Exeter and the game that never was
 

I see from twitter it's 55 years this weekend that Stanley should have played Exeter.

Anyway, unless Somerset pops up before tomorrow I think we can be sure this one is going ahead.

Can't see us losing. Expecting a narrow victory. I'm waiting for Twenty Eight to tell us the team, but I expect Beckles returning will be the only change. Who will make way? Harvey I suspect - although I hope not.

Anyone going? I'm away but hoping to get to the Cremonese game tomorrow afternoon if I can persuade Er Indoors that she needs her fix of lower league footy.

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Has anyone at the club thought of making a bit of cash by selling tickets for it? ;)

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That handsome young man could be a teenage 'Cashman' on his way to the Peel Park Hotel to drown his sorrows after the club Resignation!:p

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No wonder they went out of business charging two and a tanner to get in. Surely two bob would have been enough to have them flocking back :D

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If i remember right, we were averaging just oer 3000 at home back then, so how the hell we have survived this time is a miracle to me.

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I think times have changed in the way debt affects clubs. If what happened in 62 had happened under today's conditions people would probably have rallied round quicker given better communications and social media. Plus debt seems easier to get rid of through administration and CVA.

However crowds were probably bigger because there was sod all else to do. I was born the year after and it wasn't a problem that there was only 2 or 3 tv channels because I was 6 before we had a tv.

A foreign holiday was visiting my gran in Clayton le Moors which did sound a bit foreign :D.

Now I've got more TVs than I can watch at once with more channels than I can shake a stick at and can watch games from all the top leagues in europe live if I put my mind to it.

As far as holidays go, the season Rangers reached the final of the UEFA cup I was abroad 11 times or 12 if I count the final to. Strangely enough we stayed in Clayton le Moors for that too although poor gran had long since passed away.

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You were posh, i was around 12/13 before we had a telly.:D but must agree Clayton-le Moors aint english, lol

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No just younger :D . We got our first black and white tv in 1969 and we were lucky because we could get all three channels but some in the town could only get 2 :D

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Oy, less of the digs at Clayton-le-Moors thank you! I grew up there & there's nowt wrong with me - :rolleyes::D

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Unchanged side for Stanley today

Stanley team: Rodak, Pearson, Hughes, Rodgers, Donacien, Clare, Brown, Conneely, McConville, McCartan, Kee

Stanley subs: Chapman, Davies, Beckles, Clark, Gornell, Husin, Edwards

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Thought Beckles would be back, but suppose its hard to change a defence that conceded sod all last match.

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Mmmmm Clare ....... will he do 90 ?

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1-0 McCarten free kick

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4 goals in last 6 games, 3 of them free kicks

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Shay can certainly take a good free kick.:)

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Half Time 1-0 Stanley, hope we go at em second half, sitting back could be fatal.

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Clearly not .....

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Prefer Clark meself.:) though Clare aint bad.

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2-0 Pearson:):):)

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Beckles on for golden boy, sit back time

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It was golden boys corner Pearson scored from.

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All over 2-0 great stuff Stanley.

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A great result for the Reds!:cheers:

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Absolutely cracking result!! Well played lads - roll on Tuesday, just hope I'm fit enough to go by then

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FANtastic result at the home of one of the better teams in our league.... MUST back this up with a home win on Tuesday night!! :)

Matty Pearson - what a player.....

:) :) :)

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If that games on, Orient physio will have gone by then don't know if they can play the game if they dont have a physio or club doctor

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hope yeh are di. ;)

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I knew he would win you round eventually Cashy :D

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Cheers - will do me best

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I hope it is, It is awful to see a fellow club go out like this.

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Doubt if that will ever happen but credit were its due imho;)

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Exeter been unbeaten at home since November, so to take 3 points is a brillant results!

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Something else they won't like us for, they've still not forgiven us for THAT tackle by Pete Cav :D

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And so do I.... xx

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What a great result for the Stanley today!:mosher::thankya:
41 points now and only 9 from Coley's regular initial seasonal target of 50 points.
Well done lads and such a confidence booster especially for Shay and Marek, the defence and also surely for the whole team!:theband:
ON STANLEY ON!:s_gupjump:s_gupjump
ONWARDS AND UPWARDS!:wave8::drink:

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Best I've seen them play in a long time, we pressed every ball from the start. Don't know how long we can keep hold of Matty Pearson though, he's an absolute stand-out in this league.

Loads of glum faces on the train back to Dawlish (except for one).

Great day out & one of the best pasties I've had on my travels. Plenty of pepper and piping hot.

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Thanks Alan

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We all know that Stanley's going up !!

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Clare came off injured according to the man himself on Twitter

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Not having that ...... it wasn't working (again) and second half we looked much better - and balanced.
I was surprised he started and predicted a change.

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Great to see Stanley's efforts on the road rewarded with a win....didn't make Crewe so it's been a long time since Woking for me.
The defence were superb, they nullified Exeter's attacking threat, and Rodik had a almost flawless game, with two superb saves when goals would have changed the game.
Before the start I was a tad concerned that without Mr.Beckles in the middle, Ruben Reid would be a handful but Messrs Hughes and Rogers took good care of him. Rogers got a lot of stick in the first half from the Exeter fans, and I assume Professor Coleman's reference to aimless passing was alluding to some of the over-hit through balls from him, but I suspect their fans were just as miffed that Rogers kept thwarting their attacks.
But agree with RR that Hughes just shaded MoM today, he always seemed to be there, especially in the second half, to make that crucial clearance or block.
I can only assume Clare picked up a knock as he was pretty effective in the first 45, but Clark was quick and always looking to get forward whenever he got the ball.
Also an excellent second substitution to bring on Omar just after the second goal went in. He added even more steel to the defence and didn't look like he'd just sat out three games.
Back down the A303 again next Saturday and hoping for more points and lardy cake.

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Exeter 0 - 2 Accrington - Match Report & Highlights

Highlights

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Oh how happy am I to take nil points in the prediction league.What a good performance today. How delighted was i when I switched on the radio about 5ish on my way home from St Annes to hear the Stanley had won 2-0. Brilliant result and well played to keep a clean sheet to a team unbeaten at home since Nov 16. Our turn now to go on the run and, who knows, possibly creep into the top 7?

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Exeter fans forum is generally a moan fest as you might expect. No one doubts we were the better team and one fan singled out MCartan and Rodgers as "everything we were not".

See there's some murmurings of playoff possibilities from our fans now. I consider myself to be an optimist but it's not going to happen. We need to win 9 out of the last 12 games. Not a chance.

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Matty p's goal was our 700th in the league

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never saw that result coming. if we can win at exeter then anything can happen between now and the end of the season. just keep winning thats all starting next tuesday night.

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With reference billy kee being a shadow of what he was last season. I think it is fair to say he hasn't hit last year's standards but he is still as playing as good as some of our better football league strikers such Paul mullin(always), Michael Sykes (2009/10) and Terry gornell (2010/11 version)

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You're seriously saying Sean Clare was lying about coming off because he was injured?

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Great result and from the start I said we were a top ten team and I haven't changed my mind!.
Now we have started to keep clean sheets,the points are following KTF

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Why did everybody else say it was tactical ?

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I've no idea what everybody else thought or said about the change, was just going off the comment from Sean on twitter 'gutted to come off injured but great result today' & when someone said in an earlier post that was the case, you responded with 'i'm not having that, it wasn't working' so presumed you knew differently?
The change may well have happened anyway, I'm guessing only Coley & Jimmy know that for sure

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Who is everybody else? The posts on here from those at the match seem to suggest that Clare had a decent first half.
Any opinion on here is just that and, despite what you may think, yours is no more or less valid than anyone else's.
However, getting back to praise rather than criticism, one big improvement I noticed yesterday was how wide Stanley's attackers were. It was great to see both McConville and Clare out wide in the first half and receiving cross-field balls hit behind Exeter's defence.

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Re long ball to wingers:
Radio Devon picked up in this and commented that Accrington were more direct than they expected with centre halves often bypassing midfield and hitting wingers direct..Their take was that this caught Exeter out as they had set out expecting usual tippy tappy Accy.

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I thought at the last match we were getting down the wings better (something that chrisr (I think?) was pleading for earlier in the season).

Also, huge bug bears of mine used to be the wastage of ballooned free kicks and ineffective corners. Clearly that's sorted too.

I know naff all about football management but I'd say it's probably hard work, some trial and error and perseverance to get things right (otherwise every team would just be brilliant at everything).

I feel chuffed for Coleman for seemingly getting things to click into place. And for us too, because the criticism is generally born of impotent frustration and wanting things to go well.

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Re Long ball to the wings
Coley sugests in his post match that he wasn't happy with distribution from the back and that they conceded posession too.

While we may have sacrificed possession did we gain an incisive edge to our attack?
Or is Coley bluffing and has secretly developed Plan B?

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I posted a little while ago elsewhere that The Reds although having the players were not performing as a Team .

It seems that it's just taken a little longer this time round for JC to work his own particular brand of magic to achieve that which I was bemoaning !.

This special touch, plus one or two new faces has certainly made me sit up and applaud the change which he has wrought, a situation which I am certain is not mine alone !.

All that matters now is that our Team find the motivation and effort to sustain this remarkable turnaround and continue to provide us with that certain something which makes us happy and proud to be fans of Accrington Stanley !.

KTF.

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Plan B doesn't work !..... never does for me anyway !.

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I'd say 50/50 to the first point. It did cause doubt in the Exeter defence and kept them spread across the field. With more practice, the tactic could increase its effectiveness.
I hope the answer to the second point is yes. And that Plans C and D are already on the drawing board.

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Don't get greedy Exile, it's taken us long enough to come up with a plan B without throwing a C or D into the mix :rolleyes:

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I was there exile I thought we were excellent great tactics

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Does anybody know if Clare will be fit for orient? Not the most talented but got bags of energy and offers more than Clark, can see same starting eleven fingers crossed