[Exile on Spencer St]

I should have known that driving past Stonehenge without a brake light in sight had used up all of my and Mrs.Exile's luck for the day.

Another spot-on summary from Professor Coleman and Chrisr is right: Exeter were too strong for Stanley. They challenged, harried, and closed down their opponents, who, in the first half, were as disjointed and slow-witted as a pub team after an all-night session. Whatever system Stanley were playing didn't work. In the first half Exeter missed four other good chances before the goal, inevitable as it was, came just before the whistle.

On the right side of the ledger, besides the naive defending that produced the first goal and a couple of other defensive scares, I thought the back three of Hughes, Rawson and Everton did well. The Don was one of Stanley's better attacking players! Scott Brown worked his socks off, often trying to recover a mess that was unfolding around him. Chappers made a couple of great saves. Switching Nolan for Johnson added a bit more forward momentum but, other than a niggling injury that he was keeping a secret from the rest of us, it was baffling why Jackson was subbed. As it was, his replacement, McCleod did nowt til he hobbled off, more visibly crocked. Billy looked better in the second half up front rather than trying, but not succeeding that well, at being a midfield lynchpin.

Maybe they don't like the West Country but I saw Stanley play crap at FGR and come away with 3 points. Today, the result was a fair reflection of performance.

P.S. I accept I'm biased, but the penalty decision today didn't exactly back-up Lord Didders opinion of the quality of League 2 refs. Fortunately, it didn't really matter to the overall outcome.