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September 18, 2007
League Cup, Round 2: home vs Crewe Alexandra (15th in the English Championship, 3wins, 1draw, 4losses)
Odds: Luton 13-8, Crewe 6-4(fav)
S: Showunmi/Kaviedes/Vine
AMC: Mansell
DM: Davis/Evans/Foley (small up arrows for wingbacks)
DC: O'Connor/James/Bruce
GK: Morris
Ryan Morris, the 16yo wonderkid, gets the start at keeper. I need to shake things up and anything will do for now. That and it's a cup match, so if we lose it, yeah we're out, but we're not hurting our league standing...
They show a 4-4-2 formation with moderate push from the wingers.
17': Going for a header, James O'Connor fouls an opponent inside the penalty box. PENALTY!!! The kick goes straight to Ryan Morris' hands, he keeps it!!!
26': They get a corner to the center of our penalty box. Morris can't do anything against the perfectly placed volley that followed. Down 0-1.
The half ends with us down 0-1. They are outshooting us 7 to 3 (4 to 2 on target) and they're winning possession with 54% so far. Ryan Morris is having an outstanding game so far, with a rating of 8 in the first half.
47': A 3 man attack. Three strikers in the box with Enoch Showunmi, Rowan Vine, and Ivan Kaviedes going very aggressively at it. Show ends up with a loose ball, puts it in off the post. Tied 1-1.
59': They score a freakish goal. What does "score in a bizarre fashion" mean anyway??? bleh, down 1-2.
We lose 1-2, but we gave it all we had. Great effort.
Final Score: Luton 1, Crewe 2
Shots: Luton 9(6), Rushden 12(5)
MoM: Crewe's Gary Roberts with 1 goal (the bizarre one) and a rating of 8.
HoM: Ryan Morris with an impressive 8 rating. Lee Mansell and Enoch Showunmi also both had ratings of 8 and everybody else came in at 7.
Possession: (us/them)
our zone: 10/16
middle: 20/20
their zone: 16/17
Overall: 46/54
Kevin Foley suffered a groin strain in the game and will be out of commission for the next 2 weeks. Dang! Good thing we got Keith Keane waiting in the fold. Let's hope he'll be up for it.
FM
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