Wednesday

[frogpole]

Really looking forward to this one ...
Think we will stick with the 5-3-2 formation, and should be a good game.
Just hope that the mindset is to play the 11 players facing us, rather than Sheffield Wednesday (hope that makes sense!)
Prediction 2-1 to the Alex.

[gazan]

Yes, funny how it works! Sometimes turn it on against the bigger teams, but it only takes an early goal for them to completely lose it. Need not to have one of our slow starts for this one. They apparently go all out attack yet they haven't scored a lot of goals.
Some names in the team and a return for academy player Cheyenne Dunkley (although he may be one of their injuries).
Whatever, we have to stop that ball down the channels that Ipswich threw at us. It is a gap that exists because of our formation.
I agree about the formation but maybe have Ainley in for Finney and either Travis or Ramsey as RWB.
Don't know about the front two and whether Porter and Long are fit or Mandron and Knight should start.
Whatever, I think they will be too strong for us and it'll be 2-0 for Wednesday.

[gazan]

They are bringing a sellout allocation (2,500?) so we need to bring a mate, partner, parents etc to even up the noise. Shouldn't be too much to ask to break 6,000, should it?

[frogpole]

Perhaps we should take the cardboard cutouts to make it look more ...

[gazan]

🤣🤣

[Wartman]

Really looking forward to this one ...
Think we will stick with the 5-3-2 formation, and should be a good game.
Just hope that the mindset is to play the 11 players facing us, rather than Sheffield Wednesday (hope that makes sense!)
Prediction 2-1 to the Alex.

Yes can’t see Dave changing the formation, however I think the personnel will change Robertson certainly coming back in with possibly a change at RWB as well. Buoyed by the result on Tuesday I think we will sneak it 2-1.

[gazan]

Where are these injuries coming from? Not the best game for Porter to miss his first penalty! Free transfer to Barrow at the end of the season for Ainley?? Though perhaps he should have replaced a clueless Finney further forward earlier in the game.
Once we were 2-0 down it never looked like we would change the complexion of the game especially as our only forward was really feeling his 38 year-old legs.

[Wartman]

Where are these injuries coming from? Not the best game for Porter to miss his first penalty! Free transfer to Barrow at the end of the season for Ainley?? Though perhaps he should have replaced a clueless Finney further forward earlier in the game.
Once we were 2-0 down it never looked like we would change the complexion of the game especially as our only forward was really feeling his 38 year-old legs.

It’s frustrating that we can’t keep a settled side from one game to the next, we had no chance from kick with the personnel Dave was having to use, but the board have to take a lot of responsibility for our current plight as we have less squad players than last season and a lot less quality we have to start improving the budget or this will be ever thus.

[MeForCrewe]

So who's right and who is wrong. Listened to both managers views after the game. Widely different opinions. Probably somewhere in between. Artell alluding to something that has gone on with Mandron, reading between the lines it sounds like he is questioning his "illness". Our season goes from bad to worse.

[gazan]

Not sure about 'bad to worse' as wasn't expecting much from this game even before the changes up front.
The next match is much more important for us in a weekend where the bottom six play each other.