Crawley Town play at home against Tranmere Rovers in the 2021/22 EFL League 2, Saturday 22nd January 15:00 kick off. Please keep all discussion about the match to this thread. Thank you and come on you Reds.
Pretty even sides, Spearing was their star man he completely dominated us. We conceded a STUPID GOAL so expect that from John post match interview. Cold Weather, Cold Food, a dull performance.
Let down by a pretty limp second half performance, a shame as you couldn’t tell who was the team in 2nd in the first half.
Undone by a clever free kick, kudos to Spearing, everyone expecting the lofted ball. Tranmere are an immaculately organised team so fair play to them, once Lynch didn’t make the most of that golden chance with the free header, wasn’t going to be our day.
Lynch MOM and putting him upfront in the final minutes nearly worked. That was plan B. We gave it a go at the end but were second to everything else second half. Rovers hit the deck constantly time wasting. Awful opponents.
My Mother has got more energy than this lot in the last 30 minutes of EVERY GAME.
No Plan B from Yems yet again when trailing! 2 shots from us in the whole of the 2nd Half!
Only Positive - Tunniclifee is back. The Midfield is now as Bad as when Josh Wright was playing and that is saying something.
You were moaning about Francomb not playing in midfield and now he’s apparently terrible. None of your points are internally consistent, which is why it’s obvious you are on a wind up. Get a better hobby?
Lynch MOM and putting him upfront in the final minutes nearly worked. That was plan B. We gave it a go at the end but were second to everything else second half. Rovers hit the deck constantly time wasting. Awful opponents.
I agree Lynch was MOM. Plan 'B' needs to happen on 65 mins when trailing not on 88 mins!
As for Many Disagreeing with my 2nd Half Stats - stating 'Long Term Stats DO LIE', well they are Clueless and dont understand football!
If i was Yems I would send the team on 10km race on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday. That way they might have more energy in the final 30 mins at Bradford next Saturday. Its the only way because most of this team aint fit enough for 90mins. This team could be 2-0 up at Bradford next week with 30 mins to go and still lose!
On 1st Half Stats we are a TOP 3 Team, on 2nd Half Stats we are a Bottom 3 Team. Its not Rocket Science what to do!
Disappointing loss. First half we competed well, didn’t offer much threat, but neither did they are the game was very even.
Second half they were the better team and played with more intensity. Their goal was a scrappy goal scored with close range after a low free kick. From there we never really looked like coming back into it apart from a decent 5-10 minute spell at the end where MOM Joel Lynch was up front winning headers as he did all game at the back.
Overall, we defended well, but didn’t offer much going forward and lost to a scrappy goal. Need to offer a lot more threat going forward and cross the damn ball when we get it out wide!
Pretty rubbish game I thought, if there was to be a goal it was always going to come from a set piece like that. I don't think we would have scored if the game was being played until 10pm this evening, too many of it was just lumping the ball up, which doesn't work with a player like Nichols up front on his own.
Interesting to read that Ziya was at the game apparently. Hopefully today will have shown that it might be worth bringing in one or two new faces (ideally a midfielder and striker) before the transfer window closes.