Time to fleece the 'U' 's ?..Cambridge Thread !.
 

Richard Money writes in glowing terms about the Reds and in particular the management skills of John Coleman in today's edition of Cambridge news, and implies the weaknesses his team will feel due to injuries of some players .
All in all it makes a good read for Stanley fans, but having a sort of inbuilt mistrust of soccer Managers and their pre-match pronouncements, I wonder if this one who has had a fairly good season so far is another to try out the old 'you're better than us ' routine in an attempt to instill a false sense of security or complacency in the minds of their opponents ?.
All will be revealed in another seventeen hours or so ....and I for one can't wait for the affray.
The weather looks like it will improve on today's inclemency, so let's hope for a good gate and a great game between two successful teams !.
( AE is back !! ).

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Looking forward to a display as good as Tuesdays if possible.:)

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That would be good !.... Wonder what the starting eleven will be ?..... Is Marcus the player for the special occasion as JC implies, or will it be a return to Maguire ?....Can he drop Pierro following his super show on Tuesday ?....If the new man plays then where?, both Luke and Andy were awesome against Notts County !....So many questions to be answered which makes for a fascinating afternoon methinks !.

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Some sensible words from Jimmy, the last line is so very true.......

:) :) :)


Reds charge for the top seven - Accrington Stanley FC

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My first game since Morecambe, really looking forward to it.

Cant remember us having as many available players since the playoff season, that's for sure!

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COME ON STANLEY!!!:theband:
Let's continue our move up the league with 3 points and a good performance today.:cheers:
ON STANLEY ON:alright:

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Another great result. Well done Mr.Mingoia (and Professor Coleman for selecting him).:):)

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WOW!!..its been a great week. :)

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Good display, Cambridge who have been scoring fer fun, only got one when we seemed to switch off,?Mingoia was superb, only thing i wasn't overkeen on was the new lad, much prefer Carver.

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A truly great performance today. We ran the U's defence dizzy for most of the match. Agree with Cashy re. Crooks. Whatever is his best position he certainly isn't a centre forward! O'Sullivan played great for his MOM, but for me Mingoia was head and shoulders the best man on the pitch. 6-1 would have been a fair scoreline.

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Well my first two pence worth in a few weeks.....

Really enjoyed the game today. Defensively I thought we looked great, and it took a pretty special goal to break us down. Liddle is by no means my favorite player but I really did think he was superb today, along with Atkinson my personal M-O-M. Only thing about the defence that I didnt enjoy was the number of scouts aparently watching Aldred :(

As others have said..... Mingoia was absolutely superb. Yes he scored 2 but his workrate and touch really where a class apart. I thought his days at Stanley where numbered but he has proved a few doubters (including me) wrong. Mention also for O Sullivan who looked class on the ball.

Crookes and Maguire where rightly replaced, both had pretty average afternoons...... but to be honest I couldent care less :) Onward & Upward.

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Strange how people see the game differently.

I thought Pierro was anonymous for the first half other than the goal.

For me Maguire was a class above, his touch and awareness in possession was a delight to watch.

I reckon Crooks was rightly subbed but I wouldn't write him off ... He definitely didn't seem like a "Strikers' striker" more of a False 9 - he linked up with the attacking trio well and created several chances for them around the edge of the box... With the quality we have in attacking midfield it might not be a bad way to go

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Really enjoyed the game and performance.
Special mention to buzzer as the pitch was excellent which helped the quality of the play.
They didn't look a bad side and pressed us for 45 mins,but after conceding they opened the game up and played into our hands (were a good counter attacking team)
As Redraine said,we really should have scored more,but I am not getting greedy and only conceded to a worldy.
What's pushing us at the moment is the strength in depth.
The bench and lads only in the squad walked past and there all quality players,so if you get a shirt you have to work hard to keep it.
I must admit I watched the new lad closely and thought he did ok,he gave us a presence up top and occupied their CBs.
He run out of steam after 60mins,but showed enough for me to stick with him and bring Marcus on when the opposition tire.
Coley made some big decisions today,and the performance suggested he got them right,playoffs here we come !!!!

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Must agree with you Sam,once maguire found space in the hole (too left sided for the first 20 mins),he was excellent and they struggled to pick him up.
Think Pierre took at while to get into the game after his effort on Tuesday,but quality always comes through :)

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A tame Huddersfield fan at work says Crooks is never a striker. He said he's played a few first team games for the terriers in midfield and looked OK but can't seem to get a game at the moment.

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Maguire his a quality act still only a young lad as well he was excellant today my man of the match but every Stanley player rated above 7 including Crooks who despite being clearly short of match fitness helped create the first goal but could be a real asset when fit keeps on his feet and clearly is a big strong lad with a good touch.

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A great result for the STANLEY today....3 points and a win against a Cambridge team who clearly like to get the ball down and play good football. Our boys had to be patient and got into the game gradually after a strong opening by 'The U's'. Pierro was superb and displays all the traits of a player that every manager could wish for..... EFFORT and ENTHUSIASM, A WILLINGNESS TO HARASS OPPNENTS WHEN DEFENDING, GOOD SKILLS AND BALL CONTROL, CREATIVITY GOING FORWARD AND A WILLINGNESS TO SHOOT WHEN IN SIGHT OF GOAL! :wave8:
Yes, Pierro deserved his two goals and I think he should have been awarded MAN OF THE MATCH too!! O'Sullivan ran him close for the M o M award in my opinion for his strong attacking runs with pace and he was a leading force in our victory today. I think that O'Sullivan could be playing first team football for the Rovers before the end of the season although I really wish that we could sign him on permanently!
Captain Luke Joyce had a good game too and our defensive back pair of Aldred and Atkinson were like rocks!!!:drunk:
I thought that McGuire didn't look fully fit today and was somewhat off the pace. I noticed that he was carrying some heavy strapping on his left hamstring. He only really sprinted hard on a couple of occassions and seemed to be a bit limited in what he could do. No doubt that he too, like O'Sullivan, has the class to do great things though. Young Jack Rose is looking the part in goal. At 19 he looks a good bet to play in the Premier League. He is confident and decisive and catches crosses and corners well. When he fully develops his adult physique he will be a real classy keeper!! Crooks up front looks like he has the physique and potential to be a top striker but I think Jimmy Bell will need to get to work on his sharpness. Crooks reminds me of Micheal Symes when he first came to the STANLEY... Micheal looked a bit lethargic and slow to begin with but with the 'Jimmy Bell' training he sharpened up and became a truly great player, albeit briefly, for STANLEY. Matt Crooks could do the same!
The referee was a mystery to me, (not for the first time as we have seen him before). He must have got 40% of the decisions re goal kicks/corners wrong today!:130:
Anyway the right result came true in the end and STANLEY continue in good form to move up the division.
The ULTRAS were strangely quiet today...:cool::hidewall::confused:
ON STANLEY ON:theband::alright:

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Just one last thought from me on this afternoon's stirring,fascinating
, and most entertaining game. At 2-0 how sad it was to hear a number of the 'get it up t'field'
Brigade in the main stand actually booing the midfield players and defenders when they were
keeping possession with sideways and backwards passing. What do these so called fans want from the team ?
I'm sure that Chubbyman and Mab must have heard this inexcusable treatment of our players and Management and hope that they like us they had something to say about it !!.

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No excuse at all fer booing the team in my book. even at Carlisle when we were abysmal, end of the match we stood n clapped n utter crap display.:(

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Mainstand are never happy. Par for the course. A good display from the Reds...2-1 flatters the Uni dwellers......also...if you think the Ultras are quiet there is nothing to stop you starting your own song. :)

As for booing...I respect anybody who pays right to do so....but add that when has it ever aided any team or spurred them onto better things? We are a Conf North club in the FL...get a grip I say!!!

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How anyone can boo this vibrant attacking team is beyond belief. Good job I'm deaf, as if I had heard it I would have had my afternoon half ruined. Incredible, moronic behaviour, and I for one don't "defend their right" to do so. Pathetic.

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Do not agree at all with o'sullivan being M.O.M he's too selfish he never passes when there's somebody on a clear run instead he tries being the teammate takes them on which 9 times out of 10 he loses the ball, piero defo the MOM he never stopped running and always looks for other chances not just take them on

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Must admit I heard the " boot it forward" brigade in the main stand and it made me smile.
One occasion our fullback played it square and the moaning started,eight passes later we created a great chance,didn't hear anything !!.
Our pitch promotes ball retention I hope we don't change,although on crap bobbly pitches then our tactics may change,not a problem with that KTF

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Yes I heard it Yonman but do what I do and just smile to myself and feel sorry for them as they don't understand the modern game.i suppose you heard the regular scream to get someone on the half way line every time we're defending even when there's seconds to go and were defending a corner.F19 could explain it to them well,I respect his knowledge of the game.As for man of the match I was a bit disappointed with O'Sullivans performance not that he had a bad game just not quite up to his usual standards my lad and I give a bottle of Moët every game home and away to our own man of the match and we gave it to Piero,and for once DAV Coley and I were in total agreement.

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Forgot to mention the good work the new CF did in our box (corners etc..).
I know he will be judged on his goals/assists/hold up play,but he did a great defensive job on their main threat,which sometimes goes un-noticed.
The keeper looks a real find,one to keep an eye on in the future.

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Thank god I moved from the main stand a few years ago.

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cant believe you moved from the main stand Smudgie,the entertainment better than Statler and Waldolf from the muppets !!

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You can NOT be serious when you suggest starting my own song in the Main Stand Alvin !..
I venture to suggest that although I go through life with a song in my heart, that seeing some of the long faces seated around me particularly amongst the Directors and their horde of
non- paying ? acolytes, that even Gareth Malone would find it impossible to produce anything resembling the efforts of our great Ultras !.
Just to repeat a long-held belief...NO true fan of Accrington Stanley would ever, whatever the circumstances ' Boo ' them !.

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Quite true its the team i support not anything else hard to grasp i know even fer the supposedly educated.;)

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Spot on.

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Perhaps the 'long faces' you perceived belonged to the eleven visitor directors from Cambridge, although they, as is the accepted norm, were gracious and complimentary in defeat! :)

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:( Every home game we have the same bunch of whiners sat 2 rows back from where i sit,telling JC how it should be done and the occasional word aimed at our players :eek: but no Booing from them yesterday! Must be nearer to you Yonmon ;)

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Don't tar all mainstanders with the same brush chuck, most around me are generally quite happy & have even been known on occasion to break into song and/or a chant, ok it may not last long but the effort is there I promise ;)

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A ' raw -nerve' reaction to a slightly 'tongue-in-cheek' post ?,and I am more than certain that the good folk from Cambridge did no doubt accept the fate of their very good team with a level of well-mannered equanimity.
So next Friday night let's see if anyone who reads this, and also frequents the lofty heights of the Directors area can inspire those allowed access to the same to burst into song at a given moment !. This should not only stimulate the Reds towards even greater efforts than we have witnessed of late, but might also provide a musical diversion for we lesser mortals who can only gaze on in awe as the last morsels of meat pies and such are rapidly stuffed into the mouths of those returning to their seats in THE Box following their halftime refreshment break !.
But wait !...some might think that this is a somewhat cynical observation from one who usually faces the vicissitudes of life with the same equanimity as a Director of Cambridge
United !. So to redress the balance I willingly offer to lend my vocal support to any cheeky little ditty emanating from that place, the lyrics of which must not of course echo the more raunchy libretti belted out so heartily by the excellent Ultras !, as I would expect a measure of decorum to be injected into the Choral offering which would meet with the approval of our Chairman and the Board, not to mention the Ladies present !.
So rich or poor, Season Ticket holder or ' Complimentary Guest ' in the Director's Box, whoever you be ....raise your voices and sing for t'Stanley. You'll feel better for it !.

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Why don't you resurrect the stirring "Cart on, Stanley, Cart on"? Haven't heard that one for years on the Clayton End!

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To those of a certain age RR ..." On Stanley, On ! " is still the greatest anthem, although "Cart on " seemed to awaken passions on t' Clayton End whenever it was struck up !.

PS The unwarranted cynicism within my previous thread was stimulated by an inordinate intake of Absolute and Tonic...from a more clearheaded viewpoint it was somewhat OTT and I fear a little unworthy of me.....AE thinks so too !.

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Piero made the football league team

Sky Bet Football League Team of the Week

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No surprise there Dave !..... And well deserved too !.

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From the whole of the Football League too; not just League Two! Congratulations, Piero! ;)