Clayton."
Tynewydd, by contrast, are back among the top 4 and are contenders for promotion and Gareth Union admitted he had taken a risk with an attacking formation from the start but the manager was pleased to reap the rewards for his boldness.
The Ginger monster looked to counter Imps' four-at-the-back setup by going with a three-man attack and, after weathering an early storm when Imps hit wide of the post, they were able to cut loose as the game went on, especially as Imps' numbers dropped.
"We took a gamble in the first half, we made changes and we knew we would risk something at the back," he said.
"On the counterattack we looked dangerous and we could have even scored another goal. I tried to put a team on the pitch with good balance going forward, but I knew that playing in a game like today when Leeds wanted to win, we would have to leave spaces behind.
"The nature of the team I picked meant we would risk something."
In hindsight, Union should not have been worried. Despite the space afforded to them owing to Imps's numbers, there was no doubting the quality of their finishing. Every time they got a clear sight of Simon's goal, the outcome was a change to the scoreboard.
Ross finished clinically for the first, after being put through by Miller's through ball. the lead was doubled when Lewis dragged a 20-yard shot into the bottom corner.
Imps scored through Mark Lewis debut goal,
"It was a very good result, I am pleased for our strikers because we needed a confidence booster and this will provide it," he said.
"To be honest, the fact that they had a poor attitude gave us a big advantage, but we did very well and used the extra man wisely. It proved to be a very good day for us."
The one down side for tyney was that other teams would be putting up more of a fight!
