2023/24 League Two Play-Offs

[Scum.]

Well if you’re going to lose in the playoffs may as well do it in style.

3 times on Sky this season, 3 defeats. 5-0, 3-0, 1-5.

13-1 loss on TV over three legs. Not too Xabi Alonso, at least we grabbed a goal.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I can see why Scum hates the play offs now to be fair

 

[lordofthepies]

Clinging to the fact that the last team to win by 6+ on aggregate went on to lose the final...

 

[Scum.]

I can see why Scum hates the play offs now to be fair

I will admit, I do hate the play-offs.

 

[Sussexred]

Well Dean should be sent off.

Also Crawley fans singing your support is fucking shit, it is, but come on a bit ironic guys…leave us alone. I thought we were AFCW disliking friends.

No...we hate you as well.

 

[GTFCfish]

I can see why Scum hates the play offs now to be fair

How do you know he hates the play offs?

 

[Sussexred]

I have never been as proud to be a Crawley fan as I am now.

Absolutely fucking dreaming !

Casey

You and both Casey.

 

[leedsvaliant]

Yeah I agree, this is exactly how Sutton played and they were very successful this year. Crawley on the other hand played out from the back and that's why they've had such a poor season

I don't think Crawley did? They seemed to get it up the field pretty quickly but also pressed the ridiculous knocking it around the back and punished MK. They certainly didn't knock it around at the back like boring Man City. There's not many teams that have sustained success at this level by passing it for passing sake. The players aren't good enough but the managers have been told that this is the way to play.

There's a difference between lumping it and getting it forward quickly.

 

[kieran_vale]

How do you know he hates the play offs?

Indeed, someone should at least have the good manners to ask for his opinion on the playoffs first.

 

[Carver]

Crazy tactics from MK. Why do these coaches who've been on all the UEFA courses think that they can get their team to play with the same tactics as Man City? We had Crosby trying to do it with us earlier in the season. These are 3rd and 4th division players, they're not good enough! Get the ball forward quickly and get it into the box...it's simple at this level.

Have you not heard that if Man City can do it then so can anyone else!

I think MK Dons manager has to take the blame for tonight that was terrible having them playing out from the back like that and their owner has to take some blame for giving him the job.

 

[Scum.]

Have you not heard that if Man City can do it then so can anyone else!

I think MK Dons manager has to take the blame for tonight that was terrible having them playing out from the back like that and their owner has to take some blame for giving him the job.

Our chairman has just released a statement tbf.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1789409099580346645

 

[LS Bantam]

When MK lose they really go for it.

 

[1862]

I don't think Crawley did? They seemed to get it up the field pretty quickly but also pressed the ridiculous knocking it around the back and punished MK. They certainly didn't knock it around at the back like boring Man City. There's not many teams that have sustained success at this level by passing it for passing sake. The players aren't good enough but the managers have been told that this is the way to play.

There's a difference between lumping it and getting it forward quickly.

Crawley were passing it around their defence when they were losing at Meadow Lane this season, might not have been tonight tbf.

"Passing for passing's sake" is essentially the same as "lumping it" imo. No one plans to do those things, they think they're "drawing the opposition out" or "getting it forward quickly", the difference is basically whether they do it well or not. There aren't many teams who are successful taking that approach, but almost every team that gets relegated from league two does so trying to "get it forward quickly".

 

[AdamStag]

Crawley on form are brilliant on the break away, whereas on a different day it could’ve been very different they won 4-1 at mansfield, and that just wasn’t the norm last season.

Will be interesting in the final as both sides will probably be defensive as both best om the break.

 

[Casey]

Past performances Crewe will be odds on favourites. They have won 5 of the last six games (the other was a draw)

I'm going to Wembley with stars in my eyes but it means fuck all if we lose.

I'm just praying we turn up and give it a go.

Casey

 

[Meadow]

Well done Crawley. I didn't watch as I was watching my 2nd love, Eurovision.

Pleased to see you go through although it means that we have to play that lot again next season. May the best team win in the final.

 

[WhiteRussian]

Well done Crawley. I didn't watch as I was watching my 2nd love, Eurovision.

Pleased to see you go through although it means that we have to play that lot again next season. May the best team win in the final.

You watched Eurovision rather than football. Fuck off.

 

[WhiteRussian]

The worst day ever from my point of view. Can't really say anything else.

 

[Casey]

Eurovision! You have just gone down in my estimations.

If you get a chance to see the highlights Danny Orsi's second goal it is seriously sick.

Casey

 

[Meadow]

Eurovision! You have just gone down in my estimations.

If you get a chance to see the highlights Danny Orsi's second goal it is seriously sick.

Casey

Apologies. I'm a sixty something woman whose introduction to Eurovision was ABBA's win in 1974. I will, of course catch up with the highlights and relish them.

 

[CTFC - Devils]

Just got in - I’m scared to sleep in case I wake up and it was all a dream….
Over 10 years of fighting relegation and midtable mediocrity and we choose the year when we were nailed on to go down to make Wembley. Football is like nothing else.

Wagmi have really pulled something out of their arse, the recruitment of Lindsey and this squad deserves a HUGE pat on the back.

Lastly, I hope Max Dean’s football career only goes downhill from here. Horrible little prick.

 

[AdamStag]

Just got in - I’m scared to sleep in case I wake up and it was all a dream….
Over 10 years of fighting relegation and midtable mediocrity and we choose the year when we were nailed on to go down to make Wembley. Football is like nothing else.

Wagmi have really pulled something out of their arse, the recruitment of Lindsey and this squad deserves a HUGE pat on the back.

Lastly, I hope Max Dean’s football career only goes downhill from here. Horrible little prick.

Max dean is indeed a little c***, not someone you’d want at a respected club

 

[devilofajob]

Just back to the hotel!
My favourite ever (just) away day.
Looking forward to the battle of the CR's

 

[AdamStag]

This is where you think somewhere like ashton gate or reading would be sufficient.

Well done on both sides making it to the final against enormous odds

Both have been there much more recently than us, but especially crawley with some of their football has been a revelation.

 

[TrinidadsNumberOne]

Very happy for Crawley and their fans to be joining us at Wembley. Scott Lindsey is my manager of the season and has done an excellent job. Many of us were confused he left Swindon for Crawley but he certainly did the right thing. Swindon look to be a club going nowhere at the moment whereas Lindsey may well get promotion this Summer with Crawley and that'll certainly have a few clubs higher up the food chain looking at just how good a job he's doing.

My biggest fear is that Ronan Darcy may well score against us next week. We were minutes from signing him in Winter only for a late submission of paperwork to derail our chances. If we win on Sunday I won't be surprised to see us sign him within weeks. If we lose, we haven't got a chance.

Don't know how it'll go next week. Wembley is unchartered territory for Crawley whereas our manager has been here before as a player and won promotion. The fact we're here 2 seasons after the worst season we've had in living memory is a remarkable turnaround in such a short space of time. Our club is in the best state it's been in off the pitch since the Championship days so here's hoping a promotion can keep accelerating the growth we've experienced this season.

If it's not to be though, it's not to be. And I certainly wouldn't begrudge Crawley if they were to win promotion themselves.

 

[Tinpot and proud]

Apologies. I'm a sixty something woman whose introduction to Eurovision was ABBA's win in 1974. I will, of course catch up with the highlights and relish them.

I wouldn’t be apologising and giving explanations to what you were doing......but I would be enjoying the misery of WhiteRussian.

 

[JJ1990]

Past performances Crewe will be odds on favourites. They have won 5 of the last six games (the other was a draw)

I'm going to Wembley with stars in my eyes but it means fuck all if we lose.

I'm just praying we turn up and give it a go.

Casey

Our past performances against you are meaningless. You can make a case for either side. We were separated by a point in the table and you've just destroyed MK Dons over 2 legs, whilst we only performed in 1. It's a coin flip. If you play how you did against MK, on a big Wembley pitch, we'll have no chance. However, if we show up how we did at Donny, then it'll be an even game.

Wouldn't surprise me if we needed ET and penalties to separate the teams. Feels like false modesty on your part.

 

[Wootball]

Who knows. I'm just happy we've got the finalists that we have.

 

[Master D]

Has that MK Dons keeper actually made a save since he joined?

 

[TrinidadsNumberOne]

Has that MK Dons keeper actually made a save since he joined?

I'm pretty sure if we didn't get Okonkwo in 2022 he was the next target on the list. Just looking at him makes me think we'd have double dropped if we signed him.

He's been signed because he fits the "playing it out the back" bollocks. But this is League Two. No point having a keeper who can play it out the back if they're like a sieve when it comes to keeping shots at goal out.