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Good result against a good side,all round performance very good, we seemed to try to shut up shop though at 4-0? conceded 2, thought the subs were a very poor choice. but in a playoff slot now, lets hope we can continue.

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Just one of those things with the sub's, they were like for like. Exeter sling everything forward and got the bounce of the ball

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Sack the manager. Subs were the wrong ones. Unless either Crooks or Coneely were injured, they should have left well alone. They say "attack is the best form of defence", however, how can I judge the dynamic duo, they have the qualifications not me. Thoroughly enjoyable game until the last 20 minutes. And I must admit, I was worried that Wyn's voices may just get him 5 points in the prediction league lol. Onwards and upwards. Are the pollsters who think we are relegation fodder getting it wrong AGAIN! Can we make an automatic promotion place, only time will tell, but if we continue playing on this form, goodness knows where we will end up. And then watch the whingers come out of the woodwork stating our ground isn't up to scratch for FL games.

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That attacking performance has been coming for a while. Great stuff, but a pity Coley's daft substitutions nearly cost us by surrendering the midfield, which we had dominated. And that's not hindsight, as I was scratching my head when Proccy and Barry came on instead of piling on the pressure with replacement forwards when we had 'em on the run. All's well that ends well though and it was super entertainment.

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Till we scored both sides looked like they could score. Then we kicked on created good chances and the 3rd and 4th goals where crafted well. As cashman said at 4-0 we seemed to go into our shell and perhaps choose the wrong approach. Overall, it was a great game to be at.

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Great result to get THREE POINTS today against one of the divisions fancied teams.:theband:
Early on in the match I thought that Exeter looked like a good footballing team and that they could be dangerous on the break. It took us a while to get into the match but once we scored there was no looking back. first goal was super and slick...a fine diagonal ball to Pierro who swept the ball into the near post for windass to pass it superbly into the net. The second goal was an early Christmas present from Exeter! Hee hee! ......Or should it be Ho ho ho!!!:iloveyou:
Third and fourth goals were slick and based on incisive forward play. Billy held the ball from Pierros superbly and timed his layoff back to Pierro equally superbly for Pieroo to drill the ball in. Billy had little to shoot at for the fourth goal but found the inside of the post for it to beat the keeper!
I agree with other early posters that the subs were a tactical error but i hope that coley and jimmy learn from it! for me this season seamus has been our 'central hub' player with everything going through him.He has been the player that we have missed for a couple of years who has the composure to put his foot on the ball and look around. He rarely wastes the ball. His play is complemented by Crooksy's industry and ability to hastle opponents. They are making a supeer central pairing. When they were subbed we broke the 'spine' of our team and we retreated to defending on the edge of our penalty box just like last season. Procky tried to get the tacklse in but his timing was out and he gave anumber of free kicks away. Barry just did not get into the game at all and seemed to be chasing shadows.
Anyway a great result which has moved us up to the heady heights of SIXTH in the division.:mosher::signbeer:
ON STANLEY ON:wave8:

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A good game against a well organised team. I was a little surprised at the choice of substitutes as neither play were ever going to get into the pace of the game quick enough. I was hoping to see our spanish forward get 30 mins under his belt. I wonder if Jimmy ever disagrees with coley on subs? I am dreading the transfer window coming as to the players we could lose. However I worry about that nearer the time. onward and upward. crowd 1400, is it me or is it creeping up slowly??:hothothot

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I sometimes wonder if they are Jimmy's subs, not Coley's, as without a degree of nepotism I don't think our no.11 would be keeping Bruna out of the team!

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1300 stanley fans creeping up
lets give exeter credit they came back strong under the guile of clinton morrison who held up the ball well
and brought them back into the game
Billy kee was awesome today my mom by a long way everything went throu billy

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Could have been a different game if Exeter had taken their early chances, but would like to think we would have the quality to win from behind anyway. On that note, I know there is disappointment at conceding 2, but if we had gone 2 0 down then won 4 2 it would seem like a fantastic win.

Pleased for pierro today, looks like the whole were too from the way they celebrated.

Was our left back carrying an injury? Got beaten a few too many times

Also coley interview - he sounds furious.

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Impressed with Exeter and one of the best teams down at the Wham stadium.
Their form was good with three clean sheets and smashed the league leaders 4-0,so it wasn't going to be easy.
Their three centre mids are amongst the best footballers in the league and they moved us around with good possession and passing.
For 25 minutes we had to dig in to try and match them,and they had a winger who was excellent in the air and we swapped Pearson to left back to counter this.
Can't complain about the result tho,although Bucko switched off for the first goal and Proccy got caught flat footed for the second,otherwise a decent professional job on a very good team

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A little harsh, I thought Sean put a real shift in today & as we haven't seen much of senor Bruna how is it possible to compare the two??

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Aye it were a grand day out! We can't get to many games but today was definitely worth it, the boys were pretty much all over it for most of the game but for whatever reason after the subs they went a bit wobbly resulting in 2 soft goals.

Still, compared to what we got to see this time last year, worlds apart! And long may it continue says us, dizzying heights indeed, if we're not careful it'll be light heads & nosebleeds all round. ;)

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It is possible to compare the two, as from Bruna's brief cameo against Bury he showed in scoring his great goal more power, determination and skill in brushing aside their defenders than McConville has in any match I've seen this, or any other season I'm afraid!

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Sorry for the 'Typo' errors earlier as I was dashing out to have a beer with friends at 6pm in The Forts down Clayton...great beer.......hic!
On reflection, we did play well for an hour but Coley's subs did for us and we let Exeter back into the match by conceding midfield. I believe in having a strong 'spine' in your first eleven and subbing both central midfield players at the same time seemed to 'break our spine' which left us defending on the edge of our penalty box like we did for most of last season! I could see the sense in subbing Crooksy to protect him from getting another booking but we should have kept Seamus on the pitch IMHO. For me he has been a major player in our solid start to this season. He is the unglamourous but efficient central hub that we have lacked for the last couple of seasons! Everything seems to go through him and he is just so cool on the ball. He can put his foot on the ball and then show composure before he releases the ball. He never seems to waste a pass....... very efficient and his efforts for me seem to go under the radar somewhat. If I was picking the team from the current squad his would be the first name on the teamsheet! He has been subbed a few times mid second half but has never seemed to need to have been replaced for tiredness! Josh Windass for me had a great first 60 minutes but played the last 35 knackered! I would have protected Josh's clear potential and subbed him with Shay McCarten who would have brought new energy to our attacking line and kept us on the front foot. Procky tried hard when he came on but was mistiming his tackles and gave away a number of free kicks. Anthony Barry didn't get with the pace of the game at all and sat in too deep. I think he may have only touched the ball three times. So we conceded midfield completely and for the last thirty minutes or so, as I said earlier, we defended on the edge of our penalty box just like last season, and it was only a matter of time before we conceded a goal or two! Billy did well and got better the longer the game went on and desreved his well taken goal. The defence was strong again and Tom Davies is looking as good as Tom Aldred did last season. Deano has paired up with him really well. Full backs were awesome!!!...Bucko MOM for me and Matt Pearson great...one super left wing run beating two defenders at ease and shooting for goal! What a lot of potential we have in our squad at the moment.
I just hope that we can keep this team together for the rest of the season because I really do believe that we can go places!!!!
ON STANLEY ON:mosher:

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What about mcconvilles skill to set up mr kee for our fourth goal today redraine ? Great run an great pass, bruna started against Hull an flattered to deceive an lasted 50 minutes I think, great goal against bury mind, top performance from the lads today , up to the dizzy heights of 6th long may it continue

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Well pleased with that today and also looking forward to a nice little pay day come Monday.

Place I work at has dozens of City fans and I've got at least £30 layed out in bets. For once in a long time, I'm really looking forward to going to work on Monday.

Not bad for relegation favourites. :D

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Completely agree, got to admit I wasn't too keen on Mr. Coneely at first but that was when he was played in defence, in that midfield role he is brilliant & unless he was injured could not understand subbing him in favour of Anthony Barry today - Seamus has the cool, non- flappable brain needed & is second to none in reading the game from that position

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pps. I bought another matchbadge and raffle ticket and half time draw ticket from the Supporters Clubs staff on the car parks who are doing a wonderful PROMO job in raising funds for the new changing rooms. Testament to the PASSION behind STANLEY.:mosher:
Well done to Stanley Nick and the team!

Yes, Sean Mc's run for Billy's goal was a superb reminder of what he can do and was a throwback to the Sean Mc in his first spell with us. More please Sean!!

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Because some people love a Scapegoat!

No matter if that player has played well or not they will only mention the bad points, Joycey was that player before Sean re-signed!

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I'm buzzing down here. Great stuff O mighty STANLEY.

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Understandably, Sean is taking a bit of time readjusting to life in Division Two, but he clearly has the abilty to impress himself at this level as he showed today in making the goal for Billy. He just needs to do it more consistently. I am sure that under the guidance of Coley and Uncle Jimmy, (that's for Redraine!), that he will get there and be a force to be reckoned with!

I like Luke Joyce as a player but for me he was allowed to play in too deep a position which exposed our defence last season far too much. This season Carlisle have scored 17 goals but have also conceded 17 goals so far with Luke in their team. This season we have only conceded six goals, two today in a 4 - 2 victory! I prefer our current midfield set up. Fairly simple to see as far as I am concerned!
UP TH'OWD REDS!
ps What's a 'Scapegoat'? I can't find any of these down on our local farm! blaagghh!!

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Just watched Coley's interview on the 'Fishy' site. Although somehat reluctant, he seemed to be in acceptance that his double substition may have been an error....???
I like his last comment about the gate today...... "The crowd did play a big part today and they got behind us. You can't knock the people who come, it's the people who don't come you can knock!"

None the less..... 1,403 was a good turn out today.

I was reading the Accrington Observer this morning and a team called Rovers and another team called Burnley shared 60+% of the coverage of the football section in an 'ACCRINGTON' paper......Huh!:dummy:

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Scapegoat? What are you on about?. No question of looking for a scapegoat when we have won, Baldy! And where did I mention any bad points in Sean's performance, eh? Methinks you are a bit paranoid.

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Where did I say you had mentioned any bad points in Sean's performance?...Paranoid?:rolleyes:

You did hint that you think Sean is only in the team because of Jimmy which I don't believe is true!!

The thing with Sean is he sometimes pulls out of tackles that he could possibly and is abit of a "Fancy Player" but most teams have these kind of players, Gary and Rory were never ones for going into a tackle full blooded!

I've no doubt when Sean gets a goal or two he will go on a run and be a big player for us!

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The goals:
Accrington 4-2 Exeter | Video | Watch TV Show | Sky Sports

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One player who deserves a mention is the keeper.
Hes getting better every game and his decision making has improved 100%.
The defenders are getting the credit for our defensive performances,but his contribution shouldn't be under estimated,big future ahead of him IMHO.
I feel sorry for the other keeper,as hes a great prospect as well,but he will struggle to move him.

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[QUOTE=choirboy;1150433]Understandably, Sean is taking a bit of time readjusting to life in Division Two, but he clearly has the abilty to impress himself at this level as he showed today in making the goal for Billy.

Blimey, Bob, you make it sound like he skinned three defenders on the by-line before laying it on a plate for Billy, when maybe " advanced 10 yards unopposed before a retreating defence before picking out Kee's intelligent run off the ball" would have covered it, however I do give him credit for his part in the move.

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Not too much to add from me so I'll be brief. They were a good side and were probably on top when we scored. Three well worked goals and a gift. Don't underestimate contribution Kee made - held it up and used it well and we looked a better side for this happening. Glad he got goal his performance deserved.

Substitutions affected our control of game. Thought Barry struggled to get involved and can't remember his having mare than 5 touches so last 20 mins disappointing as should have seen game out better than that. Defence solid again and we have luxury of 2 good keepers

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Firstly I,d like to say what an entertaining game and advert for league 2 football, make no mistake they were a good side playing with confidence as are we the difference being today we were clinical in front of goal and but for 2 great saves by their keeper could have been 4-0 at half time. All the team played well for me Kee and Conneely just shading above the rest, as for the subs at 4-0 up we have to give Proccy some game time don,t forget he is coming back from a bad break and was short of the pace but we will need him at some stage this season so has to have game time the other sub well I think it would have been better to put another attacker on McCartan or Bruna but that, s my opinion, but overall a brilliant team performance keep it up into 16 or so games in and we could go all the way.

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Words I began to think I might never see this season :D

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an excellent three quarters of a game but spoiled for me the by the 2 goals they scored. instead of sitting back we should have gone for the jugular. the problem is in the modern game all clubs tend to shut up shop if they score 3 or more without reply. will never understand this thinking as goal difference could be crucial come next may. if opponents are on the ropes as Exeter were give em nowt.

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Whilst i said Exeter were a good side, I aint seen owt better than us so far this season, so fer me anythings possible. Theres quite a few teams on the same level for me.

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Apparently 200 Exeter fans came up, did they stay in pub Cus there definitely wasn't 200 there

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Sympathy from the BBC for the travelling fans:
BBC Sport - Football League: Five things you may have missed
And a YouTube version of the highlights that you can watch in HD:
Accrington Stanley v Exeter City: Match highlights | Exeter Express and Echo

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Just hope we don't do what we normally do and stall on offering players contract extensions like previous seasons!

No doubt clubs will be sniffing round the likes of Windass, Crooks and Davies come January, Will John and Jimmy be looking for replacements now and taking the money in January or try and keep them until the summer and get next to nothing at tribunal?

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Lets hope the new sponsors prevent that happening n new contracts are offered PDQ.

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"He skinned three defenders on the by-line before laying it on a plate for Billy" is not what I said or thought....Perhaps that is how you saw it Mike?! All I suggested was that he has a lot of potential and that his part in setting up the goal for Billy was clear evidence of it. I also said that Billy took the goal really well as there was not much to aim at.

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Not really, but I'm not going to labour the point. I do agree about Billy, who gave a real centre forward's performance. I've heard a few suggest that he's not fully fit yet so what a player we have when he gets fit!

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Here's a footy chant for you Mike.....

We all dream of a team of Ma-Con-vils...
.....................a team of Ma-Con-vils...
.....................a team of Ma-Con-vils...

to the tune of the old John Miles song!

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For me Kee is our best striker by a country mile, long may he reign.:)

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remember a couple of years ago when billy was at burton he was hot property and a number of championship clubs were sniffing around. had an unlucky time after and may be recovering his form and could be the best signing for years. how we will do in the end is how we perform against the ale house sides like Cambridge and Carlisle. we have beeten one in Mansfield and these games always have been our stumbling block. we seem to have a bit more bite and size this season without skinny lightweights and after 8 games I am positive. being a glass half empty person this is confidence. pity the fixtures coming up are more attractive to keep our gates going up. Yeovil on a Tuesday night sorry, its the equivelant of a night out with keith lemon.

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"Ale house sides"??

Not met that one before, but we do play on the pitch behind the pub ..... :D

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Thats cos yer down south.;) they never did talk proper.:D

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........Like wot we do tha' nuz!
:jimbo: