Carlisle
 

3 changes from Saturday - Richards Everton, Wilks & Nolan in for Conneely, Rawson & Johnson, got everything crossed it works - COYR!!

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It'll have to work Di !... Carlisle give visitors nothing !..

Oh !... HAPPY BOXING DAY !... to Mum as well !.

Carlisle United Match Thread
 

3 changes to Boxing Day team - Nolan, Richards Everton and Wilks start
Looks like Nolan might be in defence - hope Donacien starts on the right this time!!
Time to get back to winning ways

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Oops didn't see this thread started - ignore the other.
Hope Kayden can find some of his early season form again

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Thanks Alan, I'll tell her - but it was boxing that got her a broken arm :rolleyes:

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We got 2 very difficult aways this week, need at least 3pts i think.

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Anyone at the game? What formation are we playing?

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Losing 1 -0. :(

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Devitt.:(

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That's better - now come on lads, crank it up!

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Level.
Kee pen.
Wilks through one on one in 40th minute and fluffed his lines .......... again

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1-1 good man Billy.

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2-1 them :( cmon stanley lets have an equaliser.

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Wilks off, young Ogle on

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3 chuffin 1 - game over

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Down to 9th free fall springs to mind

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F$#&%#*%$(^$** . Still hate life, perhaps even more so.

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Frustrating but could be worse - yesterday, somewhere up the coast & not too far away some poor ****** opened up a Morecambe shirt for their Christmas present - just saying . . . . .

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Can't imagine the kids that got a Stanley shirt from Santa are any happier.

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Big difference between our current blip & what the Shrimps are going through Lord S! :) Was just trying to lighten the mood on here a little

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I was pleased when Wilks and Nolan started but Wilks was poor for the first hour (and was subbed just after he'd started to look threatening) and Nolan no great shakes.

The Don and Scotty Brown were my MOTMs.

Didn't think we should have lost. Both teams were poor in the first half with their no 9 making the difference. Second half we were the better team but fell apart at the end.

Chappers looked shaky, Clark and Kee not effective. Overall we looked a mid table team.

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Lord D
And tell me precisely how effective McConville was.

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Thought HAIRCUT had a better 90min than the first 45 he had on sat.

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He was more in the game, that's for sure, but I thought his crossing was off the boil.

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Thought Seamus was on the bench?? :confused:

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seems like last season over again. another lousy november and december. lets hope for an improvement come the new year like last.

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Listening to Coley,s post match video looks like he has signings ready lined up for the opening day of the window lets hope they hit the ground running whoever comes in because we really need to turn this alarming slump around if we want to stay amongst the leading pack.

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don't think the game was even worth talking about , came home on a very quiet coach .Most of the first half the sun was shining in our eyes , once we could see it was disappointing.

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Maybe time to give the one loanee we have for the season a go get Stryic in the nets see if he can command his six yard box better than Chapman does and put some confidence back into an alarmingly leaking defence.

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Apart from Carlisle's 2nd goal, which was outstanding, the defending for the other two was lamentable.
Their 3rd, where 4 or 5 of our defenders remained rooted to the spot as Carlisle fired home, was worthy of any pub team.
Judging by the snails pace reactions, I think we were suffering from mince pie overload??? :eek:
So that's 13 goals conceded in the last 5 games - 6 in the last 2!
Let's be honest, this is more than a blip, the team have run out of steam.
The momentum we had earlier in the season has just evaporated.
I hope Coleman has something up his sleeve for January, or mid-table obscurity may be optimistic. :o

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Some of our defenders have been very poor of late, for me time to get them out the team and try people who only seem to sit on the bench.they sure can't be any worse?

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I couldn't go yesterday but based on the first half of Saturday's game I'd say it was the other way round - Aaron having to come right out a couple of times as he did showed like he had little confidence in the defenders in front of him. Hughes was having a nightmare & the others weren't much better.
No way would I change keepers at this point, but then I'm not in charge

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I agree with that, like i thought our defence has been virtually non existent of late. i cant blame the keeper fer there lack of nouce.

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That's what I meant

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A little harsh, bless him

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Don't worry fellas about your current loosing run, you play my lot New Years Day....;)

Merry Christmas.:)

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In defence The Don has remained outstanding. Big Ben had a hard time against their very tricky and outstanding no 9 but did well enough and had a good game v Crawley, but been benched twice.
Chappers was a bit all over the place v Carlisle.
Formations have changed, the other fullback varied.
More stability is needed there but that's solveable by JC.

We are not creating chances. Kee and Jackson are good enough, Wilks lively enough....but not enough drive from central midfield. I think we all know that.

One good midfielder coming in might make all the difference. But where's that coming from?

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Play players in their right positions would help matters imho.

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Players should not be left on the bench as this is just wasteful. A rotation system and different tactics are needed desperately. we still play on the whinneyhill side, Nobody looks up and spreads the ball wide. We need a big central midfielder that can spread the game. Our keeper situation is critical. Chapmans nonsense against crawley was almost embarrassing. I have not seen the other keeper in action to compare but reports were that he was not anything special. This is a case of priorities. Keeper and central attacking midfielder. A rotation system to keep the players fresh.

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Watched Stryjek at Wigan thought he looked quite handy spotting early runners and making quick no nonsense distribution.

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Lord D
et's agree to disagree. Donacien has not been outstanding.
Along with every other defender who has played that's on the books.

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To me the dons played well in the main, "In his correct position" poor when played on the opposite side of the field.

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Sorry about that what I should have said was



EGGSZACKLEY.

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I too was at that match and I agree, against what was essentially a youth team he looked impressive. Can he cut the mustard against League Two opposition though?

Re: Carlisle
 

One way to find out

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Personally, I don't think it's worth the risk changing keeper just based on one game - of course we don't see how he is in training so if our dynamic duo think he's worth a punt it may happen but I honestly don't think that Aaron has done that much wrong to warrant it, just my opinion of course

Re: Carlisle
 

its what is infront of chapman that seems a problem at the moment.

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Friend of mine in that bastion of superlative football, namely Sunderland, assures me that Max is probably the best Goalkeeper on their books, and was surprised when they allowed his loan move to The Wham.

I would suggest, from what little time he has had to impress we fans, that the time has come for him to start a League match.

I agree with most that the defensive problems currently besetting the team rest in front of our Goalkeeper, and it pains me to suggest that Mark Hughes is perhaps not as fast to react to situations as he used to be !.

As to our midfield ?... what midfield do I hear you say ?... they have lost control of their territory on a regular basis defensively, and failed to offer any threat of note offensively.

Grimsby, like Carlisle, will have sussed all this out, and will no doubt be setting their stall out
accordingly. A point there will be a bonus methinks !.

Sorry for these negative thoughts but I want to see a BETTER Accrington Stanley !.

ON STANLEY...ON TO GREATER THINGS !!.

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The way our defence has been lately,to me wont give "ANY" keeper much confidence.

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No coincidence to me that Conneely's injury has come at a time when we seem to have started to struggle. He's never going to "shine" but the work he gets through is privotal when he's 100%.
We need a centre mid combative type on loan. We also need a creative mid alongside - left or right - who can see a pass and be prepared to spread the play in one move rather than the three or four it takes at the moment.