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It's strange with us, because logically you would think the way we have to grind out wins is unsustainable over a whole season. But we've done it for over half a season now, and at this stage the table doesn't lie.

You're right. I've done a bit more research. You've got covers and some lamps.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cy89zwd4y3lo Here we are.

Apparently you've got some sort of big fuck off heated tent/cover. Crewe have been told the game will be on, and they are travelling today.

Swindon fans, how does your pitch usually hold up when temperatures are this low? Obviously, some clubs are better at getting games on than others. If it hasn't been called off the night before, I'm trying to gauge if there's any point stepping foot onto a train on Saturday morning....

The thought of a Chesterfield fan looking at the League table and seeing Crewe in 2nd amuses me. You could have beaten us 10-0 that day! Football is very strange, sometimes. I went away from that game thinking you were gonna win the League, and we were gonna be struggling near the bottom.

Bradford only come to life when the wind nudges 50mph.

Absolutely spot on. It's the balance that's the important thing. And that came with the shape of the midfield, imo. It meant we could progress the ball through the midfield, which in turn meant we frequently got the ball into dangerous attacking areas. And if you get Jack Lankester on the ball...

I think you are being slightly harsh on Tabiner, although he has clearly been underperforming. The shape with him, Sanders and Holicek was an absolute cluster fuck, and made no tactical sense. The shape today was exactly how it should be when playing a 352. None of this hybrid role that we've...

I think the 1st half was probably our best half of Football this season. We could have scored 5. The midfield shape was exactly what I've been calling for, and it worked a treat. They controlled the game from start to finish. Not sure why it's taken so long to do it, I guess a mixture of Powell...

I don't agree that the midfield shape should work 'in theory'. I think the theory is pretty mental. Sanders deep, Holicek and Tabiner in front playing a box to box role is so obvious I don't understand why he doesn't do it? He usually plays a 10 slightly deeper than the striker and always 2 wing...

Really feel for the Carlisle fans, they didn't deserve that. They seemed absolutely stunned. As for Crewe, what a great way to win the game. Hopefully we use this as a springboard out of the mediocrity we find ourselves in. We set ourselves high standards earlier in the season, and I don't...

Good team see Crewe's manager has lost the plot like last season.

It's the managers style to be risk averse.

Improved 2nd half from Crewe. On top until he took Holicek off (what a silly substitution again). Pretty boring watching Crewe play Football.

Like on 2 occasions last season, Crewe seem to be going through another one of those spells where we resemble a Sunday League side. Very random and very strange.

Bell puts absolutely no emphasis on the midfield. They have no incentive to try and control a game. We try and keep a clean sheet and nick a goal on the break. The midfield is essentially bypassed. It mostly works for us, but I find it pretty tedious.

One thing I've always said in life. When you go 1 up away from home, put your LB into central midfield. No brainer.

If he's ot going to attack a team 18th in the league, he's not going to attack anyone. It's great that we're up there again, but my God, it's so boring.

On the whole, he tried to win games. Especially in our promotion season, when he played 433 every week and went at every team we played. He attempted pragmatism in the season we got relegated from League 1, but it was a complete disaster. He made some bonkers decisions, such as Mika Mandron at...