That was sublime, every single player contributed effectively and that performance should be used as a benchmark moving forward. Buzzing! Even without his two goals I would have given Nichols MOM, watters who?
Wow what a match - just as I'm thinking Morris maybe should've done better he pulls off a world class save. Gotta hand it to the management team that was a brave move bringing Ashley on and it worked he looked dangerous and Nichols was superb. Onwards and upwards.
Last Edit: Dec 29, 2020 21:12:55 GMT by peespottage
FT 2-1 Crawley. Great performance, fully deserved win in the end. First half we came out the blocks quickly and scored early on with Nichols capitalising on an error through in goal and slotting it in calmly. FGR came back into it and started to put us under a bit of pressure. Start of the second half FGR get a free kick just outside the box and score straight down the middle high into the goal. Awful mistake from Morris, don’t know how he’s let that one in, didn’t see any deflection. From there on we rally and push to get back in front with Nadesan again coming on from the bench and making an impact with his running. Finally we break through again with a ball over the top from Powell and Nichols shows great composure to take it on the chest and slot it in. From there we saw it out well. Another good performance away from home with a result this time. Nichols MOM, took his goals well and got about the pitch well as always. Sesay again taken off early as again not sure where he was playing or what he was doing. Apart from that everyone played well.
I've been critical of our midfield this season but the inclusion of Francomb made it look a lot safer. Well done.
I've played (badly) in goal and I know what its like to have a shot, coming at a rapid pace of knots, swerving all over the place. Morris will know he should have kept it out but I'm willing to cut him some slack for that.
I'm biased. I'm a Crawley fan but that was a bloody good game of football.
Best £10 I’ve spent in a long time. First well done to the manager. Everything was bang spot on tonight and I believe we deserved to edge the game. First 10 mins was all us and could easily have been 1 up with chances created before Nichols put us ahead. After that F Green were on top, we withheld a lot of pressure with Morris displaying faultless handing to prevent any rebounds. Tsaroulla brilliant in the first half. Lot of credit to Dallison the way he’s come back into the side from the cold and been 1st class whether lb or in a back 3. Powell and Hess seem to work better in a 3 than a 2, not sure why. Matthews has great touch and movement and with Nichols the creativity was there. They were always going to come back at us but we responded well to their goal as we always seem to do, very encouraging for rest of season. Looked to me like free kick was spanked over the wall and I just don’t think Morris has seen it at all, until too late. Nichols has been overshadowed by Watters goals, but he’s not only scoring regularly but he’s leading the line, dropping deep to pick it up and creating as well, having a super season. We deserved to go ahead and Nichols could have had another when keeper miles off line and he just needs to chip him. Morris more than makes up for free kick with a match winning wonder save. Everyone puts a shift in, Tunnicliffe and Craig partnership grows every game. Everyone must be happy with this?