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Had hoped to get up to Accy on Saturday but for various reasons it didn't happen. Instead ended up watching Luton 8 Yeovil 2. Yeovil weren't bad going forward and but for the Luton keeper could have had 5 or 6 but there defence was truly awful and Luton could / should have been in double figures. They looked better when they changed one of the centre backs at half time but not much. I think Stanley's defence is probably strong enough to deal with their attacking threat whilst any pace through the middle will terrify their back four. Just hope I don't end up eating my words but difficult to see Yeovil turning that round in a week or maybe even a season.

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Trust your right, Lost, but I suspect Yeovil players will have given themselves a good talking to and will be desperate to make amends.
It'll need a good ref on Saturday, as there's likely to be some over-eager challenges early on.

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Yeovil looked all out of sorts. It looked like they had picked 11 strangers of the street at times. I hope they don't recover until we have beaten them. I do think a savage beating like that on opening day will take some recovering from. I feel for the team as we know they are better than that. I would like to have seen their pre season games.

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The club are refunding the Luton ticket money to fans:
https://www.ytfc.net/news/2017/augus...luton-fixture/

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Stanley didn't give us a refund and pay my fuel bill after I watched them get smashed by Peterborough 8-2 back in 2007/08.

One of the worst drives home on a Tuesday night as well, it poured down heavily and some of the roads were closed.

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[QUOTE=Chrisr;1198975]Yeovil looked all out of sorts. It looked like they had picked 11 strangers of the street at times. I hope they don't recover until we have beaten them. I do think a savage beating like that on opening day will take some recovering from.

saturday is a much bigger day for yeovil than for us. their fans will expect a hundred per cent improvment on the luton game. if this does not happen which i hope it won,t then the first manager casualty of the season might not be far away.

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Anyone who thinks this will be a foregone conclusion after Yeovil's massacre at Luton is a fool.
I'm sure Coley & the team won't be taking anything for granted.
For those with short memories, remember Newport away at the end of last season!

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Did'nt give me mine back nether I just took it on the chin and gave Eric a box of after 8 mint's to give too the players.

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Wonder if Somersets been giving Grimsby Town some gib?:D

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No, it wasn't a league game so up it won't upset his records ..... :rolleyes:

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it's a disgrace !

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the referee is Sarginson likes to show the red cards, gave a red to Matty last season

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He may be a busy bloke. In their EFL defeat, Yeovil were penalised for almost three times as many fouls as Wolves.

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Hi just wondering if anyone is around the Cheddar area and going to today's game would be able to pick myself and my good lady up? Would be able to contribute to petrol expense etc. It's not really possible to get to Yeovil from Cheddar on the bus, it takes hours.
Many thanks, mobile number 07528771558.

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Hope you get your lift but the game's tomorrow not today?? :)

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Grrrrr! Bloody predictive text!

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Omar Beckles not involed today

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Team bus arrived at 2pm after getting in traffic
Team changes champan, Donacien, conneely, kee. Come in

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Beckles tweeted to say "gutted to not be involved today"

Big Ben on the bench - presume he's one of those that's caught the lurgy?

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Jackson 1-0 Stanley good start.

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Top of the league.

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1-1 now

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Reading the bbc text, sounds like the Yeovil boys are proper cloggers & Zoko just got booked for his clogging!

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With conceding 8 last sat i can understand it.:D

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2-1 Yeovil:(

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3-1 :eek:

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3-1

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Not looking good today.

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Hecky peck!!! Backlash??

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Dodgy keeper and makeshift defence?

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3-1 !!!

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Backlash or change of team ?

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Who's in the nets today?

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Just got back from my Holiday in Italy!:balloon::balloon2:
I was texted updates for the Colchester and PNE matches by my daughter.:alright:
Shocked in the last few minutes to see us have THREE scored against us in a matter of minutes today though!:eek::eek::eek:

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Chappers I believe! Should bring on Scooby & see what he can do.

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From Somerset Live:
What is Aaron Chapman doing? He rushes out and gets it all wrong, leaving Olomola to tap into an empty net!

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HT, 3-1 down, don't think the changing room is going to be a happy place right now! Drastic changes for the 2nd half needed, we need at least a draw from today, but a win would be nice too.

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I'd happily settle for a point just now

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Nicely put Di !... Can one get Live Text via the Fishy ?.. can't find it on my tablet today !
( Not that I'm missing much apparently )

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Unfortunately Alan, I don't the live text service is in operation anymore - trying to follow the game on twitter & courtesy of Jeff Stelling & Co

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Al beeb stats,

Possession Home 54% Away 46%
Shots Home 7 Away 2
Shots on Target Home 5 Away 2

Not enthralling reading.

Bit of a time lag, but at least you get the gist of what's going on

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40835175

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There's also this one for today's match:
Live updates as Yeovil Town face Accrington Stanley in their opening home game of the season - Somerset Live

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Ive got bbc @ twitter plus Chelsea v Dingles on radio, it goes oer to stanley occasionally.

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Yeovil 5 on target 3 of em goals says lots to me.

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Ogle replaces Tyler-Forbes. Tactical I assume, or has Tyler Forbes had a shocker?

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Sounds like Olamola is having the freedom of the park.

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3-2

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3-2 Jackson again.

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One of their fans said it would be a big disgrace if they lost lost this game.

Demanding lot in Somerset.

Suppose the luck had been used up playing a decent team v PNE

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So disappointing ?:(

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Jackson,s 2nd

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Nowt said by the club about it either, as far as I can tell...

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Is that three times we've had a Jackson goal from a Kee assist? It's like Lineker and Beardsley circa 1986.

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Nah Jacksons better than Lineker.;)

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Mullin and Lutel?

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From Somerset Live:
It’s Yeovil Town’s lowest ever attendance as an EFL club. Just 2,464 fans are here, with 88 from Accrington.

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88 isn't bad

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About 12% of our ST holders? It's like Man U taking 5-6,000 away I believe?

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They are playing fantastically well on twitter now. All tweets are Stanley tweets.

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Rommy just scored for Orient . . . . . . .just saying!

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Mcleod on 88 mins just saying.

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All over 3-2 big disappointment:(

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On the plus side we are scoring and making chances. Also on the plus side we could have a good defence if the two central defenders had played and we get a better keeper.

The negative is but a minor setback and a few dropped points.

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Silly stupid round ball game. #^%&*^*@^%%&)^*

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Big Ben scores against PNE then gets dropped?
The Great Dane plays a blinder, so he plays Chapman?
Puts on a sub in the 89th minute?
Sounds like another Coleman's balls!

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Could just be the alleged virus that has laid some player low Lord S? Big Ben might have been one who wasn't feeling great. Perplexed about the goalie situation - I think we've seen enough of Chappers (god bless him) to know he's not the answer.

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Bit of a hangover from Tuesday maybe, coupled with enforced changes to the defence - disappointing but just a blip, I'm sure we'll be fine

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It just seems that Yeovil are one of the bogey teams we can't seem beat when needed. Today the team selection was a puzzle unless as others have said there is a bug in the camp affecting players. To sub in the 89th minute when chasing a game is poor. Unless it is for injury. But we must concentrate on West Brom. It just sticks in the throat that we lost to a team who leaked 8 goals against Luton last week. When the reports of the second half have been printed, We by all accounts dominated without actually scoring. Coley has to look at this very seriously and quickly. I hope the lure of the West Brom Game did not distract the team. A lot to think about.

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Both Richards-Everton & Jorgensen were on the bench, so they must have been fit to play?
Will await the match reports with interest, but was scratching my head when I saw the team selection today.
According to the BBC sports app, Forbes was subbed at half time due to an injury.

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Due to being in Yeovil we wont have taken a full squad so perhaps sick players were named as subs regardless?

Nowt to worry about just yet but a nice early reminder that we're not going to run away with the league :D

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Here we go, clarification

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"But we must concentrate on West Brom"


Can I ask why ??

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Concentrate on Mansfield.
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I've read everything now. Goalkeeper and four defenders equals five and you're saying if 3 of them play well we'd have a good defence.
No **** Sherlock !!!!

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Despite finding a good pub to eat afore the game, Mrs Exile and me are getting to dislike trips to Yeovil.
Professor Coleman's summary was, as often the case, spot on.
The only consistent feature of the game was the utter inconsistency of the ref, who was poor for 90 minutes. At one point he penalised The Don for taking a throw-in ten, maybe fifteen yards further up than where the ball went out (which was virtually on the half way line). He gave the throw to Yeovil. Some free kicks be taken two yards further back. And yet the free kick that gave Yeovil their first goal was from an alleged foul right next to their corner flag, but he allowed their keeper to take it almost level with the 18 yard box.
Maybe Stanley's problem was scoring first early. It was at that time when the game hadn't really settled, and it was as if the Men in Red thought their work was done, so they sat back only to let Yeovil run them ragged for 30 minutes. They were first to every ball and were knocking Stanley's players off the ball for fun. That first half spell was as bad as I've seen Stanley teams play for a while. Ooh, at least for a few months.
Invidious to pick out individuals for criticism as, in the second half, everyone bucked their ideas up and turned the game around.
Biggest plus point was the developing rapport between Billy Kee and Kayden Jackson - watch Stanley's second goal for example. Jackson also took the first really well; it was far from, as the BBC website claimed, "a tap in". He has that poacher's way about him.
Hardly recognised the new, lithe CB - Mark Hughes must have shed a stone and was running around like a young buck.
And finally, great performance from Reagan Oz Ogle. He had a very tricky winger to deal with and, after a few goes, really got to grips with him. He contributed a lot to the game and is worth his place for his throw-ins alone.
Not that the others not mentioned played badly in the second half.
Talking to a neutral after the game we agreed a draw would have been a fair result. But, as we all know, life and football ain't fair.
First Objective: Survival.

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I don't believe he is saying that.
I may be wrong but I read it that Lord Didders is suggesting that if Beckles and Everton had played as CBs, and the Great Dane was in goal....Stanley COULD have a better defence.

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Ignore it I am a week ahead of myself. Mansfield next Saturday will be a very stiff test. Looking forward to the game.

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After all the optimism & euphoria of the last few weeks, we crashed back to earth with a bump today.
What is it with Stanley and whipping boys???????
It seems we have no trouble matching, or even beating, higher league opposition.
But put us up against the league's fall-guys & we freeze faster than an ice-pop.
Last season, within sight of the play-offs, we got stuffed at rock-bottom Newport - goodbye promotion!
Today it was Yeovil's turn who, despite leaking eight goals last week, managed to defy the odds & make us look average at best.
The irony is, we shouldn't be too surprised, we've all read this script before.

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We are still in transition, let's see where we are after 10 league games. Very promising start but that is all. KTF

UP THE STANLEY!

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Thanks Mr Exile, that is what I meant. Our defensive woes are easily fixed. So that's reason to be cheerful.
Apologies for making you angry Twenty Eight.

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From to highlights,
There 1st goal was fortunate
2nd goal was decent
3rd goal Chapman was in no mans land

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seems that yeovil have become more than a bit of a bogey side for us over the last few seasons. remember the cup defeat. if i miss a home game this season that one will be pensilled in.

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Most goals have an element of fortune about them but, at the time, their first goal seemed more inevitable than fortunate. The "highlights" don't show the disarray that Stanley were in at the time.
Yeovil are a good side. If anyone was 'fortunate' it was Luton on the opening day.
Still think Stanley's second goal will take some beating as a lesson in how to attack from your own penalty box. A delight to behold.

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Yeovil 3-2 Accrington | Video | Watch TV Show | Sky Sports first time of watching got to say defending was very school boy stuff and like dav007 said no mans land chappers for the 3rd what on earth was he thinking off :( on a plus side great goals by us thou:)

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For me that 3rd goal is enough to give our great dane a run!!

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You're probably right, Cashy, but, as Revived Red noted, the 'highlights' don't show two exceptional saves that Mr.Chapman made. Tough life being a goalie.

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Yeh true, but i see him pretty regular and to me, he aint the same man that was here first time around, perhaps the injury he had, i dont really know,:eek:

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Problems with goalkeepers is every mistake is costly I don't,t think Chapman is not a good keeper but he does lose concentration game time only will improve that but could cost the team points so do you play Jorgenson tough being a manager.

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Get Scooby on between the sticks & see how he goes on, better find out early than dragging him in half way through the season to shore up the GD & then find out Chappers is the better option after all.

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did he actually ever play a game for his parent club chesterfield. seemed keen to send him out on loan and bring in another as understoody to tommy lee at the time. he,s the type who,d save a penalty then let a tame shot through his legs. think the doncaster home game last season summed him up for me.