***Carlisle United Official Matchday Thread (Sat 25/2/23)***

It's strange John. After an abject hammering I thought we would at least have had the comfort of hearing from Steve on how wonderful things are at Crawley Town FC and what a top squad of players these are.

Perhaps he is exhausted from talking out his ar*e.

Think you are all a bit harsh on Steve, he expresses his opinion which mainly makes good sense.
Not much to get positive about today as manager said himself, but we do have some good players in the squad and they need our support going forward to stave off relegation. Todays game had a sense of inevitability that everybody felt we are on our way down but Hartlepool and Rochdale seem worse than us and as little as that is to be thankful for lets try and stay positive not only for the team but ourselves the fans otherwise we might as all stay all stay at home and watch the rugby.

Maybe Steve is not around because he gets shouted down for his opinions.

Agree or disagree but never stop listening to those who care enough to voice a different opinion.

Not at the match so no real comment other than we need to start winning games and the fans seem to understand our onfield problems much more than the coaching and management staff.

Jim Baker

Good players that have taken Crawley to the dizzy heights of second bottom. Perhaps Preston hasn't figured out he has the table upside down.

The only positive is that I still think Hartlepool and Rochdale will be worse than us come May, when a massive clearout will be needed.

As Scott and Dom said in their interviews, yesterday's performance was unacceptable. Hope players are bought in for extra session today. Sometimes a performance like that can give the impetus for change. Players and Scott need to look at way we play. We need two up front so Dom, is not all alone, certain players are not good enough, and we need to use all our subs if losing. Owners need to sign some free agents if they can - experienced midfielders, striker etc

We were beaten by a better team that were full of running. Credit to Crawley as we did well to restrict them to 5 goals. Midway through the first half it looked as though Carlisle could hit double figures. Their number 10 chased down everything.
A lot of our problems started with our goalkeeper who persisted in playing short passes to defenders who immediately where chased down. Bring back Corey, he makes mistakes but he is our keeper and generally has good distribution. Not afraid to play it long.

We must have a strong reaction when we play Tranmere.