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Second away game on the trot I,ve won a free pass so let's hope luck's on our side Pritchard confirmed as unavailable apart from long term John said it was just cuts and bruises, so assume Baxter is in that category no guessing lineup again come on Stanley.

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Another very tough game against another team fighting for their lives.............

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Not to mention looking to revenge a 6-1 defeat!
I just hope, under their new regime, fighting isn’t the operative word.

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I had forgotten about him.....................

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No Seamus, Colby or Joe Pritchard - David Morgan making his first start & Sean is captain, best of luck lads

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Tonight's lineup:-
Savin.
Nottingham. Barclay. Hughes. Burgess. McConville.
Morgan. Butcher.
Smyth.
Russell. Charles.

Subs:- Isherwood. Maguire. Rodgers. Scully. Perritt. Martin. Phillips.

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Big test for Morgan hope he does well presume Russell playing upfront chance for him to showcase his talent.

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Glad about the first 2, in my opinion they need a rest and need to recover!!

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Well, that wasn't in the script ��

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Savin needs to wake up

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We look like strangers so far.......new lads need to improve..

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Disappointed we just haven't shown up ok brilliant shot by Smyth but it didn't go in and we have resorted to long balls to nobody long way back into this game but not impossible, but we have to see likes of McConville and Butcher up their game.

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We are missing Colby Bishop.

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Two down at half time!
They must all be suffering from ‘Tiredness’!:hidewall:

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Squad game I know what you mean but to be honest the service to the front has been pretty poor they have to be fair pressed well and the new manager has give them a bit of belief, don't think Russell works in the role hes in maybe throw Phillips in there.

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what i dont get theres NO in between with us we have played 32 games half we played really well half we played rubbish theres no in between? beats the hell outa me.:confused:

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Truth is that three at the back does not work if you do not have forwards who keep the play up in the opponents half. No Bishop to do that tonight and Dion has not had a decent pass yet. Also need to employ the ‘high press’ to achieve this! Wide open at ‘right back’ because we are not using one! Smyth has been the only decent player for Stanley so far. We also went to sleep for the second goal. I reckon our boys were thinking about the coffee and tea being served up in the next minute!:confused:

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McConville and Butcher are playing too deep to affect the game.....assume thats where they've been told to play. Bristol aren't good but better than us. Long balls to short players need to be so accurate and correctly weighted........and we haven't be able to do that. Maybe a change of formation needed......can't lose anything....4-4-2 ....with Nottingham, Burgess, Hughes and Barclay at the back.....McConville, Butcher, Phillips and Morgan in midfield......and Smyth and Charles up top...any thoughts?

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watching this we dont even look like getting a goal tonight.

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3-0 now:(

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4-0

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4 let's move on to Saturday

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One to forget Saturday we move onto.

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Charles could be another injury worry hope not.

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No Baxter, Conneelly, Pritchard, Bishop, and others off the subs bench given others a chance and to be honest the replacements haven't been bad it's just one of those games everything has gone for Rovers tonight and good luck to them far better on the night.

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Think we just kissed goodbye to the playoff places.

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Consistency Cashy it divides the top teams from the ones giving chase.

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Depends on how many players we can get available for selection.

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The comeback is ON!! Good goal from little Smythy

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we been lucky not to finish with 9 men tonight.

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Stanley,s best player on the night.

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Good win for Bristol Rovers tonight to be honest they played very well we need to not panic get as many players as fit as we can and hopefully 3 points Saturday.

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We were definitely the best team by far between the 77th and 78th minute!:hidewall::enough:

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Peterborough well beat at home, Doncaster lost again, Portsmouth losing at home currently table tightening up around us any team who hits a run now will benefit and reach top 6.

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To be honest tonight Andyd, Bristol Rovers were quite poor. But we were really bad. Smyth the only player who seemed to want to play and create anything at all. I'm really disappointed and wondering if I will buy a pass for Saturday. Not much effort shown tonight and no fight either.

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Surely we can't be as pathetic again as we were tonight. Couldn't control/pass the ball to any affect and what's all this tippy tappy nonsense from a goal kick ? Made Rovers look like Real Madrid - can't recall a worse performance. Paul Smyth only one worth keeping the shirt for Saturday. Upset ? wot me ?

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it sure wont be us andyd.

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I wonder how Joe Maguire is feeling tonight?

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14 games left 9 of them against top half teams you said it Cashy we play better against them.

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Left out.

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Don't agree about Rovers being poor not a Barton lover but he was an excellent player and at Fleetwood he showed what a good manager he can become,he had them prepared and up for it tonight had his players pressing us into silly mistakes at the back, we didn't get a grip in midfield in fact after a shaky start Morgan was the pick, Butcher poor game and McConville not as effective as when wide.

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Coley pulling no punches in post match interview not good enough calamitous first goal, terrible time for second stroke of half time then 3+4 th within a minute of one another, gives Rovers credit said they played well but we have to be better.

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On tonight's form, any hope of making the play-offs is pure fantasy.
The optimism has evaporated & we're heading for mid-table obscurity.
What's worse is following other results tonight, a win would have put us in 6th spot.

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Time for honesty.
Our first 13 when fully fit can compete.
When injuries and suspensions kick in then we struggle.
Others around us don't because they have strength in depth.
Not a criticism just a fact of life.
Tonight with a fully fit Baxter Bishop Conneely Pritchard (Sykes) dare I suggest the result would have been different ?
Our back up squad isnt good enough.

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Keep getting caught out by the early starts to these midweek matches. Perhaps as well tonight.

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We'll have to agree to disagree. Tonight we played a poor bottom of the table side short of confidence. We played reasonably well for 10 minutes and against the run of play let them score a very soft goal after a mistake and a mix up in the penalty area. They then grew into the game and we allowed them to do so. Coley failed to make changes soon enough, perhaps he believed his own statement that "alll the players know the system that we play and can slot in" .....Unfortunately that's not the case, they obviously can't just slot in. Maybe, with so little time to train between matches then the players can't be expected to just pick up roles and positions that the regular starting eleven usually play. I suppose we'll just have to get through the next month some how, without losing our positive goal difference, but if we play like that against a mid-table or top six side we could be facing some heavy defeats........let's just hope we can get another 6 points as quickly as possible.

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??
Tuesday 2 Feb didnt go so bad.

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To a point that is correct but every team has injury,s suspension,s don't forget tonight regulars out of your 13 didn't perform, Nottingham, Barclay, Hughes, Burgess, Butcher, McConville, Charles, all underperformed tonight only Smyth of the " regulars " played anything like so hard to say we would have lost with the "13 " available, Smyth shot against the post even when playing so poor if it goes in different game, onto Saturday positive thinking like Coley and bit of luck and a better all round performance 3 points

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What I would add to the previous post is has I said back in the transfer window we didn't strengthen enough in the striker department and that to me is the weakest part of the squad Russell certainly ain't the answer.

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After last night's round of games apart from 3 teams everyone has lost 10 or more games anybody can beat anyone in this league Sunderland made the right manager change and look like the team at the minute only lost 5 so any team apart from them seem incapable of stringing a run together wide open.

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At least John Coleman had the honesty in his post match interview to admit we were poor but wouldn't use injuries to his squad as an excuse well said as we need every available player to feel appreciated and ready to step up to the task.

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We lost not that long ago 3-0 at Hull and 2-0 at Crewe playing our " regular " 11.

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i am prepared to put money on it if you choose,

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to me the best move for him is back to chelsea.

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this fellow is spot on pity some cant see it.

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thats been a stanley problem for the last few seasons. too many players signed who are not up to the standard and only get games in an absolute emergency. a smaller squad with better fringe players would be a better option. in a dire emergency you could put youth players on the bench who would be no worse than the older ones in the squad. its interesting where these players end up that hardly get a kick for us. its non league football and most no where near its top division.

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Our squad of players has achieved 50 points by the 10th March. What a great performance by the manager, coaches and players. We all know the financial constraints that the club is under with its relatively low player budget in League 1. Am I right in thinking this is the highest league our club has ever played at in its history?

Sometimes its useful to reflect on who we are, where we've come from and what has been achieved. So "On Stanley on........."

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part of the squad has achieved the 50 points. we are here in this division on total merit and the past has nothing to do with it. if there is one thing i,d love to change at the wham its the little old stanley attitude and the constant feeling of being the underdog which many thrive on.

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yep and its a marvellous state of play i think, but anyone thinking we can beat the big clubs in our division over 46 games to me has rocks in their heads, im more than happy with whats occured this season.

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In League 1 we are definitely the underdogs and always will be, unless some faceless entity we've never heard of steams in and takes over with a huge injection of cash. That's not something I personally want to see. Luckily we currently have ownership and management who can handle being underdogs and regularly threaten the overdogs for a while, if probably not for an entire season. Who'd have seriously thought, back in September, that we'd have a realistic shot at the play-offs come the beginning of March?

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What big squad now Roberts has gone 35 players 7 are loanees and 9 youngsters that leaves a huge 19 man squad 3 of which are over 30 and nearing the end of their careers. The 3 Chelsea loanees are all I believe on more money than our biggest earner. We have achieved this season what no Stanley fan would have dreamed of 1 bad display and we are suddenly not good enough, the academy has produced Savin and Sykes both regulars, hopefully some more will make it and the season is far from over yet.

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Coley ;)

:) :) :)

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andy we have NOT had 1 bad display this season we have had near half bad displays this season half very good also,

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Bit unfair Monkey, but if that's your view.

They all train together and compete to be in the starting eleven or on the bench. Surely you're not suggesting we should analyse every game and record the points gained or lost by the players.......or look at individual good passes and mistakes made?

As for the past not being important.......well I just don't agree. I know my past has shaped the person I am today, the decisions I make, my actions and how I deal with and treat people who I come into contact with.

What team should Coley pick for Saturday, assuming Charles just has a knock and is fit but the other's out injured remain unavailable? Just interested?

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Seeing as we aren't privy to whom is fit surely the regulars can't all collectively play as poorly again, would personally take Russell out doesn't offer anything especially upfront would play Smyth alongside Charles and put McConville wide.

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Jon Russel obviously told to play forward last night at Bristol. When Coley plays players out of position he usually gives them a few chances to try and make it work, unless he has other options. If Colby is not available on Saturday I wouldn't be surprised if Coley persists with Tuesday's unsuccessful formation and starting 11. There may be one or two training sessions to work on it?

With key players missing I would always revert to a simple 4-4-2 which gives a narrower more compact style with less scope for gaps to open up in midfield and at the back. However, we will all just have to wait until Saturday to find out........

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Well this morning Coleman has said no forward players available from the squad or under 23,s for the MK Dons game so 4-5-1 might come in with Smyth as the lone ranger.

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[QUOTE=Crown Grounder;



As for the past not being important.......well I just don't agree. I know my past has shaped the person I am today, the decisions I make, my actions and how I deal with and treat people who I come into contact with.

knew i,d get some stick from somewhere with my post. think a football club is far different from peoples pasts in life. having a bad start in life does not mean you should carry on your life in the same way. might be different to most who post on here and how i view stanley. imagine there will be plenty of others nowadays who are like me and have only ever known stanley as a football league club. as the years go on there will be more and more the same. still think there is too much little old stanley attitude battling against adversity at the wham. does this happen at morecambe and others with low attendances. it certainly wasn,t the case at hartlepool in the 80,s who would have loved attendances of stanleys level back in the day.

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[QUOTE=monkey hanger;1251433][QUOTE=Crown Grounder;



As for the past not being important.......well I just don't agree. I know my past has shaped the person I am today, the decisions I make, my actions and how I deal with and treat people who I come into contact with.

knew i,d get some stick from somewhere with my post. think a football club is far different from peoples pasts in life. having a bad start in life does not mean you should carry on your life in the same way. might be different to most who post on here and how i view stanley. imagine there will be plenty of others nowadays who are like me and have only ever known stanley as a football league club. as the years go on there will be more and more the same. still think there is too much little old stanley attitude battling against adversity at the wham. does this happen at morecambe and others with low attendances. it certainly wasn,t the case at hartlepool in the 80,s who would have loved attendances of stanleys level back in the day.[/QUOTE]

Good point about being back in the League many years now. And even with that success we still can't grow a much bigger fan base. Even though Andy is doing his best...

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That's why I think we'll see Russell up front again........is Smyth fit?

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[QUOTE=Crown Grounder;1251435]Is that Andy Holt or Andy D off here

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I meant Holty.........

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[QUOTE=ferret man;1251438]I,m trying my best honest.

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[QUOTE=Crown Grounder;1251435]think our fanbase has grown to some extent. the problem is it got down to not much more than a thousand at one time. clubs that get say 10,000 and increase it by 10 per cent brings more in than a 10 per cent increase at the wham. at least attendances were going the right way back in the days we could attend. some clubs have had the opposite at their place.

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[QUOTE=monkey hanger;1251453]If and it's a big if we got into the championship would we have 23 full houses, we would certainly need them for any rise in budget, back to this season current data suggests " average" wage in league 1 £4753 a week times that by 20 man squad bill £4943120. Our wage bill is approx £1500000 so a third roughly of "average" our highest earner again according to data £1400 a week we really if money talks have no right to be in the league never mind knocking on the Championship door Coleman and co do an incredible job why no club comes hunting for him is baffling.

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[QUOTE=andyd;1251457]How do we know they don’t?
Perhaps John and Jimmy learned that being tempted by more money often comes with its own cost.

This has gone way off thread.........
 

[QUOTE=andyd;1251457]I think that most of us know that - like 95% of our players - John and Jimmy will/would/could not work anywhere else....


:) :) :)

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Anyone would think Coley Jimmy and Co weren't well paid hahaha !
Sometimes it just fits.
Whether it would fit elsewhere who knows.

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all i know is that i hope we never find out the answer to that.