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http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1365189514

It's me...having the temerity to start the Thread for tomorrow's game, As you can guess the York Fever has really got into my system...bet that you're feeling the same way too !.:)
So if the symptoms are stimulating any early thoughts about the Red's forthcoming adventures at t'Kit Kat then cough 'em up and spit 'em out !!.:confused:
See you there !!.

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Its certainly in my system, i actually agree wi davo,:eek: reckon if we win this un, then were safe.:)

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Will anyone on here not be at the game? 1110 from Blackburn :p

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What?...1,110 going from Blackburn...have the chicken farmers alienated them that much? ;)

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I reckon thats the train time.

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Bet it means the 11:10 train! :D

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What they're saying on their Twitter Page:

https://twitter.com/yorkcitynews

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Sorry older folks 11hours 10 minutes :p and what are the Yark fans saying?

:rolleyes:

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I'm well aware of that. It was a joke.

That went better first house. ;)

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I know cocker, beside we don't want 1,110 from Blackburn they'll just be moaning about Venkys all the way there and back!! :rolleyes:

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Well if they did start moaning, they'd just have to go and stand with Davo. ;)

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That would be desperation Wyn:rolleyes:

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I remember going to Boothman Crescent in 1957 with a school trip to watch a Schoolboy International , hope its improved somewhat, it was a real dump back then, there was a tunnel under the stand that had so much litter and rubbish in it, it couldn't be used

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Just at Bratford Interchange. Feeling a bit parched will have to wet my whistle in Yark.

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Beattie in for linganzi:

Rachubka, Murphy, Winnard, Aldred, Wilson, Hatfield, Boco, Joyce, Molyneux, Beattie, Amond

C'mon boys!!!!

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Stanley trailing by 1, just before half time. :mad:

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1-1 !!!

Thank you, Peter Murphy!

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YES! FT 1-1 I'll take that after what seems like a hammering from York

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And breathe ................... ah ! The Murph makes all things equal. :)

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Love it !

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Back safely in my York digs after joining the silent City fans trudging home. I felt like a thief, but who cares! We were terrible, but I love Peter Murphy!

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brilliant - one of these days stanley's late late goal scoring will give someone a heart attack.

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So, it sounds like we played like crap-yet still snatched a point!!... thats a good sign as we fight off that demon called relegation.

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Wrong formation IMO in first half, with Joyce at the back of a diamond set up.
Big decision to change it at half time, and put miller in the middle.
Hail king leam and Peter !!!!,another piece of managerial class

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'Come in DAV007'

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Got out of jail today, could have been three down at half time. Second half much better, the 358 Stanley fans watched as the team struggled to find its feet. Murphy scored in injury time and broke the yorkist hearts.
I have seen them play better and loose, but happy with a point at the end.

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All i can say to summarise todays effort was as me mate said "At Least Dick Turpin Wore A Mask."

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We got out of jail today, without a doubt. Goalkeeper was probably our best player. No one else really showed too much. Murph redeemed himself with the goal after another poor display.

Proves the value of keeping going right to the end and not giving up. They should have been out of sight and closed the game out from 10 mins to go but with just a goal in it, we always had a chance, although I couldn't see where the goal was going to come from.

Brave substitution at half time, but a good decision as we were getting overrun and Miller made a difference.

Going to go right to the wire and looking like we'll need something from the Oxford game. Squeaky bum time!

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It was 35 mins before Stanley had a shot on goal, and that was from a free kick.

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Smash and grab for sure! But who cares. Leam's tactics first half seemed strange but introduction of Miller did improve things. Great ball by Wilson and brave header from Lindfield which led to Murphys goal.

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...and even after we'd scored we still tried to give it away by allowing them the run of our goal area, resulting in a free kick and a corner for them. If you've got a dodgy ticker, you really shouldn't watch Stanley!

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Spot on Reckon our keeper was MoM by a back yard.;) Beattie also worked his nuts off today.:)

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Attended 3-2 thriller between Wednesday and Blackburn.

At end asked Blackburn fan with Moblie device if he knew how Accy had got on.

Response " Eh Eh Eh Eh?"

"How had Stanley got on?" I elucidated.

"How the fword should I know"

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What would yeh expect a guy to say Haggis? when his team had just been dumped in the relegation slots.:rolleyes:

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Torquay and York.....

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Some people have reported we where poor and got away with it today, that the manager got his tactics completly wrong in the first half. You have to give him credit for acknowledging it was not working and changing it.
There is nothing worse than a manager who is to proud to admit they have made a mistake and refuses to change it.

Another bad game by Murphy despite the goal, any news on when Hunt is back?

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Jack Turpin was the king of highway robbery and he would have been proud of Stanley today, we never deserved to come away with a point, we were completely out played by the Minster men, praise heaped on Aldred and Rachubka for keeping the score line down
But I really can’t understand leam’s persistence on playing Beattie, in my opinion the team never perform when he is in the line up.

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Just shows how we see stuff different, me n those around me thought Beattie worked his nuts off this afternoon.:confused:

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I fer one was very concerned when Hunt was injured davo, But today again young Aldred was immense, the lad had been a revelation, n i reckon if he continues to develop, we will make a pretty penny fer him at some stage.

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WOW!!

Dav gives LEAM credit!!

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A very important point won today after a relatively poor performance.:cool: We really could have been three goals down after twenty minutes but Paul R did a couple of good tip overs and York's shooting was off the target..thank goodness! :eek: We didn't play with anything like the fluency of recent matches and we never seemed to win the "second ball" at all. We steadied a bit in the second half after Miller came on but it was still York who looked more likely to score. Their keeper was wasting loads of time taking up to 20 + seconds several times to kick from out of his hands!!:mad: Stanley to their credit didn't give up and their late pressure paid off at the death with a wonderful "35 yarder" from Murphy giving us a point! :theband:Sorry, it was actually less than one yard but it was no less important than any "wonder goal". Daylight robbery comes to mind but I cannot stress what an important point this could be..It robbed York of TWO points and gave us one more on a bad day at the office! I was chuffed for Peter Murphy to get the goal as he was very, very brave today. He got his nose properly SPLATTERED in the first half by a back header form one of his team mates but he simply got back into the fray and played his heart out. :whack::egged:He deserved the goal. So well done Peter! Good to see us get something out of a game in an UGLY fashion for once!
ps We should have had a penalty just before we scored when a York defender cleared the ball off their goal line with his elbow. Also thought the Ref was pretty poor today. York fans were super in cheering their team on. Hope we both stay up and its the "Southern Jessies" that go down!
KEEP THE FAITH. ON STANLEY ON!!!:rose8::signbeer::drink:

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I was listening to the radio half resigning myself to a loss,and half hoping for another miracle. It came at 4.55 pm!

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From Stanley's point of view first half we were poor and Chubs saves were vital in keeping the score down, second half we gradually grew into the game with the changes slowly, the last few minutes resembled the Alamo with everything including the proverbial kitchen sink being thrown at York and for Steve Bruce to grab the equaliser shows the spirit we have.

The final whistle felt like a win and great credit to the fans who travelled who never gave up the cause and sang and sang their hearts out the Players and Fans showed their emotions at the end "All in it Together"

Cracking Day away in the End but also credit to York who in parts battered us

On Stanley On

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Had n interesting conversation after the match wi a York fan on bus back to car park, He was telling us York is a city wi population oer 200.000, No other league club within 20 miles,Leeds being nearest, Yet they still only attract 4/5 thousand gates, So looking at it that way, little accy aint as bad as them.;) Could still do wi a load more fer next friday nights match though.;)

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Spot on Cashy, great to see you yesterday :) Hope to see you Friday night :)

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Unless ive croaked yeh no doubt will joe.:D

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A great away day yesterday,York definitely up there with Torquay and Morecambe as my favourite trips. Was also a great away following by our standards and was good to see a large number of new faces. I just hope we see a few more of them on a regular basis.

Make no mistake we where absolutely appalling for 91 minutes today and we really should have lost 4-0 in the first half. Agreed Rachubka made a couple of great saves. Not sure what planet football19 is on again saying Leam performed a tactical masterstroke, do me a favour we where dreadful, talk about daylight robbery.

However theyy deserve credit for not giving up and Fair play to Murphy who again wasnt at his best and was getting stick for most of the game. He deserves full credit for sticking himself in that position for the equaliser.

Destiny is in our hands!

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Aldershot n Torquay fer me. Would help us a little also.:) Reckon Port Vale will Slap Aldershot next week.

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Typical smudge reply,acci were crap,no credit to York,no credit to leam for his changes, no mention of playing surface or team set ups, still moaning despite 3 wins,2 draws and 1 loss in last 6 games ,How would you have set the team up ?, when linganzi was not available.
Go on smudge give us something positive to talk about instead of slagging the team off

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Well i can agree 100% yon, we were crap.:rolleyes: That is plain fact, no matter how yeh dress things up.:rolleyes: True we came away very happy wi a point, in fact oer the moon, Truth is we certainly didn't deserve it.

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Wasn't at the game due to work commitments however changing the shape of a team in good form to accomodate Beattie rather than either sticking Lindfield at RB and Murphy alongside Joyce or simply playing Miller from the start had me worried.

I guess its how you look at things but for me Leam changing things at half time aint a positive - why could he not have realised we'd be weak through the middle from kickoff?

I was one of those calling for Leams head in January and I'll admit I was wrong - performances have improved - for me though the performances have directly correlated with Beattie featuring less.

A bloke who sits next to me at the home games always asks are we playing with 10 men - as in is Beattie starting and it really is that big a difference - seeing how we've played since Hatfield took his place it makes me wonder if we'd been even thinking about the drop if we'd been playing with 11 men all season...

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This is what i mean Cashy,you have to give credit to York,who are also fighting for there lifes,and it was never going to be pretty on a bobbly surface.
What was people expecting,Barca v Real madrid ??
The key area for me was Joycy,in the first half,being isolated,and they picked up all the second balls.
At least we changed it and got a foot hold in the game,battled to not conceed a second,and take our oportunity when it came,lets give a bit of credit for not crumbling like we would have done three months ago!!

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some good points Sam,although i would have played the same back four

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You really are a fool.

Did I not say credit to murphy and rachubka??

Open your eyes.

Ive been watching this club for 18 seasons and have every right to say what I want.

And u??? Alot less thats for sure.

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Smudgie everyones views are relevant not just yours.
We where poor but got a point.
A win on Friday and we are safe.
Get behind the team and cheer them onto 3 points

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Well other than said Dick Turpin, I think if you perm any one of 3 teams from Aldershot, Torquay and York with possibly the Dons slipping up at he last minute you won't be far wrong. I can honestly see Stanley getting 3 points on Friday night and as others have said, Aldershot have to goi to Port Vale (and look what they did to Burton - and are still fighting for auto promotion). Personally I think if we get 4 more points from the final 3 games, we are safe, better still 6 points from 9 and we are definitely safe.

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I reckon were safe if we beat Morecambe.:)

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Must be your age Cashy, but I have corrected it for you ;) :)

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Agreed.

Seasons ends on Friday if we win

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Season dosn't finish Friday, Three points would go a long way towards it but let's not kid ourselves that The Shrimps will just turn over and roll over they will be well up for it Lancashire Derby and bragging rights on offer. We have to be on it from the first minute not as we were yesterday as we got out of jail and there will still be twists yet as there have been over the last month.

It is important to stay in the Box seat with destinty in our own hands

A Win Friday means watching the results Saturday and knowing then where we are

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Well if Cashy and DAV007 ( Who seem to have struck up some sort of mutual admiration society lately ! ) are in concord about this then it must be right !...so the two of us must be in agreement with the premise...:cool:
What I really intended to report was a snippet from the York City Forum which read...

"For while it is only natural to anticipate the absolute worse following the cruel blow of conceding such a late goal to a limited but determined Accrington side who have actually made something of a career of dramatic reprieves over recent weeks, the immediate picture for York isn't all bad. Had that equaliser arrived much earlier in the second-half the final outcome would have probably still been exactly the same (or perhaps even worse) but obviously not quite as gut-wrenching. A number of York fans actually complained of feeling physically sick at the final whistle.".

Strikes me that they had well underestimated the character of our team who have pleased us all this term with their 'never-say-die' til the final whistle' attitude !..for which Leam Richardson must be applauded !.
And don't you just feel a little bit sorry for those nauseated
Yorkies ??.

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We went to York yesterday , glad it was lovely weather because up to the last 5 mins of game the weather was the only good thing worth talking about. I expected us to come out with all guns blazing , what a disappointment, it seemed to me that only York wanted to stay in league two , Stanley didn't even play , was sloppy and shoddy. OK the pitch was shall we say uneven but was same for both sides.Five min added and we start to play and equalised , phew!! Our goalie was exceptional today , well done. Glad Leam made early changes , but please lads don't put us through displays like that again, embarrassing. Now that said roll on Fri when we face Morecambe .

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I disagree, 51 points will keep us up.
When was the last time a team went down with 51 points?

BBC Sport - Football - Accrington Stanley - Fixtures

Bristol Rovers may still have dreams of the play offs if they win vs Bradford and Southend on Tuesday and Saturday, they will be right up for it.
Plus its their last home game of the season, they will still be wanting to finish well.

Its essential we dont go into the Oxford game level on points with the bottom 2, win on Friday, we are safe.

23rd place (relegated)
2011/12 - 44 points
2010/11 - 47 points
2009/10 - 44
2008/9 - 37
2007/8 - 42
2006/7 - 36
2005/6 - 49
2004/5 - 38
2003/04 - 45
2002/03 - 48
2001/02 - 45 (24th place - 36 points went down, 1 team relegated).

One thing we can all agree on, 48 points may not be enough and should not be relied upon.

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That'll be them Tykie pies they sell. :)

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Good positive/constructive reply that Smudgie,name calling and "I've watched Acci longer than you"rubbish. You still never said what team you would have started with?,
Correct me if I am wrong,but was you one of the "Leam simply isn't up to it"Brigade ?
I apologise if I am wrong,but you don't seem to have given him any credit in the last month or so.
I doubt whether John and Jimmy could have matched our recent results

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they wouldnt have had us in this position in the first place.

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Open to debate that Davo,and we will never know. Once Leam got the lads in who he wanted,the team started to play,Coley would have done the same,would have depended who he could tap up

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No-one knows that wi similar circs, The only thing that is fact is no-ones snapped em up since Rochdale binned em.

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Exactly.
so why did you use the recent up turn in results to suggest ('i doubt') coleman couldnt have done the same?
You seem eager to have a dig and defend Leam at all costs.

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Have Rochdale paid them off yet?
I was under the impression they are on a sort of gardening leave?

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Not getting involved with the Leam v Coley debate, it,s all speculation. As for who's going down. I'm still of the opinion Aldershot will finish last with York, Torquay and Wimbledon fighting to escape and then Stanley, Barnet and Plymouth neading to pick up at least 3 points each or else.

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Having a dig at John and Jimmy?,you must be kidding me!,total respect off me,and there biggest fan,what I said was they would struggle to match our last six results,even fertile would have struggled!!!

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Meant Fergie lol

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Pretty sure they have had an interview or two !!

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Ithe way a rochdale fan told me , they where entitled to a years pay if sacked, but as they where placed on a sort of gardening leave, rochdale where hopeful they would get itchy feet, take another job and rochdale wouldnt have to pay them out for a full year thus saving cash?

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I pretty sure if an offer came along they would jump at it,they are football people thro and thro,and still haven't reached there potential IMO

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no respest whatsoever from me . When did coleman bell and cook show any respect to anyone

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I think that they'll be interested in the Macclesfield job and Macc' would like them to take it. A decent club/set up, the challenge of getting Macclesfield out of the most difficult league to escape from and not too far from their homes will suit them.

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The performance in the first half was woeful but for some great saves by Rachubka. The second half we improved as the game went on and started to ask questions of their defence. The goal scored yesterday may well be the most important one of the season as it keeps our fate in our own hands.

Make no mistake though, if we start the Morecambe game like we did against York, we will not get away with it on Friday. We have to be on the front foot from the start on Friday, if we can get 3 points then we are piling all the pressure on our rivals. We really missed Linganzi in midfield and I hope he is back for the next game.

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Great feeling when the goal went in especially for Murphy who'd been battered by Cresswell (elbow) and by their fans (verbally), and as we all know results are all that matter at this stage. How often have we played well and not got we deserved?!?!

For the record as its been discussed in this thread IMO Leam is hopeless, accommodating Beattie, who sadly now is also hopeless, his team selection are bizarre and substitutions are clueless. For those that didn't make the game don't take any notice of Leams 'we dominated the 2nd half' or the 'experts' on this forum who suggested we 'got a foothold in the game' in the 2nd half - we were dreadful from start to finish and got a lucky(also beautiful, uplifting and priceless) goal.

Think it will go to the wire but what a party it will be WHEN we stay up.

Ps hope the board look at the big picture and appoint an experienced manager whatever the outcome of the final 3 games

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Sorry Frank, but whatever the results of the final 3 games, I cannot see Stanley getting rid of Leam as they cannot afford to pay off the remainder of his contract. Whether they can appoint an assistant who is experienced well that is something else. I too hope Armine Linganzi can make it back for this Friday, that gentleman has got the respect of the whole team and fans for playing against Wycombe and Burton prior to the funeral of his brother and here's hoping he can terrorise Morecambe.

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Whilst i agree wi the game yesterday frank, disagree strongly about yer leam opinion. Yeh have been against him fer a couple of months at the very least,He took oer a side that was slipping down under snake, n deserves at least a chance to commence next term wi ALL his own choices, I aint saying hes arsene wenger, but he deserves a chance wi a straight start. also weres this brass coming from to install n experienced manager? or are yeh gonna put it up?

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"IN LEAM I TRUST" At York on Saturday James Beattie had his best game. Just think back when LEAM took over look what players that snake COOK left . We did dominate the second half for gods sake they had over 4,000 fans screaming abuse at our team . We had HUNT and LINGANZI missing two key players . From now to the end of the season "GET BEHIND THE TEAM " LEAM IS STILL LEARNING GET BEHIND HIM IVE CRITICIZED HIM BEFORE NOW, I MADE MY POINT. ON STANLEY ON

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Thats what makes this forum so interesting,different opinions,good debate by passionate fans,but with the same goal (wanting the best for Accrington Stanley).
Just a few points on your post Frank,totally agree about Murph,heart the size of Liverpool.
Bizarre team selections --- 3wins,2draws,1defeat,under extreem pressure,what would you have done differently?(thats not being patronising,just interested.)
Foothold in the game --- didnt say we dominated,but stemmed the tide,which in my opinion was due to tactical changes,how did you see it??
Experienced manager --- I presume he would be out of work,possibly due to past failures ??,cant see us paying compo,why would they be a success on a "probably" less budget?
IMHO managers tend to bring players with them(numerous instants),and i really cant fault any of leams choices,and will his connections,it will be interesting in summer.
Bringing in Hughes,Hunt,Jeffers,Wilson,Beattie,Rab,Aldred etc...,surely thats not bizarre,indeed,i have have known about Aldred from his Blackburn junior days,and admit,was unsure,how wrong was I,and how right was Leam.
One thing I do know,is he has created a fantastic team spirit,and made a few lads even better players,Moly and Hatfield spring to mind.
Like someone else mentioned,judge Leam,when he has had a full pre-season,until then,its a little matter of beating Morecambe !! KTF

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Cant believe i missed out Linganzi out of my post !!!,un-tried at this level,another bit of credit to Leam :)

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With the players Leam has acquired since taking charge, I am really looking forward to seeing the squad he assembles fer next season. Its obvious to all but the painfully dense, our better uns are likely to be poached pre-season,sod all we can do, that will always be the case.

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Absolute TOSH!

Leam has my vote of confidence. Who ever it was that took over from The Snake, had a huge job on their hands and Leam, with the limited resources he's had at his disposal and little experience has done a great job, he's got the club at heart.

Lets all look ahead to next season whatever happens and give Leam and the cub our full backing.

Keep The Faith, On Stanley ON!!:mosher:

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Great report on York v Stanley here. You have to subscribe to see it all though.

Stanley, this is another fine mess you've got into | The Sunday Times

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I know. I am one myself! Just saw it in a Costa establishment in York yesterday.