Very disappointing result,as others have said. I said it on Tuesday and I'll say it again today. Is it just me....or for some reason are Stanley playing the long ball game more lately????
Admittedly the playing surface was hardly one for playing a strict "on the deck" passing game, but there again with a gale blowing why did we seem to resort to humping the high ball forward from the back second half ???
I'm not Miles' biggest fan, I'd say other than the one shot in the first half....totally inneffectual...At times he looks like he could play at a higher level, at others he seems totally un-interested..He was about as much use today as an ashtray on a motorbike !!! Sad to say it, but there was even a pretty audible cheer when his number went up to be subbed which summed his performance up.
Like has already been said earlier on the thread, I too can't understand taking Ryan off and bringing McConville on. Easy to tell Ryan was disappointed at being subbed by the way he trudged off. He was one player who looked like he could make something happen, but for me, replacing him with McConville was a bad move.
Too many times the lad just played "hit and hope" long punts forward without even looking up, I know he's a young lad...but to me a bit lightweight and easily forced off the ball and somebody needs to put an arm around him, have a word in his shell and tell the lad to think a little more where he's going to put the pass or play the ball.
Maybe the heavy pitch played it's part, that said wasn't Coley boasting in the L.E.T. not long back that we were the fittest or one of the fittest in League 2 ??? It may be me, but the last couple of games seem like we seem to be resorting to the long ball game, playing more and more hit and hope tactics. A bit like they've run out of ideas.
On our day,when we get the ball down and start passing it around, we can really open teams up....ala the second half against Cheltenham??
Also hope that the transfer embargo is lifted some time soon as it'll probably give Coley the chance to freshen things up with a new face or two and we all know we need Goalkeeping cover. I thought for a horrible few moments today that Dunbavin had been seriously injured by that stupid tackle by Benson.