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Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Reports and reaction from the 2013-2014 season as Walsall finished 13th in League 1
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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 3:55 pm

Wrong team today. Playing too direct against a poor team. We should be passing the ball to unlock their defence.

Changes needed.

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:01 pm

Too much long ball up to Ngoo who half the time can't even be arsed to jump for it.
Lazy get.

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:09 pm

Attendance 3,904

Port Vale 0 Crewe 2 now.....

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:10 pm

SaddlerSteve wrote:Too much long ball up to Ngoo who half the time can't even be Arsenal to jump for it.
Lazy get.


At 6 foot 5 inches he shouldn't need to jump.....

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:13 pm

Utter disgrace.

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:13 pm

Sky are reporting Walsall 0 Crawley 2 now.....

Time for some substitutions?????

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:15 pm

0-2

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:17 pm

SaddlerSteve wrote:Too much long ball up to Ngoo who half the time can't even be Arsenal to jump for it.
Lazy get.


Seems like the acquisition of a striker, which so many were crying out for, has affected our play negatively, if all we are doing is humping it up to him and that isn't working. Thought he was the plan B anyway. Why ditch what we have done so well with, just because we get a premier league club striker on loan?

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:19 pm

Piss Poor.

As I was openly abused for a few weeks back, failures against teams like Gillingham with last minute goals, Tranmere where we took our foot off the gas and today are precisely why we won't finish in the playoffs. Absolutely dreadful result. Our season will fade away to high in the bottom half looking at our fixtures in the next few weeks IMO.

Just in time for the Wolves to spank us as well.

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:20 pm

Jolly Johnny wrote:
SaddlerSteve wrote:Too much long ball up to Ngoo who half the time can't even be Arsenal to jump for it.
Lazy get.


Seems like the acquisition of a striker, which so many were crying out for, has affected our play negatively, if all we are doing is humping it up to him and that isn't working. Thought he was the plan B anyway. Why ditch what we have done so well with, just because we get a premier league club striker on loan?

Spot on.

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:20 pm

Another home debacle.

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:24 pm

60 min - Sawyers on for Ngoo

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:26 pm

MANTOM!!!!!!! 1-2, 63 min

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:28 pm

Welsh_Saddler wrote:60 min - Sawyers on for Ngoo

Should have been the selection at the start.

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:36 pm

Three Crawley players now booked. (Edit...not to be out-done, Lalkovic is also shown the yellow card)

Stevenage 0 Peterborough 1, 75 min :(

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:37 pm

Peterborough winning. Port Vale, Swindon and MK Dons all losing.

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:41 pm

77 min.... Baxendale on for Lalkovic

For the last 10 minutes Crawley will have 10 men. Second yellow card to Clarke.

85 min... Hemmings on for Brandy. Too little, too late?

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:59 pm

Awful result.

Late winners for Posh and Rotherham.

I'd suggest that is the season over for a definitive 'achievement' - we won't make the playoffs or be relegated anyway.

Let's see if we can better last seasons finish. I'd say it's also quite obvious that Ngoo should be used as an impact player late in the game, not as a starter.

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:59 pm

Bye bye playoffs.

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 5:04 pm

Deano has unfortunately cost us a play off place.

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 5:05 pm

SMITH OUT. 7th place not good enough with a bottom-four budget. Thick footballer.

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 5:07 pm

Don't despair - just another bad day at the office.

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 5:09 pm

disappointing, but stating the season is over is premature.

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 5:13 pm

Registered Saddler wrote:SMITH OUT. 7th place not good enough with a bottom-four budget. Thick footballer.


Har.

Though putting his faith in Ngoo over Sawyers has been a mistake in hindsight.

It's not over, but we need snookers.

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 5:20 pm

Whenever Ngoo does get the ball, he's also a ball hogger that tries to take everyone on himself then loses it.
The guy has totally unbalanced the team and I can't believe the long balls punted up to him became plan A.

As soon as he was taken off we reverted to playing in the floor and were all over them with a goal a few minutes later.

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 5:28 pm

We were cack today though, and Smith got it proper wrong.

NGoo was just so bad i was giggling all the way through the first half, amazed he made it on to the pitch second half. looked like a Pub player.

The penalty looked odd to me, but you cant blame the ref today, we deserved to lose. Despite managing to score a skewed shot off a corner, we did not create one chance all game, and their keeper was catching easy crosses all day long. Not ones from Purkiss though, they didnt beat the first man.

The striker debate should be over, we only looked like we might nick a point when Westcarr was the striker, and Sawyers was up with him. Lack of goals is not down to our strikers, its down to the two wider forwards, who never ever get in the box. Ever. Brandy is fantastic when he can run at them, but he as barely in the game today, which really effects us. i forgot Lalkovic was playing.

How many crosses do we put in that fizz across the back post and there is no one within 50 yards?

Defence were poor today though, Downing absolutely monged by a pacey turn and Butler couldnt pass water.

Midfield only in the game after the goal, before that they were non existent.

Deserved loss, and probably a damaging one because we really needed some points today. Its the same old reasons every time we lose too.

Special mention to the middle aged man at the end in the Lower booing his head off. Very mature mate, you absolute bellend. Grown men booing.

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 5:28 pm

If we play like that against Wulfs they will dick us.

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 5:34 pm

Ngoo = 2nd rate Emile Heskey

Get rid now.
He isn't a team player.

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 5:39 pm

I don't know what on earth is going on.
But 0-3 against the Dongles and now one shot on target against a load of fodder who've barely played is NOT good enough.
Getting a point away is no good if this is what we can expect at home afterwards.

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Re: Crawley Town (H) League One 22 Feb 3pm

Sat Feb 22, 2014 5:44 pm

Too much dummy spitting and over reactions on here. To write off the play-offs is absurd.

Smith got it wrong starting Ngoo, but that's life.

I enjoyed our 2nd half performance. If we can maintain that for the rest of the season, that'll do me.

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