Crawley Match Thread

Crocombe
Glennon
Waterfall
Smith
Efete
Holohan
Clifton
Khan
Kiernan
JMD
Taylor

Subs
Maher
Green
Hunt
Orsi
Pepple
Wearne
Pardington

Surprised that we’ve not stuck with the back 5, there doesn’t appear to be a great deal of pace in this line up whatsoever but with Khan & JMD we have players capable of making stuff happen.

Shame that Richardson appears to be injured.

Not the side I would put out but
In Hurst we trust.

Efete NEEDS a big game today.

I’m assuming Richardson has a knock as surprised not to see him make the squad.

Interesting to see how Khan JMD Kiernan line up and how they get on. Definitely a lot of creativity in this team and Clifton in the middle.

Come on Town.

No Simmonds either

Quite like the look of that. Kiernan used to play through the middle for Walsall didn't he?

Quoted from Mariner93er

Quite like the look of that. Kiernan used to play through the middle for Walsall didn't he?

Yes, his favoured position apparently. He’s scoring today ..🤞

Hope that is kiernan behind taylor, looked the part when he came on there last game

Quoted from WHYWONTYOULETMESIGNUP

Hope that is kiernan behind taylor, looked the part when he came on there last game

According to RH the line up is



                                                                                     Efete   Waterfall   Smith    Glennon

                                                                                    JMD    Holohan   Clifton    Kiernan

                                                                                                               Khan

                                                                                                                Taylor

At the minute I count about 19 Crawley fans in the away end

Quoted from DB

According to RH the line up is

Crocrombe

                                                                                     Efete   Waterfall   Smith    Glennon

                                                                                    JMD    Holohan   Clifton    Kiernan

                                                                                                               Khan

                                                                                                                Taylor

Starting with 8 that's a bit risky

Quoted from Bristol Mariner

Starting with 8 that's a bit risky

I  counted 11



According to RH the line up is

                                                                                                Crocrombe


                                                                                     Efete   Waterfall   Smith    Glennon

                                                                                    JMD    Holohan   Clifton    Kiernan

                                                                                                               Khan

                                                                                                                Taylor

Quoted from DB

I  counted 11



According to RH the line up is

                                                                                                Crocrombe


                                                                                     Efete   Waterfall   Smith    Glennon

                                                                                    JMD    Holohan   Clifton    Kiernan

                                                                                                               Khan

                                                                                                                Taylor

Comes up as 8 on mine aswell, but can see the rest as I type this message now on the edit page

Kiernans been perfectly positioned for a threaded through ball up top twice already, defo gonna score

Goal 1-0 up and going up

Get in, what a goal!!!

Get in.  Great strike

Get in!!!

Get in.  Great strike

A win for us today and the Grimsby Reaper will strike again  

👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

Fantastic start, what a goal by Glennon

Quoted from out of town

Fantastic start, what a goal by Glennon

Only his second goal as a professional footballer as well, he'll remember that.

Fallen asleep a bit

Quoted from Mayaman

Fallen asleep a bit

Even the cameraman did then

As with all our recent home games we are getting hammed in midfield.

We look lethargic.

Quoted from TAGG

As with all our recent home games we are getting hammed in midfield.

And all the way down their right.

Cut and paste most home games this season. Midfield missing in action so far but at least we're winning!!

Considering where Crawley are they don't look too bad.

Rubbish 1- 1

Was so obvious that a goal was coming for them.  Ware poor at the moment.

Absolute blooper goal that, reminds me of that famous qpr one, embarassing quality from both teams and a weird spin into the goal

Just seen its offside anyway

Keystone Cops!  Town are rubbish.  Crawley deserve an equaliser

Get out of jail card, offside. Still 1-0 to us

I can only assume the lino wasn't sure if the assist came off a Town player or not. Ref must have told him it didn't. Correct decision if so.

Need hunt on in the middle to get a foot on the ball this is poor

We need to get Efeti off and go to a back 3

We are not pressurising their defenders enough.  They are walking around our front line.

That was an okay goal
Refs at this level are excrement.

We are shocking today.

Why did the lino not flag offside then?  not saying it wasn't offside though.

Quoted from TAGG

We need to get Efeti off and go to a back 3

Efete has hardly touched the ball. He seems to be running away from it.

JMD not been at the races again.

Quoted from TAGG

JMD not been at the races again.

Indeed. Most clamouring for him to start, but he’s done nowt

Despite the goal it was a terrible half and we are so lucky to be winning. There is literally nothing about this selection is working. JMD not in the game and Efete looks shot of confidence. The lack of genuine pace is alarming. Decent options on the bench for us the change it.

Hopefully PH will be bending some earholes right now, even though we are winning we are not at the races.

1-0 up at half time and very lucky. Hurst needs to give them a roasting for that performance.

Lacklustre,  if this continues we won't be winning. Where's are grit and determination gone.

Another Paul Hurst masterclass in letting other teams back into games rather than pressing the game and going for the second goal to kill this game off.  

Stood there with his arms folded doing nothing.

These home games are not an accident, we set up with no desire to attack teams. It works away, but you can’t keep using it at home, especially when you’ve got a record number of ST holders.

Quoted from pontoonlew

These home games are not an accident, we set up with no desire to attack teams. It works away, but you can’t keep using it at home, especially when you’ve got a record number of ST holders.

Ask me at full time.

46% passing accuracy bloody hell

Quoted from promotion plaice

Ask me at full time.

The point will still stand regardless, we’ve got away with it this half but if we continue to do this every week the home forms going to be on its bottom and people will go back to staying at home.

Quoted from pontoonlew

These home games are not an accident, we set up with no desire to attack teams. It works away, but you can’t keep using it at home, especially when you’ve got a record number of ST holders.

Tbh i dont care as long as we win  today.

We’ve been shite and dont deserve to be ahead but i’ll take 3 points at home any way they come

Crawley (second bottom) have had 62 % possession.  

Kiernan put the ball acorss the box.  nobody to follow up.  The ball was begging to be smashed into the onion bag

Burnsy at BP today, enjoyed his scotch egg in the fanzone and even paid for it.

2-0 Holohan  going up

Yesssssss! Was just about to say, the times we have got forward this game weve looked a bit spicier and quicker on the counter attack

The keeper was badly at fault there. We're crap and winning 2-0!😂

Get in....2-0

Keeper should have come and got that, good run by Gav tho

Weird game this.  Quality first goal, Crawley's offside goal.  We've been rubbish to the man and Holohan scores a goal that the keeper should have saved at that angle. I'll take the three points.

We needed that

Good save that

We're only 2 points outside of the play-offs as it stands, dare to dream.

Att....6,068 (47 away)

Holohan has had a brilliant game

Quoted from Wiley2405

Holohan has had a brilliant game

I thought he was anonymous first half and is only just starting to get into the game.

Never heard so much rubbish as '2-0 is a dangerous score'.

Quoted from 123614

Never heard so much rubbish as '2-0 is a dangerous score'.

Lets hope we score another, then it will get really scary.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Lets hope we score another, then it will get really scary.

Man City are gonna need to get sponsored by Andrex sooner or later they’ll be sh1tting it that much

YES 3-0 up Taylor confirms our first home win

Definately one of the wierdest games ive watched

Got the grimsby reaper written all over it!

Funny old game.  That goal moves up to 11th.  Pepple must be cheesed off,  He couldn't get to his feet.   As I write Tilly misses a goal by a stud's length.

Fantastic assist from Pepple  

An uncomfortable win for us today. Monkey off the back though and as the old adage says " we will play better and lose". Cant think of a MOM so won't. On to Stockport where I guess we will play a whole lot better.

Time wasting in the corner when you're 3-0 up and earning yourself a yellow card in the process? That's bullshit that is.
Dreadful game but a win at last.

Quoted from Mayaman

Funny old game.  That goal moves up to 11th.  Pepple must be cheesed off,  He couldn't get to his feet.   As I write Tilly misses a goal by a stud's length.

I don’t think we’ve even got out of reverse or needed to tbh.

Crawley have a couple of good players, but lack cohesion. We play as we did in the first half against a good team and we will find ourselves losing. Liked the look of Maddison and the quality of dom Telford speaks for itself.

Unlikely but could go as high as 6th if we win our next game, and still feels like we havnt got into gear

3-0 ——-  that will do me.Feels good tonight with 19 points , a game in hand on a few .
UTM

3 points. All that matters

Course some’ll moan. I expect Pontoonlew to pop up with his usual moans and a dig at Efete

19 points from 12 games. Better than one and a half points per game. I would have taken that at the start of the season.

Hurst should buy a lottery ticket tonight, how we scored 3 goals and didn’t concede with that performance was good fortune, but 3 points and Town are on the up.

Pleased we’ve won at last at home and a clean sheet. Not bothered about the stats, except for 3 goals for us and none for them.
Stockport won’t be an easy game, though. They won at Bradford City which is a surprise. That’ll stop Mark Hughes crowing.

Quoted from RonMariner

19 points from 12 games. Better than one and a half points per game. I would have taken that at the start of the season.

Me too. If you look at the last two games - last week we played well against a high flying team and in truth should have won the game in the end. This week didn't play well but won 3-0. Nice depth to the team but I will be happy when Morris returns who I thought was getting better every game before his injury.

Quoted from Badger57

Time wasting in the corner when you're 3-0 up and earning yourself a yellow card in the process? That's bullshit that is.
Dreadful game but a win at last.

I'd rather us whip it in and maybe get a player of the mark .  

I won't make a just back thread as I can't really say much as I struggled to see being so far in the corner of the main stand with the sun in my eyes... From what I could see we never looked like conceding (except efetes few dodgy moments) but didn't set the world alight at all. More of a 1-0 kind of game so fair play to our lads for walking away with a 3-0 win!

Quoted from lukeo

I won't make a just back thread as I can't really say much as I struggled to see being so far in the corner of the main stand with the sun in my eyes... From what I could see we never looked like conceding (except efetes few dodgy moments) but didn't set the world alight at all. More of a 1-0 kind of game so fair play to our lads for walking away with a 3-0 win!

What are you talking about efetes few dodgy moments!? He didnt have any. Crowd drunk me off today, any slight delay with Michee, they were on at him

1st half we played down to their level and Crawley looked like they were playing a preseason game. Apart from the offside goal I never thought Crawley would score.We scored a fantatsic freekick early on theres not much to say about it.

2nd half we improved,, lovely goals from Holohan and Taylor and Crawley again looked like they were playing a preaeason game and apart from that one moment when Crocombe made that cracking save I never thought they would score. Only disappointment in the 2nd half from me was going so negative at defending setpieces after we scores the 2nd no one high up the pitch and we struggled to clear the ball a little.

Holohan was my MoM. Glennon, Harry, Khan and Taylor also having great games as well.

I went all old school today and just watched the last 10 mins of final score . We won 3-0 so I'm happy. Come on here and you'd think we'd lost 3-0 .

A few times he got the wrong side of his man or let a simple ball through, luckily they was awful... I never shouted or said anything I keep it to myself because I know how important it is to have confidence..
Anyway, strange game from what I could see but some good goals and a great 3 points. Only 2 behind Bradford in 6th?

Quoted from Hagrid

What are you talking about efetes few dodgy moments!? He didnt have any. Crowd drunk me off today, any slight delay with Michee, they were on at him

To be fair to him I thought he was better than he has been recently but that's a low bar to set. Was simply mediocre, but not the only one. He did have a couple of really poor moments that I can remember though.

He had that moment were he attempted to control the ball in his own box by putting his foot on it, didnt control it properly and was being closed down by the time he ended up doing a panicked boot up the pitch. He had plenty of time whe  he got the ball but nearly ended up costing us.

He also demonstrated his abysmal crossing, just past the hour mark, time and space again and couldn't even get it simply in a useful area. That's why he is so so reluctant to cross the ball, because he's absolutely dreadful at it and he knows it. Most reluctant crosser of a ball ive seen play at full back, and will normally do anything rather than attempt it. The only cross he can do is when he is free in the box to simply drive it parallel to the goal line.

I know hursty likes him because he's useful at both ends of the pitch for set plays cos of his size and strength but I'd prefer cropper in there when he's back.

Quoted from Hagrid

What are you talking about efetes few dodgy moments!? He didnt have any. Crowd drunk me off today, any slight delay with Michee, they were on at him

Actually agree with you. Could hear early on that the crowd jumped on him. Clearly lacking a bit of confidence at the moment and that won't help at all.

I thought Efete played really well today. Was solid defensively and linked well in attacking area. He had one hairy moment where he took too long to clear a ball but apart from that he looked good.

Quoted from It Bites

I went all old school today and just watched the last 10 mins of final score . We won 3-0 so I'm happy. Come on here and you'd think we'd lost 3-0 .

You probably had to be there to appreciate what a poor game and performance it was but a much needed home win, 3 points and a clean sheet so I think most of us who went enjoyed the result not so much how we played an opinion obviously shared by PH given his post match comments.