Slade

Apart from the penalty and the chances created (quite well) for Dembele and Jones in the first half. It wasn't a good performance, but let's not attempt to rewrite history.

The Coventry and Lincoln games were two examples where we didn't create anything at all that I can recall so it's not as though we're doing enough at home at the moment.

Quoted from Maringer

Apart from the penalty and the chances created (quite well) for Dembele and Jones in the first half. It wasn't a good performance, but let's not attempt to rewrite history.

The Coventry and Lincoln games were two examples where we didn't create anything at all that I can recall so it's not as though we're doing enough at home at the moment.

Wow you must be very easily entertained then.

I'd have been more entertained if we'd scored a couple from the chances which we created. We didn't score but a few chances to were there all the same which was my whole point.

The interplay for the two first half chances was actually very good. We just didn't replicate it during the second half apart from Jones' solo effort which was a bit too solo due to the poor miss.

Quoted from Maringer

Apart from the penalty and the chances created (quite well) for Dembele and Jones in the first half. It wasn't a good performance, but let's not attempt to rewrite history.

The Coventry and Lincoln games were two examples where we didn't create anything at all that I can recall so it's not as though we're doing enough at home at the moment.

Which Dembele chance?

Where he played a one two with Vernon, beat the last man to go clear through the middle of their defence but then slowed down too soon which let their defender catch up and block his shot. If that's not a chance (admittedly one which he mucked up), I don't know what is. If he'd continued to run full-pelt another few paces he'd have had a clear shot to beat the keeper. Heaven only knows why he eased off, especially after his goal the previous game.

In that thread after the match on Saturday you mentioned an off-target shot and a soft header from about 12 yards which went straight into McKeown's hands as being serious first half chances by Crawley so it's a surprise that you think Dembele's wasn't!

Quoted from Maringer

Where he played a one two with Vernon, beat the last man to go clear through the middle of their defence but then slowed down too soon which let their defender catch up and block his shot. If that's not a chance (admittedly one which he mucked up), I don't know what is. If he'd continued to run full-pelt another few paces he'd have had a clear shot to beat the keeper. Heaven only knows why he eased off, especially after his goal the previous game.

In that thread after the match on Saturday you mentioned an off-target shot and a soft header from about 12 yards which went straight into McKeown's hands as being serious first half chances by Crawley so it's a surprise that you think Dembele's wasn't!

I don't know what the stats for Saturday were but two chances in 45 minutes of football is not exactly going to put bums on seats.

Do you count that shot from Somerfield from the edge of penalty area that cleared the roof of the Pontoon.

Quoted from friskneymariner

Do you count that shot from Somerfield from the edge of penalty area that cleared the roof of the Pontoon.

And there's me thinking it was a Summerfield pass

Quoted from friskneymariner

Do you count that shot from Somerfield from the edge of penalty area that cleared the roof of the Pontoon.

Count it as what? A shot which wasn't on target? Not entirely sure what you're trying to argue here.

You said we didn't create any chances, I pointed out we created a few, you ignored that and started talking about entertainment. Something which I hadn't mentioned.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

I don't know what the stats for Saturday were but two chances in 45 minutes of football is not exactly going to put bums on seats.

*Shrug*

That's the way some games go. BBC reckons we had 4 efforts on target and 8 in total which sounds about right to me. About the same as Crawley.

One noticeable thing from the stats is the sheer number of free-kicks awarded - 35 in total with 22 given away by us - a ridiculous number in the context of a game which wasn't in the slightest bit dirty. I think the referee has a lot to answer for in this respect and it's no surprise the game was so dull with a swirling wind, two distinctly average sides and the whistle being blown every couple of minutes at the slightest hint of a challenge. We certainly gave away some daft free-kicks in our own half though.