Let's talk about the Crewe Alexandra game

[drfchound]

In the first half Crewe were ten times better than us in all aspects.
Their passing was better, their movement and link ups were better.
They put the ball into our box better, which wasn’t hard because we hardly got the ball into their box.
They had more attempts on goal.
They appeared to be more determined than us.
With a 2-0 lead they eased up a bit in the second half and appeared to be happy for us to have the ball because we weren’t hurting them.
We did eventually manage two goal attempts which forced their young keeper to make good saves but overall we didn’t really look like we could muster enough to beat them.

[monkeytennis]

https://twitter.com/crewealexfc/status/1642213532136615936?s=46&t=Uj9lS9cW2ksdznjWwHqrkQ

This will be every game next season if DS stays. Predictable. Easy.

Says it all doesn’t it. They knew exactly what to expect and had a plan to capitalise on our predictability. Just like every other team we play. We’re so one dimensional it’s not even funny any more. 

[TheFunk]

The Crewe managers words above should sound the death knell for Schofield. An opposition manager basically has called him clueless. "We were delighted that they put in place the game plan for us to win"

[BillyStubbsTears]

To start Todd Miller as our striker &  playing Molyneux & Hurst not sure where, and have 2 strikers on the bench just shows how out of his depth this coach is.

He is alarmingly clueless. Mind bogglingly so.
You would think he is being paid by the Russians to destroy us.
How can anyone be so arrogant to continue doing something that doesn’t work for so long. What sort of a mission is this man on?

 Agard can't last more than 20 minutes. He's f**ked. You cannot start with him.

[Prez]

The oppositions managers know hes out of his depth. The opposing fans know hes out of his depth. (Tranmere away laughing at us) Our fans certainly know hes out of  his depth.

Trouble is does his mate know hes out of his depth?

Im not sure he does.

[sedwardsdrfc]

The Crewe managers words above should sound the death knell for Schofield. An opposition manager basically has called him clueless. "We were delighted that they put in place the game plan for us to win"

Just embarrassment upon embarrassment. If opposition are saying this it just blows the current theory of keep doing it till it works out the water.

[Pliskin]

The Crewe managers words above should sound the death knell for Schofield. An opposition manager basically has called him clueless. "We were delighted that they put in place the game plan for us to win"

Seems to me like he's praising his own players for executing their game plan.

[Campsall rover]

The Crewe managers words above should sound the death knell for Schofield. An opposition manager basically has called him clueless. "We were delighted that they put in place the game plan for us to win"

Just embarrassment upon embarrassment. If opposition are saying this it just blows the current theory of keep doing it till it works out the water.

Think we new that 3 months ago. 

[i_ateallthepies]

I was having trouble getting the audio feed on iFollow yesterday with only a couple of minutes to go to kickoff and so switched to the away feed to see if they were broadcasting.  I listened for a few seconds as their pair were speculating on the result, first one said Crewe to win 2-1 the second said Crewe to win 2-0.  Perhaps that says more about how Rovers are viewed as a pushover across the wider football world presently that despite Crewe's own dire form and league position they felt a win to be comfortably within their grasp.

[dickos1]

The Crewe managers words above should sound the death knell for Schofield. An opposition manager basically has called him clueless. "We were delighted that they put in place the game plan for us to win"

Just embarrassment upon embarrassment. If opposition are saying this it just blows the current theory of keep doing it till it works out the water.

Think we new that 3 months ago. 

But you’ve only taken this point of view over the last 3 weeks

[donnybez]

Reality is:

There is no spine in that team. Think back to successful Donny sides over the years... they have players who graft, leaders, and players who'll grab the game by the scruff of the neck.

There is no plan b for when like yesterday, the opposition has completely and clearly read our gameplan.

Players seem afraid to take a chance, and creative players seem so easily nulified most games.

Our defence and keepers distribution is so poor, building from the back is redundant.



The only games we'll win are against other managers equally as pigheaded as ours - and most managers will switch up and chop and change to reflect opposition threats.

DS needs to go, a new more pragmatic manager needs to be installed. Board need to stop dictating the style of play - if you aren't gonna properly fund it, it isn't going to properly work.
Over the summer new players who have the right attitude, temperment, and ambition need to be targeted. Quit just targeting academy cast offs - cast the net wider! Scotland, Ireland, heck the non league have more than enough of these types of players!

We don't need ball playing defenders - we need defenders who can defend first and foremost.

I realise all of the above sounds so negative, but after the past 2 years, we have to go back to basics to build the foundations to grow again.

[Campsall rover]

The Crewe managers words above should sound the death knell for Schofield. An opposition manager basically has called him clueless. "We were delighted that they put in place the game plan for us to win"

Just embarrassment upon embarrassment. If opposition are saying this it just blows the current theory of keep doing it till it works out the water.

Think we new that 3 months ago. 

But you’ve only taken this point of view over the last 3 weeks

Really.

You are way out with that one dickos. Colchester A, Walsall H, Tranmere A, Mansfield A, Harrogate H
Sure I have missed a couple more. Don’t think I was too complimentary about DS after any of those games.

[drfchound]

The Crewe managers words above should sound the death knell for Schofield. An opposition manager basically has called him clueless. "We were delighted that they put in place the game plan for us to win"

Seems to me like he's praising his own players for executing their game plan.

That’s the way I understood him to be saying it.

[BillyStubbsTears]

The Crewe managers words above should sound the death knell for Schofield. An opposition manager basically has called him clueless. "We were delighted that they put in place the game plan for us to win"

He's talking about his own players.

[Barmby Rover]

To start Todd Miller as our striker &  playing Molyneux & Hurst not sure where, and have 2 strikers on the bench just shows how out of his depth this coach is.

He is alarmingly clueless. Mind bogglingly so.
You would think he is being paid by the Russians to destroy us.
How can anyone be so arrogant to continue doing something that doesn’t work for so long. What sort of a mission is this man on?

 Agard can't last more than 20 minutes. He's f**ked. You cannot start with him.

But isn't it nice for us to have put him in a nice pension plan, not unlike some of the other signings we have had,

[donnybez]

To start Todd Miller as our striker &  playing Molyneux & Hurst not sure where, and have 2 strikers on the bench just shows how out of his depth this coach is.

He is alarmingly clueless. Mind bogglingly so.
You would think he is being paid by the Russians to destroy us.
How can anyone be so arrogant to continue doing something that doesn’t work for so long. What sort of a mission is this man on?

 Agard can't last more than 20 minutes. He's f**ked. You cannot start with him.

But isn't it nice for us to have put him in a nice pension plan, not unlike some of the other signings we have had,

Bruce Dyer, Lee Tomlin, Lee Fowler, Alex Baptiste, Paul Taylor, Dany N'Guessan, Frazer Richardson spring to mind?

[Chris Black come back]

James Harper, Richard Naylor, Robbie Blake.

[donnybez]

Darren Byfield, Quinton Fortune, Wayne Thomas