[Lord Stiffupperlip]

They say possession is nine tenths of the law - Shame the principal means absolutely nothing in football.
Stanley dominated this game with 72% possession & 25 shots. The Shrimps had only 3 shots on target & grabbed a goal with each one!
Our performance was a reversal of last weeks Wigan game, today we bossed the game from the off.
When Stockton scored on 15 minutes - much against the run of play; within 6 minutes we were 2-1 up.
Despite their equaliser after 27 minutes, when McCloughlin saw red on 38 minutes, everyone thought the game was in the bag.
The 2nd-half saw long periods where the Shrimps never saw the ball.
Yet possession means nothing if most of it consists of ineffectual sideways & backward passing.
Our current team show great potential, but fulfilling it requires much quicker & more decisive attacks.
At the end of the day, simple defensive errors cost us 2 points, our 3-man defence proving inadequate to counter Morecambe's strikers.
A disappointing result, but a great day out for both sets of fans with end to end football.
Stanley fans can't complain they never see goals - 11 in the last two games, even though 7 of these have ended up in our own net!
Credit to Morecambe - playing almost 1 hour with only 10 men, for a gutsy performance.
Let's hope when the Shrimps visit us for the return match, we're not feeling quite so generous.