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Originally Posted by fc:stanley
Coleman had better players than Beattie? Well that's a lot of bull! Beattie thought he could use his 'contacts' to get players but it never worked. Coleman finds hard working players and gems which he knows that can make a difference to the team using his footballing brain then so called 'contacts'. Coleman never got players from big clubs like Naismith he had to work hard with the drags of non league or players heading that way! At the end of day during pre season most Stanley fans were harping on about having the best squad we've seen at Stanley in the football league so far under beattie.
Also yes Jase is a massive loss and was a big force in creating the atmosphere but it wasn't just one man singing , just one man holding a flag, it was a group of people who now still travel away , singing for the lads but people gave up and had enough of the way flags were taken down , the way stewards were acting and the fact they wasn't treated as fans just supporting the club but treated like criminals. People have had enough so numbers have dwindled on the terrace. There will still be lads in the group including me travelling to Northampton , having a few sherberts and shouting loud for the team but the power mad people in the club killed the Ultras.
ALL HAIL KING COLEMAN
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I wasn't talking about where they came from I was talking about the standard of player we had tompared to what we have now. Contacts or no contacts we have conference teams with more money than we have and can attract better players. Naismith may have come from a big club but having watched him play for them on the few occasions he made the first team he hardly set the heather alight and that was in League2 in Scotland.
I would rather have a squad with Mullin, Edwards, Procter, Ryan, Cavanagh, Craney, Arthur, Gornell, Mangan, Grant etc in their prime rather than what we have now.
You are right, Jase was only one but he was a leader and an organiser. Yes the stewards can be a problem as can the rules but they shouldnt affect the noise levels. People have had enough but we are also getting older and football can take a back seat to other things as you get older. I've been to away games in the past and I go to away games now and the atmosphere has changed. I won't be in Northampton because that would be a case of leaving home at 23.30 friday night and getting home at 2.50 Sunday morning and that would be just travelling. I'm getting to old for that now
Mansfield is something similar but already booked up for a weekend in Stevenage.