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Got to say that was the best individual performance by a player in the lower leagues I've seen since watching John Sheridan dismantle teams single handed.

His first half tackle appeared, in hindsight, to be a statement of intent for the mesmerising stuff that followed.

Admittedly we were playing a very poor team left groggy by our best performance of the season. Every player had a blinder but more importantly the way they were at Orient from the start, the movement and passing and running at their defence.

Just a joy to watch.

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For me the best 90 min display of the season first half coulda been 3/4 up, super sean put across some great corners, second half kept it up and got exactly what we deserved 2 great strikes from Mac and deserved MOM we even clapped the announcement. well played stanley the tables looking much better now.:)Must add Rodak had little to do tonight, but never let his guard drop, made a couple of vital stops has come on in leaps and bounds.

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Sean's half way line goal has gone down as an own goal as it hit crossbar and hit the keeper before crossing line

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Good point re the Keeper, Cashy.

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Well we fully satisfied all the above requirements tonight!
What a stunning performance from the whole STANLEY TEAM!:mosher:
To their credit Orient tried their best to play good football and although they had players booked they were not dirty at all. They were just beaten to virtually every ball by our quick, slick beautiful football tonight!:mosher:
The goals scored were simply SUBLIME.:mosher:
A clean sheet was the bonus as well and our keeper did his job when needed.:mosher:
Orient found it very difficult to cope with our super 'Brazilian' style play.:mosher:
The luck was not with us earlier in the middle of the season but it seems to be levelling out now and you can see the confidence oozing out of the players which was capped by Sean Mac's wonderful second goal which followed a stunning goal just a minute earlier!:mosher:
ON STANLEY ON:mosher:
ONWARD AND UPWARD:mosher::jimbo::theband::s_gupjump:wave8::signbeer ::drink:

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Whatever, it was still great vision and a great strike

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Yeah, Sky sports came out with that twaddle - definitely Sean's goal

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I thought Orient also were not as bad as some were saying, we were brilliant tonight and made em look far worse than they were imho.

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And the goals.....

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Quite simply the most sublime team performance I've witnessed this season.
It was a night when everything went right for Stanley & everything went wrong for Orient.
They were far from the worst team I've seen at the Wham this season and despite the scoreline, they never gave up trying, although we were in a different class tonight.
Strangely, any euphoria I feel about such a total victory is tinged with real sympathy for the 200 odd Orient faithful who made the long journey north on a Tuesday night, only to see their team humiliated.
When you're rock bottom of the EFL & facing financial oblivion, it takes real dedication to show such loyalty. They deserve nothing but our respect.
Theirs is a club with a longer history than ours & I wish them well in their battle to stay afloat.
As for us, could it be that which we thought impossible, may actually be......... POSSIBLE!

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we played well tonight, using the flanks well and cleverly we didnt send our full backs forward to often which helped nullify the threat from orient down the wings.

As good as we played, they were a very poor team. There best player was their left winger 22 Semedo although their number 6 Parkes put a shift in, giving 100%.
They had nothing in central midfield and it kept them on the back foot as they rarely retained possession and their midfield provided no support to the forward line. 28 Koroma had a good chance for them in the 2nd half but he showed himself to be completely one footed and as he spent time to get the ball onto his right foot, the chance was blocked.


McConville MOM but Clark also deserves a mention as he never stopped and showed good ball control.
Good move from Coleman to bring on Husin in the 2nd half, he looked decent.

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one issue = there are no bins around the club shop/offices area of the main stand before the game - can the club please look at providing one?

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excellent game, but just one gripe, we seemed to relax too much in a 20 min. spell after our second goal and did nothing. if they,d had scored then it could really have been a different game.

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'excellent game, but just one gripe, we seemed to relax too much in a 20 min. spell after our second goal and did nothing. if they,d had scored then it could really have been a different game.'

I thought this too. We picked up after Coley mad his subs. I thought Edwards should have been on 10 mins sooner.

Disagree with Coley assessment of game. Thought we were better in first half than second. Switched off a bit in third quarter and could easily have let a better/more experienced team back into the game.

Some cracking goals,skills and a big sigh of relief as we are now effectively safe.

Bit ominous when BBC described Matty P as highly rated. Is it time now to get a few of this squad signed up?