Town's line-up (I'm guessing):                              

                               Crocombe
              Emmanuel  Waterfall     Maher
Efete                                                    Amos
            Hunt          Morris          Clifton
                           McAtee
                             Lloyd

Substitutes
    3Driscoll-Glennon
    4Green
    8Holohan
    18O'Neill
    19Dickson-Peters
    20Orsi
    26Smith

Kiss of death but I fancy us to get a result today.

Hopefully after the Luton result the team will be up for a game and the new boys looking to make an impression on their debut. Always feel like we don't do well against Crewe so would be nice to get a result.

Crewe fans are leaving it a bit late to turn up

Mariners in good voice

Surprised (just from the stats) that Lloyd starts ahead of the other loanees. But PH has seen them all the last few days and I trust his judgement. A win today is massive for confidence, not just on the pitch but fans aswell. Utm

Had my pre match meal with a Crewe fan.  Don't worry lads. I didn't give any secrets away.  Told him Dallas was partnering Taylor who is back from injury.   Just in case he has a hot line to Gresty road.

Anyone else watching got their commentary on not our own?

Sometimes I wish Hurst would leave well alone but he's picked his team so let's go stuff Crew today UTM

Interesting to see Lloyd is wearing the No 9 shirt.

0-1 Fantastic start

Get in.

Vintage mcatee!!

Wow

GOAL MCaTEE 1 - 0 up going great start

Mcatee

Yes Jonny Mc!!!!!

Great work from Lloyd

What a bute!
Macca is back! 😁

Yesssssssss UTFM

Quoted from 123614

Interesting to see Lloyd is wearing the No 9 shirt.

Well at least the shirt has been filled.

What a cracker John. UTM

Terrific goal from Macca, nice assist by Lloyd.

Team line up looks like Hurst has Luton in mind
Strong bench
Orsi unlucky

But a few of this starting XI won't be able to play Tuesday - cup tied

Hurst is a genius btw 8)

Get in.
There goalkeeper went down in instalments  ;D ;D

Great start, now let's get another  UTM!

lloyd looks sharp

Brilliant lay off from Lloyd and what a finish from Mcatee!

Quoted from devs

Team line up looks like Hurst has Luton in mind
Strong bench
Orsi unlucky

But a few of this starting XI won't be able to play Tuesday - cup tied

Hurst is a genius btw 8)

El General

Some lively touches from Lloyd here, linking well with Mcatee

Both new boys look like they've been here all season, great start by them both!

Great effort from range from Amos

Emmanuel looks a big unit, something our team has been missing a little, a big physical presence.

Has anyone else got the Crewe commentary? They just called our keeper, ‘Matt Crewcut’

Quoted from out of town

Has anyone else got the Crewe commentary? They just called our keeper, ‘Matt Crewcut’

Yes, I have their commentary

Quoted from Spidey

Emmanuel looks a big unit, something our team has been missing a little, a big physical presence.

Huge ain't he?  Could have played for Saracens apparently.

Nope, I have RH commentary on the stream.

It’s a messy game

Both new starters doing well !

Crewe sneaking back in a bit, but they are slow at the back, so hope McAtee can push them hard !!

Plenty of good running and challenging !

As mentioned, Emmanuel is an absolute unit. Looks very composed on the ball as well

0  -  2

2-0 now!!

2-0! Brilliant from Lloyd

You beauty! 2-0

Brilliant goal by Lloyd, debut goal for our new boy

Yes George !!!!

Yessssssss

Cracking finish! 😁

By George!

He's having a stormer of a debut

Another great shot. I'll tell you what, Hursty can pick 'em!
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Maybe our January window wasn’t so bad after all?

Lovely finish! Do we look good or are these just rubbish?

George Floyd baby

I predict a hat-trick

Get in George! We want 3!

Absolutely fantastic support by the Town fans.

My stream is way behind.
Great goal though when it came

It's like their keeper has a glitch with his bottom left corner.

Hurst pulls it out the bag again.

Boo PH. Rubbish January window. BOO

All joking aside, only 30mins in but Lloyd looks a great capture as does Emmanuel. We've still yet to see the other guys aswell.

UTM

Gifted to him by crewe defence

Great stuff so far. Crewe are garbage, criminal if we throw this away!

Quoted from lukeo

Surprised (just from the stats) that Lloyd starts ahead of the other loanees. But PH has seen them all the last few days and I trust his judgement. A win today is massive for confidence, not just on the pitch but fans aswell. Utm

😏

Is Emmanuel a Back or Foreward?

Meanwhile Dallas and Co losing at home to Gateshead. Just saying.😎

How many Town fans there roughly?

Quoted from GrimPol

Is Emmanuel a Back or Foreward?

Left side full back or wing back.

Quoted from thefish

😏

Alright alright. Only put my first sentence in bold!
It wasn't a negative comment, I did say I trust PH

Good first half. Lets keep it up

If these kiosk staff move any slower they'll be diagnosed with rigor mortis

Quoted from RonMariner

Left side full back or wing back.

Emmanuel has special powers.  He trots everywhere but seems to cover a lot of ground.

That's as good first half of a debut I've seen from a new striker for a while. I thought that Lloyd has been excellent, lost count of the amount of times he linked the play and took his goal well.

Good half from Town.

Well, that’s not a bad half is it!

What a half.

We look good going forward. Our one touch passing in midfield has been good and some of our off the ball movement has been great.

We do look a little suspect when defending set pieces but they have alot of big guys in the side.

Lloyd and McAtee look like they've been playing together all season

The best way to describe Manny so far is rusty. I expect to see him replaced by Smith at some point as he looks a little leggy already.

Lino on our side is excrement (I've seen less grappling in the WWE), and the one on the otherside likes to wave his flag which will benefits us in the 2nd half..

Quoted from RonMariner

Left side full back or wing back.

Actually he is right sided  FB/WB  or CB.

The pitch is absolutely shocking. Especially down our right side this half

It is quite bad, a few passes first half from Hunt went to short due to the awful pitch. We're handling it well though I though I think

The radio Stoke commentator having a right nightmare with pronouncing Max Crocombe.

Max Crewcut
Max Clucrumb

Quoted from denni266

Good first half. Lets keep it up

Hey, good stuff. See, you can do it! 😉

Great defending from Maher.  Few sloppy balls from Town of late.

Emmanuel looks a superb player

Shocking dive, even their commentators thought so

Quoted from Plankton

Emmanuel looks a superb player

Looks to be lacking in fitness too after being out of first team football for a long time. If this is him unfit then can't imagine what he can do after he's had a few games.

Emmanuel is some player.   Just as you think he can't get forward, he opens up is legs and he's off.

Quoted from Kris2

Looks to be lacking in fitness too after being out of first team football for a long time. If this is him unfit then can't imagine what he can do after he's had a few games.

Absolutely right, he's looking a bit leggy. If we can get him really fit he'd be exceptional.

Help. Anybody at the match know the gate and away gate.

4400
650 Town

0 - 3

0-3 Get in there

Yeaaaah 3-0

3-0!!! Dickson Peters. Get in !!!!

TDP gets a debut goal 3 - 0 up and moving up

Dickson-Peters another debut goal

Majestic Clifton

Dallas …. Dallas ….who the f**k is Dallas?

Terrible window
What a waste of around 400 posts on Transfer Thread
;D ;D ;D

Great stuff - this result will shut a few up 🤫

These latest signings are proving their worth!

That third goal came from all the Town players hassling and harrying until it broke for Clifton.  

Very professional second half. Stade compact but without just sitting back the whole game with 11 men behind the ball.
I feel like PH has finally found his suited formation and way of playing.

Really good performance from the team and the new lads, but let’s not get too carried away, Crewe have been abysmal

The third goal was such a good group effort of pushing forward. It's been a very noticeable thing all game, every town player has pushed on, ran their socks off and done their best to win every ball.

I just hope that the posters who ridiculed our or PH's recruitment programme this transfer window admit that they may have got this assumption wrong. I'm not saying that he has solved all our problems but he certainly has answered our problems to some degree.

Quoted from The_Laughing_Mariner

4400
650 Town

Where are the town fans , not seen them at all on the TV . Not behind the goals

In side stand lhs  corner

Well done Town!!

Absolutely excellent this is.
What a buzz there will now be for the Luton replay.
A few players rested to make way for the cup tied players at Crewe.
Great management and the new signings have excelled 😀

UTM

Brilliant! Bring on Tuesday

Instead of my regular Guinness, I had some Batemans VICTORY ale. Needless to say, it did the job, I'll get some more for Tuesday.

Quoted from out of town

Really good performance from the team and the new lads, but let’s not get too carried away, Crewe have been abysmal

Perhaps the way we played had something to do with it...



Edit: According to the BBC Crewe had zero shots on target.

Well I must say that has been a disappointment with that result as it gives all the moaners and groaners NOTHING to moan about.
What am I going to do with my Saturday night now if there's no whinging going on?

Marvellous effort that…when was the last time we had two debutants score?

Great following as well, expected fewer given the costs of all the games coming up.

Quoted from WayneBurnettsJockstrap

Well I must say that has been a disappointment with that result as it gives all the moaners and groaners NOTHING to moan about.
What am I going to do with my Saturday night now if there's no whinging going on?

Well we're 9 points off the promotion spot, with 3 games in hand. So given the display today and the debut goals, you might like to contemplate who's going to score to get those 9 points.

All things positive say book your place at Southampton.

UTM

Emmanuel was superb driving us forward and his strong too, clifton Lloyd, mcatee and morris doing well pressing. Good result I thought we made crewe look really poor today.

Great result. Maybe we can now start looking up rather than down the table.  We have two and three games in hand on many of the teams just above us, so it's in our own hands now to start moving up the table. With the new lads, and Orsi, it looks like we have some goal threat now.

After reading over and over again from so many Fishy experts what a dreadful transfer window we had, I must say this result and performance came as a complete shock! If we didn't know better, we might almost believe that Paul Hurst knew more about who he was bringing in than we did!

Great result.

I feel another PH ear cupping in the offing.  :)

A comfortable win against a poor side who must be looking over their shoulders. Good debuts for Emmanuel, Lloyd and TDP from the bench (who's shot was deflected for TDP's goal?)

Bring on the Luton

That was an important and dominant victory. Well done to the lads. My mate of 57 years,, who is a staunch Alex fan, emailed me in the week and said they were having a torrid time. He hoped the Mariners would be distracted by the upcoming Cup replay. No sign of that, though.
Two years ago Creww were having a really good season in L1 but things have turned a bit sour for them and the loan system has played a role in that.

Shame about that terrible window eh?  ;)

Quoted from AdamHaddock

A comfortable win against a poor side who must be looking over their shoulders. Good debuts for Emmanuel, Lloyd and TDP from the bench (who's shot was deflected for TDP's goal?)

Bring on the Luton

Amos' shot

Why are so many posts on about how poor Crewe were? We beat them 3-0 - credit town, the manager and the players ffs

Quoted from MaccasBoots

Shame about that terrible window eh?  ;)

I hope all the people saying "They thought the transfer window was terrible but I KNEW!" will remember to be positive the next time we lose a game. Wouldn't want to be hypocrites by slagging the team, the manager off and starting the talk of our season being doomed.  ;)

Good all round display !

Emmanuel seems very strong, passes well, drives forward, and puts in decent early crosses.

He got up and down the field well, and doesn't LOOK fast, but kept up with play all game.

Deceptive, but very effective in defence today, willing to go forward and assist going forward.

McAtee looked FAR more comfortable with a mobile forward around him and there was some neat interplay for a 1st game together.

Harry just didn't have his radar right today, or he could easily have had a couple of goals.

Let's hope that whatever happens in the cup-tie, that the main 11 today continue to play well. Future opponents will probably be a lot more difficult than this poor Crewe side.

Excellent. I felt tired just watching Lloyd, McAtee and Clifton buzz about.

All the new signings looked the part and infinitely more effective than the players they replaced in the squad.  Hunt absolutely excellent aswell.

Must admit I was starting to get abit worried that we might get dragged into a relegation battle but we’ll be absolutely fine.

UTM

Quoted from rancido

Why are so many posts on about how poor Crewe were? We beat them 3-0 - credit town, the manager and the players ffs

Oh, so clever red stars from those 'superior supporters' who obviously know better than PH, the coaching staff and the Head if Recruitment.

Quoted from Kris2

I hope all the people saying "They thought the transfer window was terrible but I KNEW!" will remember to be positive the next time we lose a game. Wouldn't want to be hypocrites by slagging the team, the manager off and starting the talk of our season being doomed.  ;)

I think, they key is, not to totally melt down when we lose or overreact when we win. Sometimes a bit of calm, rational, pragmatic balance is missing on here. I honestly feel that the people who represent the club are absolutely 100% committed, giving their all, working through challenges and that’s good enough for me, win lose or draw. Everyone gets backing, time, patience. High standards. Best efforts. Honesty and commitment.

New thread required for Luton replay. Don’t think I’m senior enough to construct - but Town are still in it - despite the Ryan Reynolds (who ) - never heard of him or what he does effect

Quoted from DB

Help. Anybody at the match know the gate and away gate.

4460 and 657 are the numbers I have.

  So, all i've got to say about today is ' all you experts that are specialists in what we need ' , nah nah ne nah na ! shut the ***k up!

Next two league games are Colchester and Gillingham, I can see us winning both of them. The table might start to look very different if we do!

Quoted from Ruston AT

  So, all i've got to say about today is ' all you experts that are specialists in what we need ' , nah nah ne nah na ! shut the ***k up!

This with bells on

Quoted from Ruston AT

  So, all i've got to say about today is ' all you experts that are specialists in what we need ' , nah nah ne nah na ! shut the ***k up!

Totally agree. I'm not saying that PH has all the answers to our problems but he, and his coaching staff, are better placed to see what is required to improve us.
It could be that our unexpected promotion back into the FL left him unprepared and not quite sure what was required to cement our position back at this level. The crucial decisions will be taken at the end of the season when he has a better understanding of what is required to take us to the next level.

Quoted from MaccasBoots

Shame about that terrible window eh?  ;)

Town’s transfer window before and after today’s game.

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Ooh, I've stayed there (former, not latter).

Quoted from DB

Instead of my regular Guinness, I had some Batemans VICTORY ale. Needless to say, it did the job, I'll get some more for Tuesday.

bloody good choice - get in my local Morrisons all the time - 3 for £5 absolute bargain

is ot mice

Quoted from rancido

Oh, so clever red stars from those 'superior supporters' who obviously know better than PH, the coaching staff and the Head if Recruitment.

Hang on a sec. Been reading through the transfer window threads again and they're not that bad, mostly echoing what PH said himself about wanting one or two more in than he got and preferring permanent deals. He sounded miffed about missing one or two permanent targets, dumbfounded about players decisions. One I guess was Mullarkey going to possibly non-league bound Rochdale. The vast majority welcomed the new players and hoped they'd do well. Over the moon with the result today and new signings hitting the ground running, but it still stands they're not our players at the end of the season and we'll be back to square one again squad wise. Don't think there's much to choose between posters that slag off whatever the club does or those that wait like snipers to shoot down posters with sage like I told you sos. Didn't see you or others on here sticking your neck out saying we've had a great transfer window. Nope, you just hedge your bets to act like a clever trousers after the fact..

And let's not forget, this morning Crewe were above us in the table!

So if our team can give them a right hammering on their own patch, it suggests we need fear no one around us in mid table.

It will be interesting to see how we get on at Northampton in a couple of weeks time. That will give us an indication of how good we are at the moment.  

Enjoyed this clip. From the well manicured ginger beard of Niall Maher, to the battle worn face of Luke Waterfall, panning straight to the markedly fresher, straight out of school look of Alex Hunt, to a somewhat knackered looking Efete, to an understandably emotional looking Josh Emmanuel, to a victorious McAtee and finally, to a brilliantly conductorial El General (that name needs to stick, btw). Scenes.

https://mobile.twitter.com/officialgtfc/status/1621958490435502081