Swindon V Crewe Matchday Thread.

[nochee]

Still a point.

The next game is a defo must win!!!  

[adje]

Leicester get last minute winner-thank fuck for that,every little helps

[adje]

Bloody hell Carlisle get a last last minute equaliser ffs!

[suttonred]

Agree next week at Brighton is a real bum squeaker, about time we did them over, come on mr Karma, deal us a hand!

[Berniman]

2nd half much better, but still never looked like scoring!  Timlin and OTJ were good 2nd half, but would have probably given Greer MOTM because he was solid for the whole 90.

Crewe did a job on us.  9 men behind the ball for the majority of the game and it seems that they settled for the point at half time.  Their game plan worked a treat!  Fair Play to them, we needed that sort of performance last week!

We are going to have to break our usual habit of losing at Brighton now if we want to stay in this league IMO.

[Luci]

My positive today was that Phil Smith looked far more confident.  Caught EVERYTHING and commanded his area well. 

[DV]

Smith was good.

Only one team was interested in winning that today. Crewe were happy to play for the 0-0.

Amankwaah was good and deserved man of the match purely for that tackle at the end.

We werent brilliant, we werent shit either - cant believe our fans booed at the end of the game!! fucking idiots.

[Reg Smeeton]

Bloody hell Carlisle get a last last minute equaliser ffs!

It's what you've got to do if you want to stay up....think we've now reached the stage, of needing to hope that Northampton implode....given they've home games to come and a reasonable home record....can't see it happening.  Think we're now favourites amongst the strugglers to drop. 

[Luci]

I thought today was simply one shit team against another.  I can't really see any positives to be honest and if we are lucky enough to stay up then my God has Wilson got his work cut out.

[michael]

Amankwaah frustrates me.

He'll make a decent burst forward, then move the ball on and drift inside and then just wait for something to happen. Go outside lad, hit the spaces, give them problems.

Crewe could have been 3-0 up after half an hour, and Zola was a handful. I think it's a good point for us really.

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Crewe came with a game plan and it worked. Sadly we had no penetration in the centre of the park and it showed. We couldn't brake them down and they played for the point. I didn't think we were that bad but we had our shaky moments in the first half when they could have been 2-0 up and also at the end when they could have easily scored but for a great tackle from Kev.

It's going to the wire is this. A point today was not the end of the world although it now means we need to win a game on the road or draw all 3. Interesting for sure.

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Oh and I can't believe some of our fans booed both at the end and when Timlin was given MOTM. Disgrace.

[Spud]

Now, i've never been on a V.I.P. day at the County Ground but how much free booze do they get? because there was no way Timlin was MOTM today.

A draw was a fair result because we were crap and they came here for the point.

[Batch]

My twopenneth:

Crewe were the better team in the first half and squandered a few good chances. At that point I thought our luck was in and we'd make 'em pay for it. We had two wingers on the pitch and both were tucking in to midfield leaving us with no width.

We definitely looked better in the second half, but about a threatening as a jelly baby.

What worries me is the lack of urgency. For large periods it felt like we were just plodding through the game, as if we were already on 54 points and looking forward to a holiday.

On player level, thought HRK was mostly gash,  as was Cox,  with McNamee not much better. Paynter did OK. OTJ and Timlin did OK, though the latter would be dangerous with a right foot. Despite Cewe's first half chances 3 of the back four looked solid. Amankwha had an indifferent game putting in goal saving tackles one minute and plodding through the motions  the next

[ibelieveinmrreeves]

Just got back, haven't read the thread. At the risk of suffering the rath of DRS, a section of our fans need a fuckign reality check. We played quite well towards the end, patient build up to try and break down the 11 men behind the ball - it didn't work, Crewe did their job very well, fair enough, they earnt their point. But there was no justification in my mind for booing Timlin or the team.

Disappointing that we couldn't force a goal (Cox was very poor today) but I have a feeling we'll win at Brighton .