Oldham away

[LordK]

Just watched the whole game again, how we only came away with 1 point beats me. For a person with a nose for goal Tezgel, missed 2 open goals. 2 strikes (probably to clean straight into keepers arms. Then the strike that hit our own man, may have had a chance. Lunt's great header, too clean, against the post. On another day 4-1 or so. Sounded a good atmosphere and great away support. Again the subs, too late in the game to make another difference. Agree on Holicek, lost his mojo, since coming back. Sanders working his ass off, but cannot replicate every time moving forward his strike of a few weeks ago. Take the point, but 2 lost in my view.

[lukcour]

I too have heard that Holicek is a talented ball player. but for some reason he is not competitive and chooses not to use his physically strength. I cannot understand why the management continue to select him. As I said after the Burton game presently Rankine llooks a far better prospect. I do hope that Holicek gets his act together.

[Timmy58]

Unfortunately in the 2nd half our consistency dropped. We only gave the ball away 33 times, Could it be that we are not National League standard, more like Sunday League standard.

In our last 12 games from a possible 36 points we have gained the staggering total of 14 points. But even so most of Crewe supporters are quite happy with our current management.

Hells bells the silence on here is incredible. Even MikeSB has not posted.

One of the reasons this site is "quiet" could well be down to the site being ever more difficult to access. I composed a reply and when I tried to post it I was dumped out of it. The reason I don't post much is because I really can't be arsed. It's hard work and shouldn't be.

On yesterdays match, I watched it on tv and we should have won. They were a team coming in on the back of a few decent results as, of course, were we. To a man, our players were that bit better than theirs and if we played them again tomorrow we would beat them.
Am I satisfied with the management team? Yes, by and large. Could they be better? yes, probably but we should remember that like some of the players, they are learning as they go. And I think they get more right than they get wrong. It is a hell of a gamble to get rid when we are 8th in the league and bring someone in from outside with ni certainty of success and what a costly business that would be. It is a tight league and lose 5 on the trot we could be nearer the bottom than the top. Is that likely? No. Are we "likely" to go up? Mmm, not sure. It is certainly possible but maybe not likely. Who knows? But I will take where we are as a team but, more importantly, also as a team.

Sorry for the long post.

[jimmyboldon]

Close on 2000 views and not a single comment Wow the enthusiasm of Crewe supporters is incredible.

As I have said before, this site is not used by the majority of Crewe fans. Twitter, Crewe A Facebook and Crewe Alex chat are the active ones. In fact, the platform as a whole is sparsely used by other clubs. Most forums are independent.
The number of views I take with a serious pinch of salt. I don?t know how it?s recorded, but I just don?t believe it.
Unlike others, I have never had problems posting. I tend to use the ?reply with quote ? button.
I don?t post often as I hate the constant repetition and negativity.
Yes, we gave the ball away a lot, we are a L2 team. If (yes I know!) we had put away 2/3/4 of our chances, would L have posted that statistic?

[ShropshireAlex]

One of the reasons this site is "quiet" could well be down to the site being ever more difficult to access. I composed a reply and when I tried to post it I was dumped out of it. The reason I don't post much is because I really can't be arsed. It's hard work and shouldn't be.

On yesterdays match, I watched it on tv and we should have won. They were a team coming in on the back of a few decent results as, of course, were we. To a man, our players were that bit better than theirs and if we played them again tomorrow we would beat them.
Am I satisfied with the management team? Yes, by and large. Could they be better? yes, probably but we should remember that like some of the players, they are learning as they go. And I think they get more right than they get wrong. It is a hell of a gamble to get rid when we are 8th in the league and bring someone in from outside with ni certainty of success and what a costly business that would be. It is a tight league and lose 5 on the trot we could be nearer the bottom than the top. Is that likely? No. Are we "likely" to go up? Mmm, not sure. It is certainly possible but maybe not likely. Who knows? But I will take where we are as a team but, more importantly, also as a team.

Sorry for the long post.

Well done for getting it posted! This site is indeed really frustrating at times. I don't get dumped out but it often takes 3 goes to get a post lodged. I sometimes copy the text in case I am dumped out as it keeps asking if I want to leave the site. I agree, a far from perfect performance but as Lee Bell says we could and should havce won with it. As a reported on railwayman revoew says, maybe 99 times in 100 we would have done. At least we didn't concede as we would have done sometimes in the past when on top and unable to score.

[MeForCrewe]

As I have said before, this site is not used by the majority of Crewe fans. Twitter, Crewe A Facebook and Crewe Alex chat are the active ones. In fact, the platform as a whole is sparsely used by other clubs. Most forums are independent.
The number of views I take with a serious pinch of salt. I don?t know how it?s recorded, but I just don?t believe it.
Unlike others, I have never had problems posting. I tend to use the ?reply with quote ? button.
I don?t post often as I hate the constant repetition and negativity.
Yes, we gave the ball away a lot, we are a L2 team. If (yes I know!) we had put away 2/3/4 of our chances, would L have posted that statistic?

So frustrated with this site I have all but given up on it. Is the Crewe Alex Chat on Facebook or on another platform please?

[jimmyboldon]

So frustrated with this site I have all but given up on it. Is the Crewe Alex Chat on Facebook or on another platform please?

It?s on Facebook. You have to apply or be invited to join. 3000members, obviously not all active, but a wide variety of posts and posters.

[MeForCrewe]

It?s on Facebook. You have to apply or be invited to join. 3000members, obviously not all active, but a wide variety of posts and posters.

Thanks for the reply. I vowed that I would never get involved with Facebook but maybe I will change my mind. Can you recommend the chat on there?

[jimmyboldon]

Thanks for the reply. I vowed that I would never get involved with Facebook but maybe I will change my mind. Can you recommend the chat on there?

I don’t do Facebook except to allow me to access various pages, not just football. I don’t post anything.
Recommend the chat?
Hmmmm!
Generally yes, it’s ok. There are a few Nheads on there, but that’s to be expected with the number of members, and what I perceive to be the greater age range than on here.
It’s strangely not easy to find.
Being a fbook member also gets you into the official Crewe Alex Facebook page (I think you have to have a f book membership, but I could be wrong). This page seems to be updated better than the main site, and does allow you (not me!) to comment. For example, the Max Sanders interview on the FB page has 13 comment, from 12 different posters.
It also has a running game report, so today the U21 team lost 0-5 and that was constantly updated.

[MeForCrewe]

The Alex seemed the better side despite relative parity in stats. The biggest problem was poor judgement and accuracy when it came to chances. Tezgel and Sanders should have scored and others were just wild with their attempts. Quite a disappointing outcome.
I have to raise questions about Holicek. He undoubtedly has good ball skills but rarely has an end product. Rarely scores, if at all and the same can be said of assists.

Thanks very much for all that, very interesting and something to consider. One last question if you would be so kind. Do they have threads on there the same as on here and can you start them off?