They could not get forward because of the number of men Crawley committed up the pitch. Mellon has obviously been encouraging them to get forward all season.Micky needs to allow the full backs to get forward would be a start
I agree with pretty much all of that.Well if we can win ugly isn’t that a good sign? A common cliche from a a manager is that “there are no easy games” and tonight proved that.
Crawleys horrendous result on Saturday didn’t do us any favours as I’m sure they got a rollicking and had a point to prove tonight. Our own expectations were high after the Stevenage win. Crawley worked their socks off and will feel aggrieved they didn’t at least take a point when they probably deserved all 3, missing a penalty and Murphy was much the busier keeper.
Still a win is a win. Yes the performance leaves a lot to be desired but at this stage of the season I‘m not too concerned.
re the players I thought Lewis looked a bit lost up front. Charmers once again was ragged and unimpressive. Saunders again worked hard but that’s now 8 games without a goal.
MOM for me probably murphy with turnbull a close second. I’d take another 3 points on Saturday whatever the performance is like
The performance was good on Saturday. We are now six points from the play offs.Just as the penalty win at Stevenage papered over the cracks of our performance on Saturday, tonight's win, again a team in the relegation zone who in reality should have at least got a point, shows how far we have sunk in terms of meaningful performance standards.
I counted 47!Only 22 away tickets sold for tonight's game. Reminiscent of the National League days.
Particularly amusing when 3 started singing the first one and it ended with a lone voice!No doubt we’ll still get the away support ”classics” of “Your support is f*****’ s***” and “Is this a library…” and not forgetting “Your grounds too big for you”. The one I’m most looking forward to is “….it’s the Crawley boys making all the noise, everywhere we go”.
Agree with everything there RLC. I think Hawkes was half decent and may ha e Co.e third in the MoM stakes.I agree with pretty much all of that.
It was a really poor display but the result it was matters. In addition to our usual failings in the final third, six or seven players had real off nights and we did not play well in any part of the pitch, aside from the centre halves and the keeper. I don't agree that we were negative and did not allow the full backs to get forward. The full backs could not get forward until the closing stages because Crawley were so aggressive and adventurous and because we had no control in the centre of midfield, with both Hendry and O'Connor having poor games.
Crawley will feel really hard done by not to have won the game, let alone drawn it, but the result does demonstrate that we are prepared to dig in when not playing well.
In the first sixty minutes you could not fault the effort and the running of Saunders, but we looked absolutely clueless around the eighteen yard box. It says it all that it took a centre half to show the kind of composure for the winning goal that our strikers seem incapable of. However, credit has to go to Mellon for the substitutions which effectively won us the game. Hendry and Walker did well when they came on and gave us the composure in midfield we had been totally lacking to that point.
I thought man of the match was between Murphy, who made two or three vital saves, and Turnbull, who bizarrely could have had a hat trick tonight.
Yes, I meant Merrie not Hendry. Now corrected.Agree with everything there RLC. I think Hawkes was half decent and may ha e Co.e third in the MoM stakes.
BTW Hendry actually came off for Walker.
Hope Walker gets fit enough to be a regular starter.
Hawkes had so much space in the first half, it was disappointing that we chose sideways passes so often.Agree with everything there RLC. I think Hawkes was half decent and may ha e Co.e third in the MoM stakes.
BTW Hendry actually came off for Walker.
Hope Walker gets fit enough to be a regular starter.
I think this is a good point. We may not have been at the races but I didn't think Crawley were all that bad considering their league position. They kept Joe busy at times and they let themselves down with poor finishing. I think it was a tougher game than most of us expected.Crawleys horrendous result on Saturday didn’t do us any favours as I’m sure they got a rollicking and had a point to prove tonight.