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Whalley Red · 13-07-2010, 23:06

Match report - FULL TIME: Clitheroe 3 Accrington Stanley 3 (From Lancashire Telegraph)

The team were all over the place in the first half and looked like they'd never played together ... given that the team was entirely full of triallists (and Cisak), it wasn't surprising!

The introduction of Phil, Jimmy and Leam made all the difference for the second half. With some cohesion to the team, it allowed Ray Putterill to play to his abilities and he was very impressive. If we can sign him, I'd be very happy! Hopefully, his long-term injury problems are behind him.

The forwards in the second half looked promising - and they need to be after we've lost Bobby Grant, Michael Syme, Billy Kee and Gary King! - but they benefitted from having a solid spine to the team, which the forwards in the first half didn't have.

A difficult game in terms of the weather and especially in terms of the pitch ... I thought our pitch had a slope until tonight's game! Hard to judge the triallists in the first half as the team was so disjointed, but plenty to enthuse about the second half.

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Whalley Red Full Member+ Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 669 Liked: 82 times Rep Power: 1653	Re: First Taste Of Action Match report - FULL TIME: Clitheroe 3 Accrington Stanley 3 (From Lancashire Telegraph) The team were all over the place in the first half and looked like they'd never played together ... given that the team was entirely full of triallists (and Cisak), it wasn't surprising! The introduction of Phil, Jimmy and Leam made all the difference for the second half. With some cohesion to the team, it allowed Ray Putterill to play to his abilities and he was very impressive. If we can sign him, I'd be very happy! Hopefully, his long-term injury problems are behind him. The forwards in the second half looked promising - and they need to be after we've lost Bobby Grant, Michael Syme, Billy Kee and Gary King! - but they benefitted from having a solid spine to the team, which the forwards in the first half didn't have. A difficult game in terms of the weather and especially in terms of the pitch ... I thought our pitch had a slope until tonight's game! Hard to judge the triallists in the first half as the team was so disjointed, but plenty to enthuse about the second half.