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choirboy · 18-08-2018, 20:28

I agree with most of the comments made so far.
Billy up front alone was going to be a struggle especially against their BIG No5!
(Also a struggle if Billy was carrying a knock.)
We seemed to be playing an odd sort of 'Christmas Tree' formation;

Kee
Finley
Clarke McConville
Brown Coneely
Johnson Sykes Hughes Big Ben
Ripley

It was a truly wonderful Minute of Applause for STANLEY LEGEND DAVE HARGREAVES before the kick off!

I thought that our best players today were Johnson and Finley.
Finley was all over the field playing with a maturity, creativity and control reminiscent of Jimmy Ryan at his best for us. Johnson is a really dynamic attacking full back and is close to being as good as Janoi was last season.
We lacked punch up front with Billy playing solo against a 'Big Beast' and we seemed to be lacking in midfield where we seemed to be.... 'a man short!'
Ripley looks like a good signing as does the new lad Anderton at left back who came on as sub for Big Ben who also had a good game! It will be interesting to see who Coley and Jimmy opt for on Tuesday v Oxford at left back.
The game started evenly but once Charlton scored from a classic breakout after defending a corner, they seemed to be controlling the game whilst playing on 'Cruise Control' for a good hour. Had Charlton scored a second goal I think that they could have run out easy winners.
It was when Coley did the two substitutions that we upped our game with the extra pace of Zanzala causing Charlton more problems. Anderton nearly scored a debut goal with a powerful header and this whipped our lads up into full attacking mode! Sean and Clicker really got going and put the Charlton defence under a lot of pressure which finally told with a goal at the third attempt from Clicker Clarke!
In the end I honestly think that Stanley did well to get a point out of the match and that Charlton will be disappointed with the fact that they sat back on a one goal lead.
One thing about Stanley is that they NEVER GIVE UP!
Well done lads!
14th in League One at the moment.
And I for one will be happy if we are 14th at the end of the season!
ON STANLEY ON

18-08-2018, 20:28	#15
choirboy Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Clayton le Moors Posts: 3,025 Liked: 2211 times Rep Power: 230532	Re: Charlton - Finley is our new god! I agree with most of the comments made so far. Billy up front alone was going to be a struggle especially against their BIG No5! (Also a struggle if Billy was carrying a knock.) We seemed to be playing an odd sort of 'Christmas Tree' formation; Kee Finley Clarke McConville Brown Coneely Johnson Sykes Hughes Big Ben Ripley It was a truly wonderful Minute of Applause for STANLEY LEGEND DAVE HARGREAVES before the kick off! I thought that our best players today were Johnson and Finley. Finley was all over the field playing with a maturity, creativity and control reminiscent of Jimmy Ryan at his best for us. Johnson is a really dynamic attacking full back and is close to being as good as Janoi was last season. We lacked punch up front with Billy playing solo against a 'Big Beast' and we seemed to be lacking in midfield where we seemed to be.... 'a man short!' Ripley looks like a good signing as does the new lad Anderton at left back who came on as sub for Big Ben who also had a good game! It will be interesting to see who Coley and Jimmy opt for on Tuesday v Oxford at left back. The game started evenly but once Charlton scored from a classic breakout after defending a corner, they seemed to be controlling the game whilst playing on 'Cruise Control' for a good hour. Had Charlton scored a second goal I think that they could have run out easy winners. It was when Coley did the two substitutions that we upped our game with the extra pace of Zanzala causing Charlton more problems. Anderton nearly scored a debut goal with a powerful header and this whipped our lads up into full attacking mode! Sean and Clicker really got going and put the Charlton defence under a lot of pressure which finally told with a goal at the third attempt from Clicker Clarke! In the end I honestly think that Stanley did well to get a point out of the match and that Charlton will be disappointed with the fact that they sat back on a one goal lead. One thing about Stanley is that they NEVER GIVE UP! Well done lads! 14th in League One at the moment. And I for one will be happy if we are 14th at the end of the season! ON STANLEY ON Last edited by choirboy; 18-08-2018 at 20:38.