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The match is on radio Wales from 2.30 full commentary !!!!!

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Whats the wavelength?:confused:

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Try 95.4 or 657 medium wave.

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Cheers will have a do at 2-30.:)

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BBC - Radio Wales Wynne Evans - 03/08/2013

they've got Pavarotti on at t'moment, fer t'thinspire their boyo's

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Cheers everyone just got it on net.:theband::worthy::worthy::wave8:

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team for today

Dunbavin
Hunt, Aldred, Atkinson, Liddle
Joyce, Murphy, Hatfield, Richardson, Wilson
Webber

Subs: Winnard, McCartan, Miller, Clark, Mingoia, Carver, Dawber

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Wheres Grey?:confused:

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Crap coverage gone as usual.:( The sheep must have arrived? pmsl.

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Anyone who has lost the online commentary on radio wales can listen if they have sky tv on channel 0117.

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No windass?

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Windass and Gray left out

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what would be the best site for text streaming?

bbc wales online isnt allowed to stream the commentary :(

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1-0 Newport.:(

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******

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2-0 not looking good.:(

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Sounds like Stanley had a fair share of the play BUT Newport have finished and we haven't .......Now we will see what Beattie is made of and how he can re organise and what he can. One up with.

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sounds like we're struggling against the pace of Zebroski and Jolley, maybe need some fast legs at the back.

Twas always going to be difficult against an enthusiastic crowd and new team and we can only hope that they burn themselves out early in the 2nd half and that we can get one back soon

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Moly not in Crewe's squad today. What a waste. Unless he's injured.

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3-0 just gets harder.:eek:

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4-0 :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

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Looks like next Saturday is going to be a bottom of the table clash! Pompey 3-1down with 10 men

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4 now ++++++++++++++

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4=1 webber

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Well there's one positive Webber off the mark for the Season - according to sky our best player by a mile

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I thought the defense was supposed to be our strongest area? ;)

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4-1 webber.

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If the issue is pace at the back Deano might be the answer?

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The good news is we're off the bottom of the table, even if it is only by alphabetical order ....

:o:o:o

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This isn't quite going according to plan

Unless your name is PeterMurphyisGOD - see under "Prediction League"

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Webber for me the only one who's come out of this game with any credit. Richardson looks miles off the pace and on this showing cant believe he's been thrown in today. Also we're playing one up front, surely if the manager was planning to play this system we should have played like this pre season.

Also surprising Gray not involved - he's here cos I've seen him and Windsss

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Not a start we would have wanted but it's early days yet, after all last season we had a great start - 3rd place after 9 games & then look what happened.
Hopefully this was just a blip, as Macca said earlier it was always gonna be hard against a team still high from their promotion.
Back to the drawing board for JB & the lads & hopefully we can learn from today & give Boro a shock on Tuesday

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Not worried, itsonly one game! Im sure lessons will be learnt

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We wouldn't have expected to be 23rd on Day 1, so just imagine how 10,000 Portsmouth season-ticket orders are feeling. And this time they can't even blame their annual points deduction!

:end:

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We are 22nd as Hartlepool will be bottom on goals scored. 3 teams on -3 goal difference two of them with 1 goal scored and Accy win on alphabetical order between those two. At least we are not in the relegation zone. :D

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Wrong.
He is suspended

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Didnt go but a friend did who is a Newport fan.
Reckons our worst player by some distance was Murphy.

Still suprised he gets in the team, effort over ability.
Had enough opportunities.
Same as Joyce.
Makes for a very limited midfield.

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Can't argue wi that assessment, 2 who give everything, but that aint enough to progress.imho.

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Im sure there will be positives from today, im sure Beattie will learn quick.
45 games to go.

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still 50 points from safety ....

miserable gits

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Whilst only listening today, seemed to play some good stuff at times? will be a good learning curve fer beats i reckon, I'm not downhearted, couple more signings n things will start to slot into place i feel.:)

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As much as we were poor, I must say I was quite impressed with Newport, they are very organised, strong and physical and I think they will pick up a lot of points at home.

We were poor though - I would suggest several changes required on Tuesday. IMO Mingoia, Gray and Miller have more to offer than some of the starting 11 today

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Correct - but when I posted, the BBC Sports website had us 23rd and Portsmouth last. Perhaps they hadn't heard about Rochdale's third goal .......

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Have to say we were very poor today against another poor side no midfield one up front too easily knocked off the ball, hopefully can,t play that bad again.

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Never trust the BBC :). Rochdale scored their 3rd in the 58th minute. I use the footiefox addon on firefox for the scores and it was more up to date than sky or bbc online.

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Agree. When I saw the starting 11 I was gobsmacked that Miller and Clark were on the bench, while our 2 most uncreative midfielders got the nod. No quality at all there, but even at this level you have to have players who are better in possession than those 2, who are BOTH weak links IMHO, especially when playing only one up front.

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Just back from the game,unfortunately,exile had to endure my company for the full ninety minutes !!.
Acci had the wind behind them in the first half,and started in a 4-2-3-1 shape which I haven't seen pre-season .
They played a attacking 3-1-4-2 which occupied our fullbacks and in turn isolated our centre backs.
This was a problem!,our two are strong and decent in the air,but very similar.
There forwards were just too quick and mobile for them,which in turn meant we went deeper,spaces appeared,and they dominated the second balls.
We had a bit of success,with the wind and when they took there forwards off,but believe me when I say they could have scored ten with a little composure.
Positives- Webber and Hunt did ok,the others IMHO were way below what is required at this level

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Hello all, glad to be back in the football league, commiserations but I cant wait to visit the crown ground.

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Very little to say about today. Wrong formation just about sums it up. No point in being too down after one match but Beatts has just had a baptism of fire as manager. Let's keep the faith and look forward to improvement but let's not play that formation again. Apparently we watched DVDs of Newport so either Newport rehearsed other things behind closed doors or else we didn't watch closely enough.

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Just back from the game,and am still feeling a little disheartened with what we saw.Apart from a couple of 10 minute spells in each half,we were outplayed and outclassed by a team who ran for everything and fought for every loose ball.I hope this was just a one-off,otherwise we are in for a season like the last one.:(

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Got to give a lot of credit to Newport they were the one's who had done their homework and they played to their strengths used the flanks well and didn't lose much in possession and some well crafted goals.

We often bypassed midfield thought Webber did okay and deserved his goal and worked hard to bring others into play and thought Michael Richardson looked alright first forty five and then faded we huffed and puffed in parts and perhaps on another day we would have dug in a little more and got something from the game.

A tough footballing lesson today for the Reds but hopefully one we can put behind us and move on to Boro in the League Cup Tuesday Night.

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Webber only really came out of today with any credit, the back line were ripped apart at regular intervals and they created many more chances than us. We were certainly in the game for the first 35 minutes but the timing of the second goal effectively ended the game for us.

Midfield was weak and was bypassed by our defenders on a number of occasions with long balls up to our strikers. We really need to bolster our midfield with someone like Naismith from Rangers. Really cant afford to dwell on this result as a team, we need to get a result next week.

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Well......what a disaster!!!

Stanley turn up at "Rodney Parade" and come away looking like total plonkers !!!:o

Although I haven't been to the game, it sounds like we had our trollies ripped down and given a proper good spanking.:(

We probably have the strongest looking defence ( on paper ) that we've had in recent years, but we got ripped to shreds. Maybe they were pumped up with adrenalin, first game back in league, bigger than normal crowd.:confused:

I think we're lacking three, four, or even five players to really compete this season.:(

Goalkeeper. Although Bavs relatively shone up until getting injured, Sadly I think his better days are behind him. To me, he doesn't command his area, though he is a good shot stopper. As somebody who played in goal myself ( albeit at a much lower level) I really question his positioning at times; and he doesn't seem to communicate and yell at the lads in front of him. I used to tear strips of the lads who played in front of me. I don't recall seeing Bavs do that.:confused:

My personal opinion, a good and solid goalkeeper gives the lads playing at the back an extra 20-30% of confidence.:o

We lack a "midfield general". Joyce to me has to aspire to step up to the mark required. Don't get me wrong, I think Luke has the potential to play that role ( eventually ) but the time is now. Quite simply, the lad goes missing at times and we need somebody who will bust his guts out for 90+ minutes.:(

Murphy is also another trier, though unless he can up his game, he's another who can only be classed as a bit part or back up player.:(

We need one or even two wide players, possibly one on either flank. Let's forget playing fancy formations a.l.a. 4-2-3-1, 4-1-3-2 , the basics often suffice.

Two good wide men with pace, who can cross a ball and provide a decent supply to the forwards. Two good wide players.....who can drop crosses into areas which torture the opposition and have forwards salivating at the prospect of said crosses......

Which brings me onto the business end....forwards. I believe Webber will be good for 15-20 goals this season. Though, when I look at what we lost from last season ( 30 goals ), I still think we're going to be short of goals. I think we really need a big strong target man who Webber can play off.:o

The late, great, Brian Clough ( and Peter Taylor ) worked on the basics of the game. Finding players to slot into positions and play set roles. Beattie has to try and emulate that on probably the worst budget in the league!!:(

Hopefully we can utilise the loan market and bring in players to plug gaps.

For me, that defeat must be a real kick in the teeth for Beattie ; and although he talked diplomatically in the post match interview, I hope in private he's tearing strips off the squad to make them sure that level of performance is not acceptable.:(

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From the Newport forum:-

But was it me, or did Accrington look worse than most sides in the Conference last season?



Agreed they looked on a par,if not worse than some.That said ,they did have a few decent players that could cause sides problems this season. Their number 3 ,Danny Webber and the ginger guy looked pretty decent.Their keeper was worse than the donkey we had in goals a few seasons ago that played Football League all his career before joining us(Potter).

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Welcome to management, Mr. Beattie.
Thought Newport played like a team possessed (of commitment, energy, and belief) and, as F19 suggests, could well have bagged more. Maybe it was the euphoria of their first game back in the League but Newport made Stanley, except for a couple of brief periods, look very poor. What most impressed was that it seemed to be their new signings who did most of the damage; amazing what you can do when you win the lottery.
I also think their MoM summed up the match perfectly:
Newport striker Chris Zebroski told BBC Radio Wales: ... we've really given it 100% straight out the blocks, I think everyone made it difficult for them... "We kept pressing their back four from the front and that caused them to make a lot of mistakes, and in the end I think me and [Christian Jolley] ran their back four into the ground."

After that performance, things can only get better!

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What was most frustrating about yesterday was ,although they worked hard,we had played against most of there players( torquay,barnet,macc etc..),so we knew what they were all about.Two big centre haves,big donkey in centre mid ( who was good in the air ) and two mobile front men.
As normal,a side with a solid spine,and others played around them.
Looking forward to Middlesborough to see what lessons have been learned !!!

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Some great points.
We need a keeper to command his box not stop rooted to his goal line.
I would throw young Dawber in at the deep end if he felt he could cope.
For me there's only one person capable of captaining the side and surely would have the whole squads respect and that's Hunt.

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Are you mad?
Dawber is not a patch on Bavs.
Dawber is not good enough for the conference north.
Bavs aint perfect, but it was 1 game and all the goals where down to a clueless, spineless midfield and a slow defence.
Bqvs was not to blame for yesterday

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Are you mad? neither are good enough fer league football, The difference being young Dawber probably will be at some stage.:rolleyes:

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The amount of time the keeper punted it aimlessly down the park was frustrating. Just giving them the ball back.

To be honest, I was expecting an outcome like that. Newly promoted sides are tough to play against.

I worry though, if Boro dish out a hiding (which they will if Accy are anything like they were yesterday) then it could brig confidence desperately low for the upcoming league games.

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This first match of the season is showing that points will be hard to come by, we have not won an opening match since the 07/08 season, so not a big shock that we came away from Newport with no points, although I did not think our defence would be penetrated so easily, our meager budget dictates that at the end of every season the heart is ripped out of the squad as our best players are pillaged by the wealthier clubs and our manager is set the task of accumulating a new squad, it’s little wonder that we struggle in the early stages of a season, but as always with Stanley it’s a celebration to survive in the league, which I feel sure that when the team has time to gel we will again survive the drop

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And just in case you missed it Newport County AFC | Official Site or The Unofficial Newport County AFC Message Boards ? View topic - newport v accrington goals. :(

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Errrm not correct Accybeme, we beat Southend 1 - 0 last season:) on the opening day

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Cheers mab, good 15 mins on that, The commentator certainly knew Dunbavin, Davo should listen to that. :D

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Well my two pence worth......

Positives 1st

Believe it or not I thought we did ok for 45-50 minutes yesterday. Young Richardson I thought showed some great touches in the first period, he had some good interchanges with Webber in particular. Obviously he tired and really should have been taken off after an hour. But all in all a good debut for him.

Webber's control and passing looked great at times, and IF he could have scored of his two chances he had at 0-0 it would have been a different ball game. But he never stopped trying and he got his goal in the end, so fair play to him. He looks like he could be a 20 goal a season man this year, that's for sure.

Luke Clarke Well after more or less not playing all of last year I thought he had a decent impact when he came on as sub. He was threading some great passes about and it was his initial vision that led to Webber's goal. Could be a key man this season for us.


Ok negatives.

Bavs Looks nowhere near match fit to me. The defence have more or less zero confidence in him and it showed. I agree young Dawber has massive potential but is he ready?? Who knows? Cameron Belford anybody, get him in!

Joyce & Murph Passengers yesterday in the middle of the park. We all know they are NOT creative players but are both picked from the start..... A strange decision for me that one. As soon as Joyce was replaced we looked a different side with Clarke stroking the ball about. Granted it was 4-0 at the time.

Liddle Shocker for me, looked miles off the pace in terms of position. Big surprise that he was picked over Winnard (Who I think his best position is LB). Wilson was brilliant the last 10 games of last season at LB, so not sure why he wasnt picked there yesterday?


So its NOT all doom & gloom yet...... I will see where we are after 10 games. But its a big kick up the backside for JB and his team, thats for sure. My team for Tuesday ........


.....................Dawber
Hunt.....Aldred.......Atkinson......Winnard
Clarke.....Murphy
Hatfield.......... Richardson.......Wilson
.....................Webber..............

Subs.

Bavs
Liddle
Mccarten
Joyce
Windass
Mingoia
Gray

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Didn't Belford go to play for his Dad at (?) Alfreton ?

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I thought he was at Tamworth.

He wont be on a contract anyway.

Sign him up.

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i'm not sure about Liddle. He's had some good games for us but from memory they were mostly when he played the midfield anchor role. By all accounts a lot of the bad run last season was down to our inability to defend against crosses coming in - Newport played a lot of fast attacking football, aiming to whip crosses in towards the penalty area. Their commentator said something along the lines of "last seasons tactic of hitting the fifty pence piece on the 12 yard line is reaping dividends once again"

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3 of their 4 goals came from our left..........

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You could well be right. Good keeper at our level

I used to work with Joe Corrigan years back. Not sure if he's free ..... I could try and have a word ...... :D

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You must have been watching Bavs positioning through tinted glasses,he could have done much better all round.

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Agree with most of what you say,But you haven't even got Carver on the subs bench.I think once fully fit he can make a massive impact in the team and at worst a great impact sub!

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Is carver not fully fit?:confused:

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I don't think Dawber is ready to be starting for Accy at this level, I feel it would crush his confidence and in reality he should be nurtured in the right way if we are to develop him properly. He should be out on loan to a conference team to get some experience and game time. In the meantime we could really do with an experienced back up to give Bavs a push.

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Is James Gray injured?

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When I spoke to him at Altringham he said he's got a bit to go before he's fully fit!

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Good post Smudgie,agree that Richardson tried his best to get up with Webber and had a half decent first half.
The centre mids were obviously under instructions to just sit and they just played around us.
Clarke was allowed to join in and he also did well.
Can't agree about Dean at LB tho.Coley played him there for 18 months,and was asked to cover the CBs,but for me it's not the answer,we were a far better team when we replaced our lack of pace (kempo!),which allowed the fullbacks (dean and Jacobson ) to go forward.
For me
Tom and Rob are too similar,that's why I found it strange splitting up Tom and Dean,who's record together in the last twelve games,prior to the last joke game was excellent.
It's not about who's the better players,but what's the best combinations.
Alternatively,play two CBs with a sweeper(like newport did),but playing a flat back four

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Sorry ---which lasts pace will be a constant problem IMHO

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Lacks !

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Whoever decided to play Michael Richardson at Newport from the start needs to think very carefully has he got a future in team selection, to be honest one of the WORST DECISIONS ive ever seen in football. FACTS ... M.R has only played at this level in 5 games 3 for Leyton Orient 2 for Gillingham and both clubs packed him back to Newcastle ASAP after..... M.R did not feature in any pre season games for us which may have helped . A few supporters have said HE MADE SOME NICE TOUCHES they never resulted in goals THATS WHAT MATTERS he may be one for the future we need hard aggressive skilful players now like the ones we played at Newport. DANNY WEBBER the only player that stood out BY A MILE all is not lost ON STANLEY ON everyones still behind JAMES BEATTIE but we need a few more like DANNY WEBBER .

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Absolute rubbish.

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Thats very constructive THANKS

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It's all about opinions. I thought your ideas that Richardson was ok, Dawber should start and Winnard is best a left back are all rubbish - only opinions.

I was also surprised at JBs interview, (and also the fact that no-one's mentioned it.) Can you imagine Fergie praising his players for playing some 'good stuff' after getting absolutely stuffed, hopefully that's just for he fans and he has nailed the players that deserved it in the confines of the dressing room.

For me Mingoia, Miller and Gray should play Tuesday instead of Richardson, Hatfield and Murphy

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Well said Frank its funny how the TRUTH hurts some people

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Think you will find Tuesdays game will be a little different,as Middlesborough won't press as much,so it will allow us to play.They will obviously have more quality,so keeping the ball is a must.
I really rate Miller,and he would be class in a top team,at the moment tho,he struggles to dominate a game,so maybe has to adapt his style a little.
I would defo consider the younger lads who would surely raise there game playing at the riverside.

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I assumed what beats said was just fer fans, i base that thought on the fact he aint stupid. reckon in house is defo the best way to deal wi stuff.

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I was pretty pleased by County's performance today but obviously aware how bonkers some early results really are.
As regards your team, I was really impressed by Webber and if the early exchanges had been different, I think the game might have been much closer.
As regards the comments by you guys about your keeper, I really didn't notice his culpability for the goals but understand where you're coming from because we had a keeper last year ( his presence coincided with our bad spell ) who stayed rooted to his line and inspired no confidence in his fellow defenders. When our 1st choice ( well the fans anyway ) was selected we were a different team.
By the way, yesterday we were missing our spine: Pidgely, James and O'Connor.

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Glad your spine was missing because you'll find it missing when you visit the Crown Ground,well and truely ripped out and the team sent packing back to South Wales!!!

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I'm still gobsmacked after 1 game, people are calling for the manager to drop Ian Dunbavin (who was our best player last season up to his injury) for Dawber who so far looks absolutely rubbish and nowhere near ready.
People are assuming Dawber will progress into a league keeper; its a big assumption.
Most players don't.

Some people love knee jerking.

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Is "probably" too big a word fer yeh to understand davo?:rolleyes::D Dunbavin certainly aint progressed into a league keeper, its beyond me how the hell he was retained again,:eek: As far as i'm concerned the manager aint no option but to play the donkey at this point in time.

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I disagree,
I use to slate Dunbavin when we first got into the league, but you cant deny he has gradually improved and is now good enough for league 2.

He is no world beater, and I don't think he is a good league 2 keeper, but certainly got enough to his game to hold his own in league 2.

And currently a country mile better than Dawber.
Lets hope Dawber does progress and goes onto play in the premiership (with Stanley!), but right now Dawber is at a push a conference north keeper.
And if I managed a conference north team, I probably wouldn't play him if I could help it.
Cant we send him to Marine for a season to get some experience?
The lad needs games, sitting on the bench will do him no good.

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If Dunbavin was the best player at Stanley before his injury we wouldn't be in the football league now.

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We shall have to disagree Davo, How has he got enough to his game to hold his own in the league? Yeh he did ok last term before his injury. ok by his own poor standard, All he has to his game is the fact hes a good shot stopper, No positional sense whatsoever, Distribution is very poor, Though hes very good at shouting at defenders, when hes made n error.:rolleyes:

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Well we are and he was our best player upto his injury, he was in fabulous form. You have disproven your own point.

People have short memories.

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Maybe we've got it all wrong when it was thought DAV007 was JC or JB or married to one of them.....It's you isn't it Dunbavin????????

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Paul rachubka's still out of contract, maybe a return for him

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of course.

Sorry for having an opinion that Ian Dunbavin has progressed to be an average league 2 keeper.

An opinion most of the people on this board shared last season upto Ian's injury.
Yet somehow, after 1 game this season, he is rubbish and should be sent packing.
Nothing to do with the rubbish midfield we had yesterday, or the naivety of our central defence, or the managers inability to change the game.

And the young lad Dawber who has shown nothing so far, should be given game time in the first team.

Logic.

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:thankya: Thanks for that, not that i needed a reality check - I am a Newport County fan after all! I'm not expecting us to blaze a glorious trail through this division - staying up would be good! I wonder what the average points required are, must look it up.
Despite your post , I'm anticipating a warm welcome for us up there, ahem!

:D

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Douglas Bader could dominate his area better.:D