Fellows announced as mom in the ground and he had a good game but I can't be the only one to notice how the holes appeared in midfield when Jenks was subbed. One of those get in the way players that make the rest of the team play better.
Salford are are good side. The little number 16 was the best player on the pitch (Galbraith?). We more than matched them for 80 minutes. Then we panicked. Some really good football, some lovely goals and some heartstopping moments.
I'd come back to watch that!
Jim Baker
Fellows has been a bright spot all season, has great energy.
Eben pretty much gave it away. They were the three that are contributing to the toxicity. It is what it is. To be honest, did we really miss them today? I think now Conroy is fit we should be ok, Ludwig was also very good at the back today. Get lynch back fit too and we have some more depth.
It’s still negative chanting George, how about chanting positively FOR the players? Fans have to play their role in making the Broadfield a fortress and not getting a free ride off the hard work of the team
Oh give it a rest Steve, the fans were excellent throughout, got behind the team. If you can’t understand that they can do that whilst venting their anger towards the board, then you must just be hearing what you want to hear amidst your strange desperation to defend WAGMI.
John I respect your views about Crawley stuff but honestly this pretence we are back in the days of the Majeeds and the owners have to be driven out of the club to save it is the biggest load of tripe I’ve ever heard. Go well and have your say about it all but assuredly I will have mine. As with your views that Steve Evans should have never been hired here, you are wrong about this
Overall impressions of today. Fantastic to be back watching the team live and enjoying football again, the Crawley experience is a million times better doing that being among the normal fans rather than reading the 5 or 10 per cent constantly bedwetting online.
Today built on the promise we saw at Newport. The younger players are finally stepping up to the mark and showing our squad is better than we generally think it is.
You might say haven’t we been here before with Etherington’s debut win. Good as that was, today felt much better in one important way. The clutch of Crawley managers over the past 18 months have found it difficult to get wins without Joel Lynch. Lindsey managed that and with a vibrant team performance driven by the younger players, look at people’s suggestion of MOTM, Fellows, Khaleel, Addai, Jenks
That’s not to say experience isn’t important, we had a solid spine of that in the middle of the pitch from back to front with Conroy to Powell to Telford. But we shocked a really good team today by the youthful energy we showed, fast direct attacking with incisive passing. Set piece goals show the influence of the manager’s hard work behind the scenes and we got two straight away. Our third goal really showed what Lindsey is about, multiple passing and midfielders getting into scoring positions. A real beauty.
The selection today was excellent, the subs didn’t quite work but nonetheless we didn’t do a Gillingham and blow a 3-1 lead so credit to getting it over the line despite the wobble.
Hopefully this win gives all of us an idea of what Lindsey can do here. He still needs more help from the owners with some players but he showed what he can do with the ones we have. It won’t always come off as well as today but he deserves patience and time. We won’t go down with performances like today’s
The one main caveat I would offer is that Salford passed through us a little too easily at times and I would like to see one or two grizzly defenders.
Overall impressions of today. Fantastic to be back watching the team live and enjoying football again, the Crawley experience is a million times better doing that being among the normal fans rather than reading the 5 or 10 per cent constantly bedwetting online.
Today built on the promise we saw at Newport. The younger players are finally stepping up to the mark and showing our squad is better than we generally think it is.
You might say haven’t we been here before with Etherington’s debut win. Good as that was, today felt much better in one important way. The clutch of Crawley managers over the past 18 months have found it difficult to get wins without Joel Lynch. Lindsey managed that and with a vibrant team performance driven by the younger players, look at people’s suggestion of MOTM, Fellows, Khaleel, Addai, Jenks
That’s not to say experience isn’t important, we had a solid spine of that in the middle of the pitch from back to front with Conroy to Powell to Telford. But we shocked a really good team today by the youthful energy we showed, fast direct attacking with incisive passing. Set piece goals show the influence of the manager’s hard work behind the scenes and we got two straight away. Our third goal really showed what Lindsey is about, multiple passing and midfielders getting into scoring positions. A real beauty.
The selection today was excellent, the subs didn’t quite work but nonetheless we didn’t do a Gillingham and blow a 3-1 lead so credit to getting it over the line despite the wobble.
Hopefully this win gives all of us an idea of what Lindsey can do here. He still needs more help from the owners with some players but he showed what he can do with the ones we have. It won’t always come off as well as today but he deserves patience and time. We won’t go down with performances like today’s
The one main caveat I would offer is that Salford passed through us a little too easily at times and I would like to see one or two grizzly defenders.
I think Jim as ever got it spot on a few pages back that, without Jenks, the defensive organisation frayed a lot
It’s still negative chanting George, how about chanting positively FOR the players? Fans have to play their role in making the Broadfield a fortress and not getting a free ride off the hard work of the team
WAGMI OUT - got a problem with that?
No idea if you really cant see that negativity is just that. We are bound up as a whole, the board, management, players and fans. Success on the pitch has to be in some part down to Wagmi whether you like it or not . I really enjoyed the game and thought the level of negativity was a lot lower than I expected but it was still there. Why cant we accept that everybody wants us to succeed even if so far the journey hasn't been great? We want our Crawley back is a nice chant but meaningless as what do we want - ask the crowd and you'd get many different answers. Its time to pull together, give each other a break and not try to break something that has hope for something destined to bring us all conference football.
If Wagmi delegate to the right people then it can work after a fashion. It feels a bit awkward saying to someone to put the money in and keep the noses out of the playing side of things, but that is the way it seems to work in football. The biggest problem so far is poor delegating. Hopefully, Wagmi is starting to learn from the errors in time for us to stay up.
Just wondered by it brought the passioned defence out.
Accuracy - things journos should strive for. Tom wasn’t transferred because he was a bad player as people wrongly claim the owners think, but because they believed he wasn’t the right player to partner our number one striker.
It’s an interesting but ultimately academic exercise to have a think about how he would have fitted into the team shape today. I guess taking Khaleel’s place in advanced midfield?
Nichols will always be a loved player here but sometimes team building requires hard decisions
If Wagmi delegate to the right people then it can work after a fashion. It feels a bit awkward saying to someone to put the money in and keep the noses out of the playing side of things, but that is the way it seems to work in football. The biggest problem so far is poor delegating. Hopefully, Wagmi is starting to learn from the errors in time for us to stay up.
Totally agree Wagmi have made misjudgments but what ownership group at the club haven’t over the years here. Lindsey seems a strong character, dare I say it a traditional lower league taskmaster than one of the clipboard breed. He’ll try and bring all the disgruntled fans back inside, he’s a passionate, demonstrative guy, shouts loud instructions to his players throughout the game. The west stand fans I think took a good look at him today and thought yes this guy is in charge
If Wagmi delegate to the right people then it can work after a fashion. It feels a bit awkward saying to someone to put the money in and keep the noses out of the playing side of things, but that is the way it seems to work in football. The biggest problem so far is poor delegating. Hopefully, Wagmi is starting to learn from the errors in time for us to stay up.
Totally agree Wagmi have made misjudgments but what ownership group at the club haven’t over the years here. Lindsey seems a strong character, dare I say it a traditional lower league taskmaster than one of the clipboard breed. He’ll try and bring all the disgruntled fans back inside, he’s a passionate, demonstrative guy, shouts loud instructions to his players throughout the game. The west stand fans I think took a good look at him today and thought yes this guy is in charge
I was, as usual, on the south terrace, so didn't get a good look (or listen) at Lindsey. But he did come over at the end and he looked well fired up.
Post by Creepy Crawley on Jan 29, 2023 10:35:59 GMT
Jason Manford , Shaun Ryder , Russell Watson , Kenneth Wolstenholme , Elkie Brooks , Albert Finney ........ Your Boys took one helluva beating ....Your Boys took one helluva beating ...