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Re: Match Day Thread: Crawley
Skura was fine, just doesn't bomb forward like we'd want. But we're a bit restricted there at the moment by injuries. Not ideal, I know, and perhaps we need to work out how to get around it better, but that's not on Skura. He's still a kid, let's not forget.

Re: Man of the Match - Crawley (A)
I think we'll agree to disagree because most of his passes went straight to Crawley in the game I watched. I also think it's interesting that we view him as a developing youth when he's the same age as Joe Low and Caleb Taylor, both of whom are many levels above him
Re: Match Day Thread: Crawley
Mansfield H, Bolton H, Charlton A, Huddersfield H.
all games very similar to today, oh and all before Blooms left, don’t rewrite history to suit your narrative
Re: Match Day Thread: Crawley
Losing Kone is a major part of the problem.
The other problems:
- we’ve lost impetus by playing at Skura at right back given how we look to attack from full back positions. The returns of Pattenden or even Grimmer should sort this.
- Lack of a Morley. Hopefully Simmonds is the answer.
- Having a pre-game plan of attacking subs around the hour mark. “the finishers” made us a real threat in second half. No idea what the second half plan was today.
The three problems I’ve identified can hopefully be sorted easily.
The Kone problem can’t. Sadly we don’t know how long he is out for as the club seem to be a bit secretive on this (suggesting bad news) and his fitness does not seem to have been addressed in pressers.
Re: Match Day Thread: Crawley
I’d go a step further and say all football fans are vermin. BFK.
Re: Match Day Thread: Crawley
Ainsworth and Bloomfield didn’t take over teams in second.
But in any case, it isn’t Dodds who has just signed a shedload of players who aren’t ready to contribute to our promotion battle.

Re: Match Day Thread: Crawley
You have this completly wrong in my opinion . I think a lot of fans considered that he was not going to change from what we had done up until Bloomfiled left . I certainly didn't consider he would be thinking our performances and style since Bloomfleld left (and under caretaker managers) were what he was going to maintain . This has been a pale shadow as to how we were and was a slide back yo longball football .Today was a carbon copy of that .As far as the new signings go there has been a consistant confusion as to why they are not more involed for weeks now . This hasn't suddenly appeared since todays game. As for calling your fellow fans "vermin" for expressing opinions that you don't agree with I think you need to calm down a bit pal .

Re: Match Day Thread: Crawley
Losing Kone is disappointing but not the problem - Udoh led the line well, held the ball up well, scored a goal. The problem comes with the style of play and poor performing personnel further back.
Dodds needs to show he gets it and this sort of performance is not acceptable. A major step up required on Tuesday. There were plenty of questions over his ability to pick a team and exert control from his Sunderland days. He needs to answer some of those questions soon or suggestions we picked the wrong man will only amplify.
