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Another season secured in football league after Macc go down 1-3 L-U-V Stanley:mosher::drink::cook38:

Hope the Stanley crowd enjoy the rest of the trip :p

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Agree with the first statement but not the second. Jamie Devitt had an off day and Bobby Grant was insignificant. Charlie Barnett was excellent and the defence was also good. Another confident performance from Bavs. Difficult to pick Man of the Match for Stanley but I think that Peter Murphy probably deserved it.

The downside without a doubt was the two substitutions. Craney was a woeful choice for the lone striker role. Too short, too one-paced (slow), too awful. Apart from a speculative lob that landed on the roof of the net, his contribution was nil. This was equalled by Micah Evans. The situation seemed ideal for the introduction of Kurtis Guthrie at half time, and surely Will Hatfield would have been a better choice than Micah Evans for the second substitution.

It seems ironic that our depleted defence coped admirably while a powder puff forward display, especially in the second half, made scoring seem unlikely.

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Agreed with the majority of Revived's review.

Though im here for a holiday, im not too gutted about the result. If we could get something up front we could be a match for anybody in this division.

Murphy for me had a decent game at center back, which should be his permanent position from next season.

Evans yet again, looked totally dis-interested, and its quite clear to me he doesn't want to be there. He had one decent run but is obviously on borrowed time.

Hatfield looked great when he came on......... surely he must start on Monday.

Oh special mention for young Hopper, looked at home in the middle of the park :)

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then what on earth are you doing up at this time!

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After a 6am depart , 20 min walk from the ground into town, fish & chips and beer I was in bed rather early last night ;)

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If we've got a lad through the youth system who is holding his own against an automatic promotion team then that to me that is worth more than 3 points.

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Agreed.

He was knackered after an hour, but its understandable !!!

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Agree with all of that. I should have mentioned Hopper in my original comments. I would certainly like to see him start again on Monday along with Will Hatfield and Kurtis Guthrie.

I should also have mentioned that it was a definite foul on Michael Liddle in the build up to the Torquay goal. It happened right in front of the linesman who seemed unable to make any but the most obvious decisions without first checking with the referee.

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Coo! There's a "View from the Stanley dressing room" on the Beeb website - Paul Cook spoke to Radio Lancs!! Do the Beeb watch this message board?? :D

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Seems Amond went off wi a back injury n is doubtful fer Monday, Well according to the Joke of a local rag. Hope he recovers.

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He said it himself last night on Twitter, touch and go I think

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Give Kurtis a start up front!!!!!

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Well fer me,thats much preferable to Evans.

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I spoke to Podge in the market hall yesterday afternoon and he seemed hopeful rather than optimistic. Think he spent some quality time with physio Les at lunch time. He seemed to be moving okay but if he's at risk of missing more games then i'd let him have a rest and get right. We have an option in Kurtis and even Marcus Carver if he's finally finished his lengthy ban, be good to have a look at both. Plus I'm desperate for Kurtis to get his goal!!! Lol

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Think Carver was playing fer youth team yesterday morning, it looked like him to me.