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Max Crocombe (Millwall | England)

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03 Oct 23:43
In goal for a 2-1 win. Albion up to 18th, only their 2nd win of the season.

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08 Oct 00:23 · edited 09 Oct 11:18 · History
Albion play Cambridge tonight.

Crocombe actually has a striker team mate from the Congo. Beryly 
Lubala. Lubala who has never played for Congo, was sent off in the last game a win over Wigan. He's played for various L1 & L2 clubs.
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09 Oct 21:18
A 2-1 win with Crocombe in goal
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14 Oct 21:33
1-0 win for Burton and another MOTM (highest rating on FotMob) for Crocombe.

He’s absolutely murdering it in League One, wow
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14 Oct 23:20
Nice result and worth holding him back from the first All Whites game 

Auckland will rise once more

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19 Oct 01:10
From Flying Kiwis.

If you’re going to miss a national team game to stay behind and help your club instead, you might as well make the most of it by giving a man of the match level performance in a clean sheet victory. Lincoln City 0-1 Burton Albion. Crocombe made one superb fingertip save while it was still 0-0, then Lincoln got a red card early in the second half before scoring an own goal soon afterwards. Enough to win a few plaudits for his performance, right on.
𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗚𝗨𝗘 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘀 - 𝗡𝗲𝗶𝗹 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘆, @BlackpoolFC

Congratulations to Blackpool, @burtonalbionfc, @leytonorientfc, @shrewsburytown and @CambridgeUtdFC who all have players featured in the team this week! pic.twitter.com/E0qNJTBlW8— The Football League Paper (@TheLeaguePaper)
That’s three wins in a row for Burton. They’d won 1/10 prior to this cheeky run. A third clean sheet of the term for Crocs, who has the third best save percentage in the entire division – remarkable for a team that’s been on the back foot in more games than not this season. He’s conceding less than a goal per ninety minutes. It was disappointing when he started the campaign as the second choice but it didn’t take long before he proved his worth in emphatic form. 

There’s a reason that Burton Albion negotiated him out of the All Whites tour: he’s indispensable to them.
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19 Oct 01:13
So he stayed with Albion through the window? Fair enough. 


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19 Oct 01:30 · edited 19 Oct 01:34 · History
In camp with the AWs when they got to London (well based at Reading), and on the bench for the Socceroos game. 

Hopefully Albion are tracking better higher up the table come November, and AWs can negotiate a release for that entire window. Or Albion have their L1 games suspended during that window.

Edit - quick look at Soccerway, and Albion are down to play Cheltenham Town (19th Nov) during Nov window. Cheltenham didn't play during this Oct window, so fingers crossed for next month.


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19 Oct 01:57
The lad should be AWs almost undisputed number 1 on current form/game time. 
Nothing against Woud (who had a decent game and hopefully kicks on) but bizarre he wasn’t starting against Socceroos. 
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19 Oct 06:36
Yeahcoulddo
The lad should be AWs almost undisputed number 1 on current form/game time. 
Nothing against Woud (who had a decent game and hopefully kicks on) but bizarre he wasn’t starting against Socceroos. 

Decided it wasn’t worth risking an injury?


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22 Oct 07:14
BA's great form turnaround (up to 9th) continues. 4-1 win over Bristol Rovers. Albion with 4 consecutive league wins, and unbeaten in 7 games. When Crocombe got the keeper's spot they were last or close to. Wasn't until their 9th L1 game they got a win, so big turnaround.
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24 Oct 23:43 · edited 24 Oct 23:44 · History
BA's (11th) winning streak ends at 4 games. Crocombe in goal for a 2-1 loss at Carlisle.
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29 Oct 02:04
Clean sheet Crocombe. A 0-0 draw.

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04 Nov 21:22
Crocombe in goal for a 0-0 draw. So a replay at Albion.
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08 Nov 03:52
Crocombe on the bench (Blackman starts) and Albion lose 2-1.

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11 Nov 21:46
Crocombe in goal for a 2-0 loss.

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23 Nov 02:34
Bazeley needs to give Crocombe a run of games (like March window), as he's still fairly new to the squad, and important he becomes a faimilar voice at the back to his team.
 
Paulsen to start for the Oly Whites up to & incl Paris. Then maybe share they share the gloves in OFC WC qualifiers, 2nd half of 2024. I think these two now look most likely to be first & 2nd choice leading up to 2026.

Woud & Sail need to rid the gaffes they often make, if they hope to upsurp them.

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26 Nov 00:00
Albion get thrashed 4-0. Crocombe in goal. The Posh had a 21 yr Aussie Nicholas Bilokapić in goal. He never played in the ALM.
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29 Nov 00:26
Crocombe in goal for a 0-2 loss. 

Pompey (2nd) only edged by Bolton (1st) on GD.
20 yr old new Socceroo Alex Roberston with Pompey's 1st goal. Another Socceroo Kusini Yengi came on at HT for the winners.
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06 Dec 19:13
coochiee
Saw the extended highlights of this game last night on YouTube. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMwFBqBEyec
Wrexham's second-string team on the park (second Wrexham game in 2 days), but Crocombe still had to make some decent saves and generally had a good game. 
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09 Dec 23:58
Albion lose 1-2.
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14 Dec 02:02
Flying Kiwis. Coaching change at Burton Albion.

It’s been such a solid, assured season of performances from Max Crocombe since winning the starting gig at Burton Albion that it’s easy to overlook that the team has actually struggled around him. In fact a 2-1 loss to Stevenage on the weekend was the last straw for the management. Dino Maamria got sacked as gaffer and Gary Mills has stepped up as his interim replacement. 

Crocombe’s spot should be safe but it’s still a shame since the whole reason this Burton Albion opportunity arose was that he’d worked with Maamria a few years back at Southport where Crocs spent some time on loan.
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24 Dec 00:25
A 1-1 draw.

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