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jamespevans wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 12:06 am Probably our best all round performance of the season if you ignore the Sergeant howler and Embleton's decision to go five up top on 75 minutes, decimating a midfield that bossed Crewe all game.

Sergeant - 5 - felt for the kid, needs to be stood down for a few games to get his confidence back
Brophy - 7 - was always a threat down the left with JMD and solid at the back
Happe - 7 - screwed up for the 2nd when we only had two defenders on the pitch but was solid and his distribution was excellent
Ekpiteta - 7 - has got his mojo back and the combination with Happe looks rock solid
Marsh - 7 - aside from struggling in the first 10 minutes when they overloaded on his side was always willing to get forward, would love to see him alongside Cisse in the middle
JMD - 6 - blew a bit hot and cold today
Clay - 6- ran around like a nutter and should have scored early on
Wright - 7 - benefited from the work Cisse was putting in
Cisse - 9 - looked a cut above this level and hopefully he ran out of steam after 70mins rather than picked up an injury. We lost the momentum when he went off
Soteriou - 7 - would have rated him higher but he wasn't as effective in the 2nd half as he was in the 1st. Brings something to the team and deserves to start
Wilkinson - 6 - only okay tonight and he is much better. Needs a few goals

Angol - 6 - little impact in the 25 minutes he played
Harrold - even less impact but very few crosses came in so can't really be blamed

jamespevans wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 12:06 am Probably our best all round performance of the season if you ignore the Sergeant howler and Embleton's decision to go five up top on 75 minutes, decimating a midfield that bossed Crewe all game.

Sergeant - 5 - felt for the kid, needs to be stood down for a few games to get his confidence back
Brophy - 7 - was always a threat down the left with JMD and solid at the back
Happe - 7 - screwed up for the 2nd when we only had two defenders on the pitch but was solid and his distribution was excellent
Ekpiteta - 7 - has got his mojo back and the combination with Happe looks rock solid
Marsh - 7 - aside from struggling in the first 10 minutes when they overloaded on his side was always willing to get forward, would love to see him alongside Cisse in the middle
JMD - 6 - blew a bit hot and cold today
Clay - 6- ran around like a nutter and should have scored early on
Wright - 7 - benefited from the work Cisse was putting in
Cisse - 9 - looked a cut above this level and hopefully he ran out of steam after 70mins rather than picked up an injury. We lost the momentum when he went off
Soteriou - 7 - would have rated him higher but he wasn't as effective in the 2nd half as he was in the 1st. Brings something to the team and deserves to start
Wilkinson - 6 - only okay tonight and he is much better. Needs a few goals

Angol - 6 - little impact in the 25 minutes he played
Harrold - even less impact but very few crosses came in so can't really be blamed

lordgriff wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:15 am Sargeant's selection sums Ross up for me. Rather than be proactive and make the decision before he turns in a howler, he will now react and drop him on Saturday instead.
That mistake has been coming for the last 3 matches. And let's not forget, the 2nd goal tonight was fairly atrocious keeping also.
The Newport goal on Saturday was as a result of poor keeping and he was extremely fortunate after the monumental f*** up against Northampton.
On several occasions, you could see the defenders refusing to pass back to him as it would seem they have literally no confidence in him whatsoever.
Too late now though. Well done Ross.

lordgriff wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:15 am Sargeant's selection sums Ross up for me. Rather than be proactive and make the decision before he turns in a howler, he will now react and drop him on Saturday instead.
That mistake has been coming for the last 3 matches. And let's not forget, the 2nd goal tonight was fairly atrocious keeping also.
The Newport goal on Saturday was as a result of poor keeping and he was extremely fortunate after the monumental f*** up against Northampton.
On several occasions, you could see the defenders refusing to pass back to him as it would seem they have literally no confidence in him whatsoever.
Too late now though. Well done Ross.

jamespevans wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 12:06 am Probably our best all round performance of the season if you ignore the Sergeant howler and Embleton's decision to go five up top on 75 minutes, decimating a midfield that bossed Crewe all game.

Sergeant - 5 - felt for the kid, needs to be stood down for a few games to get his confidence back
Brophy - 7 - was always a threat down the left with JMD and solid at the back
Happe - 7 - screwed up for the 2nd when we only had two defenders on the pitch but was solid and his distribution was excellent
Ekpiteta - 7 - has got his mojo back and the combination with Happe looks rock solid
Marsh - 7 - aside from struggling in the first 10 minutes when they overloaded on his side was always willing to get forward, would love to see him alongside Cisse in the middle
JMD - 6 - blew a bit hot and cold today
Clay - 6- ran around like a nutter and should have scored early on
Wright - 7 - benefited from the work Cisse was putting in
Cisse - 9 - looked a cut above this level and hopefully he ran out of steam after 70mins rather than picked up an injury. We lost the momentum when he went off
Soteriou - 7 - would have rated him higher but he wasn't as effective in the 2nd half as he was in the 1st. Brings something to the team and deserves to start
Wilkinson - 6 - only okay tonight and he is much better. Needs a few goals

Angol - 6 - little impact in the 25 minutes he played
Harrold - even less impact but very few crosses came in so can't really be blamed

Highwood Man wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:21 am Sargeant's howler last night reminded me of the Chris Tait goal in the play off final against Blackpool in Cardiff. Opening minute, keeper slips over presents forward with an open goal. Unfortunately that day, we couldn't take advantage of our massive slice of luck.

Howling Mad Murdock wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 8:26 am Trouble is we aren't scoring enough which obviously doesn't help.

George wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 8:19 am Why do people continue to make excuses for Sarge. He is not good enough. It’s the old Orient “ he’s one of us rubbish “.
He needs to go out on loan. We don’t owe him anything and we will not have a stable back line with him in goal. You see poor defensive performance all the time in football when an out of confidence or poor keeper is playing. I dread the ball coming into our box. He will continue to cost us a goal a game and as we seldom score two you can’t see us winning many

George wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 8:19 am Why do people continue to make excuses for Sarge. He is not good enough. It’s the old Orient “ he’s one of us rubbish “.
He needs to go out on loan. We don’t owe him anything and we will not have a stable back line with him in goal. You see poor defensive performance all the time in football when an out of confidence or poor keeper is playing. I dread the ball coming into our box. He will continue to cost us a goal a game and as we seldom score two you can’t see us winning many

Thor wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:39 am We should be looking at the midfield as it's been very poor for a very long time. Cisse has improved it no doubt about it.

The second issue is Lingletons post match interview where he says "crewe have an identity and a way of playing" that to me is the single biggest criticism i can level against the coaching team as we have neither. Maybe the last two a and a half games are going some way to rectifying that? I hope it is, but my confidence in Ross has not improved as he is like a fish out of water at times.

UpminsterO wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 10:00 am

Thor wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:39 am We should be looking at the midfield as it's been very poor for a very long time. Cisse has improved it no doubt about it.

The second issue is Lingletons post match interview where he says "crewe have an identity and a way of playing" that to me is the single biggest criticism i can level against the coaching team as we have neither. Maybe the last two a and a half games are going some way to rectifying that? I hope it is, but my confidence in Ross has not improved as he is like a fish out of water at times.

Over some decades Crewe have generally done quite well on limited income I assume small gates and not much in transfer fees paid

Thor wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:06 am I didn’t t see the game only reading the comments on here plus his interview which he clearly states those words. If they went long long all game and that’s the way they play for example that is in essence an identity, is it not?