⚽ Match Thread vs. Crawley Town FC 28.11.23 [EFL L2]

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Originally Posted by Magpies1959

Notts78, Macari wasvery poor in the opening half. So sorry for wanting to sign a better player than Macari. Imagine another Baldwin type player, with a bit more bite and stronger in the air. Macari is poor coming out of D with the ball at his feet, not his fault for being asked to play a position which he doesn't look comfortable in.
JOB, what a warrior and loved his goal celebration,
Very pleased for Morias, very well taken goal, and a good choice of pass by Crowley, as I think Macca was in an offside position.
Huge relief that it looks like Jones was only suffering from cramp.
Stone looked very confident when he came on, and made a couple of crucial saves.
Just to think, only 6 points off top, and this place was nearing meltdown on Saturday.

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Macari makes the whole right side more solid. Far better get than Brindley. They offered no threat all night from their left.

Good to get a win tonight and it’s these cold nights in November where picking up 3 points especially at home will help keep us in the mix. Pleasing that JOB and Junior Morais got on the scoresheet along with regular goal scorer Didzy.

Whilst we are still 6th we are only a point behind Wrexham in 2nd place and after 20 games we are in a good place having won over half our games. Keep this up over the season and we will be up there.

Our goal difference is telling us the story though in that we are a side that scores a lot but concedes a lot. We could with giving someone a good 4-0 or 5-0 thrashing to increase this as this is obviously one area for improvement.

Just Walsall, Harrogate and Stockport and that’s the first half of the season complete. If we can get six points from nine from those three games that will be a solid foundation on which to build after Christmas.

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Originally Posted by optipez

Macari makes the whole right side more solid. Far better get than Brindley. They offered no threat all night from their left.

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Apart from hitting the bar very late on.

Entertaining game, good win. Thought we were well worth it in the end, kept improving as the game went on.

Still obvious issues, particularly in midfield where JOB and Austin will work but can’t give us the control that Palmer did, but not a lot we can do about it until January other than keep picking up enough points to stay in touch.

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Originally Posted by the_anticlough

I thought Macari was fine tonight overall, even seems like a steadying influence.

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Made one big error first half but recovered well to get a tackle in. Otherwise he’s got a bit of pace, reads the game decently and is positive on the ball. He’s not going to solve our defensive issues on his own short term, but well worth bringing in on a long contract if we can. Think he’s a decent League Two defender now with the scope to develop a lot.

Highlights from Sky...

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/13018574/notts-county-3-1-crawley-league-two-highlights

https://youtu.be/HBkGbQM1HTo?si=719bYLXq9tMz0KuY

Didn't stay up for it. Watching the highlights, looks like they defended like us but even worse. Nice goals.

We're in 6th, have won more games than anyone else except Stockport, and our GD isn't as bad as Gillingham's. The second and third automatic spots look like they'll be a real fight.

Also Accrington, from 4-0 down after 90 to only losing 4-3, must have had some time added on.

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Originally Posted by applepie2

Apart from hitting the bar very late on.

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Thought Macari did well 2nd half imo Brindley has more tools than him as good in the air,quicker and can pass as good but Macari would get the nod at the minute because of the impression he gives on the pitch he is positive and looks like he wants it with a lot of urgency where as Brindley appears negative with the ball and going through the motions(could be his style ?)
The 25(Tsaroulla) looked very tricky last 20 minutes and almost scored 1 or 2 times.