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Bit scrappy, but highly competitive.
Rotherham were a bit stronger than us, gave us little time on the ball and were well organised.

Seems Coleman read my views on Bobby Grant and agreed he’s nowt special and duly brought back Sam the Man.

Thought Pritchard and lively little Jordan were our better players. We had enough chances to get a draw.

Zanzala proved to the doubters that subs aren’t always a great idea. That header???

A minor setback on our resurgence.

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Indecisive defending at the death cost us the game sad really could and probably should have won it but poor finishing again cost us Charles and Zanzala both missing gilt edge chances.Thought overall it wasn't a game with any quality wind making ariel balls difficult Stanley's stand outs today Hughes and Sykes in what was difficult conditions for defenders did,not see what difference Finley for Grant made on the day really front 2 struggled to make much headway.

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Thought we did not deserve to lose this one, we more than matched top of the table team.
Ref again seemed to favour them, every time their player fell down, got a free kick!
Agree, Joe & Jordan our liveliest players, but, Callum, Sam & Ross also performed well...
In fact, I don’t think anyone did nothing more than give their best!
Proud to be a Stanley fan!

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Thought we deserved a draw, Zanzala had only to wait for the ball to drop a bit before heading, any forward with sense would have known that imho.plus he was brought on at the death. so that negates your daft idea oer subs LordD.

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Well the other two subs on 80 mins made sod all difference too.

Yeah, defence were good until the last quarter of the match. Not sure they had any clear cut chances first half.

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For my two penn'orth - that was what I'd call a smash & grab by Rotherham, to say they're top of the league they weren't that much better than us & a draw would have been a fair result imho.
Puts it into perspective though when the air ambulance appeared on the pitch after the game & you hear an opposition fan is in a bad way having suffered a cardiac arrest, hope the guy is ok - everything crossed for him

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also was fortunate clarky scored cos the clown of a ref ignored what was a cast iron penalty, yeh can make excuses if not a good view, but he had. coly must be pig sick of these useless turds.

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Disappointed we didn't at least get a draw out of that, we certainly deserved it.
Nothing special about Rotherham apart from they are good at what they do best...power play and the quick attack via the long ball forward pushed out to their speedy wide players.
Onwards and upwards

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I think Rotherham,s defending deserves a mention very organized and the strength in their side not great to watch but effective not the best side I have seen this season but for teamwork they were they all know their jobs and they played for 98 minutes good luck to them at least they weren't dirty barstewards.

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Didn’t deserve to win today.
Rotherham were more direct and just seemed to want it more.
Benny A-S was a few yards behind the game. Not been impressed with him at all since he joined.
Zanzala shouldn’t feature for Stanley again. Not only is he poor, he seems to be more focused on himself than the team. All smiles at the end of the game. Didn’t acknowledge fans. Adios in the summer I hope, given him a chance and not taken it.
Colby & Dion need to start Tuesday.

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Well I’ve just got back home and to be honest don't care about football. Watching the air ambulance land on the pitch and hearing a Rotherham fan in a critical condition (if not already deceased) brings me back to reality.

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Agreed mate, fortunately in the situation the gents heart was restarted and he was conscious when leaving the ground. Left in an ambulance rather than air ambulance.

Fingers crossed the fan makes a full recovery.

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My noble Lord's opinion (or is it an obsession) that the use of subs is ineffective seems to fly in the face of the facts.
Members of the jury, I offer the following for your consideration;

61 mins. Substitution, Rotherham Utd. Freddie Ladapo replaces Adelakun.

64 mins. GOAL! Freddie Ladapo scores for Rotherham Utd.

I rest my case. :rolleyes:

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Sometimes subs work.
Sometimes they don’t.

Ours worked last Saturday (1st time in a while)
Theirs worked today.
Today ours were less effective.

Football is a simple game.
Let’s not over complicate it.

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That’s great news Josh. Just wanted to get Seamus away, and his car was close to where it all happened.
Fingers crossed as well.

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Lord Stiff - oops! You could have kept that to yourself!

Not sure about that penalty, Cashy. Happened right in front of me but wasn’t clear to me. Player then ball or ball then player?

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the difference between Clickers post match interview today and and Ozzys after Ipswich shows the difference between the two players.
Clicker - classy, honest, selfless. Would have taken 3 points over any amount of goals.
Ozzy - I’m a striker I score goals so happy days even though I’m not pen taker and we lost 4-1.

I’ve been critical of Clicker but credit where it’s due.
Maybe some others on here should learn that, ta x

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Looked clear enough on the highlights tonight but obviously not clear enough for Mr.Stockbridge to see it in the clear cold light of day . . . . .

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First half if anything we edged it with the better chances despite Rotherham having alot of play at our end of the pitch. Second half Rotherham, with there effective methods well described by other forum members created more pressure and chances; from situation it is always likely one will find the back of the net and one duly did.
For are battling efforts particularly defensively you could justifiably say we where worthy of a draw but Rotherham where the more likely winners.
Agree very little stuck up top with our forwards today. Although Alesi struggled at times second half with the tricky Rotherham wingers, his run for our goal and some other defensive aspects he excelled at. As others have said whole team battled hard today. Rotherham did seem to get the rub of the green on various refereeing decisions but like us when we won 2 years ago. Them are breaks you get sometimes when you are on a good streak

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Just looked at the highlights again and their no 20 challenges from the side and the ball then goes off to the other side. Isn’t that a tackle where he gets them ball? Happened right in front of us and it didn’t seem like a clear penalty.

There were a couple of his decisions that seemed wrong. Penalising Hughes for a good tackle and not giving us a foul outside their box second half but apart from that he seemed pretty fair to me.

Really pleased that their fans appreciated the applause on the 57th minute and the usual praise we get for warm welcome shown. Andy Holt also said the right thing on Twitter with regards to the criticism of reaction from their fans in the hospitality section.

I think Coley might have been a little more gracious in defeat. He’s always very good in interviews when we win, praising the opposition. He’s not exactly whinging in his interview, but he said enough to annoy Rotherham fans on Twitter. Probably never a good idea to interview defeated managers straight after the game.

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totally correct for me. no stanley player had a bad game either. will play worse and end up getting 3 points. really likes coleys description of the referee regarding rotherham. stated that they had a sympathetic referee. saves his back pocket from saying he was a pathetic referee.

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must say for me a large Rotherham contingent were a credit to em i thought, certainly put the BOLTON scum to shame.

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could be due though to the league positions rotherham and bolton are in plus the result. always glad to get back to the car at millmoor no matter what the result after walking up that lane back to the main road at the top.

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cant see that myself mate,when yeh go away its a different animal completely i think.:)

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Not telling you where the "man of match" booze went. Awards no interest to him when we lose.

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was a very good interview with clarky, says it all when yeh compare those interviews, cheers fer that Twenty Eight.

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An update: https://www.themillers.co.uk/news/20...ment-25-02-20/

Best wishes to Andy and hoping he has a swift recovery.

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Thanks for this link Mike :)

Let us hope that he is back watching his team soon :)

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Rotherham fan in peace here, news just out about our fan Andy who collapsed he's had his life support machine switched off today :(

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Rotherham fan in peace here, news out about our fan Andy who collapsed, he's had his life support machine switched off today :( rip fella

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They switched the poor guys life support off i just read, hope it was wrong.

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Very sad news about the guy from Rotherham taken ill last Saturday, his life support machine is to be switched off today once all his family are with him. Thoughts are with his family & friends, so so sad

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Terrible news my deepest sympathy to all his family and friends, really does put football into perspective just a game.

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My thoughts are with the family, friends and the Rotherham family.

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Only 42 and with three kids.
Sometimes no justice in this world.

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Such sad news.....

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it is sad news especially at a relative young age and a fan of lower division football.

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Terrible news, thoughts with his family :(

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So sorry for the chap his wife and family

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Terrible news, such a young age, young family also.

Condolences to his loved ones, & also to his fellow supporters.