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Thought I'd kick start this early.
2 questions:
1) Will podge get a start?
2) Atkinson/Nsiala/Murphy- who gets the 2 spots at centre half

It's great this season there is some genuine competition for places in the starting line up!

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To late was the cry, Smudgie already started this un.:D

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Always gone with the theory,don't change a winning team,but you don't know who's carrying knocks,but with the players we have,I don't think it matters,as all are capable of doing a job

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I prefer this thread, because there are some talking points on it, so going to reply here. Probably will upset some of the message board fascists, but never mind.

I think Podge will start and the back 4 will be the same as last week.

Yup it is good to have competition in the squad. Its pretty good management to have organised the wages in a way which means we can have the strength in depth we've got at the moment!

Potter

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I think twill be the same as potter says, also think no-one will be upset,unless its a paranoid pillock or two.:D

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Toto out for me, you shouldn't play well then get dropped. Toto will just have to learn.

Podge should probably start as well but if they've got six foot ten centre halves then Shep will probably get the nod

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will Chippendale get the nod to keep the left side balance if Molyneux drops to left back?

will Miller automatically get his place back from Schofield?

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Haven't seen Miller play yet, but was well impressed with Schofield, did the simple things right and seemed to see a lot of the ball, certainly didn't do anything to deserve to lose his place.

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Stanley: Dunbavin, Lindfield, Murphy, Atkinson, Molyneux, Joyce, Schofield, Hatfield, Boco, Whichelow, Amond

Subs: Dixon, Dawber, Nsiala, Miller, Chippendale, Mingoia, Sheppard

Well done cooky, right choice!

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Strongest side in my view.

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1-0 Stanley Podge. yehhh:)

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get in you beaut

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Get in!

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:) i know its early days yet but some interesting scores in our league BBC Sport - Football - League Two

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Aye there is that Mab, been following on the Sky live score centre, the Lads are looking good. :)

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Half Time 1-0 cmon the reds.

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2-0 Murphy....................................:D:D:D:D :D

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Right, that's it. Keep possession, make Wimbledon chase the ball until they are run ragged, we've got the players with the temperament to do it.

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get in there Reds

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1-2 :) in injury time. all over

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When do you think other clubs will start looking at us as seriously tough opposition to beat? I quite like the current position of just quietly picking up points without anyone seeming to have noticed, especially amongst the media.

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Never hopefully ;)

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Strangely, Sky sports have just given out the result as a 2-1 win for Wimbledon and shown Stanley down in about 9th in the table on 14 points.

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They were having problems most of the afternoon apparently, but have a look here. :)

League Two Football League Table from Football.co.uk

Enough to make a grown man snivel :D

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I was watching the BBC live deeley and the Sky one - both were knackered for some reason and showing incorrect results/tables. For the entire 2nd half we were joint second rather than 4th. Either way we were ending up 4th but joint second sounds better :)

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Great result,look forward to hearing from those who went

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Except for the people of Accrington. It's their loss, though; they're missing something very special.

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Wow- fantastic Stanley.

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Not a vintage footballing performance from the Reds today, but one of real industry and character.

MOM for me was Joyce, countless interceptions in front of the back four; Molyneaux excellent at left-back; Atkinson towering at centre-half; Rommy box-to-box; Paddy as pugnacious as ever; Bavs once more solid and calm.

The game was fairly even. I want Wimbledon to survive and thrive after all they've done to defy that awful history-theft, but they looked bereft of confidence whilst Stanley worked tremendously hard when they didn't have the ball. The Dons did a lot of probing but made little impression.

Stanley's first was a neat, lobbed finish from Paddy, but Wimbledon came back and forced a fine save from Bavs, who got down low to his left, before they had a goal disallowed for offside.

The second-half saw Stanley soak up quite a bit of pressure, it helped that Wimbledon's delivery of set-pieces was poor, but not to take any credit away from the way that Stanley kept their shape and their nerve when under pressure. No one was diving into tackles, just working hard to close down space.

And then came Murph's goal. Soon after, the Ultras were declaring: "Where were you when Murphy scored?" Well, he's been bafflingly prolific recently, but nothing prepared us for this - a shot on the turn from the edge of the box that screamed into the top corner. It's worth staying up to watch on the BBC tonight - promise. After a moment like that, it was difficult to believe that it wasn't going to be Stanley's day.

That said, we conceded a soft goal with three minutes remaining and then survived a penalty appeal when one of theirs went down in the box chasing a through ball. On the away end, we were all holding our collective breath. We've seen them given often enough, but the ref held his nerve.

This wasn't a performance that will have the home fans drooling about our forward play like they did at Chesterfield. But this win was hard-fought and showed that Leam and Cooky have been drilling the lads on some fundamentals: keeping shape, closing down, working hard off the ball to provide an outlet for the man in possession. We have every reason to be modestly hopeful about what might emerge as the season progresses.

Have a good evening everyone

Phil

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Well what a trip today.

After Torquay and Morecambe my favourite away day. :)

Thought the Wombles bossed a large part of possession but we looked superb on the break, and scored 2 of our 4 chances. Atkinson and Molyneux where magnificent. They had to resort to attacking down the Right Wing in the second half as Lee was THAT good, for me was MOM.

PRIORITY for me is to extend Atkinson's loan for as long as possible, for me personally he is the man keeping things tight at the back. Another mention for Murphy who at last is getting a run in his best position at center back, and is taking full advantage of it............. WHAT a goal it was :)

Boco again looked the man to create something special, with Hatfield setting up Podge to score again........ Well done Podge lad :) Whichelow didnt look up to much and maybe Miller will come in on Tuesday, great to see George back on the bench :) Anyone know how bad Clarke's injury is???

All in all BRILLIANT day out :)

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Have just noticed there were more Stanley Fans at Wimbledon, Than Rochdale Fans at Gillingham,of which were 99, Whilst we had no coaches,only a mini, Hows that come about?:confused: Hope they bring a few more next sat.:D;)

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There where a number of Accy Exiles there yesterday Cashman, we always tend to get a few more especially when playing in London.

Also due to reports of how good it was last year, it persuaded me and a few others to make the journey. Helps that I now live in Midlands but it was still a good 2 hours to the ground.

I just hope now we can see a few more on the Crown as we really are a good footballing side to watch, but as ever its the casual fans we need to attract and as has been said a million times £17 is just too much in the current economic climate in North West.

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Thing is its £15 if they can be bothered to get it early, Agree £17 is a lot in North West in this climate, Think its still one of cheapest though?

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I also get a ticket online a couple of days before, its well worth £15 for me personally.

But look at the facilities you are paying for. For away fans in particular they are appalling, I just hope the Cow shed finally sees it end next summer :)

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BBC iPlayer link: BBC iPlayer - The Football League Show: 2012/2013: 29/09/2012

We're at 56:22 :)

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2 in the front and 115 in the back? ;)

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Murphy's goal looks even better on TV , what a screamer :)

As for Bav's mistake......... thank god it didnt cost us !!

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Murph should win goal of the month fer that un. As fer the mistake, fear its just a matter of time.:eek:

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Good anticipation from Podge, fantastic turn and hit from Murphy and misunderstanding between Murphy and Bavs but another three points on the road fantastic stuff.

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I agree Cashy :S

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Absolutely. We were musing about whether part of the deal was that we got the Watford players gratis so long as they played. If that's the case, we're getting the raw end of the deal, if yesterday was anything to go by. I guess the problem here for Cooky is that he only has two central midfield berths to fill, and maybe thought Whichelow preferable to trying out Charlie or George in a wider position. Have to say that I can't see Charlie playing out wide, and it doesn't seem to play to Miller's strengths either.

Yesterday also saw Toto given a run out at right-back. I wonder if Cooky is thinking of continuing this experiment? It was the one place in our back-line yesterday that looked vulnerable.

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Lewis Hatch is supposed to be a decent Right Back........... but has yet to be seen.

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Wasn't Bav's mistake; nobody's 100% sure what happened, possible poor call from the officials or Murphy's got a bad touch.

Bav's is gutted to conceed, he's after achieving the clean sheet record that Macca's pointed out.

Was miserable all the way home dispite the win. We've conceeded late on, his food went missing on the coach :confused: and the M25 was closed:(. All in all shows how much Bav's (as senior pro) cares for ASFC.

Clayton End take note, look after him for the next two home games:cool:

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Mr T the master of mirth! you've made me chuckle Mark.

Apparently the commentators down yonder reckoned that everyone stopped due to a whistle but the ref hadn't blown so the striker just toepoked a live ball. Give him his clean sheet bonus you tight gits :p

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Wasn't much mirth at the time. Sky has us losing, league tables showing us 10th; strange goal conceded!! Good job we DID score two:p

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don't care much about what sky/bbc do, Dan's service is the best imho,

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Can't argue wi that, the other stuff is just back up, as well as being a few mins behind the actual game.;)