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Stanley are exspected to be unchanged with no injury worries :) Mariners may well make some changes from the team that faced Mansfield :) Stanley probable line up
1 Chapman
4 Donacien
27 Rawson
3 Hughes
12 Thorniley
7 Clark
28 Conneely
6 Nolan
11 McConville
29 Kee
10 Jackson
Substitutes
8 Brown
15 Sykes
17 Sousa
18 Dallison-Lisbon
19 Wilks
20 Ogle Town
1.James McKeown*
12 Zak Mills 61*
3 Paul Dixon*
5 Nathan Clarke (C)*
14 Karleigh Osborne 64*
8 Mitch Rose MF
27 Siriki Dembele 74*
7 James Berrett*
25 Martyn Woolford*
9 JJ Hooper 59*
21 Scott Vernon
Subs.
30.Ben Killip*
6. Danny Collins*
2. Ben Davies 61*
20. Diallang Jaiyesimi 74*
10. Sam Jones 59*
19. Luke Summerfield*
29. Jamille Matt Ref Watch MERSEYSIDE official Robert Jones will take charge of Tuesday night's clash at Accrington Stanley.
This is Jones' second season at this level after promotion from the National League in 2016, with his last game at that level being Town's 3-1 Promotion Final victory over Forest Green Rovers at Wembley Stadium.
He last took charge of the Mariners in the 3-0 win at top of the table Plymouth Argyle last November where a Danny Collins goal followed by an Omar Bogle brace was the difference at Home Park. *
He handed out 122 yellow cards and four reds in 41 games last season and 16 yellows and two reds in seven games so far this campaign.
Jones will be assisted by Barry Gordon, Paul Graham and fourth official Simon Mather.

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Agree, prob start with the same team, although jackson looked like he had a tight hamstring by the end of the game on Saturday. What's the weather been up to in accy? Pitch seemed to take the heavy shower well during the last game. It's bucketing it down in cheshire tonight!

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Heavy rain on n off for most of the day with more to come tonight and tomorrow:( BBC Weather - Accrington

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I'm hoping we dont play our usual against lower league opposition, if we dont,can't see a problem tonight,

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tonight and for the rest of september we are playing teams in the bottom quarter of the league. on paper we should beat em all but remember this is stanley who,d play better at exeter than a struggling side. we,ve seen it all before.

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bottom of the table sides, I take nowt for granted just a look back Yeovil trounced 8-2 by Luton and just one week later with the same team sheet they beat us 3-2

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BBC Breakfast Forecast suggests possible odd showers during the day but a very windy front bringing in heavy rain from 6pm onwards. I agree Tom, the pitch on Saturday was fantastic but I hope that it stands up to tonight's battering.:confused:

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Someone alert Somerset; he needs to take his meds now.

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After their 5-1 thrashing last week at the hands of Mansfield, this has all the ingredients of another Yeovil.
Don't think it will be the walkover some are predicting but still hope we will prevail.

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Agree, won't be a walk-over unless, with the forecast, the players can walk on water.

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Unchanged team. Looking forward to this one!

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1-1 HT nice finish by Kayden

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Mmmm - never make it easy, do we?

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I blame the opposition.:rolleyes:

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Lies, damned lies, and statistics.:mad:

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In hindsight, I wish you hadn't said that Lord S :(

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Not the same display as Sat, without doubt!! Grimsby played pretty well but we did not, though we coulda and shoulda got a draw, Sorry Wilkes for me is much too lightweight, too easily pushed off the ball. reminds me of Kurtis when he was here, looks the part but aint, hope Billy is ok? What happened with Edwards? rated him a better prospect.

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You must be joking Kurtis was utter car rap when he was here, Wilkes is a far better player.

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This was a game we should have won but didn't for reasons beyond comprehension. games like this bite us hard at the end of season. we had enough quality out there to win easily but we looked very poor in the second half. The goal was a poor one to concede and Chapman has to hold his hand up for the second goal. then he can pull off some top drawer saves. The reason Edwards was not on the bench or playing is to do with the 5 loan player rule. We can't afford to lose games like this. Billy took a knock last Saturday and tonight. I suspect he will be rested for Saturdays game away at Chesterfield. We have to pick ourselves up and go again as the team did not seem to be united somehow.

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Everygame is a battle in league 2, tonight I felt Grimsby just battled that little bit harder than us. Both goals seemed too easy for the opposition to score. In the second half there was a number of times we lacked players showing for the the ball. Agree with cashman. We missed Billy's hold up play as soon as he went off. Wilkes may get there in a few weeks/month's but currently his finishing when through on goal seems rushed(tonight and on Saturday) and hold up play non existent. The reality check will do us no harm. I still think we are top 7 material! KTF


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Wilkes is raw and inexperienced and it shows. He has the raw materials but needs to get up to speed quickly (no pun intended). At times he is rushed and other times he wants a second or two too long. Once he finds that balance he'll be reet. The only thing in common with Guthrie is a crap barber

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Credit to Grimsby, they were very good in the first half and solid enough in defence in the second. (They fouled us an awful lot mind.)

As can be said with many games, had we taken one of those second half chances things could have been so different.

I initially thought Chappers at fault for the first goal. Not so sure when I see it on telly. Maybe just a bit slow off his line.

I like Wilks' enthusiasm. He sprinted back 80 yards to make a defensive tackle. He looks fast too. I'd give him a few games to see if things click into place. (Not at the expense of a fit Kee or Jackson though).

Thought Rawson looks far better than when I saw him v Morecambe. Moran too quiet for the first 70 mins.

Apart from that everyone had ok games, just didn't click. Ref was decent, pitch magnificent, crowd pitiful.

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Right what part of this can some NOT grasp? where have i said he is as bad as Kurtis? i simply said reminds me of him.:rolleyes: Seems english is very difficult to grasp.:rolleyes:

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I think it's the ambiguous implication in how you presented your comparison Cashy. Maybe it can be read in more than one way? A common forum pitfall sadly.

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Possibly, though it does crack me up seeing how some do so.:D

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Are we not missing one of Football's truisms here ?.. the one that goes :- There will be occasions when a successful team will be matched with one expected to be less proficient and efficient in stature, and in spite of every effort made by the first team, they will inevitably lose the match !.
It seems to me that firstly, Grimsby Town's scouts did a good job for their Manager by correctly spotting areas of weakness in the Red's set up which could be successfully exploited.
Secondly, the Mariner's Goalkeeper with some of the longest and highest clearances and goalkicks seen at The Wham, exploited one of these weaknesses to the full. He more often than not cleared midfield and the head of one of our tallest players, Liam Nolan and that of our ineffective Captain. This in turn piled the pressure on our back line, who found the tactic
so difficult to deal with !.
So credit to Grimsby for this effective, if totally unattractive attacking method, and their industry in closing down the Reds as well as any team we have played so far !.

So, hoping that Chesterfield's spies will not have noticed these sneaky Grimsby moves,
the Red's can go there maintaining their air of confidence, and secure the points !.

Last night ?... a tiny blot on the landscape !.

KTF... ON STANLEY...ON TO EVEN GREATER THINGS !.

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[QUOTE=Lord Didsbury;1201321]Credit to Grimsby, they were very good in the first half and solid enough in defence in the second. (They fouled us an awful lot mind.)

As can be said with many games, had we taken one of those second half chances things could have been so different.

that sums it up for me. 3 excellent chances second half and 2 before they got their 2nd gift. a word of praise for their fans behind the goal who never stopped singing throught the game getting wet through and probebly turned up more in hope than expectations.

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Who's Moran??

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The point i was making, neither Kurtis nor Wilkes to me are/were ready to have a run in the side, dont really matter who was better than who, its 2 completely different sides, in fairness its harder to me for Wilkes to do so, cos our side i believe is Stronger now than back when kurtis was here.

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Puzzled me, but I suspect His Didsburyness meant Nolan.

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Who after pouring praise on him for his efforts on Saturday last, left me feeling that he was a little out of his depth last night !... a blip ?... I hope so ?.

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oops!

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I have listened to Coley,s take on the game and I think he has given a fair summary. For me Edwards should start more games than he does. We know we have some great quality on the bench and coming back from suspension. I noticed the Don played some brilliant football last night but the backup and outlets were just not there. We had three good chances second half but we just did not fire on all cylinders last night. Another night we would have won that game. We have lost two games to what could be described as weaker teams than ourselves and we were beaten. Yeovil and Grimsby. we need to be far more clinical. Overall we we have to take it on the chin and learn from it. We can't point the finger at any one or two players as the team were not all on the same wave length.

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Yes, the Don was very good. I think he's a better player than Matty P now.

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Have to agree and matty was good.;)

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Weather wise it was a bad night for trying to play the type of good passing football that Stanley now have a reputation for producing. We seemed to try to build from the back as John and Jimmy prefer but when we got to the third or fourth pass it went astray with the elements, slippy pitch and wind, and Grimsby's closing down of our players. Give credit to Grimsby as they played well on the night and adapted to the elements better than us. We lost our shape somewhat when Billy had to go off at half time as we missed him both as a target man and for his 'holding the ball up' skills too. With the 'One on One' situations we only needed a bit of luck and we could have scored 3 or 4 goals!
It shows what fine lines there are in football between winning and losing. A little run of matches with the 'luck' with you or against you can define a season. So it is very important that Stanley get back on the winning trail ASAP.
Clarke had a great match and so did 'The Don'. I have said on earlier posts how highly I rate 'The Don'. He is fast both in attack and in defensive recovery situations. He is an amazing athlete! He is also very skilful and links up so well in building momentum through our passing football from the back. My current valuation on 'The Don' would be a minimum fee of £1,000,000. But of course I would rather he stayed a the Stanley!
Here is hoping that we get back on the winning trail on Saturday v Chesterfield!
ON STANLEY ON:theband:
WITH JOHN, JIMMY AND 'THE DON'!:wave8::drink: