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i know it's early but when looking for an update on the FA site re: cav I noticed that Proccy is banned from the game tomorrow for being sent off for his second yellow v Bury in the final match of last season. Oh and Rotherham will be without Dale Tonge (He's still with them isn't he?)

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Sooner you start it than SPARKIE....eh SPARKIE ? :)

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Tonge is still with Rotherham, but one of their main strikers (19 goals last season), Rueben Reid, was sold to WBA last week.

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Sparkie is now sitting in a corner and refusing to come out to play now :D

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Now Pete, tell her to spit the dummy out and join in the fun,
HR, I know it is the new season, but jeez starting a thread a full 14 hours and 57mins prior to kick off, must be some form of record.

:thankya::thankya:

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sorry sparkie, if we lose you can have the honour back with pleasure :D

Ozzy I started it purely due to the news on proccy and tonge! hey and I'm quite happy to have a record lol

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well I have had a look at the odds today and tried to look at it objectively. I don't think that Rotherham are 5 times more likely to win the game than we are so I lumped a tenner on (plus my free £5 for joining the site)


£90 please betting men!

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Nice to have ya back HR, you've been missed!

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thanks UK I'm sort of back, will hopefully be able to make all home matches but personal/health reasons mean I am limited to what I can do now :(

I know this is a match thread but whilst I think about it, is there a supporters club meeting on Monday Rob with there being a match Tuesday?

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yes there is Lesley - you no t been well chuck? hope you better soon

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The lass is keen, got to give her that :D - welcome back HR.
Can't wait for 3 o'clock - fingers crossed for the first points of the season this afternoon:mosher:

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hopefully been allowed to go back to work on Monday...:rolleyes:

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that's the downside of getting better!

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Martin

Edwards and Kempson at centre back, King at left back, Winnard at right back

Ryan and Joyce centre mid, Miles at right wing and Grant at left wing

Kee and captain Mullin up front


subs
DunbatterinDj's, McConville, J Mullin, Turner, Gary King, Symes and Murphy

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Afternoon all, morning Kiwi, here we go again ......:D

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Sounds good, Gary King in the squad at Rotherham - so assume he has signed for us. Great news.

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Indeed, no more match thread starting for me!!!!:D

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Miles is skipper for today? curious - thought it was supposed to Paul Mullin

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John Miles captain!!! Interesting choice to say the least.

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loving the minutes applause for Bobby Robson... :)

This may only have been a one off for me starting this thread sparkie

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Where's Cav ?

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That's odd cos they announced Paul Mullin as the club's new captain :confused:

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www.2br.co.uk/media-player/ for the people who are struggling with the slow 2br website

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Suspended for 8 months.

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errr have you not read the other thread... has been banned for 8 months, but no official statement from the club/FA as yet

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I take it you are kidding? :rolleyes:

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I hadn't seen the other thread

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telegraph today says that we dont know the outcome until monday/tuesday?

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All you can hear is Stanley's Ultra's singing, very quiet Rotherham crowd.

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half time 0-0

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so far so good 0-0 half time n best side so far.:)

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HT 0-0 and Stanley on top for most of the half, encouraging.

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Great to hear Rob Heys saying that if the allegations of Peter Cavanagh will not be a Stanley player if the sentence is confirmed although I have some sympathy with the club as the verdict has not officially made public.

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Glad I am not a Norwich fan - 5-0 down at half time to Colchester at Carrow Road.

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Not just 'not officially made public', the verdict hasn't been revealed to the club at all. With no statement from the FA things appear to be very muddy.

Got everything crossed that the Guardian got it wrong, as they have with quite a few things over the past few weeks.

Sweet denial.

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come on Stanley - stop letting them get on top, I want me ninety quid!

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Martin seems to be having a good game so far which is very encouraging.:)

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time for Chris Turner methinks

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damn it rotherham gone 1 up :(

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******

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oh crap keep yer gob shut cashy 1-0 rotherham:(

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Jammy Yorkshire gits - 1 minute left :(

Jimbo T :horn8:blower

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Oh b----ks come on reds

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yeah shut up cashy and you too rob.... think ya gonna have to kiss your £90 goodbye

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Go out for 10 minutes and we go 1 down.

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full time 1-0 damn it :( and I really think it sounded like it was ours for the taking

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robbed

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It would seem the better team lost

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Lets take the positives - seem to play well and unlucky with a few shots - goalie playing a blinder in first half. So the season starts next Saturday at home. Lets hope for a decent crowd and the right result.:enough:

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At least were not bottom of the league, that honour belongs to Bradford who lost 5-0

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Sounds like we were unlucky..............oh well .............. NEXT :)

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Really disappointed at the result with the goal coming when it did but at least it sounded like a promising start to the season in the way our lads played.

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Stanley played well and certainly deserved a draw. Rotherham's goalkeeper was man of the match, which shows how well Stanley played.

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Posted via Mobile Device. Gutted missed all the commentry seems the kit didn't bring luck this time other than we were drawing till 89th min, seems improvement there.

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After a couple o large bottles o Keo Im now feelin a bit more optimistic - just remember - we narrowly lost away to a side that are tipped to be promoted this season and we are heavily tipped (as we are every season) to go down.

Thats what I am going to take from todays result. Unlucky Stanley - everyone knows we should have taken at LEAST a point today - lets take it out on Walsall or Lincoln next week (please!)

Even though I was listening to 2br all game, I would really appreciate one of the Rotherham 120 to come on and tell us all that couldnt get there about the new signings performances... :)

Jimbo T :horn8:blower

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Seemed our's for the taking in the first half. We'd caused their goalie to earn Man of the Match by then

The major concern was the Rotherham could not play that badly in the second half and we had not scored. Ryan going close with free kicks. Disappointed with Paul Mullin's shot from well out even if it was on target. Billy Kee showed great ability to receive passes cushion the ball on bringing it down and turn. He clearly has potential to play at a higher level.

Mark Robbins sent Rotherham out playing a higher tempo in the second half and the defending seemed a bit frenetic at times. A miss hit clearance from one of our central defenders nearly put Rotherham in and Luke Joyce also had to head off the line.

Rotherham were denied by a combination of the woodwork and a great save from Alan Martin who had almost nothing to do in the first half but played a blinder in the second half. The ball fell to the right of the post and Paul Warne could not miss.

Have just vented my disappointment on Radio Sheffield phone in.

The Rotherham Manager said our passing football in the first half at times supported John Coleman's claim to have assembled the strongest Stanley side and Brian another regular Rotherham caller praised our passing game in the first half. The Rotherham manager said we would be disappointed to have left empty handed. A policeman apologised to us for the "robbery" as we left the ground.

That's perhaps putting it a bit strong as Rotherham were marginally the better side in the second half.

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Stanley were well worth a point. The goal came from a bit of sloppy defending, after we had just brought two subs on.

I didn't think Rotherham were that good. Stanley were more than a match for them

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Thanks guys

Jimbo T :horn8:blower

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Plenty of positives from today's game and I think we were well worth a point. Ryan should have scored when he found himself in front of goal on his own, but delayed too long. Kee looks like a very good footballer and once settled in, I think he'll score goals too.
I also think that naming Miles as captain was an inspired move, if a surprising one.

Rotherham hit the bar and had another headed off the line, but overall I thought they were very lucky to take the points.

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One positive is that Rotherham have agreed a deal to sign Adam La Fondre from Rochdale, so at least we missed having to play against him.........lol

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Thought we could have better capitalised on our many nice build ups if people had been more selfish and had a go themselves rather than passing it wide when well placed to have a go themselves.

First half Billy Kee found himself similarly placed to his first youth cup goal at Chelsea. Though he was a few yards out I expected him to turn on a sixpence and bury it in the Rotherham net as he did on that occasion. Instead he put the ball out wide to Bobby Grant. Rotherham got more time and the move produced no result.

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Double substitution of Grant and Kee near the end Grant looked to be hobbling. Does anyone know how bad it was?

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Shame stanley didn’t manage to score while dominating in the first half.
Considering rotherham are tipped for promotion we didn’t do too badly. I noticed that Kee and mullin where sometimes both trying to win the headers rather than playing as one unit, but they will form a partnership after playing and training together. The goalie also looked good!

Is Mullin or Miles the permanent captain?

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There is no way Stanley should have left that stadium without at least a point.

That will have been Stanley's best performance at their ground.

Yet Stanley garnered 4 points from the previous games when they never quite reached today's heights.

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Gutting but onwards on upwards judging by what reports i've heard :)

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With about ten minutes to go Coley made a double substitution, Turner for Grant and Symes for Kee. Why didn't he take off either a striker or midfielder and bring on a defender, maybe then we could have gained a point and still be unbeaten. Not long after the substitution Rotherham scored. Then with only seconds left Coley took off King and brought on McConville, why I do not know. Usually when there are only seconds left the team in front make a substitution just to waste time.

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Just got back, via various hostelries ;) disappointed but not too downhearted. Not much to add, as the other chaps have said it all really, but I'm more convinced than ever that we have the makings of a really good team here. Think they just need a chance to "gel" together more. Some of the passing was a joy to watch. As Haggis says, Billy Kee is going to be a star, and Martin is a sound pair of hands.

Don't worry...it's going to be a good season! :cool:

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Grant had had an injury. It was Kee's debut and he had worked very hard. Coley thought fresh legs might bring a win. Defensively Symes' height was potentially a big plus though I think Gary King might have been who I would have gone for getting the elusive goal.

Billy Kee has a great first touch - the mark of any good striker.

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How desperately unlucky can you get? From the radio coverage I heard we were very unlucky to end up losing but have to say that after all the off season stuff and the negative predictions from the press I'm very encouraged by this performance against a team that are one of favourites for promotion this season. Let's hope the team can take on Walsall with same confidence and get a result. I'm going for 2-0 win .Ryan from a set play and Kee to score on home debut. Cart on !

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If you think so; then I will take heart and rest easy.

It is a new team and it will take a few games to gel. On Stanley On. :)

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If you don't deliver the knock outs when you have the other side on the ropes there is always the danger they will deliver you a sucker punch later on and that's what happened. Simple as. Rotherham did what they are paid for. We just need to learn from the bitter experience and make sure it is not allowed to happen again.

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Um. I'm thinking of tracking our scores at 85 minutes to see what difference it would make if games were 5 mins shorter - at least +10 points last season I reckon .....

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Oh no we haven't:

Millers' fans' site indicates that deal has foundered on remuneration package.

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According to Millers' fans' thread the 3254 attendance included 120 from Accrington.

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My first game this season having not gone to the pre season and i was very pleased at the football we played and the players we brought in seem to be very good! out keeper martin i hope we can keep him for longer he played really well, grant stood out for me he played well and went close to scoring, ryan played well, and kee, defence looked solid just we switched off for 2mins and they scored! Craig Lindfield was in the away end watching Stanley! Maybe we will have him soon since he got relased by Liverpool i think.

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Very interesting....

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Lindfield and Kee up front. Could be very interesting.

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Credit in Yorkshire Post:

Rotherham United 1 Accrington Stanley 0: Warne snatches late winner - Yorkshire Post

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Yes it would be a good attack for us but an even better one would be Gornell and Kee :)

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I agree. I cannot get "excited" about Lindfield's strike rate though he was very industrious and hard working.

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:) I also agree but we'l just have to see what if anything happends in the near future,LIndfield is injured at the moment and i think hes been releast from L/pool but not sure,

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Also Linfield obviously loves the club! Hes been at alot of the friendlys, in the clubhouse afterwards and even went to the Rotherham game! He also has alot of friends in the Stanley side and admires John Coleman!

We need this player in our team!!!

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As hard working a player as Lindfield is, I can't help but place him in the 'Leighton McGivern' category of players who work very hard but ultimately achieve little success for their efforts. We can't take on another player like that. It'd be great if we could take him on and aid his career. It'd be good to be able to wait and see if his perceived talents come to fruition but we simply haven't got the guaranteed league status or financial resources for that.

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They are still talking about what a difficult game we always give them and the expression "got out of jail" has been used.