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A welcome change from matches in League Two but still an important match from Stanley's point of view.
After a poor performance and result last weekend v Newport it will be interesting to see what the starting eleven and the players on the bench will be that Coley and Jimmy put out tomorrow.
Stanley need to restore the faith of our supporters with a very positive display tomorrow. Our 'Away' form has been quite good this season so we should all look forward to our boys doing well tomorrow. Coley has suggested on the 'Fishy' site that he might change the 'Personnel' in order for our lads to be more positive. Let's hope so.
As travelling supporters we can play our part too by being positive and by getting behind the team vocally and by flying the red and white colours.
Last Saturday I was one of the few still singing, after the match, that wonderful refrain.....
"Stanley 'til I die....I'm Stanley 'til I die.....
I know I am, I'm sure I am, I'm Stanley 'til I die!":alright:
But let's hope we are singing it all the way home tomorrow evening with a victory and an eye on the Second Round Draw!:hothothot
ON STANLEY ON:theband:
KEEP THE FAITH:cheers:
STANLEY 'TIL I DIE:wave8::drink::signbeer:

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will be very interested to see what the starting line up is and if the changes that are made are not enforced by loan players not being allowed to play. we usually do ok at bradford but they seem to be finding the net with 6 goals in the last 2 games. got to be positive as there,s no point going otherwise.

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Suggesting he might change aint good enough in my eyes, :rolleyes: hoping for a good performance today, whoever is chosen.

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Good luck to the lads today, whoever is playing - unfortunately can't be there as I'd hoped but after the advice from fellow Stanley fans the other week I will be glued to Dan's live text commentary - COYR!!

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wrap up warm today as the wind is very cold this side of the hill plus the usual frosty welcolm from their fans.

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Ah, the magic of the cup!
It could not be setup any better. Bradford, all cock and swagger after their recent form. Stanley smarting from last week, but playing away from home.
I think we'll get an early goal, face a barrage for the next hour then nick a late one.
We've already arranged a quick getaway back across the Pennines for a Didsbury ****up celebration (with a Bradford fan in tow). The Punk IPA is on ice....

Let's get reaaaadddy to rumble.

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Stanley team: Parish, Pearson, Hughes, Beckles, Clark, Brown, Gornell, McConville, Boco, Lacey, Conneely v Bradford City


Stanley subs: Chapman, McCartan, Taylor-Fletcher, Hewitt, Sykes, Kee, Ogle

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Lacey at right back

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Just been listening to Dan on radio lancs and people want to why Chris Eagles is not even in the squad, The changes are enforced due to injury. At least Mark Hughes is getting a run out. The experienced players we have are not getting a look in. When other people are noticing that experienced higher league players are not even making the bench it does need some explanation from our manager. Todays game it has been suggested a 3-5-2 is the way to take today's match. Good luck Stanley I can't be there today. We need to have a discussion on the quality of referees and other officials given there is a severe shortage of officials. Radio lancs made some interesting comments. Perhaps a sensible thread.

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No it is Lacey at right back

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Sat in Tenerife bar listening to the game,quietly confident,may suit our counter attacking game

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Lynch mob out for Accyweb. Gulp.

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Depends if parent club wants him playing in cup same with o Sullivan

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2-1...C'mon Reds -hold on

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:) Nice :) :)

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Great result. Hope Shay's OK, though.

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Nice? Is it too early/late for champagne, KJ?
Double nice! :)

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Sounds like Mr McConville has gone from Zero to Hero again. well done Stanley. I heard Mark Hughes was great presence in the defence. Is that a light I see?

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McCoville fantastic.Boco incredible. Hughes did ok after a shaky start.

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And Gornell did very well.

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What contrasting weekends.

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Are Bradford the new Morecambe?

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Great win for the Stanley boys!:D :cheers:I thought we'd do it but i didn't say so because i thought i'd be tempting fate.:)

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Brilliant result, just a shame it's been overshadowed by the injury to Shay - hope he's ok

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Beaten Bradford in the 1st round of all 3 domestic cups now, and they are probably the only team we have beaten in all 3 domestic cups that include league teams, regardless of round.

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Happy !!! Well done,few beers now !!

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Very good display from Stanley and a deserved win, the ref was very different today, was even good.:D Clark fer me was MoM, closely followed by Boco n Beckles, in fact all the defence outstanding in my view, was very disappointed again with Terry.G. sorry LordD cannot agree with yeh on that.our keeper also did a superb job.

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Have to say none of us noticed what happened with Shay, seems twas a head injury,:eek: hope the lads ok, he was only on a few mins that was such bad luck.

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Shay mccartan to stay in hospital next few days and monitored

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That sounds like he took a fair knock, I hope he is OK.

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Very happy,sink a few beers now !!!!

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If last week was rock-bottom, today was top-notch.
There is only one word to describe Stanley's performance at Valley Parade - SUPERB!
If only we could play like that every week, we'd be top of league 1, never mind league 2. McConville had one of his best games. Romy re-payed Coley's faith in starting by scoring a superb goal & ran himself into the ground, giving his usual 101%. However, it's unfair to pick-out individuals as every jack-man of the team were outstanding.
Brilliant support from our fans who again out-sang the home crowd.
Some great craic on the train home with returning Palace fans boarding at Burnley, who are looking forward to drawing us in the 3rd round. Please God, let it be at Selhurst Park!
Never been so proud to be a Stanley fan.

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Yes, Clark was outstanding.
We'll have to disagree re Terry. I'm no big fan of his but thought he was much improved.
Parish is ok but do you think he commands his area as much as he should? I'd like to see him coming out for crosses more. Some crucial stops today though and he's consistent with kicking and not spilling shots.
I thought Paddy had a decent game too.

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A final thought before falling into alcohol fuelled slumber.
Coleman got a lot of stick on here last weekend. Without wishing to carry on that debate, I did think around the 50-55 min period just how the hell Coleman had taken a club from the lower reaches of non-league to the point where we were handing out a footballing lesson to a cub 10x the size of ours. A hell of an achievement.

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Quite right Lord D.
After our cup exploits this season, not only do other fans love our little club, they respect us!

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Coleman is God. Another unthinkable result delivered by the Messiah. What a day.

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My summary from reading 14 pages of match banter from the Bantams forum:
1. They unsurprisingly thought their team was very poor. They think McCall made too many changes to the side (although prior to the match I think they thought he'd picked a fairly strong side)
2. They thought Accy were the better team. Superior passing and movement
3. Boco got the most praise (they'd prefer him up front than any of their forward) followed by Gornell and Clark
4. They thought subbing Marshall off was a bad move
5. They wish Accy well and hope we have a good cup run

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talking to a couple of bradford fans going home on the bus and they more or less said the same. really impressed with boco and couldn,t believe he only gets a few mins. on the pitch in some games. they liked clarke and sean as well. they made 6 changes from last week but the ones that played are regular squad members. on a personal note we are good at having a go at players who underperform so lets give tribute to them when they do. sean had his best game since coming back. clarke and lacey had there best games for us and mr.boco deserves daily mirror headlines for his performance. as i,ve said a week is a long time in football and yesterday showed it.

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we got a similar response from Bradford Fans on the way back to the car, we also said we thought Marshall was their best player and could not understand that substitution.:confused: they agreed wi that and just said it musta been a change of tactics.

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FA Cup: Bradford 1-2 Accrington highlights - BBC Sport

Goals! Goals! goals!

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Cheers Lord D 2 cracking goals, Rommys me mate missed having gone the bog.:D though in fairness bradford did score a deflection. lol

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How many fans did we take yesterday? Watching the just over 1 minute highlights(other teams got 5,6 even more minutes)on the BBC page i heard quite a bit of noise when Jordan Clarke's goal went in.

Rommy Boco's headed goal was a stunner! If that's been scored in that Chelsea Everton match they had on the tv last night they'd have been crowing about how good it was.

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Take a look at BBCs goals of the day clip. Hylton scores a pen - none of Accys in there. Disgrace.

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I'm glad cos the vultures would be hovering.;)

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Two great goals for Messrs Boco and Clark.
Wait to see if the latter has done enough to secure what appears to be his 'natural' position on the left.

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Will be interesting to see who starts next match.
The Don will return. Of that I have no doubt.
Will Vyner get his place back so easily though?
Boco can't be overlooked. I hope.
Could Clark and McConville stay as they are? Makes sense to me. O'Sullivan on the bench.
Kee back for Terry?

Amazing what yesterday has done. An embarrassment of riches all of a sudden.

Out of all the options I really hope Boco starts. I think it just gets the team moving and passing more from the outset.

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Now that would be a disgrace in my view if that wasn't the case, the lad was outstanding imho.

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Far better attacking threat wi Boco in the side.

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Assuming fully fit, I'd build the side around Rommy every week

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I agree. He seems to have worked up his fitness to the extent where he can make an impact over the full 90. Long live The King of Benin.

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was unable to go to the Bradford Match but it does sound like the Stanley we had got used to last season. Now I asked last week had the management taken the club as far as they could which provoked a good debate. I now find myself asking why so many players were so far off the pace last week. I am sure you all have as well. Lord D has made some valid points, Why can we not play much better in the league at home? We then look at the choice of players. Mark Hughes is a favorite of mine as a no-nonsense defender, I am still wondering why Chris Eagles has not played a bigger part as he has the knowledge and experience to help many other players in the team. Ultimately that is down to the manager. None of us have agreed with all his decisions despite having a great track record of bringing the club to where it is today. He would readily admit he gets it wrong as well. I am glad we got the result we deserved. Now MAN U on Monday would be helpful.

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Thought its the 3rd round when the big clubs come in?

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Right again Cashy, I was just dreaming, I am glad you had £50 on Stanley to win at 50/1 Now I know why they call you cashman.

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Sheffield United away is who we will draw with any luck.

A minnow at home would be the nightmare scenario. In fact, I don't think I could bring myself to watch without getting pie-eyed at lunchtime.

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Was Hughes not dropped after abject defending in the Morecombe game?

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Do the blue eyed boys remain in the side no matter how poorly they play?:rolleyes: over all hughes has more good games than bad.

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My mistake- he wasn't dropped but suspended and in the interim lost his starting berth.
His suspension coincided with our little run of form in September and the Pearson/Beckles combo.

As if Coley would drop a scouser.

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Nice to hear some positive publicity from the talking heads on the BBC FA Cup highlights programme earlier today. Credited as the most impressive victory of the first round, with Jordan's goal highlighted during the summary. Coley's tenure spoken of in glowing terms with a consensus that it is nothing short of a miracle that Accrington Stanley continually exceed all expectations on low gates & a shoestring budget.
I wonder if all those armchair Accy 'fans' paying a king's ransom to Sky to watch footie on their 42 inch HD TV sets were tempted to actually go & see a real 'live' game of football once in a while? Sadly, somehow I doubt it.

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[QUOTE=Chrisr;1180788] Why can we not play much better in the league at home?

the problem is with stanley if a team plays football against us we do well but at home teams tend to put 9 men behind the ball, get in our faces and know we have a problem in defending set pieces so they know they,ll eventually get a chance to score. quicker movement when we have the ball would help.

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Just been reading rommy on fishy, Hopefully Shay will be ok pretty quickly.:)

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What was the actual problem with Shay ??? Clash of heads?

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[QUOTE=monkey hanger;1180827]Correct, therefore we need to come up with another formation, that we can alternate between.

I remember the other season when we beat top of the table Burton, we played 3-5-2.

Having, GTF, Kee, Gornell, Boco and Shay, plus, Omar, Matty P, Hughesy, Zak, etc. would be very easy to swap it around - just a thought.. :)

:) :) :)

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dont think so smudge, none of us noticed anything, twas his head but how it happened aint sure.:confused: he seemed to go down just after the ball had gone.:confused:

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Judging by reports it looks like he collapsed

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Hmm, sounds worrying !

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If Clark isn't picked on the left it's a travesty.

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Sorry to sound pedantic but it reads as though the substitution happened before the winner - It didn't.
Also a big slap on the back to the fourth official because had he not been pratting about Clicker would have been subbed before the goal.

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Shay to see a heart specialist .......... Doesn't sound good. Hope nothing too serious :( .... Irregular heartbeat maybe?

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Bless him, hope it's nothing too serious & he's fighting fit again soon