[Exile on Spencer St]

Watching the very brief 'highlights' from last night's match two things seemed clearer.
The first was the reason the ref penalised Hughes, although a penalty and yellow would have been punishment enough as there was no certainty that either of the two 'Pool attackers would have a goal scoring opportunity from a hopeful 'howitzer'.
The second was that, despite the hard lesson from Cambridge, the Stanley players, other than Parrish, still don't seem to be awake at penalties.
At Cambridge there wasn't any Stanley forward following up the rebounds from the keeper's two saves. Last night it was the reverse. The Stanley players were left on the starting line by the speed and anticipation of the Hartlepool player who ran onto the parried save.
Looked like a lack of concentration and basic awareness of what is likely to happen.
Maybe that's an example of the 'fitness' problem that DAVO alluded to?