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Our first five penalty takers - Roberts, Craney, Boco, Todd and Proctor smashed the ball into the back of the net, brilliant penalties. When Cav stepped up he chose to tap it and try to place it - easy save for the goalie, then Mully stepped up (I thought he said that he was never going to take another penalty after his miss against Exeter last season) and he decided to do the same thing, tap it - another easy save for the goalie. Why oh why didn't they just do as the first five had done and try to beat the goalie with force. I agree with Coley on this, it was a wasted opportunity. O.K. somebody has to miss a penalty sometime, but at least don't try to be clever and side foot the ball. Cav isn't having a very good season so far, his passes are going astray, he is being found out of position, he is often late with his tackles, he takes every throw in on his side of the pitch and seldom finds a Stanley player. I would prefer it if we reverted to Edwards at full back and Welch back in the centre of defense like last season. Anyway, on to victory on Saturday.

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Take your point Jeff, we were all disappointed last night but it's one thing for Coley to show that but quite another to slag off his captain in the press as he did. Cav must have felt bad enough without having to hear that. Everyone makes mistakes, don't forget they had all slogged their guts out for 120 minutes. Let's hope they can put it behind them and get back to winning ways on Saturday.

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Good point. I may slag off some players on here but I will always defend them the best I can to anybody else, and I would never slag them off at a game, I will always be 100% behind any Stanley player during a game whether they are playing well or having a shocker .

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Blackburn Raver is ianto.s your dad???

I thought it was funny that the FE coach got a police escort out of Watford what did they think we where going to do smash up the town, nice to cruise through all the footy traffic and lights.

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the reds were magnificent tonight....every one of them...played their hearts out sometimes with skill sometimes with a big hoof away....all gave a 110%....not sure if cav and mully tried to place their pens or were just plain knackered....maybe a bit of both.
at the end of the day (opps a footy cliche!) the last three games go a long way to prove what the fans sang last night......hello hello stanley are back stanley are hello

COME ON STANLEY

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opps missed a back!!:D

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i cant see what coleman didnt bring mangan on in the last few seconds of extra time????? doesnt that make sense to bring on a striker to take one of your penalties and take somebody who wasnt goin to take one off??? plain stupidity in my eyes. and takin dunbavin off when hes played a blinder? i mean what the f*** ?

i thought coleman was a football genius?

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I suppose it depends on how Mangy takes penalties in training, so it's hard to answer that one. The goalie situation however was always gonna happen, if a games going to penalties it's one of Coley's tactics to switch keepers, no reflection on the keeper who has played the entire game apparently, he just does it to try & rattle the opposition. The first time he did it was against Bournemouth when he took Jamie Speare off & replaced him with Jon Kennedy, on that occasion it worked but Jamo was gutted as I suspect Ian was last night.

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Just a few observations from an exile here in London:

1) Never trust the media in what they report as comment. Although The Times is one of the best of the bunch in reporting 'facts', it would be interesting to see if Mr Coleman decides to illuminate (on this mornings publication) in the local media and to see if he stands by it or if he wishes to correct it.

He may stand by them or he may not; but the simple fact is that he is a hard taskmaster and his achievements are measured by what he has done over the last years. Who would have imagined 6 or 7 years ago that we would be giving a Premiership side such a hard-fought game, and coming away with a narrow defeat but with such boosted pride?

2) The Drum. Last night it was played as it should be played, certainly in the last few minutes of normal time and in the last ten minutes of extra time: with the crowd, it was awesome. I thought at one point the roof (what is a roof, you may ask?) was going to come down. The rythym and noise were perfect.

3) The fans - and lots of 'em. From reading this yesterday morning I got the impression that we would be seeing no more than a hundred or so at the game; I made a rough count of 3 or 4 hundred, without full vision. Other than the Ultras and the regular supporters down here, there was an awful lot of new faces to be seen last night. I took 2 along and they were both gobsmacked by the game and the rest of the Accy support.

Well done, everyone.

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tealeaf is spot on about the drum (well done Diesel ) and the support the noise in extra time particularly was relentless.

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You must be joking it must be our accents;) as it couldn't have been the noise from Watford supporters drowning us out could it.:)

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We walked into the Witherspoons pub in the centre of Watford. Being a Real Ale man, I immeadiatly spotted a line of 6 Real Ale pumps and along with friends, made a hasty beeline for that spot by the bar. Having ordered a pint of Stella and a pint of Fosters, the conversation went like this:

Me:....And I pint of Abbot, please.

Barmaid: Sorry, that is off.

Me: OK...a pint of Flowers, then.

Barmaid: Sorry, that is off.

Me: OK...a pint of Spitfire, then.

Barmaid: Sorry, that is off.

Me: OK...a pint of Adnams, then

Barmaid: Sorry, that is off.

Me: Uhhh...a pint of Pride?

Barmaid: Sorry, that is off.

Me..what about a pint of Tetleys?

Barmaid: That's off, to. They're all off.

Moral of the story:- Watford barmaids are the thickest in the world.

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Standard practice at a lot of grounds now.

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Really enjoyed my day out in Watford yesterday.

Went for tea at the Football Cafe round the corner from the ground, it was nice food in there and the staff were friendly too, We were the only Stanley fans in there and got some strange looks from the locals:)

The game was awesome, I never would have dreamed we would hold watford for 120mins without conceding a goal. The team were absolutely brilliant and a credit to the club. My Man of the match has to be Ian Dunbavin, he pulled off some excellent saves throughout the match. I was shocked to see him replaced near to the end of extra time, he got a standing ovation from every stanley fan...Well Done Ian :D


The support from the fans was excellent throughout the match, well done diesel the drum playing was great. You would have thought it was a cup final at the new Wembley, we sang for the whole 120mins. The penalty shoot out was nailbiting stuff you could feel the tension in the air!

But, you always get some idiots that try to spoil things dont you....

When we set off home we had some brain dead 'cockney chavs' in a car driving past us and making hand gestures, shouting abuse and generally driving like idiots, im sure they were following us, we saw them on a few occasions on the way to the motorway...they were probably just jealous of our team :)

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A brilliant night at Watford last night (still recovering ! :eek: ), and even though we did not get the result we all hoped for, I felt that Stanley were the moral winners of the match.:) :) :)

OK - it could be argued that Watford did not play their absolutely strongest team - they may say that anyway to cover up their performance - but a Premiership team should be able to run rings around Stanley, newly promoted from the Conference and some three divisions lower than their far more highly paid opponents. Did this happen ???

No way !!!! :D I felt (even as an inexperienced observer) that Stanley matched them in almost all aspects of the game, and at times, it would have been difficult to determine which team actually is in League Two. All the lads played out of their skins - heros one and all - and Ian Dunbavin's command of his area was a very welcome sight. I am still left wondering what might have been had that disallowed goal in the first half been allowed to stand - but hey, such is life ! There will be other times, and I think we should be so proud of everyone who had anything to do with this cracking effort - from Coley and all the players (both on the pitch and on the bench) to the fantastic support given by the Ultras (as always) who sang their hearts out throughout the entire 120 mins.:D :D :D Who could possibly have failed to be lifted when you have the best supporters in the world like that ? :) :) :)

Though not all of us could match their singing efforts, those around me did their level best to drive the team on, and I was SO PROUD of Stanley at the end.I must also mention the brilliant drum playing of Diesel,who added enormously to the incredible atmosphere - well done Diesel - how on earth do you keep that going for so long ??? :confused: :confused: :confused:

Several Watford fans I spoke to after the match felt that we had not deserved to lose, and one even admitted to me that he had wanted Stanley to win the penalty shoot out, so well had they played.:D :D :D

Once again, a fantastic effort guys, thanks to everyone and onwards and upwards now - starting hopefully with 3 points at Mansfield on Saturday.:)

WELL DONE STANLEY !!! :not_ripe: :not_ripe: :not_ripe:

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I'm with Accymad on this one, even the Telegraph tonight is ' quoting ' Coley, let anyone else call your players, but never ever especially to the press call your own !
Thought the lads had a fantastic game last night, did Accy and themselves proud.
Only comment / question i have to make is WHY play Doherty instead of Bocco ?
Sorry to have to say this, but Doherty isn't even in the frame for me when Bocco's about !!

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Couldn't dissagree with you more Accymad.Penalty shootouts( or any penalty) are not a lottery,they are a test of skill and nerve between 2 people matching their individual ability.Accy are pros,Coleman a pro,they didn't go there for a picnic.As manager/players,you should expect to win every game,that is your job.It dosen't always happen,but you wouldn't last long as a salesman if you regarded each potential customer as a 'lottery'- "They come thru the door so I will to sell them something" is the attitude. I do agree it's harsh to 'name names' after such an event.

Having said that,I myself was absolute crap at spotties.:)

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Coley quaotes from last nights game are available through the following link!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/cont...ive_0607.shtml

I think it will bne agreed there is some very un called for comments!

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<DIR>correction to link! Sorry!
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I've added a few more links to the fishy site match report page. There are a few pics from Watford - see 'Sportbox' down near the bottom.

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It was a privilege to be at the game - and I drove specially from Bristol to be there. Stanley played brilliantly, and did not deserve to lose. The support was excellent. Just a point about the goalkeeper substitution - it seems to me that if the goalkeeper has played superbly, as had Ian Dunbavin, it is odd to substitute him. Here was an on-form player. It would be dangerous to replace form with what seems almost like superstition.

But, again, well done Reds (or, in this game, Blues).

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Elliot was fantastic on penalties last season, that'll be the big reason for the substitution.

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Coley has now come out and said that if he could turn back time he wouldn't have switched them.

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I've just read that in the Observer, couldn't believe it Coley admitting that he may have been wrong - that's got to be a first but credit to him for saying it, he's also retracted a bit on what he said about the penalties. Maybe a case of he should have kept quiet after the game till he'd had a chance to calm down, 'no comment' would have been better than what he came out with.

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Well done Coley for admitting he was wrong, but still cant believe he played Doherty instead of Bocco !!

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After yesterdays game at Mansfield, I'll wager Coley would have liked the earth to open up and swallow him after Bav's made 2 penalty saves - oh the benefit of hindsight

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great move by coley he was saving bavs penalty saves for yesterdays game and earning a point rather than lossing them gainst watford :) lol