Crawley - a must win game at the Theatre of Wham - Page 3

football19 · 17-04-2017, 17:44

Bit worried today after the effort given against Blackpool,so clean sheet/three points will do nicely and we move on KTF

st06nc2 · 17-04-2017, 17:55

Today the lads were tired 2 games in 4 days what else can you expect course they're not going to put plenty of effort in when they've non left to give cus they're knackered, afew days rest and in to the next one where they can put 100% in

Lord Stiffupperlip · 17-04-2017, 18:01

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Originally Posted by st06nc2

Today the lads were tired 2 games in 4 days what else can you expect course they're not going to put plenty of effort in when they've non left to give cus they're knackered, afew days rest and in to the next one where they can put 100% in

True enough! But surely even more reason to make better use of fresh unused subs. We've got some real quality players on our bench who never get a look in.
The 2 games in 4 days didn't seem to affect Crawley much.

st06nc2 · 17-04-2017, 18:03

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Originally Posted by Lord Stiffupperlip

True enough! But surely even more reason to make better use of fresh unused subs. We've got some real quality players on our bench who never get a look in.
The 2 games in 4 days didn't seem to affect Crawley much.

It's coley he won't use a sub unless a players injured or it's the 85th minute

cashman · 17-04-2017, 18:05

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Originally Posted by st06nc2

It's coley he won't use a sub unless a players injured or it's the 85th minute

Which to me is pathetic by any standards.

Kiwi John · 17-04-2017, 18:25

Winning ugly is a mark of a top team. Well done Stanley.

cashman · 17-04-2017, 18:27

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Winning ugly is a mark of a top team. Well done Stanley.

it certainly is, and knowing when to employ subs, is the mark of a top manager,

Twenty Eight · 17-04-2017, 18:34

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Originally Posted by Lord Love Rocket

Well put Lord - I'm over the moon with the 3 points but I thought messers Clark and Connelly were very poor today perhaps they are tired

It's Conneely ........
Poor all round today but 3 points on the board.
9 points minimum requirement. Still a big big ask .......

Lord Love Rocket · 17-04-2017, 18:42

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Originally Posted by Twenty Eight

It's Conneely ........
Poor all round today but 3 points on the board.
9 points minimum requirement. Still a big big ask .......

Twenty Eight are you saying it's him who was dogger or that I misspelled his name? 9 points is a big ask but we can do it and they who dare....

football19 · 17-04-2017, 18:44

Always tricky that one Cashy.
Once we went 1-0 up ,there's no need to "freshen" it up,more keep what you have !!,
When we are chasing the game,that's a different matter,especially if we're not creating much

Lord Love Rocket · 17-04-2017, 18:53

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Originally Posted by football19

Always tricky that one Cashy.
Once we went 1-0 up ,there's no need to "freshen" it up,more keep what you have !!,
When we are chasing the game,that's a different matter,especially if we're not creating much

There's only Husin I would have considered from the bench today to replace either Clark or CONNEELY (??), Edwards just hasn't cut the mustard when given his chance and Billy does such a vital job up front - shoes too big to fill

cashman · 17-04-2017, 18:56

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Originally Posted by football19

Always tricky that one Cashy.
Once we went 1-0 up ,there's no need to "freshen" it up,more keep what you have !!,
When we are chasing the game,that's a different matter,especially if we're not creating much

Would have subbed our Captain to be honest was absolutely not at the races today. more of a liability i thought.

football19 · 17-04-2017, 19:20

Can't comment on game as I wasn't there,but I would suspect he did his defensive duties as we didn't concede again !!
I must confess tho,one of the reasons we have had a decent run is going two up front (which Cashy was screaming for!), I wasn't sure as the system we had was successful for a few years,but it goes to show,evaluate your squad,then choose the system that suits them !!!

Lord Didsbury · 17-04-2017, 20:11

Well I was very pleased. That defence of ours is finally proving too good to not get us promoted. We have a confidence and ability to win when not playing well.
I thought Matty P did pretty well and didn't think there was much point changing things after we scored since Crawley carried little threat.

The big telly was top. I liked the old piccies at half time although displaying the skipper as no 27 was a schoolboy error.

Not much singing today. There was a stifled chant of "do you take it up the ass Accyweb" which was quite amusing.

Chrisr · 17-04-2017, 20:14

We were tired and jaded today and we got away with it. Crawley were sharper and their passing was more accurate than ours. We managed to grab a goal and hang on for dear life and it worked. I am a little critical of the failure to use the subs more often. The lad Edwards is a great prospect and has done well for the short spells he gets on the pitch. Husin is a good player and will get much better with a bit more experience under his belt. There are some good options on the bench that could have kept a grip on the game. But well done as we got three points more. A bg ask ahead of us but who knows. We have to be proud of the achievement of 14 games unbeaten so far. At Christmas I was one who was getting worried about our league status. But that is gone I just hope we can scrape through to the play off's. We can dare to dream.