Not a lot of positives out of this game . Two very poor sides , few chances for each team, First save on the hour by Dunbavin low to his right. Their goal came from a free kick that should not have been awarded, 1200 attendance, poor value for money. Not much up front for Stanley.
Cheltenham Town Match Thread......
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Really disappointing. Mccarten and Naismith looked useful early on but didn't threaten their goal all day. Change of formation baffling - from 442 to 433/451 meant that gray and McCarten spent last 25 minutes chasing their full backs. Unfortunately young Richardson no where near ready for this level.
Never a free kick for their goal.
Liddle MOM for me
Never a free kick for their goal.
Liddle MOM for me
Naismith looks the real deal when fully fit.For me Wilson was the MOM by a country mile!!!!
Midfield is probably the weakest link at the moment no protection for the back four and lack lustre going forward with no real width for crosses into the box, it was two poor sides today but only one that got the points.
Carry on playing like that and we'll be in a conference relegation battle next year never mind staying up this year.
Richardson is three tiers out of his depth. He should have been sent off in the first 10 mins for a dreadful lunge. He seemed scared of the responsibility of playing CM and just drifted about stepping on other players toes. Why he is on the pitch instead of our own players I don't know.
McCarten for me did nothing - doesn't seem to be a 4-4-2 player - doesn't have the strength to hold the ball up nor the pace to get in behind making him entirely inappropriate for the direct way we were playing.
The team seems lacking leaders - nobody wanting to take responsibility - why wasn't Deano in today's squad?
Richardson is three tiers out of his depth. He should have been sent off in the first 10 mins for a dreadful lunge. He seemed scared of the responsibility of playing CM and just drifted about stepping on other players toes. Why he is on the pitch instead of our own players I don't know.
McCarten for me did nothing - doesn't seem to be a 4-4-2 player - doesn't have the strength to hold the ball up nor the pace to get in behind making him entirely inappropriate for the direct way we were playing.
The team seems lacking leaders - nobody wanting to take responsibility - why wasn't Deano in today's squad?
Joyce not up to much again?
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Thought Joyce did alright especially since his partner in the midfield was useless
Thought Joyce did alright especially since his partner in the midfield was useless
The fact we have had no shots on target in the last 2 games says it all...
The upfront situation is a joke and except from Danny webber the players we have are conference players at most !!
Joyce should not be playing or captain , he can't pass forward and is a player who is letting the team down!
Richardson is not a starter for a league 2 club and was dreadful today !
The club need to invest in some football league players or were going to be lingering in the bottom 3 for most of the season !
No pride or passion today , which is also shown by James Beattie who I think his feet are glued to the middle between the sun seats and the touch line.
Bad crowd and its only going to get worse with games like that...
The upfront situation is a joke and except from Danny webber the players we have are conference players at most !!
Joyce should not be playing or captain , he can't pass forward and is a player who is letting the team down!
Richardson is not a starter for a league 2 club and was dreadful today !
The club need to invest in some football league players or were going to be lingering in the bottom 3 for most of the season !
No pride or passion today , which is also shown by James Beattie who I think his feet are glued to the middle between the sun seats and the touch line.
Bad crowd and its only going to get worse with games like that...
Never 1200 on gate today unless someone counted us going in a back out again.... :/
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Thank god ... No ****** who turned up today for the first time would show up again
Thank god ... No ****** who turned up today for the first time would show up again
Must have been me that was sat to close to the incident to see the 2 footed tackle
The free kick given before the goal was not a foul. Peter Murphy got the ball with a good tackle and the referee had a perfect view. Only the referee will know why he blew. That does not excuse the terrible defending for the goal. Joyce lost his man and Atkinson was caught between two - a moment that summed up a side lacking mental strength.
What I saw today was a highly disorganised team. Naismith and McCartan didn't know where they were meant to be, which is not surprising as they have less than 300 minutes' Football League experience between them.
Our weakness is epitomised by starting a young loanee with no experience (M. Richardson) in the most important area of the field (centre mid). This lad does not contribute to the team in the slightest (certainly no more than Luke Clark can offer).
Beattie is facing early challenges and will have to right them soon. He can start with bringing in Winnard for Atkinson.
Thought Wilson was MOTM but needs more encouragement to get forward if he's to become a forward player.
What I saw today was a highly disorganised team. Naismith and McCartan didn't know where they were meant to be, which is not surprising as they have less than 300 minutes' Football League experience between them.
Our weakness is epitomised by starting a young loanee with no experience (M. Richardson) in the most important area of the field (centre mid). This lad does not contribute to the team in the slightest (certainly no more than Luke Clark can offer).
Beattie is facing early challenges and will have to right them soon. He can start with bringing in Winnard for Atkinson.
Thought Wilson was MOTM but needs more encouragement to get forward if he's to become a forward player.
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People can blame the ref for one bad decision but that doesn't mean it was the reason we lost. The main reason we lost was because our performance wasn't good enough. Our central midfield was completely bypassed for large chunks of the game and I don't understand why we didn't play Winnard at right back and keep Pete in central midfield or even give Luke Clark a chance. I also think Marcus should've started up front instead of Shay. Carver is fully deserving of a chance in front of Shay.
We could only get 6 on the bench too, at this stage of the season it has to worrying to JB that he is short on numbers already. Will the board give him a bit of money to recruit a couple of loans to help with numbers? It's already shaping up to be a long season and I think it will be more of a struggle this time and we may end up propping the table up for a while yet. I think fans would take defeats if performances were honest and players gave 100%, today we were lacking in all departments.
We could only get 6 on the bench too, at this stage of the season it has to worrying to JB that he is short on numbers already. Will the board give him a bit of money to recruit a couple of loans to help with numbers? It's already shaping up to be a long season and I think it will be more of a struggle this time and we may end up propping the table up for a while yet. I think fans would take defeats if performances were honest and players gave 100%, today we were lacking in all departments.
A very disappointing result,and performance. Does JB know how to make players believe in their abilities like JC could do?
Up to today i've never liked Luke Joyce because of his continual back passing and putting our defenders under presure..... Today for me he worked hard got stuck in at times and maybe had his best game ..... M. Richardson a young guy needs to put a stone on and come back in another year no doubt he has the skill but gets knocked of the ball far too easy .... The behind the scenes BETTING is doing this club no favours . once again untill we get a CHAIRMAN who lives within easy reach of ACCRINTON i don' think things behind the scenes will improve .... LETS ALL KEEP BEHIND JAMES BEATTIE 100% ......and ON STANLEY ON....
Ian,
I hate to break it to you but where the chairman lives has no effect on the running of the club.
I said I wouldnt publicaly judge James Beattie as a manager until 10 league games had passed.
I think its important all the fans give him 10 games.
I do wish he would re-register himself as a player, we could do with his quality and leadership on the pitch.
There have some good examples of strikers who have been getting on in age, who have re-invented themselves as central midfielders.
I hate to break it to you but where the chairman lives has no effect on the running of the club.
I said I wouldnt publicaly judge James Beattie as a manager until 10 league games had passed.
I think its important all the fans give him 10 games.
I do wish he would re-register himself as a player, we could do with his quality and leadership on the pitch.
There have some good examples of strikers who have been getting on in age, who have re-invented themselves as central midfielders.
JBs always had a great touch,but his legs went years ago,and you get found out at this level