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Crewe could go through by winning at our place by two clear goals and then winning a penalty shootout.
Quote from: drfchound on May 07, 2024, 06:45:32 amCrewe could go through by winning at our place by two clear goals and then winning a penalty shootout.Nearly chocked laughing
I really fancy rovers to get at least one goal this Friday. Which leaves Crewe with a very big ask, their manager will be looking for a quick away goal in this. They will be pressing up the field early on. They cannot play the patient game. I can see crewe lumping it forward at every opportunity. Mcann will be all over this like a rash and will have the squad briefed accordingly. I can see at least one rovers goal on the break in this. And if rovers replicate the first leg score early on to make it 4-0 on agg then it will surely kill them off . All to play for. They’ve given themselves a very good buffer. But they will take nothing for granted.
Adelakun could barely walk after the game. He did seem to slip when when Biggins scored and took a while to get back up.
Again a caveat that Crewe are not on an amazing run of recent form but they have one of the best away records in League Two. Only Stockport and Mansfield (5 losses) managed to avoid defeat less often than Crewe (6 losses).
I just can’t see how we won’t score.
Quote from: Chris Black come back on May 07, 2024, 08:27:11 pmAgain a caveat that Crewe are not on an amazing run of recent form but they have one of the best away records in League Two. Only Stockport and Mansfield (5 losses) managed to avoid defeat less often than Crewe (6 losses). They finished 6th overall and their away record was 6th best, nothing to write home about. They didn’t lose many but didn’t win a lot either - 10 other teams equalled or bettered their 8 wins in 23 games.
Quote from: NickDRFC on May 07, 2024, 08:36:03 pmQuote from: Chris Black come back on May 07, 2024, 08:27:11 pmAgain a caveat that Crewe are not on an amazing run of recent form but they have one of the best away records in League Two. Only Stockport and Mansfield (5 losses) managed to avoid defeat less often than Crewe (6 losses). They finished 6th overall and their away record was 6th best, nothing to write home about. They didn’t lose many but didn’t win a lot either - 10 other teams equalled or bettered their 8 wins in 23 games.Their record over the season is that of a good, tight side away from home, that has beaten the very best in this league away from home. Only Mansfield, Wrexham and oddly AFC Wimbledon conceded fewer goals away from home, and only Stockport and Mansfield had a better away goal difference. The more important point is probably their underwhelming recent form generally, but a side that has this season beaten Stockport, Mansfield, Barrow, Crawley and Notts County away from home, and scored three at Wrexham in a 3-3 draw, is no team of mugs.
It’s not though really. Clubs will not typically have a relatively better away record than home record. If you are sixth and your away record is sixth, that would all things be equal, be very good. If you finished sixth in the actual table you would typically expect clubs to have a home record a few places higher and an away record a few places lower. That’s because clubs typically obtain most of their points at home. That’s how it works time and again and has done for 130 years nearly.