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That's why we are 1 place above the league 2 relegation zone!:rolleyes:

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Four games ago Cambridge were near the bottom,started scoring and are now are two points from the playoffs!!
As I said before it's a strange league this year

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Without a doubt, the league table does not lie. But! It sometimes deceives. We aren't converting chances. Last season we scored in almost every game, but we needed and created many more chances in games than we are doing this season. Our approach play is often better but we don' t seem to have the urgency we had last year. We'd often shoot from anywhere and it would trickle in or get a deflection....and Windass was a master of running into the box and falling over a leg .......we need more of the same...... less attractive approach play and more direct shooting and running..... Rommy's the only player who does this in the current team......reading this back it sounds like rubbish.... but some of you may know what I'm getting at?😉

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Like last week at Woking, the sending off turned the match into a different game. Prior to that, it was a great, end-to-end tussle with both sides showing intent.
I, and others, were puzzled why our 'proper' captain was sat on the bench, along with an apparently fully-fit left-back, but the players on the pitch were really getting into their stride for the first 20 minutes. The midfield of Messrs Davies, Brown, and Lacey was, I thought, starting to show great promise. Then, I suspect because he's isn't a full back, our 'temporary' captain lets one their better forwards get past him and 'pulls' him down. Very harsh red card, but the ref and the linesman on our side were a couple of idiots and, after what seemed like a five minute chat together, decided McMarmite had to go. About the only positive to take from that was at least it was him, and not another Stanley player, who might have really been missed.
After that it was much harder work, with Lacey once again 'relegated' to playing left-back and losing what influence he'd begun to exert in midfield. But all ten Stanley players really gave their best. No-one left on the field had a bad game. I'm not even sure that, for once, the substitutions were a good idea. Replacing Gornell, who seems to have gained a bit of muscle and was battling well with their big centre backs, with McCarten wasn't really effective. Orient's back line of four weren't going anywhere near the half way line, so there was no space for McCarten to exploit. BTW, he ain't Payet, and needs to spend the next two weeks doing extra practice until he can at least hit the target.
I've seen Stanley play worse and win. But, Orient were also not a bad team and had some tricky forwards who, but for one scrappy, scrambled, goal, were pretty well contained by our defence.
But there's plenty of good teams who've gone down claiming they were constantly unlucky and Stanley have no reason, on today's result, to think it can't happen to them.

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McConville incorrectly sent off as Beckles was covering. Orient scored via a handball. Things not going our way but hardly a crisis. Much ado about a little bit more than nothing.

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Of course I fervently hope that this will be the case Phil, but I do get despondent when viewing the clean sheets kept against us !.

Perhaps, as Jnr. Is always reminding me, I really do expect too much from a developing team.

On Stanley, On to greater things !... is still my battle cry!.

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I take it back. The ref wasn't an idiot. He was a completely cretinous buffoon who shouldn't be allowed to referee a game of tiddly-winks. Move over Mr.Kettle, you've lost the top spot in the Table of Numpties.

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Knew as soon as I saw it was Drysdale in the middle this afternoon that it'd be a rocky road ��

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I believe that Callum Jones is back at his parent Club - injured I think??

:) :) :)

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Is that the same Sean who's played superbly at left back in the last 3 or 4 games?

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OK for the first time ever I am going to be critical of Beckles. When the cross came in for the goal he just got bullied by the centre forward. Should have cleared that away no problem.
The team is desperate for a forward. The supply routes are fine but we rarely win the first ball and even worse the second ball.
January is critical. Two forwards in even if loan deals. There are some good young lads playing in the under 21s at major clubs that would jump at the chance for three months to make their mark.
I know it was League One not Two - but two loan signings turned Barnsley into world beaters - Fletcher and Isgrove. They are there these nuggets - just go to go out there and find them and invest a little. Premiership teams and some Championship clubs will even pay a big portion of their wages.

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get off the lads back FFS there are quite a few players not playing up to scratch and they are playing in their normal positions.