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And so do the nerves and the nail biting, but I would,nt have it any other way it,s great being a stanley fan lol

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Thats why your a convert er..... convert!!!:cool:

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And some Sean McConville to listen to -
YouTube - 14-05 mcconville pre-stevenage.wmv

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Accrington Stanley super fan Hannah ready for promotion clincher - Local News - Clitheroe Advertiser and Times

one very excited fan!who was made up that jimmy and john signed her shirt this morning before she waved the team off to stevenage :)

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Good to hear, musta made a little lass very happy, thats what a proper club does.:)

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bloody hell how excited am i my birthday weekend and after watching torquay and shrews today there is no way that we can't do this............. bizarre
got route planner sorted for stevenage
life don't get much better
I BELIEVE
GOING UP WITH JIMMY AND JOHN

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Well here we go a couple of things that have been going through my mind since yesterday and just looking at a few highlights of Stevenage they are tall physical side with that in mind.

Do you leave Kevin Long in there or put Sean Hessey back in?

Do you start with Ian Craney or leave Charlie Barnett in?

The one I really hope for is DJ back with the squad even from the bench as proved last week at Burton the lad can have an instant impact and offer a different kind of threat.

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Hessey back for me. All the clean sheets aat the beginning and end of the season have been the same back four - leave well alone.

Craney in for Barnett. I gotta admit I was one of those who surprised at Craneys return. I didn't think he offered us anything that we didn't already have (Putterill). But his return coincided with the resurgence in results and I dont think it is an accident. Cracking goals in February but more than that it is the way that he can pick a pass out that splits defences. He has to return.

I also think that Turner has to be at least on the bench. He might not fit into the team with the shape that we currently play, but he is an option if you have to chase a game. It means changing the entire formation though, but if needs must he terrifies full backs with his pace. I think he's a good outlet if we are winning and just want to punt it forwards hoping for the best. "chase that Chris"

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Although I agree what is said about Ian Craney , I find he either gives it all or nothing .
with Alex Cisak in goal our results and clean sheet improved ,it is team work.

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Agreed with most points.

Stick with hessey and Phil. Long on the bench.

Play craney BUT if he is having a shocker then dont leave him on for the sake of it, ie shrews and shots away, when we have Barnett, Razor and hopefully Chris T on the bench!

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I too would start with Craney but if hes struggling to make an impact take him off at half time even. Tonights game has such rewards anyone not performing should be subbed. I think Turner shows each time he comes in what he can do and is one of our options to change any game and along with Razor they could win the game for us tonight if its not going well with 25 mins to go. Lets hope we get off to a flying start. The butterflies are kicking in now. Bring it on.

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Glad I,m not the only one with the butterflies new red lol, this is so big for Stanley I have been saying since we went on this fantastic run that no matter what happens I am a happy bunny with the way our season has turned out, but now I want us to win it not only for the team, Jimmy & John and the fans but also for the the life long supporters of stanley who have passed away in the last couple of years BELIEVE BELIEVE BELIEVE.

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I've got butterflies too! But so proud of the team & Coley & Jimmy, I believe & we are going to do this! My old Dad would never have believed this, let's do it for us & all the old fans no longer with us.

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Let's have 'em.

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Not quite the same, Bateson played the first 12 but i take your point and agree with it. Tonight might just be a game for experience, and with Hessey and Sunbeds in the centre of defence, it's there in abundance.

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Stevenage

• 16 Day
• 02 Wilson
• 03 Laird
• 04 Charles
• 05 Ashton
• 14 Roberts
• 25 Henry
• 08 Long
• 13 Byrom
• 24 Bostwick
• 10 Reid

Substitutes

• 29 Welch,
• 31 Marjarson,
• 07 Murphy,
• 17 Winn,
• 20 Beardsley,
• 26 Harrison,
• 27 Maamria

Accrington Stanley

• 01 Cisak
• 03 Winnard
• 04 Hessey
• 12 Edwards
• 26 Jacobson
• 06 Procter
• 07 Ryan
• 11 McConville
• 14 Joyce
• 27 Craney
• 24 Gornell

Substitutes

• 25 Dunbavin,
• 05 Long,
• 13 Richardson,
• 17 Murphy,
• 08 Barnett,
• 10 Putterill,
• 09 Lindfield

From the BBC

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Come on lads!!!

Squeky bum time!!! :D :D :D

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Come on you Men of Stanley; be proud and play like you're playing for life itself. Accrington and the whole of Lancashire is your 12th man. On, Stanley On!

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Don't you just love John Colman…….The man is Proud. "Determination" Get them in Stanley.

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Got the pics - bum also squeaky gl boys

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Whats that on the back of the lads shirts

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could be three down, not a good first half

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They have got to fight back; and they have to want it. come on John, get some arse's kicked.

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I think we were lucky not to have conceeded more goals, I have seen us play better. Still its only half time

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Too many poor performances for me and a very costly sitter missed. Hope they play with more passion and strength friday or we are going nowhere.

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Think you've got it right there New Red, Stanley were second to every ball and Stevenage wanted it more. Thought McConville should have smashed it past the keeper instead of trying to round him. Hope that miss don't come back to haunt us.

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Just about our worst performance of the season. Why, oh why oh why did we hoof the ball in the air for almost all the match? You have to give credit to Stevenage, though, as they were by far and away the better team. McConville justified my worst fears by doing his usual miss of the match, but also failed to track their first goalscorer. We were lucky to get away without a thrashing, but there is still hope for the second leg if we drop Craney and Macca. Time for bold decisions, John!

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I would say that Craney just was not fit, he was nowhere to be seen, but he was not on his own!!!!!

As for Macca.............

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Craney just carried out a perfect impersonation of a man that has no desire to play in League 1. Whilst Jimmy Ryan was poor, he never stopped trying. Craney looked like he didn't give a toss. Shamefull individual performance in my mind.

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Spot on just they could both win worst performance of the season when it counts the most. Like you said big decisions to make or Same Ols Same Old.

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I didn't see the match,but by all accounts Stanley didn't play well. But there's still hope, we're still in there with a chance. And we all know that Stanley if they play as they can there as good as any team in that league.

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No need to comment,Coley summed it up perfectly fer me afterwards.:o fer meself the "Real Stanley" need to turn up friday night,otherwise its Good night Vienna.:eek:

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A really disappointing & disjointed performance from the Reds

We never got to grips with Darius Charles all night everything went through the lad, a physical side that played to their strengths

Stanley had a couple of half chances and maybe 2-1 would have been an even bigger get out of jail card than we just got away with.

But on the flip side it's only the half-way point and there is a chance to regroup and take stock of what went wrong while looking to change things around and come out of the blocks quick & fired up on Friday night.

There's still every thing to play for and we need what we have had most of the season some ballsy performances, get it down and play it and what we are best at working as unit.

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Thanks Dave I was going to ask the same question, never quite seen anything like that on the back of a footy shirt before, was it just a one off??

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Do you think the lads may have bottled it due to the cameras being there? Been on every home game this season and haven't seen them play as bad as that. We were lucky not to be hammered four nil

Lets hope they can turn it on and show the country how well they can really play this Friday.

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Dont think cameras had much to do wi it, against Fulham @ Newcastle i couldn't fault the lads, can never explain a display like that?:confused: just hope Coley can put his finger on it.

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I think the poor performance was due to nerves. That is the biggest match that most of the Stanley players have ever played in and they are mostly very young and inexperienced. That's why we didn't mange to play our usual passing game as they were ''under pressure'' and just bottled it and reverted back to long ball. Now the stanley players know what to expect and are back to our usual surroundings where we have played extremely well (best home form in the league i think?), we will hopefully play like we know we can and win the match.

We need to close Stevenage down, pile pressure on them and keep the football. I also think that long would be useful to deal with the height of their number 4 (Hessey was better in the second half than first at doing that, but wasnt as effective as i think long would be)

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Just going back through the posts and was it dejavu?:o

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A team can only play as well as the oppostion let them and Stevenge didn't let Stanley play. I am afraid that it will be the same in the second leg. They area a big strong team and they are bullies and we cannot cope with that.

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Great point Pendle.

See the other thread with my views.

Long and Barnett or Razor MUST start with Turner on the bench, SIMPLES

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very true Jeff. How many times this season have opposition fans said their team were crap against us? well i read a lot of the other forums after we have played them and pretty much every game is the same

"we were crap and made them look good"

We got hussled yesterday and thats that.

But we all know that the real Stanley never turned up. If we play anything like we know we can then we can get something out of the second leg, no worries. But like Jeff says, they'll be the same on friday as they were on sunday, Coley has 4 days to find the answer .....

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agree macca, with inclusion of Long fer his height i would start 2nd leg wi the guys that got us this far, only other change i would make is Turner on bench. thing is though come half time if they aint doin the business i would put 2 on fer 2nd half, to hopefully turn things around, Razor n Turner being the 2, but i aint coley.:eek: