Game 42 - The Alex (A)

Team: Crewe Alexandra

Date: 13/04/19

Where: Gresty Road

What line-up should Neal Ardley opt for? What will be the key areas for the Magpies to get a victory? What do you think the final score will be?

Have your say below, join in with the Pride of Nottingham match discussion.

I hope we can bring back 3 points and fight for survival.

Win it’s that simple three points is the only thing we need form this game. It don’t matter how we get it as long as we get the three points. The time for beautiful football as now finished.

big game, must win and there will be a lot of pressure.

notts must go there and prove a point, a positive sign would be to control the game and win. i would take a scrappy 1-0 tho. coyp!

Win at all costs Notts!!

I think the game will be very scrappy, Crewe is quite a good passing side, but their inexperience could become a weakness. They do have some very good player's mind, it won't be all plain sailing for Notts.

The defence needs to be more mindful about how to create space from the back.

Whilst avoiding the hoof ball, that's fine with pressure, but if you can bring it down - pass it forward then do it.

We're playing better away at the moment so hoping for a nice win

5 hours ago, 4everapie said:

We're playing better away at the moment so hoping for a nice win

That is true but for how long? The season seemed to rely on home games and I feel the pressure with this expectation has caused the home performances to be quite poor. I just hope away from home Notts cans till get them.

I fear Notts will lose and the other teams get a result that will make a gap again.  

If Notts can play proper football, I would be more than confident. Crewe have a pretty weak side but they do have some good players, their inexperience could be our gain.

im getting a bit nervous now, i just hope that they can put on a display. the away support has been spot on this season and with the players at every step. some fans may have voiced their feels incorrectly at times but some of this can get down to passion.

just have to hope on saturday.

Well with the arrival of Alex Palmer in goal for this match I don’t know what to make of it. I’m hoping he will do a good job he has been a emergency loan once before this season so he is not knew to being a emergency stand in. 

You have to feel a little nervous about a newcomer being in goal, yet hopefully Palmer can command his area well.

Notts needs to feel the game out, wait for their moment and attack when Crewe are most weak. It's going to be a nail biting game.

sad and annoyed to see the lead take away, all we ask is for the players to fight and hopefully there is time for that.

1-0 to crewe.  

Notts has to start passing more carefully, the games far from over but from what I am reading it doesn't seem likely that a good enough chance will come unless something is changed. Neal Ardley is very defensive and it's time to focus a lot more on attacking, if we continue to invite Crewe I am afraid that they might get 1 or 2 more! We need to pull level and build from there.

Disappointing so far.

Very very annoyed and fairy angry with teams doing us favours we couldn’t capitalise on them errors. Defensively we were awful didn’t really play to the well we can do and attacking wise I don’t think we even had a handful of shots . Another day another game we should have put the relegation zone in the rear view And started to build.

maybe us fans could be the squad instead of them, even us older ones could do a better job.

Not great