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The EFL have confirmed who will be the match officials against Coventry City this weekend.
Ollie Yates will be the man in the middle for Stanleys clash against Sky Blues in Sky Bet League One action.
This season Yates has officiated in:
5 - League One games
4 - League Two games
2 - Leasing.com Trophy games
1- Carabao Cup game
Yates has officiated in 12 games in all competitions giving a total of 39 yellow cards and two red cards.
He will be assisted by Declan Ford and Andrew Aylott, while Kevin Morris will act as fourth official. Interesting facts about Stanley n city over the years https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2019/oct...ngton-stanley/ If your going a must read :)https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2019/oct...ngton-stanley/

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well fair play,they aint ripping fans off with the prices.

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Good job you started this MAB, as i was gonna...and I was prepared to take the rath of one Accy Mad.

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Me KJ, I'm a pussy cat :)

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Disappointed that Dion is not playing, or the Swansea lad......

On the plus side, I like Pritchard :)

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Courtney not quite match fit I presume but he,ll need minutes somewhere I agree about Pritchard good talent but looks like 1 upfront ok away but hope if we get a result it's no good at home.

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GOOD To see Pritchard starting but not being 100% fit dont usually stop J.C. from playing people.

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Anyone know how we are playing? Not having much possession according to the stats.

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Bishop has missed a fine chance heading over. Will have to have a look tonight but I think we were lucky with Covs penalty appeal.
45 minutes gone and still struggling to work out our formation !
Keeper continues to be a worry for me. Holds nothing parries all the time.

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Coventry down to 10. Happy days??

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Amazing 2 clean sheets Ipswich @ Coventry.:confused: good away point today.

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A point is a great result. Onya STANLEY.

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Decent away point that, well played lads :)

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Only if we beat Bolton at home who are hitting form under Hill.

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Clean sheets are a good sign we have sorted out the defence and keeper improving; averaging a goal per game will ensure we will be in for a bottom half finish.
Billy Kee issue aside, we need to create more goals for the strikers, they are simply not getting enough good quality chances.

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Conneely best player in a Stanley shirt today.
Has been fantastic last few games.
& still people can’t see it.
Baffling.

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Dav !.. I think you mean to say just acquire some goals from anywhere !... goalless league matches are beginning to become a bit of an unwanted habit, and a clean sheet every week can not be guaranteed I'm afraid !.

But where will the goals come from I wonder ?.. I'm sure someone must have the answer !.
A point for discussion ?.:confused::cool:

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Pretty mundane affair from both sides incapable of threatening the goal for much of the match but Stanley did well to hold out for a point.
Ref started the first half being extremely lenient, trying to keep the game moving, and Stanley were very lucky not to concede a penalty. In the second half the players started taking advantage and fouls and play-acting became more frequent, more nasty, and eventually led to the sending off.
Thought Evtimov, Hughes, Opoku, Alese, and Conneely played very well - the rest were ineffective to a lesser or greater degree.
Really missed Clark’s input today, he was unusually quiet and Pritchard’s weak shot straight at their keeper in the opening minutes was Stanley’s best and only chance on target.
Still cannot understand what Coleman sees in Zanzala. On my (admitted limited) exposure to both players Charles seems at least as quick if not quicker, and certainly stronger.

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On the face of it, a point away at Coventry is not to be sniffed at.
However, the no-score draw did us no favours, in fact we dropped a place due to Tranmere's away victory at MK Dons.
After Tuesday nights goal-fest, I fully expected young 'Prince' Charles to at least get on the field.
Instead, Coley gives 'Baron' Zanzala (get it?) another 30 wasted minutes.
Meanwhile, we're now only 2 points above the drop zone.

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Bitterly disappointed we didn’t make the man advantage work. Half an hour but you wouldn’t have known it. Conneely yet again solid as a rock.

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Would love to know what coley madeof it, but just cannot penetrate the maze that is logging onto I follow.
Accepts a password but then does nothing - just a white square. Anyone else encounter this on an iPhone?

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But Coventry City and the excellent, yet lightweight youngsters from Liverpool's School of Football are, as the Reds found out yesterday, two entirely different kettles of fish .

In a previous post I repeated the words of wisdom from the late Sir Bobby Robson, which keep coming back to haunt me.

" Score goals = win games = promotion possibilities " or " No goals = loss of games and motivation = potential relegation ! "

From the strikers in our current squad I cannot see the goals that we so badly need
putting in an appearance . In addition to this the odd goal or two from our midfield would not go amiss , but alas !!.

Here I go griping again !, but feel certain that others watch games and must, seeing good chances missed and players underperforming, share my feelings .

BUT.. ON STANLEY !.. ON TO GREATER THINGS !!.:cool:

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I had same problem last night, your Lordship. But I just kept trying and eventually I was ‘signed in’. No one will know why as no one I have ever met has appeared to understood IT.

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It’s only baffling to those who can’t see that Conneely was not playing well earlier in the season.
He was excellent yesterday and I hope he maintains his form but surely Stanley can’t afford too many players who gets selected whether or not they’re playing well.

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Coleman in his post match interview says we did,not play as well as they normally do opportunities next week in cup against Crewe to change things around a bit especially upfront agree with others Zanzala just unfortunately doesn't look good enough ,Charles, Baker-Richardson and Sampson plus the overlooked Simmonds are all options upfront not trying we,ll never know.

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[QUOTE=Lord Stiffupperlip
After Tuesday nights goal-fest, I fully expected young 'Prince' Charles to at least get on the field.
Instead, Coley gives 'Baron' Zanzala (get it?) another 30 wasted minutes.


good one that. mind you i,m not convinced with charles either. coventry away is a different proposition than a load of liverpool kids at home in a dead rubber.

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good away point but hope its followed up by a home league win which will make that point even more valuable.

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Not Simmonds. Never Simmonds.
Simpson poor in my view.
Andy Scott much better option.

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Half agree with that, although let’s be honest and look at other options at that point in the season, wouldn’t of picked LKS or Pritchard in the middle over him.

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Colby looked out on his feet , looked shattered like he needs a spell out the side , remember he’s only stepped up from part time football so you would expect a dip in form , but his sharpness has completely gone , Zanzala not showing anything to warrant be near the side at the minute add onto that a pathetic 30 minute display yesterday. We create chances but fail to convert , maybe a break from the league will do us good an who doesn’t love a god F.A cup run.

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Ok never Simmonds get rid then 1 less wage Simpson send him back then Andy Scott nowhere near being picked on this seasons showing get rid of Zanzala then what's the point of such a big squad of ,league 2 or below standard if your not going to use them, a better option is smaller squad on more money but you still have to attract them to Stanley. That's not a easy task looking at attracting better quality players no training ground to offer poor borrowed facilities so use what we have otherwise I fear for our goals for column.

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You’re basing Andy Scott on 15 minutes of football? What about last season....
Big squad if needed for injury/suspension.

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The state of training grounds is whats discouraging our players defo,so attracting better whilst thats a big hinderence is most unlikely in my view.

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Eh ? They're training on the brand new Sports Hub ??

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Sorry chaps! I don't buy that.
If non-league teams can overcome football's elite to become FA Cup giant killers. When talented young players can be picked from obscurity to become overnight Premier League stars, it only proves one thing;
Whoever the opposition, at whatever level, you've either got it or you haven't.
Good keepers are judged on the number of clean sheets, strikers on the number of goals scored.
So far Dion Charles has made only 8 league appearances, 6 of those as a sub + 1 Cup game, scoring 4 goals.
If that doesn't merit a position at the front of the queue for selection, I don't know what does?
Unfortunately, Coley has invested too much time & faith in Zanzala to accept that the gamble to sign him full time hasn't paid-off.
They say that 'Cream always rises to the top'.
But then again - 'You can't make a silk purse............ etc.

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as far as im concerned Charles is the best of the two by yards.

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please explain shurm they were not 10 days back, they were training somewhere different virtually evey day.:confused:

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Agreed :)

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yep though J.C. has made many good signings oer the years, reckon he tends not to admit hes made a poor un, which every manager does. imho.

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Don't think it would be good business sense to say you have signed a duffer, then try to offload to another club.

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very true, but then is it good sense to keep playing him?

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was sticking up for him last season when it was obvious he had not won the fans over. unless he does improve i cannot see him getting another league club when he,s contract is out no matter what coley says about him. scouts have eyes like we have.