Re: League Two
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 4:20 pm
Crawley 0 Torquay 1
A very poor performance by The Reds where our only real chance came in the first minute and that was saved. Crawley had a few half chances but nothing came of them and according to the match statistics more possession than the Gulls. Torquay had one real chance and they took it. Big John Akinde looked pretty poor as our only striker and the rest of the team with the notable exception of Bulman didn't turn up. Our new on-loan keeper, Gilmartin, is worse than Kuipers and I think it is fair to say that he hasn't made a decent save yet. Some Crawley fans booed the team off at the end - I didn't but I didn't clap either. One word sums us up - Inept.
Shrewsbury 2 Crawley 1
This match took place on Monday last and we travelled to the impressive Greenhous stadium. Crawley started well and after 33 minutes Clarke lobbed the ball to Big John Akinde who thumped it home for his first competitive goal for the Reds. Well done John As the game progressed, the Shrews came into it a bit more but Crawley were in charge. That all changed just before half-time when their Mark Wright levelled the score. The second half saw the Reds in control once more but failing to make anything of the several chances they set up. Same old story recently. Shrewsbury held on and their keeper had to deny John Akinde once but it was them who got the vital goal against the run of play when substitute Marvin Morgan drove home from the edge of the box. The statistics sum it all up - we had 54% of play, 9 shots on target, 17 off target and scored once. The Shrews had 46% play only 4 shots on target and 11 off target but scored twice We are lacking in attack and our loanee keeper does not inspire confidence. We are lacking in attack because we sold our best strikers.
I apologise for the delay posting but recent events at the club have made being a Crawley supporter a bit less fun than it used to be as the team has been decimated by the sale of Tubbs and Barnett. Yes, two players is not the team but it makes things a lot worse when they were the players who scored virtually all our goals and we really don't have anybody who looks remotely like stepping into their boots. Big John tries his hardest and is loved by the fans but he is a long way short of the natural skill level needed. We don't really have anyone else.
The directors have issued a statement explaining why players have been sold along with other information in a cleverly laid out way that suggests that they have acted entirely reasonably. What they fail to mention is we are now the richest team in our league but we now don't have any strikers. Every fan I have spoken to, accepts that we will lose good players to bigger clubs but all agree that the sale of Tyrone Barnett at this stage of the season was a step too far without a quality replacement lined up. The directors want to increase the attendances, which we all want to see happen of course, but selling your best players thus decimating the team is not going to achieve this The directors ask to be judged at the end of the season not now - They will be!
Just to make matters even worse, it has been confirmed unofficially that we no longer have a groundsman after he and his assistant walked on Friday, apparently after a disagreement with the CEO Alan Williams. The club have not made an announcement so far but he wasn't at the game on Saturday and at half-time others were treading down divots. By full time the pitch was cut up badly and will need some TLC before the next match. Who is going to do that I wonder?
Tomorrow (Monday) sees us travel to Southend who are currently in third place against our sixth place. Southend won away yesterday at Barnet whilst we lost at home. Unless a miracle happens I don't see us coming away with anything. I hope I'm wrong! I'm booked on the GH Coaches and we depart at 4:00pm. I will report back.
COME ON YOU REDS!
A very poor performance by The Reds where our only real chance came in the first minute and that was saved. Crawley had a few half chances but nothing came of them and according to the match statistics more possession than the Gulls. Torquay had one real chance and they took it. Big John Akinde looked pretty poor as our only striker and the rest of the team with the notable exception of Bulman didn't turn up. Our new on-loan keeper, Gilmartin, is worse than Kuipers and I think it is fair to say that he hasn't made a decent save yet. Some Crawley fans booed the team off at the end - I didn't but I didn't clap either. One word sums us up - Inept.
Shrewsbury 2 Crawley 1
This match took place on Monday last and we travelled to the impressive Greenhous stadium. Crawley started well and after 33 minutes Clarke lobbed the ball to Big John Akinde who thumped it home for his first competitive goal for the Reds. Well done John As the game progressed, the Shrews came into it a bit more but Crawley were in charge. That all changed just before half-time when their Mark Wright levelled the score. The second half saw the Reds in control once more but failing to make anything of the several chances they set up. Same old story recently. Shrewsbury held on and their keeper had to deny John Akinde once but it was them who got the vital goal against the run of play when substitute Marvin Morgan drove home from the edge of the box. The statistics sum it all up - we had 54% of play, 9 shots on target, 17 off target and scored once. The Shrews had 46% play only 4 shots on target and 11 off target but scored twice We are lacking in attack and our loanee keeper does not inspire confidence. We are lacking in attack because we sold our best strikers.
I apologise for the delay posting but recent events at the club have made being a Crawley supporter a bit less fun than it used to be as the team has been decimated by the sale of Tubbs and Barnett. Yes, two players is not the team but it makes things a lot worse when they were the players who scored virtually all our goals and we really don't have anybody who looks remotely like stepping into their boots. Big John tries his hardest and is loved by the fans but he is a long way short of the natural skill level needed. We don't really have anyone else.
The directors have issued a statement explaining why players have been sold along with other information in a cleverly laid out way that suggests that they have acted entirely reasonably. What they fail to mention is we are now the richest team in our league but we now don't have any strikers. Every fan I have spoken to, accepts that we will lose good players to bigger clubs but all agree that the sale of Tyrone Barnett at this stage of the season was a step too far without a quality replacement lined up. The directors want to increase the attendances, which we all want to see happen of course, but selling your best players thus decimating the team is not going to achieve this The directors ask to be judged at the end of the season not now - They will be!
Just to make matters even worse, it has been confirmed unofficially that we no longer have a groundsman after he and his assistant walked on Friday, apparently after a disagreement with the CEO Alan Williams. The club have not made an announcement so far but he wasn't at the game on Saturday and at half-time others were treading down divots. By full time the pitch was cut up badly and will need some TLC before the next match. Who is going to do that I wonder?
Tomorrow (Monday) sees us travel to Southend who are currently in third place against our sixth place. Southend won away yesterday at Barnet whilst we lost at home. Unless a miracle happens I don't see us coming away with anything. I hope I'm wrong! I'm booked on the GH Coaches and we depart at 4:00pm. I will report back.
COME ON YOU REDS!