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Henderson's replacement???
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Blue&WhiteSea
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Mcphee
JJ McClure
Go Jags
Paul Kitson?
dunno
Old Skool
Yeah I'd go for McPhee. It also looks like SC is going for Wilson-Denis as the sub instead of McPhee - hence the reason he's getting his fitness up at Crawley. btw How did he get on on Saturday - did anyone go
Brighton Breezy
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me
dunno
Old Skool
to answer my own qusetion, I've just found this on Crawley's website:-
Crawley, in the temporary care of assistant boss Vic Bettinelli while manager Francis Vines is on holiday, opened with a 4-3-3 formation. The familiar back five of Little, Payne, Pullan, Hooper and Judge was joined onto an all new front six, with Robert Smith, Jay Richardson and Paul Armstrong making their Crawley debuts in midfield and Charlie MacDonald joined by last-minute Brighton loanees Carl Wilson-Denis and Danny Marney up front.
Crawley were wearing squad numbers and names on their new Gladwish Land Sales-sponsored shirts for the first time, but it was No. 4, Ellis Hooper, whose individual error gifted the Martyrs the lead after just eight minutes.
The centre-back dithered in possession and handed the ball on a plate to the lively Cortez Belle, who thrashed a shot past Andy Little from 12 yards.
Belle was booked seven minutes later for a nasty lunge from behind on Smith and the first of three half-decent Crawley penalty appeals was turned down by referee Bruce McLaren after 18 minutes. The lively Marney crossed from the right and Wilson-Denis looked to have been dragged to ground in the area but loud appeals went unanswered.
Merthyr were already getting ten men back behind the ball but Crawley almost broke through after 29 minutes, when a quick kick from Little found MacDonald and Wilson-Denis then clipped a shot over the bar after turning neatly.
Crawley put on more pressure and, after play was allowed to continue after Armstrong was hacked down, the Reds forced a corner, from which Smith shot over.
The Reds were getting well on top and MacDonald was played in by a neat move involving Pullan and Smith as half-time neared. He unleashed a screaming 20-yard shot which flew just wide.
The Reds weren't to be denied, though, and 80 seconds into time added on Jay Richardson's left-wing corner was headed home by MacDonald, an attempted clearance on the line only forcing the ball into the roof of the net.
Back on level terms, the stage was set for the Reds to push on after the interval, but they were made to pay for missing further opportunities.
The first gift-wrapped chance came four minutes into the second period when Smith and Armstrong put Marney in and the Brighton man's clever pass back to Wilson-Denis gave the former Kingstonian striker a clear sight of goal which he scooped over. With a successful conversion, the move would have echoed the superb goal scored by the Spurs XI against Crawley ten days ago.
Marney beat his man and whipped in a great cross after 51 minutes which MacDonald couldn't quite get to and the Reds were then hit by a second sucker punch after 58 minutes.
Merthyr's winning goal came from a corner that should never have been given, as a visitor had displayed his nation's excellent rugby-tackling skills in the build-up and the home fans' outrage was multiplied when Gary Thorne headed powerfully home from the right-sided set-piece.
Reds made a tactical switch in a bid to get on level terms, moving to a 3-4-1-2 formation, with Nigel Brake and Fabian Forde coming on and Ian Payne, who had been in sparkling form and Wilson-Denis sacrificed. MacDonald was withdrawn slightly to play in the hole behind Marney and Forde.
But the change of personnel didn't change Crawley's precision in front of goal and almost immediately MacDonald's free-kick was parried by keeper Neil Thomas and the newly-arrived Forde looked to have the simplest of tasks only to spoon his effort over the bar.
A poor clearance by Hooper gave Belle a half-chance but he shot wide after 66 minutes and Crawley lost their way for a spell before gathering themselves for a final effort.
Marney and Smith both shot wide before Richardson went on a fantastic run after 75 minutes. His cross from the left was too strong, though and MacDonald's ball back in was picked off Crawley heads by Thomas.
More crosses were launched into the Merthyr box, one of those, from Armstrong, looked to have been handled but the plucky Welshmen kept hacking the ball clear.
And Crawley knew it wasn't their day after 85 minutes when they missed from point-blank range for a third time. Marney cut inside to the edge of the box and hammered a shot which beat Thomas but cannoned off the crossbar. Brake was following up and his conversion looked a formality but the keeper somehow recovered to smother the ball on the line.
Yet another penalty appeal, for a hold on Brake, was turned down after 89 minutes and in added time Crawley forced two corners before a hopeful 30-yard thump from Hooper dropped just wide.
There were a number of sound individual displays, with Payne, Pullan, Armstrong, MacDonald and Marney giving a good account of themselves but energetic midfield lynchpin Jay Richardson deserves the website MOM award after an all-action debut.
With star men, Joff Vansittart, Justin Gregory, Mo Harkin and Peter Fear still sidelined, Crawley have plenty more to come this season, but will still rue a wasted opportunity to get off to the perfect start.
Crawley: Little, Judge, Payne (Brake 60), Hooper, Pullan, Armstrong, MacDonald, Richardson, Smith, Marney, Wilson-Denis (Forde 60). Unused subs: Holmes, Hemsley, Harris.
Merthyr Tydfil: Thomas, Edwards, Keddle, Needs, Jones, Thorne, Carter (Heal 88), Evans, Belle (Bale 78), Aherne-Evans, Dorrian. Unused subs: Cropley, Witcombe, Price.
Website man-of-the-match: Jay Richardson.
Sounds like Marney did alright!!
Crawley, in the temporary care of assistant boss Vic Bettinelli while manager Francis Vines is on holiday, opened with a 4-3-3 formation. The familiar back five of Little, Payne, Pullan, Hooper and Judge was joined onto an all new front six, with Robert Smith, Jay Richardson and Paul Armstrong making their Crawley debuts in midfield and Charlie MacDonald joined by last-minute Brighton loanees Carl Wilson-Denis and Danny Marney up front.
Crawley were wearing squad numbers and names on their new Gladwish Land Sales-sponsored shirts for the first time, but it was No. 4, Ellis Hooper, whose individual error gifted the Martyrs the lead after just eight minutes.
The centre-back dithered in possession and handed the ball on a plate to the lively Cortez Belle, who thrashed a shot past Andy Little from 12 yards.
Belle was booked seven minutes later for a nasty lunge from behind on Smith and the first of three half-decent Crawley penalty appeals was turned down by referee Bruce McLaren after 18 minutes. The lively Marney crossed from the right and Wilson-Denis looked to have been dragged to ground in the area but loud appeals went unanswered.
Merthyr were already getting ten men back behind the ball but Crawley almost broke through after 29 minutes, when a quick kick from Little found MacDonald and Wilson-Denis then clipped a shot over the bar after turning neatly.
Crawley put on more pressure and, after play was allowed to continue after Armstrong was hacked down, the Reds forced a corner, from which Smith shot over.
The Reds were getting well on top and MacDonald was played in by a neat move involving Pullan and Smith as half-time neared. He unleashed a screaming 20-yard shot which flew just wide.
The Reds weren't to be denied, though, and 80 seconds into time added on Jay Richardson's left-wing corner was headed home by MacDonald, an attempted clearance on the line only forcing the ball into the roof of the net.
Back on level terms, the stage was set for the Reds to push on after the interval, but they were made to pay for missing further opportunities.
The first gift-wrapped chance came four minutes into the second period when Smith and Armstrong put Marney in and the Brighton man's clever pass back to Wilson-Denis gave the former Kingstonian striker a clear sight of goal which he scooped over. With a successful conversion, the move would have echoed the superb goal scored by the Spurs XI against Crawley ten days ago.
Marney beat his man and whipped in a great cross after 51 minutes which MacDonald couldn't quite get to and the Reds were then hit by a second sucker punch after 58 minutes.
Merthyr's winning goal came from a corner that should never have been given, as a visitor had displayed his nation's excellent rugby-tackling skills in the build-up and the home fans' outrage was multiplied when Gary Thorne headed powerfully home from the right-sided set-piece.
Reds made a tactical switch in a bid to get on level terms, moving to a 3-4-1-2 formation, with Nigel Brake and Fabian Forde coming on and Ian Payne, who had been in sparkling form and Wilson-Denis sacrificed. MacDonald was withdrawn slightly to play in the hole behind Marney and Forde.
But the change of personnel didn't change Crawley's precision in front of goal and almost immediately MacDonald's free-kick was parried by keeper Neil Thomas and the newly-arrived Forde looked to have the simplest of tasks only to spoon his effort over the bar.
A poor clearance by Hooper gave Belle a half-chance but he shot wide after 66 minutes and Crawley lost their way for a spell before gathering themselves for a final effort.
Marney and Smith both shot wide before Richardson went on a fantastic run after 75 minutes. His cross from the left was too strong, though and MacDonald's ball back in was picked off Crawley heads by Thomas.
More crosses were launched into the Merthyr box, one of those, from Armstrong, looked to have been handled but the plucky Welshmen kept hacking the ball clear.
And Crawley knew it wasn't their day after 85 minutes when they missed from point-blank range for a third time. Marney cut inside to the edge of the box and hammered a shot which beat Thomas but cannoned off the crossbar. Brake was following up and his conversion looked a formality but the keeper somehow recovered to smother the ball on the line.
Yet another penalty appeal, for a hold on Brake, was turned down after 89 minutes and in added time Crawley forced two corners before a hopeful 30-yard thump from Hooper dropped just wide.
There were a number of sound individual displays, with Payne, Pullan, Armstrong, MacDonald and Marney giving a good account of themselves but energetic midfield lynchpin Jay Richardson deserves the website MOM award after an all-action debut.
With star men, Joff Vansittart, Justin Gregory, Mo Harkin and Peter Fear still sidelined, Crawley have plenty more to come this season, but will still rue a wasted opportunity to get off to the perfect start.
Crawley: Little, Judge, Payne (Brake 60), Hooper, Pullan, Armstrong, MacDonald, Richardson, Smith, Marney, Wilson-Denis (Forde 60). Unused subs: Holmes, Hemsley, Harris.
Merthyr Tydfil: Thomas, Edwards, Keddle, Needs, Jones, Thorne, Carter (Heal 88), Evans, Belle (Bale 78), Aherne-Evans, Dorrian. Unused subs: Cropley, Witcombe, Price.
Website man-of-the-match: Jay Richardson.
Sounds like Marney did alright!!
Gritt23
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Yeah, shame WD40 missed a couple.
Stoaty Ferret
Active member
What about Marvin Robinson... released by Derby, but he was young, tall and bloody quick... Anyoone know if he is still available ?
