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mab 05-01-2013 14:35

Daggers match thread
 
Half hr gone n 1 down!! Not really any chances for the reds,ni corners to us 2 for the daggers:( second best at the mo

mab 05-01-2013 14:45

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Stanley sub podge off injured!! liddle on

mab 05-01-2013 15:25

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:confused: strange subs by stanley :confused:

Haggis316 05-01-2013 15:42

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Wimbledon winning away now. Only 6 points clear of next to bottom Plymouth with a 3 goal worse goal difference.:eek::eek::eek:

Crowd only just broken the 1000.:(

Haggis316 05-01-2013 15:49

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Wimbledon beating Coley at his place should say.

accybeme 05-01-2013 16:29

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sorry but this was the worst Stanley performance of the season, Beattie was like a broken sat-nav no sense or purpose, absolutely amazed that Leam never pulled him off

caretaker 05-01-2013 16:39

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I was not impressed with Stanley today, The daggers defence coped easily with our limited attacks. Liams statistics are not encouraging.

Redraine 05-01-2013 16:41

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Awful. A terrible performance from our so-called front two. I think the Beattie experiment has failed. He just jogged through the game and his fitness evidently has not improved since joining us. Podge is becoming the nearly man, constantly just failing to connect properly with chances and to get on the end of any lumps up the field which seemed to be our only tactic in the first half. Positives were Dixon putting a lot of his colleagues to shame with his play as a sub, considering the level from which he has come, and Molyneux once again showing the way with a MOM performance, although there wasn't much opposition. Couldn't understand why Wilson was played at right back as he is so obviously left footed??

smobile 05-01-2013 17:29

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Originally Posted by accybeme (Post 1035774)
sorry but this was the worst Stanley performance of the season, Beattie was like a broken sat-nav no sense or purpose, absolutely amazed that Leam never pulled him off

You want to rephrase the last bit ? :eek:

smobile 05-01-2013 17:34

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Next 3 games

Aldershot Away
Wimbledon Home
Plymouth Away

Failure to get at least 4 points from these games and we really are in the crap.

I said it after the Wycombe game and I will say it again - Very, very worried :(

FrankMoody 05-01-2013 17:49

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Absolute disgrace today. Since snake left we have gone from a footballing side to a long ball pub team.

I've been surprised a few times at his team selection and substitutions but today was incredible.

Podge injured so you look at the bench and think Hatfield Gray and Mingoia, even Dixon could play that 2nd striker role so a straight swap no doubt - Not our gaffer, he changes 3 positions (Boco in place of Podge, Molyneux in place of Boco and Liddle in place of Molyneux), absolutely bizarre!

Then 2nd half when we're chasing the game, he's got 3 attacking players on the bench who have all scored goals this season, does he put any of them on? - not our gaffer, he puts on two centre midfielders who I can't remember having a shot all season, Clarke plays back and square more than Joyce and that's saying something. To be fair Dixon ran about and looked lively but never looked like scoring.

Wilson looked like a fish out of water from the first minute
Linfield has a great attitude but his final ball is awful
Beattie looks knackered from the first minute
Boco hardly had a kick once he went inside

The new management team, whoever that comprises of these days has turned us into a poor-mans Wimbledon circa 1985.

Last thing, if anyone listens to the interviews and thinks we were anything better than awful at any stage you're been told lies.

Rant over, lie down in a dark room called for

Bentley5 05-01-2013 18:25

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I am always reluctant to say anything that could be deemed as criticism of the players but my word, we were dreadful today.

The Beattie experiment has not proved positive; no club will be coming in for him so it looks as though we are stuck with him for the time being.

Joyce has got to be dropped from the team for his own sake; he needs time to regain his game and take stock of his performance. He needs the captaincy removing from him so he can concentrate on his game.

Why was Wilson played there today; he patently belongs on the other side of the park.

Damn, I am depressed.

Reamer 05-01-2013 19:05

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What a poor showing from a team that performed so admirably against Cookie's lot. New signing Wilson looked lost at rb and not match fit (Where was Hunt who played so well in last game ?). Beattie had no impact on game and on this evidence agree with others that the experiment should be terminated without further embarassment to both parties. Central defence looks better with Deano in there and toto on the sidelines but midfield looks totally lacking in ideas at the moment. Lindfield and Amond were totally ineffective and should not insult the laundry person by handing their kit in. Best of the worst on the day were Belford (no blame for goals), Winnard (couple of errors late on but otherwise steady), Molyneaux (forays down the left but sometimes wonder when rest of team will play ctach up), Boco (tried hard to get forwards going but was fighting a lone battle)

yonmon 05-01-2013 19:11

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Whilst I can never accept the gesture when so-called 'fans' see fit to boo their team, I do sympathize with those who were obviously dissatisfied with the fare served up at the Crown this afternoon.
The Reds seem to have gone retrograde with tactics limited to launching high balls from Goalkeeper and defenders to Strikers unable to control them. let alone gain any advantage, and a midfield whose easily read tactics render them ineffective.
Whilst I won't name those indviduals whose performances were less than acceptable this afternoon and made winning this important game an impossibility, I would conclude from what I witnessed that a collection of relatively inexperienced young pros and loanees will seldom succeed in their task, and without an on-pitch leader will find it almost impossible !.
Leam certainly has a weighty problem to solve over the coming weeks if he is to find the players and apply the tactics needed to reverse the current situation and get the points required for 'safety'....I wish him well, and would ask 'the boo boys' to shut up and keep the faith !.

stanley convert 05-01-2013 19:53

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Sorry boy,s that performance wer,nt fit to grace the Conference, give the armband back to Deano if he don,t end up over the border in Rochdale, get an easy jet one way ticket back to Ireland for podge or drop him back a bit and get somebody with pace up front, Bocco is going to get peed off and go to play for the snake and as for the rest either wear our clubs shirt with pride and passion or ship out.
This has been the worst of times I can remember in all my time watching stanley and I certainly ain,t ever heard booing from around the ground at the end of a game, sadly all I can see is relegation looming yep we have been kicking above our weight since 2006 and it,s been good while it lasted but IMHO the roller coaster ride is over.
Leam I,m sure is at his witsend with this lot and needs an experienced second in command to help him but the way things are heading we will be lucky to get anybody on in two weeks for free never mind for a fiver.

football19 05-01-2013 21:36

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Missed the game today,and was reliant on dans commentary,but must admit I fancied us for three points.Was surprised at the line-up,but my main concern is us persevering with 4-4-2.
We just get over-run in the middle,as today,who would be tucking in to central areas?,boco,linney or podge dropping in ??,
With the players we have,4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 would be more solid,as our extra striker just ends up doing Beatties running for him.
Being positive,think these lads can get us six wins,which I think will be enough,and start again next season --- keep the faith !!!!

Reamer 06-01-2013 00:56

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I've never booed at a football match in my life, Yonmon, but today after dags scored their second goal there was a spontaneous outcry of 'Rubbish' from the Clayton End, letting the players know exactly what the paying spectators thought of our defending. That's as it should be. Don't agree with your second paragraph about naming individuals who don't perform, we praise em when they play well, why not give em stick when they don't. Lots of us have probably played the game, albeit at a lower level and got a slating, it goes with the territory.
The ' keep the faith' and 'we're all in it together ' mentality thins a bit after watching a performance like today's. Having said that , I'll be there against Wimbledon, I've got two weeks to recover

PS thought the on pitch leader today was Boco (by example) but our senior players didn't seem able to respond

MOM - the guy who said 'Get Proccy on' after half an hour :)

Greeny 06-01-2013 10:39

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Agree it was a very poor performance yesterday but what good is booing, if you don't like what you see either leave or don't applaud , booing is for the baddies in pantomime.
and before anyone else says it , yes it was a pantomime yesterday but its been, gone today is another day .

accybeme 06-01-2013 10:45

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Originally Posted by Greeny (Post 1035844)
Agree it was a very poor performance yesterday but what good is booing, if you don't like what you see either leave or don't applaud , booing is for the baddies in pantomime.
and before anyone else says it , yes it was a pantomime yesterday but its been, gone today is another day .

the attendance was only 1031 yesterday telling fans to leave is not a good option,

football19 06-01-2013 10:48

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Must agree greeny,we know anybody can beat anybody in this division.You need all your players on song,if not,you will get beat.
Normally it's the young ones who dip in form around this time of the year,and the experienced players come to the front.
It seems the reverse is happening at the moment,the older ones need to step up to the mark,and the younger ones will follow

shakermaker 06-01-2013 11:31

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To say I was frustrated after the game yesterday would be an understatement and I must apologise to anyone who was within earshot of my expletives between Accrington and the journey home to Salford.

Put simply, everything went wrong. We started brightly and then petered out into a shameful mess.

Team selection - Laurence Wilson does not have a right foot yet was played at right back and was subsequently annihilated time and time again. Beattie was a dead weight, embarrassingly trudging around in a ten yard square, winning about 10% of the balls put to him and failing to hold it up when he did. We seem to be making a lot of people unhappy and making our own team worse in order to make space in the team for him.

Shape - I don't know what the instructions were for the left flank but needless to say it was a horror show. Boco started on the left but kept drifting inwards to a centre forward position, which meant him and Podge were going for the same passes - this meant our wide options were minimised. Not only was Podge doing the running for the oil tanker that is Beattie but was also covering Boco as he showed the positional sense of a bluebottle. Amond's injury meant that Boco was pushed up front which allowed him the free role in which he is best applied.
On the right, Lindfield seemed to be played as an inside forward but spent most of his time tracking back to help out the hapless Wilson. Lindfield worked hard but lost the ball often due to having no outlet.
When the ball was in the opposition's defending third we failed to close the ball down with any tenacity. Look at how the other team act when we have the ball on the edge of our box compared to how we do - we sit and wait for the ball to be played. This is criminal.
Neither Miller or Joyce imposed themselves on the game which meant we were overrun. When Dixon came on - stampeding through the middle and causing the Daggers all manner of problems - this difference was highlighted.

Individual errors - our marking was horrific at set-pieces, gifting free headers to the opposition with a cringing regularity.

Application - there was no hunger, fight or desire to win the game from any player on the park. That fact is the most disappointing as it is the only thing Stanley fans demand from their team. The only positive comment I have on this subject is the way Dixon and Clark played like they want to be in the team, well done you two.

Yesterday was a reality check. We did not turn the proverbial corner we all hoped we did on New Year's Day. We shouldn't need the petulance of a former manager returning to the ground in order to stir up some desire. If we play like this again, we're well on the way to getting relegated. Get another gate like that and I don't want to say where we'll be.

I feel for Leam as he has inherited a team with hardly any experience in it but he's going to have to pull something out of the bag this month.

Redraine 06-01-2013 11:39

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Great post, Shaker, but I must disagree with your comment that we showed no fight or desire to win the game. It's just that we weren't good enough!

football19 06-01-2013 13:31

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I can't believe we showed no fight, get out played ?,that happens,but there are a few fighters in our team.Looking at there team,they have some really good players,including Doe,who's a rock at cb for them.
Looks like there left winger kept cutting inside causing havoc.

yonmon 06-01-2013 15:10

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Originally Posted by Redraine (Post 1035857)
Great post, Shaker, but I must disagree with your comment that we showed no fight or desire to win the game. It's just that we weren't good enough!

Nail on the head Red !... We were worse than The Daggers in every department, worst of all in Midfield and in the 'lets win this one' area where the spirit and desire to succeed was so obviously missing. Then again Cameron Belford had little to do apart from pick the ball out of the net twice and boot the ball long and high to strikers who were SO inept on the day that the prospect of them scoring a goal was a distant possibility and allowed their Centre Backs to enjoy an extended Christmas Holiday !, so was the gap between he teams that wide after all ??...
Again I remember Sir Bobby Robson's oft quoted maxim...
'Score goals...win matches...win Trophys..... No goals...lose matches...get relegated '... Simplistic maybe, but seeming ever more relevant to life at The Crown , for where will the much-needed goals come from ?.....I am perplexed !... and must say that there is some crescendo in the squeaky murmurs emanating from my gluteal region !.

FrankMoody 06-01-2013 15:36

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Originally Posted by shakermaker (Post 1035856)


I feel for Leam as he has inherited a team with hardly any experience in it but he's going to have to pull something out of the bag this month.

Leam inherited a team that was mid table, still in the FA cup and trying to play some decent football. He has since added 3 players to the squad, changed the way we play and turned us into a pub team heading for a relegation dogfight

football19 06-01-2013 16:52

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When cook took over,we were on the fringes of the play-offs,but I genuinely believe it was proccys departure that unbalanced our team,and we have never replaced him.He added presence to the team,screened the back four,and generally led by example.
He may not have been everybody's cup of tea,but was very effective in all areas of the field and never went hiding.

AccyMad 06-01-2013 17:45

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Originally Posted by FrankMoody (Post 1035880)
Leam inherited a team that was mid table, still in the FA cup and trying to play some decent football. He has since added 3 players to the squad, changed the way we play and turned us into a pub team heading for a relegation dogfight

That is a very harsh comment, for a start the season was only 8 or 9 weeks old when cook left for greener pastures so our then mid table position was maybe a little misleading. Based on the 15 games cook led us into this season & the same number since he left that Leam has been in charge, their records are quite similar - we have won 1 less under leam but have lost 2 less & drawn 3 more than we did under paul cook. Ok, yesterday was a bit of a nightmare but there is still time for the lads to turn things round & i for one would rather have a manager who has the club at heart rather than one who cleared off as soon as the going got a bit tough despite all his cliches about wanting to mould his own team.

Stevo 06-01-2013 18:06

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Well,well, well, what a difference a game makes , as they say , unfortunately in our case for all the wrong reasons.
Yes I thought and hoped we had turned the corner in January and after the Chesterfield match , great EUREKA ...we had or seemed to have done!
I agree with Smobile's assessment over the coming 3 games ....in fact I felt that if we didn't get 3 points after the Plymouth game...which we didn't ,that would be it the dreaded relegation battle is looming....
Well now we have turned a corner....straight into a cul-de-sac...which is heading 1 way!!
I know and understand why everybody loves Leam and he is such a nice guy ...bla, bla , bla, BUT reality is NICE GUYS especially at manager level , don't cut it in this business, My most favourite manager of all time was Cloughie and HE certainly wasn't a nice guy with players...even now , Ferguson,and Wenger aren't nice guys...BUT they DO get results, and think back not too far NO WAY would you say COLEY was a nice manager , but by hell he DID get results!!!
Just taking the last game as a small example, the change of Amond caused SO MUCH disruption to the team,and let's face it , we haven't had a stable defence for quite some time now,so doing what he did, (LEAM) was stupid.
There is a HELL of a lot of work for him to do this month even if we are to survive in this league, I am in agreement with most on this forum that we NEED a LEADER someone to motive ALL the team, which even though I wasn't a great fan of Proccie, he DID manage to do however he also had the support of Winnard , and Hessey, who were both very vocal, and that is good for a team, it shows commitment, and desire....
the present captain Joyce does not seem to generate any motivation or leadership so Winnard at least should be made captain and GET the shirkers in the side to WORK..
If I were Leam I'd get ALL the team who Played (except Belford...poor guy) to go to watch how Morecambe cope with the Daggers...it's free,
and would be worthwhile to see what a difference it is!!!
Once again like Smobile says, I think this month WILL determine our fate...

VALAIRIAN 06-01-2013 19:53

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Originally Posted by football19 (Post 1035890)
When cook took over,we were on the fringes of the play-offs,but I genuinely believe it was proccys departure that unbalanced our team,and we have never replaced him.He added presence to the team,screened the back four,and generally led by example.
He may not have been everybody's cup of tea,but was very effective in all areas of the field and never went hiding.

Got to say that you have that spot on............... :)

Jeg Red 06-01-2013 20:29

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Want to add my twopenneth on Stanley's current plight. Am not going to dwell too much on yesterday, which was awful. Last Tuesday's exult was good, however if we analyse the game it papers over the cracks, as despite a spirited performance, the only thing between us and defeat was a great goalkeeping display by a guy on his home debut and some bad luck on Chesterfield's part.

I'll repeat what I said over a month ago, for me, the manager just hasn't the experience or force of personality to take the team forward and we need to ace up to the fact we're in a real scrap retain our league status. There always seems to be one team who drops from mid table security and ends up in free fall - this year I fear that's us and unfortunately I've seen nowhere near enough in the last 6 weeks to suggest we'll scrap our way out.

I know Rob reads these posts and I'd say to the club hierarchy, what's Plan B as that's vital for continued success at a football club, as managers and players always move on, either upwards and onwards or as a result of not being deemed good enough. So just as football managers have scouting networks for players, are we doing enough to keep our eyes on potential successors - this is not disloyalty to current incumbents, it's good management practice. For example, I know that the FA Cup has given Macclesfield some publicity this weekend, but their manager has had success in his career, we're similar sized clubs with similar budgets, are people like him known to the directors running our club?

Retaining our league status is vital to our club and we need to all pull together to achieve this, and if we do, my plea to the hierarchy is that your job is to ensure we don't get into this position again as it's too close for comfort.

lancsdave 06-01-2013 20:39

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Originally Posted by Jeg Red (Post 1035915)
There always seems to be one team who drops from mid table security and ends up in free fall

Maybe there are 2 previous managers who are panicking more on that basis, both of whom are looking dodgy and one was beaten by Stanley recently.

yonmon 06-01-2013 23:30

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Dear Leam, Internet scouting DOES work !!....sign this multi-purpose guy as soon as you can...he's the answer to any Manager's problems, and no mistake !!...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjCM4VYy3SA

SamF 07-01-2013 11:44

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I wonder how Toto would do pushed up a bit in the Defensive Midfield role a la David Luiz. Can't say I've noticied if his distribution is any good.

I wasn't at the last couple of games due to work commitments however if by the sounds of it we are sticking by the direct football mantra as adopted by Leam why not just admit it and drop our "footballing" players.

Belford
Hunt Toto Winnard Liddle
Murphy
Lindfield Dixon Boco Molyeneux
Beattie

Murphy infront of the defensive to show a bit of fight.

Get the ball out wide and then Beattie, Boco and Dixon to get on the end of crosses.

Ideally we'd want to swap Beattie for a Symes or a Gornell type however I doubt that's ever going to happen.

fc:stanley 07-01-2013 11:58

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Don't understand and agree with the people who say we thought we had turned the corner after the chesterfield match . That was one of the luckiest wins I've seen all season. We got absolutely hammered in all positions and if it wasn't for Belford and the woodwork on another day they would of scored 5 or 6! The team is all over the place. We looked like a pub team and have done for some time! I totally agree with someone's post on here how we were in the FA cup , playing quality on the floor football , midtable and 1 or 2 points off the big boys and promotion and then leam has brought in a few of his players , changed our style and suddenly it's gone pear shaped!

Does anyone else know why he hasn't realised Joyce is not a captain and him and Miller can't play in midfield together or even what so ever this season!
Could he not see yesterday how beattie did nothing and was just a lead weight sinking down the game for the whole squad?
Could he not see like the whole crowd that the new bloke is a left back and couldn't kick with his right when they were tearing us apart down the flanks?

The ship is sinking fast and if a miracle of a Goalscorer doesn't come in by January I don't see is scoring?

As for the booing , I for the first time ever at a football match had to join in. Paying all that money to watch that kind of performance is embarrassing! They have the right to boo at the prices people pay to watch that! No effort and desire!

It's a slippy slope from now on and don't see how it's going to get any better!

If we don't get a result at aldershot then I fear , very much.

Revived Red 07-01-2013 13:49

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Originally Posted by fc:stanley (Post 1035960)
Don't understand and agree with the people who say we thought we had turned the corner after the chesterfield match . That was one of the luckiest wins I've seen all season. We got absolutely hammered in all positions and if it wasn't for Belford and the woodwork on another day they would of scored 5 or 6! The team is all over the place. We looked like a pub team and have done for some time! I totally agree with someone's post on here how we were in the FA cup , playing quality on the floor football , midtable and 1 or 2 points off the big boys and promotion and then leam has brought in a few of his players , changed our style and suddenly it's gone pear shaped!

Now just hang on a moment. Thankfully, I wasn't there on Saturday so I am not going to comment on that. Yes, the Chesterfield win may have been "lucky" - but it works both ways. We could have beaten Plymouth at least 6 - 1, had it not been for several world class saves by the Plymouth keeper and some terrible decisions by the officials. And whatever the problems are, they are certainly not new. How many times this season have we been indebted to Ian Dunbavin for fantastic saves. Just read the reports of earlier games. And these reports sometimes suggest that we were not playing "quality on the floor football" as you like to imagine.

And what's this about "Leam has brought in a few of his players"? Until the last week, I was aware of only one that Leam had brought in.

football19 07-01-2013 14:24

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Think once again we need a reality check!!,Acci simply can't afford top div 2 players,indeed one of fleetwoods players is on more than all the acci squad combined.We are a few players away from being a decent team,a centre forward who holds the ball up,a holding mid with presence,and maybe some pace in wide areas.
We can't compete in the loan market,as top prospects will go elsewhere,and others are generally team fillers.
If we have to battle in the lower half of the league , so be it,we may be lucky,Sri on a few gems,who will make us some money.
The conference is full of teams with better resources/facilities than us,but there is something special about acci,that others don't have.
One is player/supporter bond,no big time Charlie's ,just hardworking honest lads.
We need to back the team,win,lose or draw,to keep our league status, negativity will soon be transferred to the team,and that will be no good to anyone,especially the younger ones

Revived Red 07-01-2013 14:45

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Originally Posted by football19 (Post 1035967)
Think once again we need a reality check!!,Acci simply can't afford top div 2 players,indeed one of fleetwoods players is on more than all the acci squad combined.We are a few players away from being a decent team,a centre forward who holds the ball up,a holding mid with presence,and maybe some pace in wide areas.
We can't compete in the loan market,as top prospects will go elsewhere,and others are generally team fillers.
If we have to battle in the lower half of the league , so be it,we may be lucky,Sri on a few gems,who will make us some money.
The conference is full of teams with better resources/facilities than us,but there is something special about acci,that others don't have.
One is player/supporter bond,no big time Charlie's ,just hardworking honest lads.
We need to back the team,win,lose or draw,to keep our league status, negativity will soon be transferred to the team,and that will be no good to anyone,especially the younger ones

Again, very well said.

choirboy 07-01-2013 15:36

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Quote:

Originally Posted by football19 (Post 1035967)
Think once again we need a reality check!!,Acci simply can't afford top div 2 players,indeed one of fleetwoods players is on more than all the acci squad combined.We are a few players away from being a decent team,a centre forward who holds the ball up,a holding mid with presence,and maybe some pace in wide areas.
We can't compete in the loan market,as top prospects will go elsewhere,and others are generally team fillers.
If we have to battle in the lower half of the league , so be it,we may be lucky,Sri on a few gems,who will make us some money.
The conference is full of teams with better resources/facilities than us,but there is something special about acci,that others don't have.
One is player/supporter bond,no big time Charlie's ,just hardworking honest lads.
We need to back the team,win,lose or draw,to keep our league status, negativity will soon be transferred to the team,and that will be no good to anyone,especially the younger ones

Totally agree with you Football19. We must not let negativity get to the players. True Stanley fans will be singing, "Stanley 'till I die!" even if we get relegated.
I feel for Leam as he inherited a squad with limitations, he has no money to either buy players, or to use good pay as a carrot for players to sign on with us. At best he can only sign players on loan or take on guys currently not playing, (therefore usually not match fit).....3 in our squad now I think?
After the match I was speechless and said to friends that I was not going to comment on here. However, after reading some of the commments posted earlier and reflecting on some supporters in the Clayton end "booing", I cannot stay silent.
We must remain realistic....When people outside the Stanley circle ask me in August what our prospects are for the coming season, (that is since promotion back into the football league), my answer has always been..."Staying in the league for Stanley is like winning a trophy to me and third from bottom or above is good news!". Of course, it is a great bonus if we do any better, and we certainly have managed to punch above our weight for a number of seasons now. When we did get succesful with the great team that Coley and Jimmy built that got us into the play offs, the heart of that team was tempted away by other clubs with more cash!?!
I am not going to criticise team selection from the squad that we currently have, but I can only repeat my previous observations that we do have an obvious weakness in midfield. Leam must try to introduce that degree of "combativity" that we have had in the past with players like Procky and Jimmy Ryan. Bohan seemed to make a big difference with his aggresive running in the second half. I am sure that Beattie up front can still produce the goods but he is not going to do anything until he gets some decent and quicker service from the midfield and we see less of the desperate "hoofball" from our back line.
Come on Stanley fans lets keep singing and back our team. We have been through difficult times before and our support is what is needed now.
Come on you REDS!

Larry Lobster 07-01-2013 18:13

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Originally Posted by Jeg Red (Post 1035915)
Want to add my twopenneth on Stanley's current plight. Am not going to dwell too much on yesterday, which was awful. Last Tuesday's exult was good, however if we analyse the game it papers over the cracks, as despite a spirited performance, the only thing between us and defeat was a great goalkeeping display by a guy on his home debut and some bad luck on Chesterfield's part.

I'll repeat what I said over a month ago, for me, the manager just hasn't the experience or force of personality to take the team forward and we need to ace up to the fact we're in a real scrap retain our league status. There always seems to be one team who drops from mid table security and ends up in free fall - this year I fear that's us and unfortunately I've seen nowhere near enough in the last 6 weeks to suggest we'll scrap our way out.

I know Rob reads these posts and I'd say to the club hierarchy, what's Plan B as that's vital for continued success at a football club, as managers and players always move on, either upwards and onwards or as a result of not being deemed good enough. So just as football managers have scouting networks for players, are we doing enough to keep our eyes on potential successors - this is not disloyalty to current incumbents, it's good management practice. For example, I know that the FA Cup has given Macclesfield some publicity this weekend, but their manager has had success in his career, we're similar sized clubs with similar budgets, are people like him known to the directors running our club?

Retaining our league status is vital to our club and we need to all pull together to achieve this, and if we do, my plea to the hierarchy is that your job is to ensure we don't get into this position again as it's too close for comfort.

Macclesfield fans were up in arms when Steve King was appointed. The majority simply did not want him. They had a great start to the season and all of a sudden he was hero, their form dipped and they started slagging him off again. Now after Saturday he is a hero again. Macclesfield fans are the most fickle I've come across.

However, they are certainly a case in point when it comes to teams dropping like a stone. This time last season they were in the top half of League 2, lost to Bolton in the FA cup replay and then didn't win again all season and ended up relegated.

Losing runs are very difficult to break once the confidence has been lost and the Macc team were nervous wrecks towards the end of last season. I think Stanley have the ability, fight and nous to pick up enough points along the way, to avoid the drop, but the simularity with Macc Town is there for all to see.

Keep supporting the team, encouragement is the key, Macc fans did the opposite and the players became rabbits trapped in the headlights.

Jeg Red 07-01-2013 18:33

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We're in a real scrap and when it's tough, we all need to pull together and back the cause because none of us want to see Stanley slide out of the
League.

Choirboy makes a great point about finishing 3rd bottom as with our facilities and resources, we should be bottom of the league by some way and whilst that is a reality check, our expectations are now higher than that, as we feel we're an established League 2 club and the current outlook is bleak.

It is about pulling together, getting behind the team, making sure the players know the support and will is there for them rather than them being scared to play at home and at the same time, the hierarchy putting things in place to avoid us being in this situation next year.

Despite our lack of everything, there is something special about the place - you only need to look at how many ex players you see coming back to watch matches to tell you that.

Willie Miller 07-01-2013 18:56

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Booing is for Ewood, we are better than that.... Some of the darkest days following asfc have always seen passion from the terrace & a gallows humour second to none. Keep the faith comrades....

VALAIRIAN 07-01-2013 19:00

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Willie Miller (Post 1035992)
Booing is for Ewood, we are better than that.... Some of the darkest days following asfc have always seen passion from the terrace & a gallows humour second to none. Keep the faith comrades....

Hope it is not too long before we see/hear you back on the terraces Mr. Miller ;)

football19 07-01-2013 20:10

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Your spot on Alan,Macc were too good on paper,to go down.How's Jon doing?, lost touch when he went north,half expected him turning out for rangers lol.
Bit tough at Acci at the moment and I personally think the leagues tougher this Season.
On a positive note deans getting fitter and getting a game in his preferred position !!!.
May be upto full pace around April !!!

Larry Lobster 07-01-2013 20:35

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Originally Posted by football19 (Post 1036011)
Your spot on Alan,Macc were too good on paper,to go down.How's Jon doing?, lost touch when he went north,half expected him turning out for rangers lol.
Bit tough at Acci at the moment and I personally think the leagues tougher this Season.
On a positive note deans getting fitter and getting a game in his preferred position !!!.
May be upto full pace around April !!!

Hi Ian, Going to Scotland has been a complete waste of time. He played only one competative match in the League cup and got on the bench in the SPL just once in December against Dundee. He took the option to have his contract paid up Last month.

Last week he went training with the club of this forums "arch enemy" .....Barrow....He decided not to return, said it was a shambles, I believe they now have a transfer embargo on them anyway.

His agent did speak to Leam at Stanley but it seems he opted for Nicky Hunt. Nothing doing at the moment, just pounding the streets keeping fit.

lancsdave 07-01-2013 20:47

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Larry Lobster (Post 1036014)
Last week he went training with the club of this forums "arch enemy" .....Barrow....He decided not to return, said it was a shambles, I believe they now have a transfer embargo on them anyway.


If he went training with them he won't have even seen Barrow :D

Larry Lobster 07-01-2013 21:26

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Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 1036017)
If he went training with them he won't have even seen Barrow :D

That's true, it was in Rochdale.

choirboy 07-01-2013 21:48

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Willie Miller (Post 1035992)
Booing is for Ewood, we are better than that.... Some of the darkest days following asfc have always seen passion from the terrace & a gallows humour second to none. Keep the faith comrades....

It is good to hear from you Jase. You are absolutely right about the need for the passion from the terraces, especially when we have been going through the trough! Looking forward to seeing and hearing you back on the Clayton end next season. Your STANLEY needs you!:alright:

Come on real Stanley fans/Ultras. Let's make the next home match, Jan 19th v AFC Wimbledon, a sea of colour and noise like we did so often up to a couple of seasons ago. Tell everybody:hehetable about the club deal of getting on for only a "Fiver" and £1 for under 12's....... (See fishy site).:mosher::mosher:

Big Crowd...Big Noise....Lots of colour.....100% behind our team!:theband:
Come on you REDS!!:jimbo::jimbo::balloon::balloon::balloon:

VALAIRIAN 07-01-2013 22:06

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Originally Posted by choirboy (Post 1036027)
It is good to hear from you Jase. You are absolutely right about the need for the passion from the terraces, especially when we have been going through the trough! Looking forward to seeing and hearing you back on the Clayton end next season. Your STANLEY needs you!:alright:

Come on real Stanley fans/Ultras. Let's make the next home match, Jan 19th v AFC Wimbledon, a sea of colour and noise like we did so often up to a couple of seasons ago. Tell everybody:hehetable about the club deal of getting on for only a "Fiver" and £1 for under 12's....... (See fishy site).:mosher::mosher:

Big Crowd...Big Noise....Lots of colour.....100% behind our team!:theband:
Come on you REDS!!:jimbo::jimbo::balloon::balloon::balloon:

I like this very much!!!! :) :) :)

choirboy 08-01-2013 07:57

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Suggest readers to look at the Early Wimbledon match thread to see plans for a BIG PICK ME UP that will get us right behind the team.

Fourth official 08-01-2013 08:22

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Larry Lobster (Post 1036014)
Hi Ian, Going to Scotland has been a complete waste of time. He played only one competative match in the League cup and got on the bench in the SPL just once in December against Dundee. He took the option to have his contract paid up Last month.

Last week he went training with the club of this forums "arch enemy" .....Barrow....He decided not to return, said it was a shambles, I believe they now have a transfer embargo on them anyway.

His agent did speak to Leam at Stanley but it seems he opted for Nicky Hunt. Nothing doing at the moment, just pounding the streets keeping fit.

Does he prefer full back or centre half?(to renew an old partnership with Dean?)

football19 08-01-2013 09:21

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Jon was a class cb,but got shipped out to fullback ----like dean !!,although at least he didn't end up at left back !!!,similar player to murph,and look how he's progressed.

Tin Monkey 08-01-2013 18:26

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I was going to post it on the other thread where there was discussion about levels of support, but I see that it's been strangely closed.

Anyway, it's as relevant here as there, but Morecambe are offering free admission to their game with Dagenham tonight, as they too are suffering from very low attendances. According to Jim Bentley, they might not have a league club for very long if the town doesn't turn out and support them. Now, where have we heard that before?

VALAIRIAN 08-01-2013 18:47

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Originally Posted by Tin Monkey (Post 1036128)
I was going to post it on the other thread where there was discussion about levels of support, but I see that it's been strangely closed.

Anyway, it's as relevant here as there, but Morecambe are offering free admission to their game with Dagenham tonight, as they too are suffering from very low attendances. According to Jim Bentley, they might not have a league club for very long if the town doesn't turn out and support them. Now, where have we heard that before?

Edit.

:) :) :)

bdc 09-01-2013 19:42

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We all want the team to do well but there are basic things that Leam is not getting right at the minute in terms of tactics and choice of personnel. Central midfield is very rarely changed and this is one of our major issues in terms of why we are losing so many games. What has Hatfield got to do get a start?

Our passing attacking football which has served us so well has disappeared and the players seem afraid of retaining the ball and trying to link up play with other players. The passing game is our major strength so why do we not play to this strength, the longer we carry on with this tactic the less fans will come on, who would pay to watch poor football especially when we are not winning games. Wilson was totally outclassed in the first half of the Dagenham game and yet there was no change made to that side of defence, Molyneux should be further up the pitch and he is being wasted at left back, he has a great left foot and has the ability to take on defenders and put crosses in so why not play him on the left wing?

The players seemed like they didn't care and there seemed a lack of effort from some of the players against Dagenham, maybe that was the reason the players were booed off. I hope that Leam can get some more new faces in especially for central midfield and I would like someone with managerial experience to be brought in to assist Leam as I think it will do him the world of good. Whether this is realistic or not I don't know but it may be a worthwhile investment if it helps to keep us up.

The run that we are on has echoes of Macclesfield last season when they went on a very bad run and ultimately sent them down to the Conference. We have 3 big games coming up and really need to get some points from them, otherwise I fear we may end up going down.

I would like to see us switch formation to see if that can improve performances, we could play a midfield diamond or even 4-3-3.

One line-up could be:

Belford,

Hunt, Winnard, Liddle, Wilson

Miller, Murphy, Hatfield

Boco, Beattie, Molyneux

Or as a 4-4-2

Belford,

Hunt, Winnard, Liddle, Wilson

Lindfield, Murphy, Miller, Molyneux

Boco, Beattie

maccawozzagod 09-01-2013 20:05

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Murphy was a liability until he started to play centre half, please do not push him anywhere else!

bdc 09-01-2013 20:09

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I was just suggesting one way of lining up, my main worry is the central midfield and it needs changing.

football19 09-01-2013 20:58

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Must admit I would like to see Murph given a go in a holding midfield roll,which he did in his younger days.A 4 - 1 - 4 - 1 system or even 4 - 3 - 3.
Gives a extra defensive minded player,who also can score ( proccy ??) .
Think he wasn't ready for the fullback role early in his career,and was sometimes isolated,but playing more central,this is not an issue,plus he's filled out a little and is more imposing.
Worth a punt IMHO,nice on the ball too

FrankMoody 09-01-2013 21:48

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Are you sure!?!? Murphy in midfield!?!?


One of the reasons we struggle is Murphy's distribution, you really want him to get on the ball more?

The players are the same players that did ok earlier in the season, we need the manager to stop picking people that arent good enough and we need to get back to playing football rather than humping it up to Beattie

Redraine 10-01-2013 12:19

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Shocking defending for the Daggers' goals and we were very lucky not to concede for their penalty shout. Click on the football league link.



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fc:stanley 10-01-2013 13:32

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we dont have time to experiement ! Macc are a perfect example of were the clubs going...
Get rid of Joyce and Linfield from the line up and we have a start of winning games.

My line up for Aldershot would be:

Belford

Hunt Toto Winnard Wilson

Hatfield Miller Molly

Boco Beattie Carver

Exile on Spencer St 10-01-2013 14:03

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I'd give that line up a go.
Mr. Murphy could replace either Toto or Deano if either CB needed to go off for a fag in the second half.

FrankMoody 10-01-2013 14:12

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Quote:

Originally Posted by fc:stanley (Post 1036379)
we dont have time to experiement ! Macc are a perfect example of were the clubs going...
Get rid of Joyce and Linfield from the line up and we have a start of winning games.

My line up for Aldershot would be:

Belford

Hunt Toto Winnard Wilson

Hatfield Miller Molly

Boco Beattie Carver

'we don't have time for experiment..' but you want to play Carver!!!

Outback Ozzy 10-01-2013 15:08

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Well fc, looks like you can't have Cameron Belford in goal, gone back to Bury (on fishy site), possibly for Paul Rachubka?

yerself 10-01-2013 16:40

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Originally Posted by Outback Ozzy
Well fc, looks like you can't have Cameron Belford in goal, gone back to Bury (on fishy site), possibly for Paul Rachubka?

Or Toto, contract terminated by mutual consent (on fishy site).

fc:stanley 10-01-2013 17:21

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Whoever instead of Belford and Murphy now in for toto!

Also carver isn't an experiment ! He's upfront we're he should be played . Playing Murphy the defender as a midfielder is an experiement....

football19 10-01-2013 18:11

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Murph in centre mid/holding role wouldn't be a problem,indeed a lot of the top teams adopt the " centre backs splitting,full backs pushing on and the holding player dropping in and getting on the ball"---this could be our plan C !,he's a better player on the ball than he gets credit for

smudgie 10-01-2013 19:00

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For the 50th time.

Murphy is a bloody center back, always has been, always will be his best position !

football19 10-01-2013 19:12

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Smudgie,what games are basing this assumption on ?, watched him a few times behind closed doors and resis games, and he did well!.He played there most of his youth career,so why not give it a go?.

FrankMoody 10-01-2013 20:32

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Quote:

Originally Posted by fc:stanley (Post 1036430)
Whoever instead of Belford and Murphy now in for toto!

Also carver isn't an experiment ! He's upfront we're he should be played . Playing Murphy the defender as a midfielder is an experiement....

Mate, carver in the starting 11 is an experiment


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