Crawley Town vs Walsall - Match Result
- Crawley Town Win
- Draw
- Walsall Win
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Couldnāt be arsed retyping so Iāll quote myself quoting myself.
Hopefully, Oteh will be up for this one: Iād start him up top. Byfield should be motivated too. Even Sadler played there for a spell, so a perfect game to be āup for itā. I think the team will benefit from being away from home where there is less pressure. Iām glad that Evans canāt be picked and although the way the game ended with the unusual fan reactions (from some) was harsh, in his heart of hearts, he canāt think that Jackson deserved to be dropped.
Iād love a morale boosting 2-1 victory.
I really hope DJ will be fit for Mansfield too, because that will add much needed spice for one of the better teams in the league. Lose all three (in a week) and the atmosphere will turn very toxic, methinks.
Iād say itās a āmust not loseā and as always, Iād take a point, away from home.
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As I said on the Newport threadā¦
Wouldnāt surprise me in the slightest if we won this one, drew at home to Mansfield then didnāt win for 5 games.
Classic Walsall.
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Almost with you there but canāt help but feel that if we do win at Crawley I will in fact be very surprised!
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I just drifted off for a moment there and had a vision of a win and an away clean sheet.
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The enforced change of goalkeeper may help with thatā¦
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I canāt help but feel that Sadler will see it as a weakness in his leadership if Smith retains his place, even if we win, out of blind loyalty to his favourites.
Reminds me a lot of Southgate with Maguire (and even Phillips).
I honestly think that a fit and firing DJ and Jackson Smith in goal would be in most Walsall supportersā ideal eleven, but with Sadler as manager, I fear that he might be too stubborn to allow that to happen now.
I see it in a lot of management types: admitting that you got it wrong is somehow a sign of weakness. It baffles me that we keep making the same mistakes (conceding early goals, conceding from set pieces) but it is never a coaching flawā¦
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Now now, itās not like us to concede early or from long throws!
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Canāt see us getting anything from this unfortunately.Iāve forgot the last time I was confident in us and had a feeling we could get something from anywhere we travelled to in the league.What Iād give for a solid top 7 team with consistency and a winning mentality thatās followed all over the country by most of us week in week out.
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Iāve gone for a lossā¦ Last time I said we would lose we beat Wrexham so Iām voting loss for the next 20 games 
Away from home Tuesday night against a team who were non league mot to recently we should be better than with sadler in charge
2-0 loss
Walsall to uncharacteristically concede a sloppy early goal and they an even more uncharacteristically cross in the box to a player under little to no pressure even though we play 3 cbs
Sadler to be delighted with the performance and the hard work of the players
Knowles to cross it to Gordon who crosses back to knowles
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Had a cast on yesterday doing an interview in the Locker, said heāll be back in 2/3 weeks
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What a trip for midweek.
King Crod will probably get his butler dusting off his pilotās licence and flying the private jet down to Gatwick!
Have a decent record at Crawley in recent times so probably a draw and then mess up the next home game which seems to be an emerging pattern.
2-2.
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They won Div 5 in 2010/11 season and have been in Div 3 or 4 ever since, so could be argued that they are an established league club.
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Think we shall lose.
Saturday was the most āWalsall FC in the second half of the seasonā performance and result ever.
The club half looking towards next season. Players ruminating on contracts coming to an end and their options. Players whoāve just signed extensions in the comfort zone. 16th - not going up and not going down inertia gripping everyone.
Be surprised if we snap out of all of that quickly.
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Beautifully put.
I have put a few arguments out there to counter the āwe are building for next seasonā argument, but you just put everything I was trying to think of in one short post.
Firstly I donāt see what Sadler is doing to build for next season that means we end up getting turned over like Saturday so easily, and generally watching players begin to go through the motions. Iām not saying they arenāt trying but there is trying and then there is truly believing it matters. If Sadler wants to do something to benefit him next season, then get the players up for Crawley away on a Tuesday night when the result is unlikely to have any real impact on promotion or relegation. Get them to believe in what he is doing and the ones that donāt , well then he knows who to ship out.
Really annoys me actually. Having an eye on the future is a good thing, running down the clock and acting like you are working your notice is just wrong in my opinion. Try and build a culture where everything matters, where everyone believes in it. It is worth almost as much as ability. Or just keep churning out the line, āNext year will be differentā I hope it is with all my heart, but honestly, I doubt it.
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Crawley in bad form, 3 league defeats in a row and weāre not looking great. Weād probably take a point with it being away and I think Crawley will want to stop the run of defeats, I see a dreadful 0-0 between two sides happy with a point each.
Sadler expects a reaction to Saturdays X rated horror show and so do I, Saturday wasnāt like us at all and we need to show tomorrow just what a good team we actually are. We could do with making a fast start, first goal will be absolutely crucial, I really fear for us if we concede first again. Too many off performances on Saturday and I expect Captain Fantastic DD to lead by example in a fine 2-0 victory. Iād be tempted to started Doug Taylor and Oteh and rest 20p foot Faal.
Looks like it will be a small travelling gate by our high standards despite the competitive pricing.
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The best thing about Saturdayās match is Ben Boycott was there to personally witness our demise.
Things are not going according to his plan, that, he will insist, has to change.
Based on our current form, anyone who thinks weāre going down to Crawley and come back victorious is sadly mistaken.
Weāre missing Draper more than we care to admit, we knew he was going back to Lincoln but it still hurt when he went.
I was expecting more from Mo to be honest, heās missed some easy chances. Gordon, I didnāt want back at the club, he chases balls down well and never stops running, but strikers are supposed to score, arenāt they?
When Sadler decides to play DJ, heās often isolated up front with little or no service.
The striker situation is something that ought to be made a priority in the summer, I donāt want anyone on loan because if they do well (Draper) itās heartbreaking when they have to return to their parent club.
I donāt see us getting anything out of the game tomorrow night.
UTS.
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