Let's talk about the Crewe Alexandra game

[selby]

  Whoever plays on the left out wide all season has had poor players behind him to feed off, defensively poor down that side as well as poor creatively.  Maxwell offers something going forward but defensively is just average, and there is a lack of pace compared with Sterry and Molyneux on the other flank.
  That's why we leek goals with players hitting the bye line and pulling it back into the six yard area, and teams in most cases attack more down that side where we are a soft touch and have been all season lacking pace to recover compared with the right flank with Olowu.

[GazLaz]

This attitude thing of Gibson seems nonsense. I don't see a lad not trying at all. Yesterday Crewe knew he was a threat and had 3 round him many a time. Big compliment from Crewe yesterday to him. Marked him out the game. Possibly why he was taken off.

People basing his performance on he’s slip. It looked comical. He was poor but so was everyone else. Would have looked better in the second half, like everyone else did, had he been on after the mass changes.

[Pancho Regan]

About Gibsons confidence.
How much more does the team need to suffer while we wait for it to improve?

He scored a belter on his debut.
A short while after in an interview he said he was playing in his best/favourite position.
That first half at Grimsby…wow. It couldn’t get any better and the fans sang his name all day and at the end.
His manager constantly picks him and has said in public he’s one of the best wingers in the league.

All this while playing in a side near the top of division.

If these things aren’t going to improve his confidence, how long exactly are we meant to wait?

Good points there mushRTID.

I like to think I’m one of the more positive voices and I’ve been willing Gibson to do well.
He definitely has the ability but he just shows it too infrequently. This is exactly what my Bradford City- supporting neighbour warned me about.

Yesterday, my patience ran out. Gibson was very ineffective and worse than that, he gave the ball away a couple of times which allowed Crewe to turn the ball over and put us under pressure.
His stumble over the ball whilst driving forward …. I wouldn’t want to criticise a player for something like that but it just about summed up his day.

I hope he proves me wrong in the next few games and restores my faith in him, because we’re going to need every player being on his ‘A game’ between now and the end of the season.



He has it, no doubt.
But showing it once in ten games isn’t enough.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Interesting how folk seem to think there's no pace on the left. I'd be fascinated to see the stats because to these eyes, Senior looks by some way the quickest player in the squad over 30 yards.

[GazLaz]

Interesting how folk seem to think there's no pace on the left. I'd be fascinated to see the stats because to these eyes, Senior looks by some way the quickest player in the squad over 30 yards.

Wouldn’t beat Street and Olowu would he?

[ncRover]

Interesting how folk seem to think there's no pace on the left. I'd be fascinated to see the stats because to these eyes, Senior looks by some way the quickest player in the squad over 30 yards.

Senior is much quicker than people give him credit for but I’d say over 30 yards that Patrick Kelly would be the quickest

Top speed Street and Olowu

[selby]

This season Olowu, the lad from Bristol City without the ball, Faulkner, Molineux, Street don't know but quick, Long distance Faulkner, Flint, Brown. Flint also quick in sprint tests.

[drfchound]

I still believe in Gibson, he’s got the ability to be a decent player for us but his confidence is shot.
I found myself feeling sorry for the lad yesterday, all of us that have played will have experienced games/periods when nothing goes your way, the best thing for him at the moment would be a knock in training that keeps him out the way for a few weeks.
GMc dropping him out would just drain any remaining confidence from him.

I agree with most of that Andy.
I have been saying for a few weeks that he looked as though his confidence was growing and that he just needs a goal.
Yesterday though I don’t think he was anywhere near where he has been recently.

[Pancho Regan]

This season Olowu, the lad from Bristol City without the ball, Faulkner, Molineux, Street don't know but quick, Long distance Faulkner, Flint, Brown. Flint also quick in sprint tests.

Could you translate for those of us who only speak English?

[selby]

  Just the order of speed and long distance tests this season Pancho, and quite easy to see in games.

[Colemans Left Hook]

this league reminds me of a dads army sketch when someone asks for a volunteer  and everyone but one takes a step back

now all the teams are doing ( not winning) that so Walsall stop top AT THE MOMENT bewar of Port Vale

well i did warn you all about P Vale on March 15th after they had beaten MK and they were still out with the washing regarding their title chances - since then they won 4 out of 5 and got robbed of that penalty to equalise against Barrow  -  they were 50/1 before the MK game - thank you very much -

So who do I think will win this league ? My answer will shock you - it goes totally against all i have been saying since early January   - they have tightened the slipped saddle up and now have an extremely easy run in -now Crewe have blown it (last match)- 

They had a chance to go 3-1 up against PV but the goalie stuck his hand up high to prevent a goal - on watching it on the highlights i felt sure the Walsall striker would score even though I knew he didn't. Walsall are getting their injured players back - they could win the title by 2 or 3 points
Jayden Stockley for PV only came back from injury fairly recently and has made a big difference  & BRADFORD'S STAR MAN IS OUT FOR THE SEASON

Luck plays a big part in clubs destinies -  for example that fake penalty the ref gave Wednesday for their opener in that Lazarus 4-0 win over peterbrew the other year

I watched the first half of Notts v Salford - Salford looked lively - then on the stroke of half time they got a fluke pinball wizard goal when the ball was TWICE deflected off County defenders - the press simply said it was a deflection - it would have made a "what happened next" on a Question of sport.   

Probably inspired by their very very lucky break on the highlights they seemed to overrun County in the second half  - which doesn't look good for us on Tuesday night.    Ironically I had backed Salford at 400/1 or was it 500/1 for the title after they hammered County 3-0 as they won 6 in a row  and I did the can Salford finish 2nd thread


Sat 15 Mar   H   Milton Keynes Dons   League Two   (1)3 - 0(0)   6,773   Tolaj, Stockley, Garrity
Sat 22 Mar   H   Morecambe   League Two   (0)1 - 0(0)   7,038   Curtis
Tue 25 Mar   H   Barrow   League Two   (0)0 - 1(1)   5,894   
Sat 29 Mar   A   Crewe Alexandra   League Two   (0)1 - 0(0)   8,365   Stockley
Tue 1 Apr   H   Bradford City   League Two   (2)2 - 0(0)   8,659   Tolaj, Clark
Sat 5 Apr   A   Walsall   League Two   (3)3 - 2(2)   8,446   Tolaj (2, 1 pen), Garrity