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Re: Match Day Thread: Crawley
I think both Luton and us have the same problem - Kone. We miss him desperately up front and Luton put all their eggs in one basket in trying to sign him, when they should have had an alternative target.
Re: Match Day Thread: Crawley
Like @flymofrank I am very nervous about this. We saw how Bloomfield struggled to implement his philosophy of silky football played out from the back when Stryjek was in goal - an impressive shot-stopper undoubtedly, but too quick and impetuous with releasing the ball, which too often went too high up the pitch, was picked up by ease by opponents, and came straight back at us. Our season picked up a year ago when Ravizolli finally got the nod, saving Bloomfield's job in the process. This year, all our best play started with Rav getting the ball to Morley (often via the defenders) and then onwards. The poor form really kicked in when we lost Morley, sure, but with Simmons I hoped we'd be able to get back on track, playing attractive short passes through the thirds once more. But even if he starts from Tuesday onwards, he's going to struggle being as effective as we want him to be if the ball keeps sailing over his head because Norris is kicking it long -- especially as Norris's accuracy didn't seem that much better than Stryjek's.
I can't see a world in which Norris wasn't brought in with the intention of making him number one. But I'm quite concerned about what this means for the way we'll continue to play from now on.

Re: The season starts now...
Get another laptop and a few monitors. Then a longer desk (or 2 desks) and you could set a massive nerve station of live football up.

Re: Match Day Thread: Crawley
Good job Bloomfield proved instantly he was the best manager ever and won all his first games, otherwise we might pre-judge Mike Dodds

Re: Match Day Thread: Crawley
Fully agree. It was so frustrating watching Skura today. His passing completion rate must've been terrible, and so many attacks broke down or lost momentum when it got to him. Not his fault at all - he's probably a League Two standard centre back having to play RB for a top of League One team. But it's astonishing that we're having to play him there after all of the additions we've made to the squad
Re: Match Day Thread: Crawley
Why sign Morley when instead you could sign two Danes who can’t make the matchday squad after a month

Re: Match Day Thread: Crawley
Thankfully I literally don't care what I look like to some random online.
