Although the refs decision was poor ( Compare with Cattermoles yellow yesterday ) getting Delap off probably did us a favour but we rode our luck at least one pen ( Collins on the line ) possibly two ( ShawX ) and Crouchy against our bar However a battling performance in difficult circumstances ESPN viewers made Crouchy MOM but I think it was Collins Re Delap as the ESPN commentatiors said it is impossible to do a sliding taclke without your studs on show and it is after all a contact sport OK we were stretced with 10 and I know that I keep banging on about this and someone please disagree if you do but in the last 20 mins when they were putting on the pressure we aagain allowed their wide men far too much space to run at us even into the area where any deflection can result in a goal At the end of the day we won so KTF and UTP SiS
As you said we won, but to be fair with the players we had on the pitch (quite a small pitch - hence less ground to cover) I would have expected us to keep a clean sheet - and we duley did! The did however put us under a lot of pressure and I think they were unfortunate not to get something from the game. IMO - it wasnt a penalty and I think they deserved at least 1 if not 2 penalties themselves, but more importantly they had something like 20 shots to our or 8 and had a pass completion of over 200 to our 100! Its a result and one we desperatley needed, however unconvincing!
Well I believe they should have had one penalty for Collins on the line. Our penalty I thought was really soft. However given that we had 10 men for just over 70 minutes I thought it was a workmanlike performance. Danny Collins in the first 20 minutes was poor. I know it was the other end of the ground but for me he was our of position and slow. Saying that he made within two minutes two potential goal saving interceptions. For me he improved as teh game went on. One particular incident say 10 minutes from time he had two men down his side and he won the ball when on his backside to play it safe. For me that was a lot harder than Gillingham. They passed well. But when we clsoed them down tight they tended to play a poor pass or it go into touch. I thought Jerome looked sharp in the first half but faded in the second. However it was good to see him start. Delap sending off. Sounds as if Probert got him sent off. I was disappointed he started the game to be honest. No doubt all the more reason TP will now play on Thursday! Liverpool away, I hope it is Saturday so I may get up to Liverpool Finally well done to all those who got down to Crawley for that ridiculous time kick off time!
According to the BBC the Liverpool match is on Saturday 17th March at 3.00pm. But neither the Stoke or Liverpool websites have a confirmed date yet.
Thanks for your comments on the game, I also thought the sending off was harsh 50 / 50 ball that went wrong. Agree penalty looked soft and I was a lot further away from you. Was not sure on our pen claims but T.V. and your comments state we were unlucky. Gutted about draw against Liverpool as that was my dream draw. Well done to all your supporters and to those that attended and nearly all the posts made they do you credit. I would like to wish you luck against Liverpool but they are my premiership team, however I will wish you a good end to the season,
Old Codger Cheers for the comments, It was nice having an opposing fan on our board if only for a week or so. GOOD Luck for the rest of the season, but I still think your'e Manager needs his head read.. Live you said in an eairlier post. He gets the results so I guess he's doing well enough.
