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"They(Crewe) beat Rotherham away who beat us so it shows they are playing pretty well at the moment - and they have won their two home games against Walsall and Ipswich without conceding.
"They will be confident and I expect them to make it difficult; it will be no good working so hard for the win against Reading if we take the foot off the accelerator so we move on.
"Everyone accepts the great job Dario Gradi has done and he is a great example of how to bring youngsters through - he encourages them to work on their technique and feel comfortable with the ball as we were brought up at West Ham, so he deserves great credit for that.
"And they sell one player a season with Robbie Hulse going to West Brom this time around and they do produce.
"To do it in the second division as they have done, to get teams passing in that division reflects well on them.
"I have a lot of time for them but I hope they are not too effective against ourselves - they are only three points behind us.
"They have a good lad up front in Dean Ashton; he is one of those they will have to sell and move on at some stage and they have a couple of good central defenders as well as a keeper who does an excellent job and catches for fun.
"All in all they are a good side but we have to impose ourselves."