Crawley (Pre season)

[Harrym4737]

A 5-1 loss for the daggers.

[Lcbdagger]

Well that build up to the first Home friendly after the Carroll signing died a death swiftly... Miles off from an attacking perspective, despite better build up play than Aveley and 8 goals conceded in three games.

When does the pre season properly begin for us I wonder

[NBDag]

Crawley have scored 5 in all of their pre-season games and We had it at 3-1 until the young keeper came on. Ultimately I don’t think it’s a terrible result, it’s a preseason result. We switch the defence and shape every 45 minutes after having 80% of the squad and a management change. So if you’re expecting a title challenge after 270 mins of preseason then you’re just being unrealistic.

Colchester, Havant and Boreham Wood are where we can really gauge where we are. Hopefully with some good performances and consistent lineups

[GNB]

Agree totally.
3 games to go, probably mix the next 1, but the last 2 should be showing the starting 11.

[Diggerthedog]

I think defensively and in Midfield we’re still short of quality, don’t do preseason games so can’t comment on the games but Maghoma our big centre back signing still injured and the same crap defenders from last season in Rendall and Kalambayi still stinking the place out,

Not surprised in the result against Crawley, they’re signing players like Dion and the reality is many levels above us now.

[DaggerJoel11]

Crawley were just relegated from League One and are a tidy side. They had the clear edge but not to the extent of the scoreline, which is always the least important takeaway from pre-season games anyway unless absolutely obscene. Some of our patterns looked okay, Lawless the most impressive performer for me, while Hemmings hasn't lost any pace and the trialist midfielder from the first half got stuck in well. Although, it's clear to see we need a lot of work. The defence in particular. Calamitous errors by Rendall and the new young keeper.