Crawley v Watford u23s Match Thread Tues 25Aug

Morris saved a penalty

HT 1-1. Reds had most of the ball, played the better football and scored from our only clear chance, At the back we've looked a bit vulnerable to balls in behind and pace. First penalty conceded after a ball over the top player one on one. Morris saved a weak penalty. We go ahead through Nadesan finishing a well worked goal after he had space in the penalty area. Watford get another penalty just before HT though with what looked to be a rash challenge, diving in the box, mixed reactions on the live chat- some saying was a penalty some saying wasn't. Shouldn't be diving in though when doubling up on a player. This time they convert. Positives so far in some of the playing going forward, at the back lack of pace could come back to bite us this season.

I see that even in pre-season friendlies players can’t stop themselves from standing in the way of free kicks, kicking the ball away, etc etc. Respect ?

Game ends 1-1 at Horsham. Thanks Jim for posting this.

It might be the (awful) plastic surface but snippets of what I saw I thought we moved the ball quite quickly at times especially in attack.