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Originally Posted by choirboy

On reflection, I think that we should have been taking 3 points off Bury tonight. That chance was reduced drastically by the sending off which, although it was difficult to tell from the Clayton End, I thought wasn't even a foul. To me it looked like a good old fashioned "block tackle" where both players attacking the ball go in hard but with the side of the foot. The player that pulls out of the tackle can come off worse. I stand to be corrected of course by those closer to the incident and by any TV /video coverage. The decision spoiled any real chance of Stanley winning but I thought that Bury were pretty inept in not being able to take advantage of the extra player. Bettinelli was superb and got better and better the longer the game went on. One of the lads who stands near me said that Betts will play for England one day and I think he could be right! One save he did from a header, albeit from a player given offside, was simply immense and reminded me of the great save that Banks did from Pele all those years ago! He fully deserved the accolades of the fans in the Clayton End, definitely Man of the Match! Tom Aldred and Deano were brilliant too, particularly Deano after he was pole axed by an elbow in the back, off the ball, after about 75 minutes. No complaining or rolling about, he got up bravely and just continued! Braveheart Deano. Liddle did really well too and got stuck in superbly. Moly played well and nearly scored a great goal early on. Pierro battled and harried continuously throughout the match and Webber and Hunt had good games too. Once again it was centre midfield which let us down again, even allowing for the sending off.
The only good thing to come out of the match really was that we stopped Bury from jumping above us. I was a bag of nerves in the last fifteen minutes hoping that we would not get a repeat of Saturdays late reversal! Phew!
Come on Stanley keep battling.
Management, players and fans together!

Have to disagree,we stand on Clayton End (Cowshed side) The way we all saw it was a Two Footed Tackle,both feet off ground, So twas no argument.