What price Dan Crowley?

[durhampie]

I think I agree with you Durham. The only problem is that we would have to get someone else in to be playmaker first - or give up on the season. And if you do that you are never sure what you are going to get.
He was a liability today. I know it would have probably put him in sulk but he should have gone off instead of Martin.

Correct. I thought Martin played well and didnt deserve to go off.

[jackal2]

My dad who isn't a Notts fan watched the game today and kept saying "who is that no7 he's very greedy".

Dan's a fantastic footballer with a human frailty. To be honest, if I had his ability I'd probably want to be the centre of attention and show off too, but when he starts to do that and holds onto the ball too long for no reason, it isn't helping him or the team. Bostock had the same trait. It's probably a big reason why Crowley and Bostock are playing at lower league level when their talent if honed correctly could have graced a far bigger stage. When the switch flicks subconsciously into 'show pony' mode, Crowley could do with a Roy Keane type to give him a sharp clip round the lughole and get him back focused and playing for the team.

[legs77]

Correct. I thought Martin played well and didnt deserve to go off.

I thought he was Walsall best player second half !

Martin probably came off due to match fitness so no issue there.

It may have looked negative but Hinchy for Crowley might have helped us get a hold in midfield late on.

[jacobncfc]

There?s a really specific problem with Crowley - most mercurial creative players are inconsistent, but when they?re not on it they tend to be anonymous. Crowley insists on getting on the ball so much that when he has a bad game (or half) it?s actively really detrimental to everything we?re trying to do. And, as with us as a team, his good performances tend to come against weaker teams where he has the run of things and his poorer ones against good teams who put him under pressure.

[BigFatPie]

I?ve slagged him off a bit in the match thread, but he still very nearly levelled it up with a fantastic run and finish near the end.

As with the team he does have a bit of the flat track bully about him but we do have a lot of apparent rubbish to play, starting on Saturday, so I hope he stays.

Someone on twitter mentioned about how Platt got smacked square in the face in the build up to their goal but didn?t go down which kind of sums up to me about why we keep coming up short in games like today?s.

[bule1]

We were on a downward spiral until he came back but if you want a scapegoat....

[northpie1862]

I?ve slagged him off a bit in the match thread, but he still very nearly levelled it up with a fantastic run and finish near the end.

As with the team he does have a bit of the flat track bully about him but we do have a lot of apparent rubbish to play, starting on Saturday, so I hope he stays.

Someone on twitter mentioned about how Platt got smacked square in the face in the build up to their goal but didn?t go down which kind of sums up to me about why we keep coming up short in games like today?s.

Ahh yes ?flat track bully? because Crowleys best performances of the season against Grimsby , Bradford and MK are all against terrible teams who are nowhere near the top of the league?

[i961pie]

Didzys a carthorse, Crowley is a greedy sod, Maynards a Muppet not forgetting the 3 stooges and didn't you want to get rid of Martin? It's only your positivity that keeps you going Durham😜.

[durhampie]

Didzys a carthorse, Crowley is a greedy sod, Maynards a Muppet not forgetting the 3 stooges and didn't you want to get rid of Martin? It's only your positivity that keeps you going Durham��.

I think you will find i am not far off the mark... Both Didzy and Crowley were awful today, and SM got the subs wrong,,

[SmiffyPie]

I hate to say it but I think Didzy is fast approaching his best before date (well not fast because, quite naturally, he has lost a yard or two).