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Gutting late goal but so proud how we went to an amazing stadium and gave an excellent account of ourselves. Are defence was excellent again. We are looking a solid unit. We limited west ham to a few chances funnily they had more when they went down to 10 men with the late injury. The one improvement area we could do with is a support striker for billy in the mode of Josh from last year or bobby grant from an few years ago although we still created a few chances and it could be argued we deserved to take them to extra time. Hammers fans where friendly before and after game which was a nice touch. I don't need to talk about the Stanley fans(you could hear us!)
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I listened to it on Radio Lancs. I was all ready for extra time then..:eek:
Sounds like the best team on the night lost. Well done Reds anyway!! Are the highlights on the telly later? |
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Highlights on c5 now. Still gutted with the result but every player gave their all. Was great to be part of it, cracking night
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Damn. West Ham have got Chelsea at home in the next round. That would've been one hell of a draw for us!:(
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I'm a West Ham fan and was at the game tonight sitting above and to the right of the away fans. I thought we were very lucky to get away with a win and I thought the game had penalties written all over it. I also thought the travelling away fans were brilliant. Sung for 96 minutes. Good luck for the rest of the season.
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Our fans always sing for the whole game,they are a credit to our club! Best wishes against Chelsea. |
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Very proud of the lads tonight, matched West Ham throughout, took a player the class of Payet to break them down. But we were walking wounded towards the end, Billy struggling with an injury, so now hoping that we can take this performance into Sat at Colchester and get something there and push on in the League. Nothing to regret, gave a great performance in a surreally lavish and cavernous stadium, just need to crack on from here. Well done Stanley boys, you were magnificent.
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Post match thoughts? Gutted, obviously but other than that - simply full of pride for our lads on the pitch & for all those who travelled & did us proud :)
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Never thought that I would say I was gutted to see us lose 1-0 to West Ham but I'd really started believing we might pull off another astounding win. Well done to the lads and to the fans who were there. Hope we can get everybody patched up for Saturday and carry on the good form in the league.
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Stayed at home, listening to it on the tranny.
The commentators were very complimentary (Clive Allen being the pundit). Particularly the defence as might be imagined. Sounds like they really took to Matty Pearson - wearing a Terry Butcher bandage probably helped to single him out. Strangely I wasn't too annoyed when they scored. I think I was in miserable football manager mode, getting concerned about what effect extra time would have on Saturday's match. All teams can get motivated for a big match like last night and I hope Coleman is able to direct emotions and energy in the right way for Colchester. I liked his balanced post match interview. Hopefully he gave the players a little more praise in private. |
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From my point of view a magnificent performance, arguably the best ive seen from ANY stanley side, A huge compliment was paid by a worried "Bilic" by his 2 half time subs, end of the day only difference between the sides is West Ham have a "World Class Player" was a magnificent stadium also,these lads can be immensely proud as us fans were, Pearson @ Beckles were immense. Well done reds.;)
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The hammers fans we encountered afterwards were very complimentary oer Stanley, also were very relieved to have got through.
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Hi - another West Ham fan here. Just dropped in to say well done to your lads last night - team and fans.
You had the best of the first half (made us look very very ordinary, though we didn't exactly do much to counter that), and probably had the best chance of the night (that Randolph saved) and really ran yourselves into the ground all game. I think we pretty much dominated possession in the 2nd half without ever really looking like scoring - we could have played another 90 minutes and I don't think anything other that a Payet freekick was going to go in. Your defence were excellent, especially that beast of a CB. And kudos to your fans - really kept the noise going all game, and some good banter with our lot around (I was in the lower section to your left). Best of luck for the rest of the season. |
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Had to listen on radio and after ten minutes i was getting a feeling there might be a shock on the cards.
The commentators were bemused by us trying to play football and not panicking. They obviously hadn't seen Acci play and were probably waiting for us to run out of steam --- big mistake,as Acci are one of the fittest squads around. Unbelievable performance really,considering its a relatively new squad and still gelling. Hope the injuries are not too serious,and we back it up on saturday,which will be difficult KTF |
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Great performance from the players and the fans. As someone said, seeing Stanley playing at a stadium like that was surreal.
Really pleased that Omar produced a brilliant display in front of so many of his friends, he and 'Man Mountain' Pearson were immense. But so many players gave their all it wouldn't be fair to single any one as MotM. Well done to the entire squad. |
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Absolutely brilliant display last night. Would be difficult to name a man of the match as the whole team were outstanding. I bet Chelsea is breathing a sigh of relief as they only have West Ham to beat in the next round.
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Sooooooo....... PROUD of everyone who represented ACCRINGTON STANLEY last night on such a big stage against Premier League West Ham United in London and on the media!:mosher:
TO A MAN the PLAYERS were simply MAGNIFICENT and were a credit to JOHN COLEMAN and JIMMY and the rest of the staff......... THE STANLEY FAITHFUL were just 'OUT OF THIS WORLD' in their vocal support!!!!!:theband::s_gupjump:wave8: It was an amazing feeling entering the Olympic Stadium to watch 'Little Old Stanley' from League Two play against such lofty opponents. The ground is wonderful but West Ham are still finding their way in learning how to best use the stadium for their fans. Talking to some 'Bobbies' on the approach to the ground they didn't seem to understand their role and were somewhat disparaging of West Ham's lines of communication.:stop: Their seemed to be far more stewards around than was necessary but they were friendly enough but could have offered a smile or two more!:( Before the match I was anxious about the position of the Stanley Faithful in the ground. In the end I was quite happy, in that we were in the lower section and behind and to one side of the goals, and we had a good view of the field of play.:) The match was simply a wonderful display of all that is good about STANLEY and the way that COLEY likes our team to play. The pitch was a little wider than ours and this gave us more opportunity to play our passing game. I did a TV interview for International Reuters before the match and when asked for my pre-match thoughts, I suggested that if Stanley did not concede a goal early on then the longer that the match went on, then the more likely we would win by single goal....... I was nearly proved correct but for that man with the 'Magic foot'...PAYET!:confused: First half was pretty even but with West Ham having far more possession than us. However, when we did get the ball we always looked good moving forward and with Brown and Coneely working superbly together we moved the ball up the pitch using our inter-passing mode of play. Coneely was back to his best form of last season and he was the hub of most of our play. The defence looked prettycool and 'quite at home' in a well organised formation but were always willing to make the right decision when to put the ball out of play into Row Z98. West Ham should have scored on 13 minutes though when their centre forward got behind our defence but he got the ball abit too close to his feet and I think it was Pearson who made the saving tackle! Beckles and Pearson compliment each other so well. Beckles would not have looked out his depth even had he been wearing a West Ham shirt playing for them! Half time came with a 0 - 0 scoreline and my confidence started to grow even more! West Ham manager Bilic knew that a positive result for them would require their top men to be on the pitch and he brought on Lanzini and Payet! West Ham started the second half with a much more 'pacey' approach and initially put our defence under a lot of pressure. The boys stood firm though and keeper Parish looked solid making a couple of saves when needed. The longer the game went on though the more we came into it and we matched them 'toe to toe' in an end to end affair! In the closing minutes of the ninety they won a series of corners and put us under a lot of pressure and on about 85 minutes Parish produced a SUPERB SAVE from a 25 yard shot which was going in the bottom right corner. He stretched wonderfully and finger tipped the ball round the post for yet another corner. West Ham went down to 10 men when a player had to go off with an injury from what I would describe as 'a robust tackle' a few minutes earlier. I was counting down the minutes and thinking....."Extra time against Ten Men..We can win this!"....when a desperate tackle gave West Ham a free kick just 20 yards out!...... PAYET strode up......... and it was all over!!!!!!96th minute!!!!!!!!:dflam: :theband::wave8: Well done to all the fans who travelled down from up north , and to our 'southern' fan base too for turning out in such numbers, and for contributing to a wonderful night that will live long in our memories and in the HISTORY OF ACCRINGTON STANLEY....:mosher::mosher::mosher: Its a big job for John and Jimmy to pick the players up for Saturday at Colchester but the players should be confident that they can beat any other team on any given day in League Two!!" ON STANLEY ON SO PROUD........ SO PROUD .....SO PROUD... |
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well how do I follow that????
As I entered the stadium it seemed to stretch and became bigger and wider. I felt like Alice in Wonderland , the atmosphere was electric , brilliant , breathe taking.. Stanley played out of their skin and gave the Hammers a run for their money . This was our cup final and Stanley was out to prove they could give as much as they got and boy did they do just that .The officials were a credit too , a decent ref at last. We didn't lose ( in our hearts anyway ) our lads can hold their heads high and be very proud of their performance , it was a big stage and we were top of the bill. |
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Just watched super 4 minutes 44 seconds of highlights on official West Ham website....:jimbo:
It was Donacien who made the super tackle on 13 minutes. The coverage is very fair and showed Stanley in a positive light! I don't know how to set up a link for you to watch it but I am sure one of you will know how to set it up? |
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Pages 32-36 of the hammers Knees Up Mother Brown deals with thoughts after the match, worth a read.:)
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Wow! Kinda feel sorry for those Hammers fans who suspect 'their' club has become just another subsidiary of Corporate Soccer Inc. |
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As a Shrimp fan it ain't easy saying the above :D but credit where credit is due. |
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Same rules as here - other teams fans very welcome on KUMB if you behave (not suggesting that you wouldn't, just making clear that non-Irons are welcome) |
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Believe me, after conceding 11 goals in 3 games, a clean sheet against a team from 3 divisions below is a marked improved, even as poorly as we played for a lot of it. |
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Thinking after the event, WHY? when teams have a freekick from a scoring position do teams no longer seem to place a defender on each post? sure older fans will remember, that always used to be the case? for me that goal may have been prevented if we did it? not a criticism but an observation for future.;)
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Payet's world class at scoring from there. He runs hard and fast towards the penalty area and the opposing defenders with the express hope of being tackled. He has the skill and speed to make it difficult to defend, other than let him keep running and see if he's as accurate when shooting when him and the ball are moving. Payet is at WHU because he seems to do it 9 times out of 10. Ryan was one of Stanley's better free kick 'experts' but, at League 2 level, it's more likely to be once out of ten. |
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Agree, Cashy. Against Payet I'd have put all eleven Stanley players on the goal line.;)
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Like i was saying twas not a bitch, just n observation.;)
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I hope Elliot's read this:
Slaven Bilic: West Ham were poor but Accrington's goalkeeper was world-class | Squawka News | Post-match :) |
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We did seem to be tiring towards the end and I would rather we went out through a world-class free kick from a world-class player than to give away a couple of goals through fatigue in extra time and have individual players then regretting a mistake.
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For my money now the lads are gelling , its as good a defence as we have had back in league 2. plus we got 2 very good keepers imho.
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Agreed cashy. I have been to two games this season: Donny at home and west ham away. The difference between the nervy defence that struggled at the crown and the immense performance away in front of close on 40k on Wednesday is unbelievable.
They are young and we will probably get tonked somewhere along the way, but they look to be gelling and the team spirit that Coley manages to instill year in, year out is showing. |
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The nervy defence against Doncaster was solely down to Chapman's complete nightmare in my opinion. The Don and Beckles looked class from the start I thought.
Keep this defence together and we'll win the league. They are all young, versatile and improving. I think Vyner's only here til January sadly. Hopefully that can be extended. Beckles has a one year contract with the option of another year (I assume that's his option? Would be brilliant if it was the other way around). The Don has a one year contract and Matty P has two years. The downside is that none of them are likely to be here next year. I can't see Matty P not being sold for a decent bucketload of cash. Think we may need to enjoy them whilst we can. |
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I'm hoping we are trying to extend Pearson n Beckles contracts cos its a knocking bet to me the wolves will be sniffing round, cant expect to keep em, but should expect to "Scoop" from em. Donaciean also i reckon.
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why are wolves interested in them cashy,
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because they,ll be off to scotland for sweet f.a. in the summer.
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