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Well the 10-30 inspection was ok, lets hope mother nature dont goose our pitch up before tonights game.

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Any news on what the weather is doing in Accrington this afternoon?

Is it raining hard? or not raining at all?

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At the moment, very light rain hope it stays this way, by the way wonder if yeh can get odds on the beast being sent off?:D

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The forecast is dreadful. It's showing 80% chance of heavy rain between now and kick off. I can see one of those situations looming where it will be called off and then there will be moans that it was predictable.

In this situation anyone travelling from Wycombe needs to do so at their own risk.

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Accrington Hourly Weather - AccuWeather Forecast for Lancashire United Kingdom Looks possible the game could be on to me! suppose its whos forecast yeh look at.?

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Is the game off?

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Not so far Dav, keeping everything crossed it stays like that

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my moneys on game on.

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As t'Fishy reports AM....

" the current forecast suggests there will not be significant rainfall today, with a few millimetres predicted."...

See you there !.

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Let's all hope it is safe enough for the teams to play tonight!
I'm wondering what Coley's starting eleven will be?
Any ideas?:rolleyes:

ps. Will there be another Pitch Inspection at 5.30pm?

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This report would not say game on....

Accrington weather forecast - Met Office

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Which is what i said, depends which forecast yeh look at. i'm basing my ideas off rainfall oer here today, so far it aint been heavy.

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Hasn't Accrington got it's own microclimate? A bit like places on the coast of cornwall that stay sunny and dry even if it's lashing down elsewhere?

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Beggared if i know Lord D but i'm setting off in about 1 hour.:)

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Six minutes ago and the game is still on.... keep fingers crossed

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Just passed Wycombe's team coach on Whalley Rd about half an hour ago - fingers crossed they don't have to turn round & go straight home again

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Yeah, I saw it too. It was leaning badly to the right....:130:
I think I saw Akinfenwa sat behind the driver! ......tsk tsk!:tongueout

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Rodak
Pearson Hughes Rodgers
Donacien Conneely Davies Clark
McCartan
Edwards Kee

That's how I would line up.

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Ha, ha - yeah I'm sure he had a massive meat & potato pie, hope his mates didn't have a bet on him eating it :D

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Thanks Twenty Eight - if that one is correct I will truly doth my cap to thee.

In order to make the evening extra special and incredibly exciting I am on a tram to Bury. Im expecting Nat Lofthouse and Tom Finney may be in the next carriage, with their boots round their necks chatting to fans. It's just so Northern retro.

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Rodak, Donacien, Pearson, Hughes, Rodgers, Clark, Brown, Conneely, Clare, McCartan, Kee

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That's the actual team. From Twitter

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Brown was disappointing Saturday so he's done well to stay in - likewise Clare. With us being at home I'd like to have seen us go for the jugular a bit and put the big lad up top.
Team looks far more balanced with Donacien back.

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So that's fixed odds sorted - Brown and Clare to score haha !

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McCarten corner headed home by Clare 45+1 score 1-0

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There you go ....... haha ! Brown next ......

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Results stay as they are we'll be 15 points off playoffs #believe

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And mines showing Jordan Clark assist not McCarten

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Well done, Mr. Clare. Beeb web site claims Jordan C laid it on.

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1-1 guess who

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2-1 him again����

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2-2 Matty P

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I'll be happy when he hangs up his boots! Always always scores against us and mainly scores the winner!

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knew we shudda had a whip round and signed him for Stanley

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Coley only using 1 sub what a suprise game really could of done with some fresh legs like Husin did we just loan him to warm the bench

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All over 2-2. 1 point better than 0 points but not as good as 3 points

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Overall i thought a good display, wycombe seemed to get away with many fouls with a soft ref,the substitution was as weird as it comes to me, Terry G, aint played for yonks and is brought on, the young lad who scored the equaliser at donny, must be wondering what the score is wi that!! but still terrys a mate of he who rules.:rolleyes:

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Akinfenwa needs to retire for our sake! In my opinion fairly even game. Wycombe liked the aerial route where as we mixed it up more. Matty Pearson showed great determination not just with the goal. Rodak was scared to come and claim the ball and dropped the ball a couple of times. To leave me thinking is he better than the other keepers at the club on tonights performance? Mccartain had one of those days where he runs down blind alleys. Was surprised the energetic Clare was subbed rather than mccartain. Clark to showed good energy. Overall hard earned point towards are safety target. Let's get 3 against barnet on Saturday.

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It was a game we should have won. we could easily have gone in at half time 2/3 nil up. We just seem to lack that killer instinct in front of goal at times. Their first goal was a gift of a header as no one was near him, I have to say his second was a cracker. Our goals were hard fought and should have been easier as we over passed. I do wonder what is in Coleys mind. Billy playing mainly lone striker again. Our passing was poor again. Yet we were the better team all round. But like others have said 1 point is better than 0 points. we should have had three. The substitutions were a mystery really.

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My fearful prediction in the 'Guess the Score' thread that the beast would return to haunt us proved prophetic.
We may jest about his pie-eating propensity, but the guy is a real handful & can turn a game in the blink of an eye.
He's as slow as a carthorse, but always manages to be in the right place at the right time.
We were comfortably better in the first half & our one goal advantage was the least we deserved, it could & should have been more.
The Chairboys upped their work rate in the second half & Mr Akinfenwa duly turned the game - in the blink of an eye.
Things were looking as bleak as the weather till up stepped our hero Matty Pearson to save the day.
It was one of those games which could have gone either way, so a draw was a fair result at the end of the day.
Thought our boys put in a real shift tonight & don't intend to criticise individuals, although I think Matty P deserved his MOM award.
Clark, Rodgers & the Don all gave 101%, the rest a mere 100%.

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I thought we were great until they scored. Passed well, moved, ran at them, got the ball back, the Beast kept quiet. As Clark started to get into the game we had them on the ropes. Then all of a sudden the big man changed everything.
Even so we had loads of time at 2-2 and started to look threatening until the excellent Clare was replaced by el Tel.
Around me heads were scratched, people glanced quizzically at each other.
Whatever masterstroke Coley planned didn't come off and the match petered out somewhat.

Results didn't go too well around us tonight.

Scores on the doors:
8 - Matty P, Brown, Clare
7.5 - the Don, Hughes, Seamus, Clark
7 - Kee, Harvey,mccartan,
6.5 - goalie

Attendance was 1045. Was Ben Hur on telly?

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Thought the ref was very good tonight. Let play flow and nurtured a good tempered game.

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Ade was the star tonight his second goal was superb

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Coley is unhappy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFJNo4ZGC-M

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Thoroughly enjoyed the game, especially first half when young Harvey was running rings (or should I say very large circles) around Akinfenwa!
Second half Wycombe were a handful & overall a draw was probably a fair result although me nails were a little raggier when I got him after coming very close to losing but for an excellent off the line clearance by I think Mark Hughes.
Yet again Billy got little protection from the ref who I thought was ,at best, very flakey - that bandaged head's becoming a familiar sight, hope he's ok today

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but in years gone by didn't a player who gashed his head have to leave the pitch, sniff into the bottle of smelling salts, get some emergency stitches from the club doctor, then have some badly applied bandages wrapped round their bonce before returning several minutes later to a huge roar of the crowd and the flash bulbs of cameras from across the world getting the shot for next morning's papers?
Yesterday it was all done with the speed of an F1 pit stop and as much fuss as if Billy's sock tie had come loose.

I reckon they were wusses in "the good old days".

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think everyones said it. as for the beast scoring against us he,ll be dropping down the leagues hopefully soon. i imagine coley had teams he always scored against no matter who was marking him, its just one of those things. a bit like the doncaster game in a lot of ways. not too sure about the goalkeeping situation though as the lad seems more than a little shaky to me. maybe a game on the bench might help him.

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On reflection...and I haven't been looking at ' The Mirror' !. After 45 minutes of the teams matching each other on a dodgy surface ( but all praise to Buzzer for the pitch which he finally produced ,)..Wycombe showed why they are showing such excellent form in League Two...and Ade's second goal was a real gem !. However, the Reds can be pleased with their efforts and the result gained from these !.
I only hope that the pitch holds up for Saturday, if it does then a similar show from the team should be rewarded with the 3 points so desperately needed.

KTF....

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barnet will be another side similar to wycombe with constant high balls into the box and scrapping for everything. hope the ref on saturday will be less tolarant on all the physical stuff and a main stand linesman who can get more than one decision correct in 90 odd mins.

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good morning Yonmon. "After 45 minutes of the teams matching each other on a dodgy surface".

Did you, perchance, slip a little brandy into ones flask of cocoa yesterday? Or maybe I did???

my impression was that we pretty much battered them in the first half and whilst the pitch looked bare in parts the ball ran true on it.

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Must agree wi LordD on this, at half time 2 or 3 nil would not have been unjust imho.

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Having recently become a member of 'Alcoholics Unanimous ' ..( If you don't fancy an evening libation, then your 'AU' mentor phones you and persuades you to take one !)..I only
sip a small ''Absolut and It' after ten in the evening. So no Lord Didsbury, not a drop of Brandy touched my lips via that vilest of concoctions, namely the dreaded distillation of the Cacao Bean !.
However, I was, as I said, more than pleased with the overall performance from the Reds, against a not very Football-minded Wycombe and a Referee who was perhaps a trifle inconsistent supported by Assistants of a similar ilk !.
I am sure that you, Cashy, and all who attended will agree with me when I once again forward a word of appreciation to Buzzer for his sterling efforts to produce the playing surface we noted last evening....I was, and I'm not often, astonished at the way it played and stood up to the test.

KTF.

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Yes, Buzzer deserves the freedom of the town.

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:(Sorry to disagree Lord D but IMHO he should have booked a couple of Wycombe players, (and possibly one of ours), in the first half in order to stop the constant pushing in the back of our lads. On the way home I called in to The Albion pub in Clayton to meet friends and in my brief report to them I commented about the number of fouls that I observed by Wycombe but also those that were not given. Quick as a flash one of my friends was on the BBC Sport website and quoted 15 fouls by Wycombe to only 8 by us. I reckon that you could have added another 15 to the Wycombe statistic. Also in the 89th minute on the half way line in front of the Cow Shed one of their lads should have been Red carded for a clear use of the elbow in the face of one of our players in a heading duel. No Red, not even a Yellow and not even a talking to! Unbelievable!:mad:
I can understand the desire for a continuous flowing game but surely the referee's job IMHO is to ensure a fair match by applying the laws and for the safety of the players. He failed on both counts as he allowed Wycombe to constantly cheat with their persistant 'niggly' pushes from behind and he also missed the Red card!:eek:
Having said all that, in the first half Matty Pearson seemed to have been assigned to employ Wycombe like tactics and to man mark Akinfenwa and he did so by reciprocating with similar 'pushing' tactics to Wycombe's! In the second half we went to sleep for two minutes and BANG, BANG we were behind! We battled on though and dug out a point.
I remember watching Wycombe's manager Gareth Ainsworth for many years as a skilful and cultured goal scoring forward who was still playing up to the age of about 39 and I used to wish that he could have played for us. I cannot believe that as a manager he uses such 'Ugly' football tactics as we saw last night. :ooh::ooh::whack:The constant hoofing of the ball up into the air was awful to watch and is not the way I would want my team to play. Coley said the same in his post match video on the fishy site. Some people would say that is effective and all that really matters is getting three points at the end of the match! I can understand that being the view of a manager and players who get paid by results but it is not what I want to watch as a paying customer.

Buzza and his helpers did a super job in getting the pitch fit in spite of the rain and the 'disappearing grass' which is beginning to look a bit thin! I think we have had the pitch relaid and reseeded three summers in succession now and I reckon that it should be left to grow thicker this summer and only have minimal remedial work done on it to repair and reseed the worst areas. The roots need to be allowed to thicken up into the sub soil and to build a thicker and stronger weave that will stand up to the winter weather better next season.:alright::theband::bow8::bow8::bow8:

We should have won and earned three points last night.......
but we were not allowed to by poor refereeing and by awful tactics employed by last nights opponents.:cursing::angry:

We must ....
KEEP THE FAITH:theband:
Trust in Coley and Jimmy's belief that 'Football' will win through...
ON STANLEY ON:wave8::signbeer:

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I suspect a few paid-up members of the Amalgamated Union of League Two Goalkeepers were on a work to rule last night. Watching the goals from other League 2 games there were some real howlers from some the lads between the posts.

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When considering the attributes required by a good league 2 striker, the following assets are surely paramount.
1. A master of deception.
2. The strength of an Ox.
3. More slippery than an eel.
4. As deadly as a King Cobra.
For all of the above, read Adebeyo Akinfenwa, a.k.a. - 'The Beast'
As his roly-poly frame waddles at walking pace across the field, lapping up the 'Who ate all the pies?' derision coming from opposition fans, he flatters to deceive (1)
When in possession of the ball, strong men just bounce off him (2)
Defenders tasked with marking him at corners, throw-ins etc. just can't seem to get a grip on his Billy Bunter frame (3)
Turn your back on him for a second & he strikes with the speed of a rattlesnake (4)
I'm sure that, following his release by the Wombles, a salary based on a cow pie (a la 'Desperate Dan') bonus scheme, would have tempted our nemesis to waddle round in a Stanley shirt causing mayhem in the oppositions penalty box.
Love him or loathe him, you can't help but admire The Incredible Hulk!

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Doubt very much if stanley could ever acquire the beast, he seems to favour sides playing down south.

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True Cashy, but has he tasted a Hollands Steak n' Pepper pie?

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If he had it'd explain why he'd rather stay down south :D

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The Wycombe No 20 was earning a large amount of money 3 contracts ago.

Suspect Wycombe are paying "eye watering" and costly amounts of monies to a L2 southern based "talisman"

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If thats the case reading between the lines, Stanley made an enquiry a good while ago.

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The portly one has scored only one hat trick in his career - against us!

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I like him immensely. It would be a very dull world without the likes of Akin-bloody-fenwa.

Speaking of unusual specimens, last year an opposing team turned up with someone with an infeasibly massive throw in. Was that Barnet?

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only northern side he played for was doncaster and that was a while ago and he didn,t stay long as he wanted to go back darn sarf. if he was on a free and would play for our wages i just don,t think we,d sign him at all. decent player and good entertainment value but is it just against us he looks unstoppable at times. not even their top goalscorer.

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Can't believe my earlier 'tongue-in-cheek' post about offering the Incredible Hulk a pie based bonus scheme to join Stanley would generate so many replies pointing out the many reasons he would never join Stanley.
My friends...............T'WAS A JOKE!

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Wycombe tweeted that 7% of his entire Football League goal haul have come against Stanley. Madness.

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He has scored 10 against us, including his only hat-trick.... :)

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Got to agree, Lord D.
As much as we may dislike him for the way he always seems to score against us, it must be said that he provides great entertainment value, even when he is accused of 'eating all the pies', he seems to take it in good grace! Mind you, he must be used to that by now!

BTW, anyone know where we can see recorded highlights?

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Here I think :)

Accrington 2 - 2 Wycombe - Match Report & Highlights

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I aint paying fer sky, robbing gets.

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I agree with you there Cashy, but it's free, so you'll be robbing them :D

Usually cr@p picture quality though, probably better if you subscribe.

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A strange thing happened today. I got a text from Vodafone saying I could have Sky Sports 1&2 on my phone for free. Most strange, but I watched Anderson v Taylor on it earlier so clearly it wasn't spam.
My deep routed anti-Sky views are now compromised.

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It wouldn't play for me unless i joined???

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Thanks, Valarian, played ok for me, Cashy