Defining Moment ??...a thread for today !.
 

Heard someone say yesterday that tonight's game against Portsmouth would definitely be Stanley's ' Defining Moment ' of the season.
However, I beg to differ !. In my opinion many defining moments have been witnessed at Home matches and in particular at away games which have more than persuaded me that the current squad, their style of play, and most importantly their spirit and endeavour are as good as, if not better than any other team in Division 2 of the Football League.
Many factors have been employed to bring this about, from shrewd Management and solid application, to the development and burgeoning of skills in individual players, which I for one failed to expect at the start of the campaign !.
So given these facts?...proven by the aforementioned evidence, the Reds can go into tonight's game with the confidence that, although JC will not admit it, they are simply the Best !.
Personally speaking, I have turned up in the past to watch games of similar importance with one nagging thought in mind.... ' I hope the Reds can do it !'. Tonight it will be
' I know the Reds can do it.... wonder by how many ?'.
Do you know... I can't wait !.

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Well said Alan, my thoughts on turning up tonight will be similar -

"I know the Reds can do it . . . . . . . . . & thank our lucky stars that Mr. Kettle is not officiating" :)

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Tonight could be a defining moment..........

If we beat Pompey & Daggers fail to beat Newport, then we will be Mathematically Safe :D

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The main thing is we don't lose. I am sure we have enough in our locker to beat Portsmouth. we must play for 90 minutes. I am confident, If we can get through the next 3 games without a loss we we will be there at the end,

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Looks like Big Jase is back in the nets tonight. According to the FA site, Ross is banned for tonights game, so I suppose the appeal failed, or is this a case of next week? Then will be too late.

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It was unsucessfull says on fishy, still i expect beggar all from that load of ******* at the F.A.

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Still happy enough for Mooney to step in!

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I meant Carlisle (both abroad as far as I'm concerned) ;)

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Defining moment? Definitely - just not in the way we'd hoped! :( Truth is Portsmouth were faster & fitter than us & in general more up for it. From the word go, it seemed like they had twice as many players on the pitch
Much as it pains me to admit it, Paul Cook had prepared his players & game plan better than we had - second half we did improve but by then unfortunately it was game over.
Hopefully on Saturday it will be a different story & we'll be toasting the lads success against Plymouth - we all know we're capable of it, just that we didn't show it tonight

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After tonights performance, I will be glad for Ross to be back in goal on Saturday. Played nothing like he did in the first half of the season. Did not command his area and to compound it all, defence helped Pompey.
As for promotion, the abject team that JC played tonight were more like relegation candidates. Thank goodness we have the points on the board. BTW where has Adam Buxton gone? Not in the team and not on the bench. Has he picked up a knock? All we can hope for is that we play a hell of a lot better on Saturday because n previous weeks, that result has been coming, we have been nowhere near good enough at home anyway.:(:(:(:(

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Completely outclassed and outplayed tonight no excuses the best team won.:( cant even blame the officials they had a good game.

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Oh dear !..who didn't see that one coming then ?.

KTF !!.

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Adam Buxton was in the ground and so was Deano, Bucko has flu he said I didn't get to speak to Deano. Tom Aldred was here I was hoping we could slip him in as a ringer but. The best team won, we were played off the park first half. Second half changes helped, surprised that Piero was taken off. Matty pearson was all over the place. Matt crooks was only average in short spells. I can't understand the obsession of playing one up front, Billy was marked out immediately and was always going to struggle. Sadly it was like we were playing 11 strangers, we got under each other's feet. Our passing is atrocious at times for this stage of the season. Jason was badly beaten in goal which has done his confidence no good at all, The comedy of errors near the end was entertaining, we all know we can do better but now it is a case of we must do better. A bad day at the office.

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Thanks for the info re Bucko. I think teams have sussed how we play with 2 wingers and 2 wing backs supporting them and the opposition are doubling up on Piero in particular and to a lesser extent Sean Mc. I would like to see us play differently on Saturday and go through the middle of the park and use the wings to a lesser extent. Make the opposition think which way are we coming at them this time. Just a thought. Lets hope Josh is back on Saturday and help Billy Kee, who looked forlorn up front tonight when not getting any ball for 75 minutes of the game. The one thing that does annoy me is the way certain players try to play like they are the best footballer since George Best, when clearly thy are not. Use the KISS technique, Keep It Simple Stupid!

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Defining moment for me the home goal and that stunning volley:(