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Evening all
Limited updates from me tonight (a debut text service for a home game) - limited due to lack of space!!!

No team news as yet. Will keep you posted
Dan

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You squished in Dan heheehe:D

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I forgot that with daylight savings all finished here, and obviously its kicked in there, I can catch the first 5 minutes before shooting thru to work..hope we score early.. :)

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Team news:
1 change - Miles in for Kee
Stanley line up: Dunbavin, Lees, Kempson, Edwards, Winnard, Ryan, Procter, Joyce, Miles, Symes, Grant
Subs: Kee, Turner, McConville, Mullin, Murphy, King, Flynn (no goalkeeper)

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NO keeper !! I wonder why....????...

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The good news is that Port Vale's top scorer Marc Richards is only a sub due to a stomach bug...

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Wouldn't like to be sitting next to him on the bench..:D

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Teams are out...

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and we are off

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Early injury scare - Jimmy Ryan is down and receiving lengthy treatment. Look like it could be right knee

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Hi Chimer, bye Chimer..

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6 mins - Stanley waste a decent free kick - Joyce's delivery is too long for everyone

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Why no Bouza on the bench??? Any idea???

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No news as yet Smudgie. Will let you know when I find out

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11 - little to report so far. Port Vale's Sean Rigg just shanked an effort well wide

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Looked to be quite a few Port Vale fans knocking about when I dropped Mel off. How many are there ?

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Coppice End is pretty full, with a few spilling over into the cow shed

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Have you spotted Robbie ? :D

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Dan, did you get my text?

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I did Pete and all was well until I left the sodding CD on my desk... Saturday! Sorry...

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LOL.........no probs buddy!

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28: first real save for Dunbavin - Craig Davies broke away and fired in a dipping shot-cum-cross from the right that the keeper had to tip over

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32: good save from Dunbavin to deny Loft who shoots from outside the area

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35: goal
Davies takes the ball round Kempson and gets a right foot shot away that beats Dunbavin into the roof of the net
0-1

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oh crap :(

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Rochdale went behind at the same time, party poopers all round

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HT:
Big let off for Stanley just before the whistle - Davies went through again and it looked like he'd chipped Bav, but fortunately for the Reds it dropped wide of the left hand post.

Pretty grim stuff in that first half. Windy night, bobbly pitch, below-par performance. Much work to do.

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The teams are returning...
No Stanley changes that I can see.

The wind is now officially "bitter"

If it gets any colder we may reach "arctic"

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Stanley under pressure immediately from the restart...

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Dean Bouzanis update: he's got a shoulder injury

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1-1 Grant! 30 yard cracker out of the blue, according to Radio Stoke.

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51: WHAT A GOAL!!!!!
Grant brings the ball down midway inside the Port Vale half , gets to it before a Vale player and volleys the mother beyond Martin. Cracker! Blue touch paper lit

1-1

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Get in Bobby Grant '!!!!!!

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56: great save
Ryan crosses from the right and Procter meets it with a diving header, only to see Chris Martin push it away.

All Stanley now

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64: Goal
Kris Taylor does a Bobby Grant from a long way out, beating Bavs all ends up.

1-2

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1-2 gutted :(

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66: Ryan fires in a free kick but it's well held by Martin

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Billy Kee on for Luke joyce

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Only eight minutes to go...

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All over. Went for it in the final minutes, but create few real chances...

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It's ironic that Darlington win away at the team that was top of the league and get relegated, all in the same evening.

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Poor poor poor poor poor. It was poor from everyone except Vale's front two and the Ultras. How did Griffith (or whatever his name is?!) stay on the field after nearly taking Procter's head off?!?!?!

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Must've been watching a different game, thought we put in a solid performance, they were reduced to long range efforts - unfortunately for us they scored with two crackers. Proccy had an off game but in my opinion overall the team played x100 better than the last game at the crown, the lads played with a lot more determination, keep it up and we'll be back to winning ways in no time.

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A little better performance after we scored, heads went up for a short time and chests went out but again too little end product.

Take nothing away from the Valiants a good attacking side and all three goals tonight were excellent.

Time to be really radical with the starting eleven and here it is:
Drop Proccy replace with Jimmy Ryan in the centre with Luke Joyce, John Miles on the Left & Chris Turner on the right attack, attack, attack

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Don't be silly Google Page Ranking! Can't play Chris Turner on the wing! He plays there naturally!!!

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Naturally that's an unusual word, a bit like square pegs in round holes:rolleyes:

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Bobby's goal was an absolute corker, didn't think it was gonna go in. Got to give him credit for trying to gee everyone up too and also winnard for constant trying and trying. Better performance than of late but once final whistle blew the lads were all heart feltly gutted.
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Absolutely agree.

Hope Jimmy Ryan's knock isn't too serious. He was my man of the match tonight.

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Agreed it was better, not great but a definate improvement, Procter n Kempson are Conferance standard at best IMHO, If Jimmy Ryan was substituted cos of that knock, 3 mins of injury time left is madness, unless yer wasting time cos yer winning.:mad: sorry but to me thats "Tactically Bankrupt":( Bobby n Symes were virtually anonymus then Bobby wacks in, Best Goal ive seen this season.:) P.S. was good to see Ilyas on clayton end tonight, though was shocked the stewards never chucked him off fer standing in seating area. lol

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We were beaten by a better side tonight. Vale were everything we are not at the moment - well drilled defence, good passing in midfield with players looking confident on the ball and plenty of movement and threat up front.
Stanley gave a slightly better performance than of late but too many players (notably in midfield) seem to have suffered a loss of form and we're just muddling through. Great goal from Grant but I can't help thinking if he put in the sort of effort that Winnard or Kee put in he'd be twice the player he is.

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Fully agree. At present, we have only two players, in Jimmy Ryan and John Miles, who are comfortable on the ball. Too many others just dive in unbalanced, and treat the ball like a hot potato.

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my thoughts on Bobby Grant- Last season didn't think he'd make the grade, This season has been a revelation, if he continues at stanley n works on "Power" n "Body" at some point he will become Stanleys Biggest Asset,and will earn em super money, when he moves on.:)

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And that was exactly where the game was won and lost Reamer!. Whilst Vale's Midfield managed, on what was definately not the best of playing-surfaces, to find their strikers with accurate passes, all that Stanley's Midfield trio could muster,were a series of misdirected flicks and lobs, which were food and drink to Vale's back four !.
All we can hope for is a return to form, and self-belief in Stanley's 'Engine Room', otherwise the sight of 'The Reds' losing everytime we turn up at The Crown' and witness them losing to teams who are ,on the whole, little better than themselves, will bring about a return to the collective depression and concern which caused so much angst amongst the more assertive contributors to our forum last season !.
SO..'ON STANLEY..ON !'....

and give us just one or two more magic moments (like Bobby's stunning strike tonight !)..which will ensure a late victory or two to keep us warm over the close Season!.

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Grant's goal brillant, and good celebrations aswell coming over to fans!!! hand on badge! glad he is staying or so the papers say! Ryan played brilllant again tonight but cant help thinking if he was in centre he would be even better, drop procter give edwards or kempo arm band! turner on right, miles left joyce ryan center. Winnard is going be a big player for us aswell, never stopped making runs up the wing tonight, lees played well, after the goal we were all over them, ball on floor to wings, ball into net, Bavs good save first hald from their first long range shot! They brought alot of fans but were silence mos of game apart from when they scored n after game when players came back out. Onwards and upwards!

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I can never understand , When Stanley take a corner , The other players form a cresent on the far post , but the ball always goes over the top of the lot of them . Why don't they run ragged infont of the goal area ? :mad:

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Another pretty dissapointing day for all stanley fans alike :/ at least it didnt have the snooze factor which was present at Darlington

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Last night, With the ball - not direct enough with passing, lack of composure. Without the ball - slow at pressing vale, low on confidence resulted with some players 'going through the motions' with half attempts to get the ball back.

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[quote=yonmon;806186]And that was exactly where the game was won and lost Reamer!.

....All we can hope for is a return to form, and self-belief in Stanley's 'Engine Room', otherwise the sight of 'The Reds' losing everytime we turn up at The Crown' and witness them losing to teams who are ,on the whole, little better than themselves, will bring about a return to the collective depression and concern which caused so much angst amongst the more assertive contributors to our forum last season !.




Oh No!...Not them again :D Spare Us ! :D

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I thought there was definate improvements last night, and Bobby's goal was worth being at the game to see it first hand if nothing else. Jimmy worked his socks off as always, hope the knock he suffered isn't too bad & he's ok for Saturday & I reckon if the lads keep at it in training this week, we could well see the Reds takes all 3 points against Hereford (fingers & everything else crossed till then :) )