Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Huddersfield Town
A result as miserable as the weather - driving rain, swirling winds, absolutely atrocious conditions, how could anyone be expected to play properly!!!
Crewe were probably just about worthy of their win (their latest teenage 'star' Nicky Maynard scored one in either half), we created little or nothing - GTF and Boothy both blasted over the bar and Luke Beckett toe-poked one wide second half. Overall we were fairly average, I've never seen Fletch play so poorly and Hudson was woeful yet again (why didn't we try to get a decent midfielder before the transfer window shut). I thought that Nathan Clarke and David Mirfin had competent games at the back.
And Jacko must stop playing Boothy for a full 90 minutes - he's a shadow of the player he was, and that was cruelly exposed today - Crewe's centre half is even older than him, but had the beating of him time and again. It was embarressing to see. Jacko's loyality to Boothy is unfailing, and highly commendable, and it wouldn't surprise me to see him start next Saturday no matter how loud we complain. But maybe Jacko must see now that he has to start with Pav and Beckett next Saturday.
Its not panic stations for me just yet - had this game had been played yesterday when the weather was lovely we may have won, who knows. Hopefully we can bounce back with an all round better performance against Cheltenham next Saturday and our season can be off and running again.
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