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Bugga . 0-1 :mad:

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%#&%#&%#*# . 0-2 . #&#&$#&&..might have to go back to feckin bed. :(

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Coley needs to be brave. Bring on a striker for midfielder or defender at half time

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Agreed

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0-3...maybe I'm still in bed and this is a bad dream...???

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$@^%$@%&%^@$&%$@&%$@& now I'm really mad

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:mad::mad::mad::mad:

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Back to the drawing board.

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Not a good afternoon :(

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Bish, Bash, Bosh!
Oh So Easy For The Posh
The stats sum it all up.
Only 34% possession over 93 minutes - at home!
Perhaps the most damning stat was that of our 19 goal attempts (only 6 on target), our main striker Billy Kee managed a grand total of 1.
Seems all opponents need do is to neutralise Kee & we're toothless.
'Posh's hat-trick Toney sinks Stanley's one trick pony!'

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Coley had got the tactics all wrong for this game. You can't expect Billy to be the lone striker against a team like Posh. we were second best to everything, In fairness we did have a couple of chances but they were not up to our usual standard. when Zanzala came on it changed the game completely. I thought we were going to pull a goal or two back. Not to be. Why is Billy preferred to start every game instead of Zanzala, suisa has not had a look in this season. I think Coley needs to be a little more ruthless in team selection and a little less loyal. We go again and hope that the manager can get the tactics right. He has done well so far and I am sure he will sort it out when he knows who he has got to work with after January.

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The distribution today was very poor, the Posh didn't even look a good side, We started against the shrews with 2 up front and for the first 30 mins played the best football i have seen from Stanley this season, Today was just Billy on his own, Captain useless was playing. beats me why.he will NEVER be a Div1 player in my eyes, but no-one stood out at all. a couple of good chances were missed, but really sod all to shout about, Coleys trouble for me is much too loyal, cant see the wood for the trees.

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Why change a winning team and bring Conneely in who quite honestly looks out of his depth at this level they were long ball to two quick forwards in Dembele and Toney when you play this kind of tactic you have to keep the ball on the floor and not lose possession none of which we managed to do bad day at the office we move on.

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In the first half our lads looked like they hadn't met before let alone played together. Anderton, who I've liked from day 1 was absent without leave, he hardly marked Toney at all but just left him to run riot - Ripley was all at sixes & sevens for their second goal too.
We looked better in the second half after the changes, but a lot of damage had already been done. Zanzala made a pest of himself & was unlucky not to see his efforts pay off.
Overall a very bad day at the office & definitely one to forget, yes their 4th goal shouldn't have stood as one of their players handballed it just before Toney bundled it in to complete his hat trick but by that time it didn't really matter.
It just always hurts more when a defeat like that is against one of Evans's teams :(

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We were really poor today with the majority of our players probably having their worst game ever in a Stanley shirt!:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
People are bound to disagree in the post match analysis and say all sorts of things in the aftermath of a result like this but
IMHO the best thing to do is to simply forget it and look towards the next match.
The hope is that the "Off Colour" players today have got their "Bad Game" out of their systems and we get back to 'Normal' asap!
Naming individuals will do nobody any good....it was just generally a poor team performance.
Having said all that the Posh were quite good at 'bending/stretching' the rules like Portsmouth earlier in the season. They constantly ragged and nudged our players enough to stop our boys building any moves. They were also highly cynical and earned two yellow cards for 'Professional Fouls' when we did manage to break through their defence before the game was totally out of reach! The AWFUL quality of our passing did not help and neither did the referee once again.:mad:
Clearly no one would blame the result on the referee but one outstanding example of refereeing ineptitude was the obvious hand ball for their fourth goal which everybody in the ground saw except the referee!:confused:
A DAY TO FORGET FOR THE REDS
LETS MOVE ON.....
KEEP THE FAITH
ON STANLEY ON
:jimbo:

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Drastic change of tactics required for New Year’s Day:- Kiwi John must stay in bed!

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This may be the only change made

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I think that some of our players stayed in bed today!:eek::hidewall:
ZZzzzzzz........

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It was a disappointing afternoon in front of another decent home attendance. We did create a few decent chances today but Peterborough created far more. Are defensive unit couldn't handle dembele and Toney in particular. We have developed a bad habit of conceding from set pieces (something we resolutely didn't last season).
I thought kee held up play well today. As others commented are possesion was gifted to easily at times and the posh could exploit us well counter attacking. Ripley made some great saves but also had some uncertain moments. Clark went from seeming world class on boxing Day to ineffective today. Yep, as long as we can get to 55 points initially we can forget today and move on! Will be an interesting January, with seeing if we can improve the team in transfer window, the cup runs (I feel we can get to Wembley this year) and hopefully some more 3 point wins In the bag.

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I though Peterborough looked a good team - especially up front. I didn’t think Stanley were too bad actually. We created a good few chances - especially Clark’s miss just before their first goal.
Our passing was a bit lax.

I thought we did look more of a threat when Zanzala came on but not sure it’s that clear cut that he’s a better option than 5 in midfield. But Conneely needs to be playing better if he’s in there.

Hard to pick a MOTM, maybe Ihekwe, possibly Finley. Thought Kee did ok.

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:confused::confused::confused:

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At the risk of it sounding like the usual twaddle... I agree with you unreservedly !. 😎

Have a good 2019 !.

ON STANLEY !.. ON TO GREATER THINGS !!.

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Lyrical and moderately accurate !... 8/10 !. 😎

Have a good and healthy 2019 Lord S !.

ON STANLEY ! .. ON TO GREATER THINGS !!.

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we were completely out played , but we can put it down to experience , put it behind us and look forward to the next game.

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Have to say the arrogant celebration by Bennett in front of our fans after he'd dug Anderton in the head on his way to nodding in their third goal & the handball which was ignored seconds before Toney added the final one did leave a bad taste in the mouth, sour grapes - maybe? Then again, you only have to look at who their manager is & such behaviour isn't totally unexpected :rolleyes:

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[QUOTE=choirboy;1221273][B][COLOR="Sienna"]We were really poor today with the majority of our players probably having their worst game ever in a Stanley shirt![

that was our problem yesterday as you maybe can carry a couple who are having off days but when the whole team looks tired and jaded then you have problems. for me its pointless having a large squad of players when they never get used. is it coleys loyalty to some or does he not rate the others. if the latter is the case we might try and get rid of some in january and bring in players who he thinks can do a job.

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more funny results today than ours. spurs beaten at home, oldham win 4-1 after being hammered 6 nil in their previous game. with 5 games to play in 15 days no wonder you get off days and odd results. one thing for sure we will not loose 4 nil at bradford on new years day.

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Is that the same Bradford who also won 0-4 at Rochdale yesterday? :eek:
Hope you’re right and that the Voodoo Gods aren’t listening.:rolleyes:

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actually more confident of getting something at bradford than if they,d lost 4 nil and we,d have won 4 nil. its a funny old game as greavesy used to say.

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Just a couple of observations from one who wasn’t there but has watched, in agony, the so-called highlights!
Criticism of Sir Billy when he’s alone up front seems a tad unfair. Has always seemed to me that his role then is not to be Roy of the Rovers, and be able to beat an entire defence single-handedly before smashing the ball in the net. His primary job, as Chevyfire noted, is to receive, control, and lay off to on-rushing colleagues. Of the three first-half ‘chances’ shown the video, Billy did that in two of them.
I suspect it wasn’t hand ball by the Posh player in the box. Looked like he probably used his chest to control the ball, but it was his bosom that was on the wrong side of the Clayton End but the right side for the ref.

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I have been saying fer ages Billy needs another striker with him no doubt at all to me, he was one of the better of a very poor display i thought,but to me most unfair to have him alone as a striker. imho

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The one good thing about yesterday was another bumper gate (by our standards) - 2,672 including 441 Posh fans. What a pity we couldn't rise to the occasion like we did on Boxing Day. :(

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from memory, Billy just isn’t getting any chances to score.
He’s doing well collecting and laying off the ball, but why he subsequently does not get on the end of a move I dunno. Is he not finding the right positions? Not fast enough? Or do the attacks he helps create just end with Clark or Seany blazing over?

Is the Clark/Johnson partnership faltering and not getting round the back and putting the crosses in that Kee capitalises on?

The Dembele/Toney partnership looked a country mile better than our forwards. I suspect that’s because they are two excellent players.

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As others have already said, too many of our players had off days yesterday. I’ll add a couple of other observations. Thought Ripley was at fault for the first three goals - 1st and 3rd were similar in free kicks from right played right into the goalkeeper with real pace and he just couldn’t deal with them. Tovey must only have been 3 yards from goal when he headed first goal and third one was right at Ripley and he simply didn’t react in time. Add that to completely missing his kick and allowing Tovey in for the 2nd goal added up to a poor display. In balance, he did make a couple of decent saves, especially the one low down from Dembele and wasn’t helped by his defence for 2nd goal.

My second point is that I thought Conneely was left with too much workload and hence, ground to cover in midfield as we seemed to lose our shape in the first half, so from my perspective the comments on his performance yesterday should be more balanced.

Happy New Year to all

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As to Jordan Clark ?.. no one has mentioned the superb performance from Tyler Denton which totally nullified most of Jordan's efforts !.. A lot has been said about Posh's forwards but their MOM was either Denton or the Centre Back who ensured that Billy couldn't make much difference to the outcome of the match !.

Credit where credit is due ?.

ON STANLEY.... ON TO GREATER THINGS !!.

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Most times there were 2 men marking Jordon, kept him well quiet i thought.

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agree about denton. best left back i,ve seen against us and played fair also.

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At least one person enjoyed his day at The Wham. :)

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