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Post by OohMac on Aug 30, 2022 9:56:33 GMT
Usually I wouldnt care about this fixture, in truth still dont, but think theres a lot of our players with something to prove.
Sadlier needs to play in his preferred role. Dixon would give game time too as he wouldnt get any minutes in the league. Baka and Kachunga to play up front and if they cant do show that instinct then 48 hours to ship out and improve. Save Bradley, Morley, Lee for the weekend.
So guess it would be
Dixon
Aimson Santos Toal
Jones Iredale
....Dempsey MJ
......Sadlier
Kachunga Baka
With Isgrove to replace Jones and get a decent run.
Should be a 4-0. Lets see.
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Post by chip on Aug 30, 2022 11:32:56 GMT
Not wasting my money or time on tonight because if we win and Santos plays well Ian will be justified by playing him but if we get beat Ian will say it’s all about building ourselves up for Saturday so what’s the point 🤷♂️ Still going for a win no matter what happens or who he plays onwards and upwards COYWM
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Post by riochforthereebok on Aug 30, 2022 14:56:39 GMT
Nearly fell off my chair looking at Transfer Gossip
Newcastle United in for Bakayoko!!
Sadly, it’s the one at AC Milan😡😡
Couldn’t care less about this Pizza trophy
And Crewe usually do us in these comps anyway
I actually fear Charlton on Saturday the way things are going for us of late
Big 20,000 plus crowd (£10 for adult) and we freeze
Nothing less than 3 points will do
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Post by davidm on Aug 30, 2022 15:01:00 GMT
Will probably be a decent game tonight – games against Crewe are usually entertaining.
I expect Sheehan, Isgrove and Toal to start.
I presume it will be Bakayoko and Kachunga up front.
Not sure who the wing backs will be.
Being a normal West stand fan, sitting in the East stand is strange to me – it almost feels like an away game but I will go for a 3-2 win
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Post by whitesince63 on Aug 30, 2022 15:52:40 GMT
Who knows what the starting eleven will be but if Sadlier doesn’t start in the No10 role tonight then I think he should just walk away. I just wonder how seriously IE is taking this one but the starting team will tell us. Like most I expect Kachunga and Baka to start up top but I’m not sure about defence. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Santos and Jones on the bench and Toal and Aimson replace them next to Johnson. It also wouldn’t surprise me if Isgrove started in place of Bradley because he won’t last more than 60 minutes and can be replaced. I wouldn’t normally be bothered about this one but given how poorly we’re doing it will be interesting to see how Evatt reacts. Either way I wouldn’t take Crewe too lightly because they’ve made a good start and are no mugs. We should win so I’ll go for 2-0 to the Whites.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Aug 30, 2022 18:56:05 GMT
2115 fans in tonight
Hope they get a free Papa Johns Pizza for their troubles 🍕
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Post by davidm on Aug 31, 2022 8:44:41 GMT
As I hoped, this was a really entertaining game.
Loads of attacking, loads of chances, loads of misses.
We took the lead early on when Jones broke excellently down the right, crossed and after a scramble and a miskick in the Crewe defence, Bakayoko finished very well into the roof of the net.
I looked at the watch after 15 minutes. By that time we had scored 1 and gone close on 4 other occasions and then Dixon dropped a high cross and it was level. It was dreadful goal keeping. Clear everybody out of the way, catch the ball and keep hold of it.
The domination and more or less all out attacking carried on and it is no exaggeration to say we could, probably should, have scored 5 by half time.
Bakayoko missed a couple of good chances. Sadlier, Thomason and Sheehan all shot over from good chances. Their keeper made a couple of good saves and Iredale had a shot blocked on the line.
So 1-1 at half time but a really good game.
Second half, it calmed for a while then we brought our subs on. Charles and Kachunga ran the Crewe defence ragged but we continued to miss the half chances.
Kachunga then played the ball through to Charles and he did really well to beat the keeper and scored from an acute angle.
Still the misses came. Kachunga had 2 good chances, Charles hit the keepers legs when through until Sadlier broke into the box, and curled a lovely shot in. There was still time for Iredale to break down the left and centre for Charles and do what good strikers do – tap in from a yard out.
A really entertaining game.
A few points from the game:-
- Dixon is not good enough. Another mistake costs a goal. We need a proper back up keeper.
- When Santos wasn’t on the pitch, the normal “Trafford to Santos to Johnston to Santos to Trafford to Santos etc etc” moves did not take place. We just played out of defence. When he came on (he played well by the way) the slow build up returned.
- Good to see the late goals return. 3 in the last quarter of an hour. Signs that our fitness is good.
- Watching from the opposite side of the ground is weird. I have 25+ years watching from the West Stand. East Stand feels like we are playing away.
Marks:-
Dixon - 5 Not much to do but goalkeepers cannot drop high centres. Poor again
Aimson - 6 Got worked up after a hard challenge and for the next few minutes looked like a red card waiting to happen.
Toal - 7 Decent first appearance
Johnston - 8 Too good for Crewe’s attack
Jones - 7 Played wing back and did well
Iredale - 8 Wing back and had free reign up and down the pitch
Thomason - 7 Very busy. Wish he could shoot straight though
Sheehan - 7 A good return. Lots of good passes
Sadlier - 6 Played no 10. Scored a good goal but something was slightly missing
Afolayan - 6 Too good for Crewe but, as often, too much dribbling when a pass was on
Bakayoko - 6 Scored but really should have had a hat trick
Bradley - 6 Did not have to extend himself
Williams - 7 Took hold of midfield when he came on
Santos - 7 No problems. Too strong for Crewe’s attack
Kachunga - 6 Should have scored a couple but involved in the build up in for a couple of the goals
Charles - 8 Another who could have had a hat trick. Hopefully scoring twice will get him going for Saturday
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