Blackpool Away!
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It was a good point and a more even second half. Blackpool lost some of their fluency which tempted us forward a bit more and, penalty apart, we had the best chance of the game. Matty found himself clean through, took a heavy touch, and then went down as he tried to round the keeper. We all howled for a pen and a more fussy ref might have given one, but not this ref, and the chance was lost. One of our forwards would have walked it in. Brilliant away support, sang throughout and cranked up the volume in the last 10 minutes as we pushed for the winner.
The next best thing to a victory is a clean sheet scoreless draw.
Considering the opposition & a brilliant penalty save, I think todays result was top-notch.
Most of the teams above drew. Who'd have thought doomed Orient would get a 2-2 draw at Luton, and Morecambe did us a big favour beating Satanage!
Unbeaten in 14 - the dream goes on.
Considering the opposition & a brilliant penalty save, I think todays result was top-notch.
Most of the teams above drew. Who'd have thought doomed Orient would get a 2-2 draw at Luton, and Morecambe did us a big favour beating Satanage!
Unbeaten in 14 - the dream goes on.
One of the best 0-0 I've seen for a while.
Two evenly matched teams and end to end football.
Blackpool had the edge in wide areas and played some decent football but I always felt we had the measure of them.
No team gave an inch in terms of competing and there was some great battles,especially Tom and Billy.
Thought Shay would cause them a lot of problems,but it just never went his way.
Thought Matty did ok and was unlucky with the penalty decision going against him,think he just run out of legs after bursting away from the half way line.
Take the point and move on
Two evenly matched teams and end to end football.
Blackpool had the edge in wide areas and played some decent football but I always felt we had the measure of them.
No team gave an inch in terms of competing and there was some great battles,especially Tom and Billy.
Thought Shay would cause them a lot of problems,but it just never went his way.
Thought Matty did ok and was unlucky with the penalty decision going against him,think he just run out of legs after bursting away from the half way line.
Take the point and move on
Not the best performance but a good second half. We had some chances (esp Sean early on, and Matty P who raced clear but mis controlled it).
Decent point. A win would have been mega.
Still hanging on in there.
What an atmosphere though. 1000 fans.
Decent point. A win would have been mega.
Still hanging on in there.
What an atmosphere though. 1000 fans.
The ref bottled it - end of. He had his whistle in his mouth but I think the linesman was chuntering in his ear piece.
Draw a fair result.
Draw a fair result.
Stand out players? Young Harvey, the Don....Omar and Hughes also did ok. Just never really clicked former the rest of them. Kee was a target man for a succession of high balls he could never win and Clark and Seany were observers for much of the match. Matty P actually had a decent second half.
Would you have used any subs? Edwards possibly for Kee? I would have liked Husin to come on but with Matty growing into the game probably no point.
Would you have used any subs? Edwards possibly for Kee? I would have liked Husin to come on but with Matty growing into the game probably no point.
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Fair result, as usual with a coley team i was impressed how we went for the win second half(at the risk of conceding) against a quick Blackpool team who could counter attack. Impressed the way Tom aldred came over to the Stanley end like he did at the end of game.
it must be hard as a blackpool fan at the game, remembering how they had it bouncing in the Holloway era compared to now where the away end make most of the noise and their fans are spread sporadically around the ground.
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it must be hard as a blackpool fan at the game, remembering how they had it bouncing in the Holloway era compared to now where the away end make most of the noise and their fans are spread sporadically around the ground.
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Not being cruel when I say this but we needed a cultured midfielder not combative. They bossed the middle of the park for long periods.
One of those things when the best two chances fell to Pearson.
McCartan McConville Clark or Kee would have buried the one on one.
One of those things when the best two chances fell to Pearson.
McCartan McConville Clark or Kee would have buried the one on one.
Much as I would have preferred the more cultured Husin in midfield (especially the first half) I think credit is due to Matty P for getting the chances in the first place. Didn't he also create a chance with a header back at the far post? It's probably a bit simplistic to assume the other players would have buried the one-on-one at the end of a sprint from the half way line.
In the first half Matty appeared a bit slow to me. Anyone agree? I thought it was probably that he's not as quick off the mark as Brown, say, or maybe can't read the midfield quickly enough.
Don't really know why I thought he did better second half. Maybe because the game opened up a bit more for him, or just because we were going forward more?
In the first half Matty appeared a bit slow to me. Anyone agree? I thought it was probably that he's not as quick off the mark as Brown, say, or maybe can't read the midfield quickly enough.
Don't really know why I thought he did better second half. Maybe because the game opened up a bit more for him, or just because we were going forward more?
Not sure I agree with you there, jon
Same here mab.
you and mab didn,t really miss much especialy first half. in raymond chandler speak it was more the big sleep than fairwell my lovely. second half better and the referee mark brown his usual give stanley as little as possible performance. roll on monday afternoon. in for a boring no football saturday infront of me.
I thought that we were second-best for much of the game with Blackpool dominating the midfield. Matty is a magnificent player - but not in midfield. We desperately needed someone like Delfouneso. McCartan and McConville made no impact whatsoever on the game.
I still feel that the use (or non-use) of substitutes remains Coley's Achilles heel. The game was crying out for a change after an hour. Gary Bowyer made 2 substitutions about then - and one later in the game. It always gives the opposition something different to think about and contend with.
It's a pity that none of the video highlights seems to show the denial of what looked like a certain penalty when Slocombe brought down Matty Pearson.
As chevyfire says, it was good to see Tom Aldred come over to the Stanley fans at the end. Such a pity that some had booed him during the game. Otherwise, a great turnout by the Stanley fans.
I still feel that the use (or non-use) of substitutes remains Coley's Achilles heel. The game was crying out for a change after an hour. Gary Bowyer made 2 substitutions about then - and one later in the game. It always gives the opposition something different to think about and contend with.
It's a pity that none of the video highlights seems to show the denial of what looked like a certain penalty when Slocombe brought down Matty Pearson.
As chevyfire says, it was good to see Tom Aldred come over to the Stanley fans at the end. Such a pity that some had booed him during the game. Otherwise, a great turnout by the Stanley fans.
Here we go again ....... who the ****** is Jon ?
greeny - I thought it was one of the duller matches this season. Too much high ball stuff.
For my two pennyworth I thought Blackpool were better & quicker than us in the first half, cagey at times with both teams setting out not to lose.
Second half was much better from our lads,overall a draw was probably a fair result but if that super strike of Billy's had gone in & the ref hadn't been so inept regarding our penalty it could've been a very different story.
Other results were kind to us though & with some of those around us playing each other on Monday, if we win who knows what could happen?
Last word for our brilliant support - fantastic to be a part of it, I didn't hear anyone booing Tom but if they did I agree there was no need, the lad always gave 100% for us & he showed the regard he still has for the club & our fans at the end.
Second half was much better from our lads,overall a draw was probably a fair result but if that super strike of Billy's had gone in & the ref hadn't been so inept regarding our penalty it could've been a very different story.
Other results were kind to us though & with some of those around us playing each other on Monday, if we win who knows what could happen?
Last word for our brilliant support - fantastic to be a part of it, I didn't hear anyone booing Tom but if they did I agree there was no need, the lad always gave 100% for us & he showed the regard he still has for the club & our fans at the end.
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