Exeter City Match Thread.........

Hi all.

I'm an Exeter Uni student so have adopted the team. Well done on the win today. Thought it was a smash and grab performance but you took your chances! Also I thought your pressing game was the best i've seen in the league this year.

Anyway I do commentary for university radio and wanted to post the highlights for those that weren't at the game - go easy on me, remember it's amateur radio!!

Exeter City 1-2 Accrington Stanley Commentary - 03/01/15 - Will Brookes by Xpression Sport | Mixcloud

Good luck for the rest of the season!
 
Sorry Will check statistics,Stanley had more shots on target, so hardly a smash and grab? Commentary wasn't that bad though.;)
 
cashman said:
Well actually Dav NO those 11 lionhearts today won "In Spite" of our Manager .......
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Well I'm sure you wouldn't break a New Year's Resolution so soon, Cashy, so I guess you forgot to make one about burying the hatchet :D
 
Chimer said:
Well I'm sure you wouldn't break a New Year's Resolution so soon, Cashy, so I guess you forgot to make one about burying the hatchet :D
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I would love to bury the hatchet, but its an offence.:D Its simple chimer me owd mucker, I say it as i see it no bullshine just as is.;) By the way Happy New Year.
 
wbrookes said:
Hi all.

I'm an Exeter Uni student so have adopted the team. Well done on the win today. Thought it was a smash and grab performance but you took your chances! Also I thought your pressing game was the best i've seen in the league this year.

Anyway I do commentary for university radio and wanted to post the highlights for those that weren't at the game - go easy on me, remember it's amateur radio!!

Exeter City 1-2 Accrington Stanley Commentary - 03/01/15 - Will Brookes by Xpression Sport | Mixcloud

Good luck for the rest of the season![/QUOTE



A very selected commentary......what happened to the 5 /6 stone wall chances Stanley had before you scored from your first shot on target.As Cashy says look at the stats.....The difference between the two teams was Exeter came off the field a little tired whereas The Stanley Boys left it all on the field....and believe me there were lads on that pitch that shouldn't of been playing through illness....a real fighting performance...As for you Mr Brookes good luck but if your course at Uni is anything to do with Reporting drop it,but if it's anything to do with fairy tales a degree with honours is a cert.
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Made it back in just over 4 hours. I must say the Exeter fans we met were a very friendly bunch and were a pleasure to talk to in the pub prior and walk to the ground.

Simpson looked very shaky today....his inability to decide whether to come out or stay at home gave them two gilt edged chances today.

The game changed second half when we got tight and much more physical on their number 33 Harley . Everything they created was going through him in the first half.

Thought the sub was made too late....but then again what do I know. I guess we didn't want to disrupt the rhythym whilst we were on top. I'll happily get it wrong every game. :)

All in all a typical JC Accy performance...dangerous going forward but palpatations every time the oppo cross the half way line. Although it has to be said our defending in and around the area was much better today and the defensive units decision making was spot on.

Still think Liddle occasionally wanders a little too much. Would have taken a point and it looked to be panning out that way. Delighted :D

Also....what is Coley feeding Shay McCarten? A completely new player!!
 
Alvin the chipmunk said:
Still think Liddle occasionally wanders a little too much. Would have taken a point and it looked to be panning out that way. Delighted :D

Also....what is Coley feeding Shay McCarten? A completely new player!!
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Sorry but I disagree about Liddle. For me, it was a 3-way split for MotM with Lidds, Rob Atkinson and Tom Aldred all putting in great performances. In addition to scoring the winner, Tom made a goal line clearance that was worth a couple of points. Proccy must have covered every blade of grass on the field. Luke Joyce also. I agree that they all worked hard but, like Cashy, I feel we got those 3 points despite the manager, not because of him.

Going back to Michael Liddle, in some ways he was forced to wander. Moly's indifferent form makes more work for the full back, and furthermore, Nicky Hunt had his hands full with his winger which resulted in Tom and Rob being drawn across and Lidds moving more centrally to cover them.

Of course, we had to have a little cameo from Crooks. I thought Maguire was disappointing once again. That he plays 90 minutes to the exclusion of Gray, Carver and Windass defies belief.

And a special word of mention for the referee. Crap. And the same word for the assistant referee in front of us Stanley fans.
 
BBC possession stats never make sense. I'd stand by smash and grab.

As for it being selective commentary - I completely agree with you. There were two good chances I left out for Accrington. As you will appreciate, we are Exeter University Radio so it does focus more on the Exeter chances and it can only be a couple of minutes long.

I didn't think about posting on away fan sites until after the edit so in future i'll make sure to make the edit less biased when it isn't only being used in house. I'll take that as constructive criticism!

On the match - I'm surprised someone said Maguire was disappointing. I thought he was incredibly isolated the entire match, but boy does he hold the ball up and run the channels well! Looked a good player at this level to me.
 
wbrookes said:
BBC possession stats never make sense. I'd stand by smash and grab.

As for it being selective commentary - I completely agree with you. There were two good chances I left out for Accrington. As you will appreciate, we are Exeter University Radio so it does focus more on the Exeter chances and it can only be a couple of minutes long.

I didn't think about posting on away fan sites until after the edit so in future i'll make sure to make the edit less biased when it isn't only being used in house. I'll take that as constructive criticism!

On the match - I'm surprised someone said Maguire was disappointing. I thought he was incredibly isolated the entire match, but boy does he hold the ball up and run the channels well! Looked a good player at this level to me.
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Ah that something else Will, I never looked at the BBC Stats, i always look at Skys' so does that indicate "Both" are wrong, and you are correct?:D
 
Thanks all for some wonderfully different views on the game for we absentees. I have never understood Coley's lack of subs, but hey ho. Just finished reading "The Plantagenets" and it sounds like we had 11 Lionhearts at Exeter. Sorry, Cashy, I forgot you already said that!
 
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Redraine said:
Thanks all for some wonderfully different views on the game for we absentees. I have never understood Coley's lack of subs, but hey ho. Just finished reading "The Plantagenets" and it sounds like we had 11 Lionhearts at Exeter.
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Wonder if they read this and copied me?:D
 
Redraine said:
Thanks all for some wonderfully different views on the game for we absentees. I have never understood Coley's lack of subs, but hey ho. Just finished reading "The Plantagenets" and it sounds like we had 11 Lionhearts at Exeter.
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Indeed we did,of the totally knackered variety!!!!
 
wbrooks has a point about match stats, looking at three sites stats for the match.
(stats for shots on target)
bbc Stanley 13 Exeter 14
soccerrway Stanley 4 Exeter 9
espn Stanley 8 Exeter 4
 
us watching were totally convinced Stanley had more shots on target. perhaps Will wasn't watching?:D That was before we seen any stats,;)
 
wbrookes said:
BBC possession stats never make sense. I'd stand by smash and grab.

As for it being selective commentary - I completely agree with you. There were two good chances I left out for Accrington. As you will appreciate, we are Exeter University Radio so it does focus more on the Exeter chances and it can only be a couple of minutes long.

I didn't think about posting on away fan sites until after the edit so in future i'll make sure to make the edit less biased when it isn't only being used in house. I'll take that as constructive criticism!

On the match - I'm surprised someone said Maguire was disappointing. I thought he was incredibly isolated the entire match, but boy does he hold the ball up and run the channels well! Looked a good player at this level to me.
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Well spotted did,nt go yesterday but I have seen enough off Maguire to totally agree with your comments excellent player for a young lad at this level hope we can keep him all season.
 
andyd said:
Well spotted did,nt go yesterday but I have seen enough off Maguire to totally agree with your comments excellent player for a young lad at this level hope we can keep him all season.
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Maguire to my eye looks like another Almond. A willing and eager lad who'll run around all day and will take the odd chance but who will not make the difference between mid-table and play-offs. If, as you hope, we keep him for the rest of the season I'm sure it will make West Ham very happy; they get a season's worth of games for their player.
Meanwhile contracted players sit on their backsides on the bench with little or no chance of improving.
 
Maguire was good yesterday. Remember in the first half the flick around his back for McCarten? Darting through a tiny gap in the box and getting a cross in? The pressing in the first half that set the tone for us pinning them back in their half?

The reason Coley didn't change it was because it was working! We were creating chances, keeping the ball pretty well and looked like getting something out of the game if we got a goal!

Liddle played well, yes he does get forward which can leave us short. But him getting forward means we create more and Hunt doesn't push on too much so we do enough cover at the back.

Yes, they were out on their feet. But like I said, remember the pressing in the first half, that takes it toll. And its a balancing act between fresh legs and the fact that our players were doing well in attack.

Finally a word about Joyce. I think he's playing very well at the moment!
 
Have to disagree Potter, after our equaliser Exeter put us under the cosh, half the side were out on their feet, and it wasn't just the pressing first half that took its toll,twas the fact some of the lads had been off ill also, It was crying out for fresh legs simple as.
 
It was only the last 10 mins where we were put under pressure and that's bound to happen away from home to a good side.

Coleman's not a muppet. In his head he would have been balancing the fact that they were tired against the players we actually had on looking dangerous all afternoon.
 
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