League 2 Big Match Fred - 31/08

[Si Robin]

• Crawley Town v Cheltenham Town
• Crewe Alexandra v Bradford City
• Exeter City v Mansfield Town
• Forest Green Rovers v Newport County
• Northampton Town v Plymouth Argyle
• Oldham Athletic v Colchester United
• Port Vale v Cambridge United
• Salford City v Leyton Orient
• Scunthorpe United v Carlisle United
• Stevenage v Macclesfield Town
• Swindon Town v Morecambe
• Walsall v Grimsby Town

So we have the big CTFC derby, winner gets exclusive use of the ctfc hashtag on Twitter.

Crawley coming off a big win and us with a shocking away record, you'd expect a Crawley win. Rohan Ince is back following his 5 match ban for viciously attacking a 4th official with an empty water bottle. Other than that, the rest of the team should be ok.

 

[Gladders]

Walsall away for us, not sure what to expect, they don't seem to have started well but had a tough start playing 4 of the current top 6 even if it is early days.

Davies injured for us, Ohman should be back though. Hopefully we put in another performance like the second half against Vale and not the hoof and hope of some previous games.

 

[devilofajob]

• Crawley Town v Cheltenham Town
• Crewe Alexandra v Bradford City
• Exeter City v Mansfield Town
• Forest Green Rovers v Newport County
• Northampton Town v Plymouth Argyle
• Oldham Athletic v Colchester United
• Port Vale v Cambridge United
• Salford City v Leyton Orient
• Scunthorpe United v Carlisle United
• Stevenage v Macclesfield Town
• Swindon Town v Morecambe
• Walsall v Grimsby Town

So we have the big CTFC derby, winner gets exclusive use of the ctfc hashtag on Twitter.

Crawley coming off a big win and us with a shocking away record, you'd expect a Crawley win. Rohan Ince is back following his 5 match ban for viciously attacking a 4th official with an empty water bottle. Other than that, the rest of the team should be ok.

Crawley Nil is unlikely to be part of the score as we are I believe the best in L2 in the +g Stats, and we've scored in 13 consecutive competitive games (possibly our best ever in the league).
Our defence though - not quite so good although were heroic against Norwich by all accounts.
3-1 to us.

 

[GTFCfish]

We have a great record at Walsall, our last 18 games there have seen 1 draw and 17 Walsall wins and our last and only win there was in the FA Cup in 1925.
Away banker.

 

[Agombar stool]

After facing Cheltenham last week who we have an appalling record against at Whaddon Road we face Morecambe at home, who we have never lost a league game against. Won 6 drawn 1 I think it is.

Fairly confident as we have better team this season and we can pay Yates and Doyle together as Yates has completed his ban. Doughty is suspended but Rose is back fit and should be able to slot in

2-0 is my prediction.

 

[The_Boss]

Crawley Nil is unlikely to be part of the score as we are I believe the best in L2 in the +g Stats, and we've scored in 13 consecutive competitive games (possibly our best ever in the league).
Our defence though - not quite so good although were heroic against Norwich by all accounts.
3-1 to us.

That has just 100% confirmed you won't score tomorrow.

 

[les.gtfc]

We have a great record at Walsall, our last 18 games there have seen 1 draw and 17 Walsall wins and our last and only win there was in the FA Cup in 1925.
Away banker.

Now come on, don't exaggerate. We HAVE won there in the league, our only other victory there, when we won 1-0 in 1897.

 

[GTFCfish]

Now come on, don't exaggerate. We HAVE won there in the league, our only other victory there, when we won 1-0 in 1897.

Kevin Ellison was playing for Walsall that day.

 

[The Jovial Forester]

Surely we're not going to have to slum it in here with GTFCfish? Some County fan get starting that match thread.

 

[Chris FGR]

Surely we're not going to have to slum it in here with GTFCfish? Some County fan get starting that match thread.

I started last weeks. Your turn this week.

 

[The Jovial Forester]

I started last weeks. Your turn this week.

Unfortunately I can't post on the internet from this computer.

 

[Chris FGR]

Unfortunately I can't post on the internet from this computer.

But you just did?

 

[GTFCfish]

Surely we're not going to have to slum it in here with GTFCfish? Some County fan get starting that match thread.

 

[The Jovial Forester]

But you just did?

No, it just won't work at all I'm afraid

 

[Indian Dan]

Hard to get excited by many fixtures in L2, but Morecambe must be a real brewer’s drooper.

 

[The Terminator]

A trip to the class of Nerdy2 for us, just over one year on from when we drew 1-1 there, their expensively assembled squad was beaten to the National League title by our group of talented youngsters.

We will probably play the same side as last weekend, 4-3-3 has worked well for us and last week I enjoyed our attacking performance - Not so much our defending, which I have a gut feeling is going to leak a few goals in the coming weeks with Swindon and Exeter also coming up for us.

Not expecting much for the next few weeks. If we somehow scramble a draw I'll be happy.

8 points in our current circumstances will be a good return.

 

[Big Bird]

Second game of the season after Northampton. If we lose again I'll consider not going for a while. Convinced I'm a curse.

 

[Big Bird]

Yay I saw a win. Morecambe are a tidy side without much in the last third. 3 points off top after a hectic opening month will do me.

Many positives in this squad. Eoin Doyle is lethal in front of goal. Isgrove should be in League 1 minimum. Same for Lyden.

First half today we were brilliant on the ball. Second goal was fantastic build up. Could have had a couple more. Second half we didn't get going at all for some reason and Morecambe were the better side. Well deserved over the 90 though. Expecting a couple more in the building by Monday's deadline.

 

[The Terminator]

Deserved point at Salford, lucky equalising goal after a shocking error from Chris Neal, who went straight down the tunnel at full time to avoid all the stick he was getting from our fans.

After a mediocore first half, we more or less laid seige to Salfords goal for the final 30mins and finally equalised after spurning a few good chances.

We keep giving ourselves mountains to climb, we're a good side on the ball but off it we're at sixes and sevens, could easily have been further behind at half time if it wasn't for Dean Brill and a linesmans flag.

Salford looked a bit lazy to me, second half they were shit and sat back for long periods and offered very little going forward.

I can Swindon and Exeter putting a few passed us because our solid defensive title winning shape from last season is long gone, I thought we would struggle to create chances - which appears to be our strength at the minute.

 

[Si Robin]

We are bloody dreadful away from home - it's truly baffling. This same group of players who can't do anything wrong at home can't do a single thing on the road.

By all accounts we sounded ok at the back yesterday, save the disaster for the goal, but we had less than nothing going forward. Rohan Ince being pulled out during the warm up can't have helped, but that's now 4 away games in a row we've failed to score in and we've had one shot on target in all 3 games this season. Simply not good enough.

 

[Captain]

A much improved performance yesterday, actually looked half threatening, should have been a goal or two up before falling behind. Showed decent character to come back in the second half, thought Cowley made a difference when he came on and what a strike from Wildin, an absolute rocket. Disappointing to only get a point, sat back once in front and Macclesfield took full advantage.

Elliott List made his debut, thought he was positive and helped contribute to an improved attacking performance. Gillingham fans seem a bit disappointed to see him go so hopefully will prove a good signing for us.

 

[Agombar stool]

Routine 3-1 win at home to Morecambe, which is pleasing as in previous years we would have struggled against these kind of teams.

It sounds like we are excellent up front, Isgrove and Keshi Anderson providing the ammunition for Yates and Doyle is starting to bear fruit. The concerning thing is we are shaky as hell at the back which could mean plenty of 4 or 5 goals games this season (which isn't necessarily a bad thing)

I'm on holiday for my local game at Orient on Saturday which is a minor inconvenience and i'll be tuning into the game on the 14th on Ifollow with a cold Efes or 2 so hoping to see a much improved performance than when we lost at home to Northampton.

So far it looks like we are going to be up in the play-off/auto spots this season. Signs are very positive.