Let's Have a Spireites Thread
- Thread starter MikeA
- Start date
To be honest Chesterfield were never in it, Sean Mac scored a cracking second goal, if that had been in premiership, yeh would never have heard the last of it, There signing of the season scored the third, just after half time.
and at the death spilt one and super Billy Kee mopped up, after our third though we sat back, luckily they were very poor,The ref was truly shocking, good job we played well.Diving all 90 mins was chesterfields ploy and he was too dense to see it.
and at the death spilt one and super Billy Kee mopped up, after our third though we sat back, luckily they were very poor,The ref was truly shocking, good job we played well.Diving all 90 mins was chesterfields ploy and he was too dense to see it.
Last edited:
Chesterfield were rubbish. We played solidly enough. Pressed well when we lost possession.
Big Ben my MOTM.
Johnson still doesn't impress me. Their no 41 caused him problems. but thought he had a better second half.
McCleod looked good - unlucky not to score.
Really crap ref.
Big Ben my MOTM.
Johnson still doesn't impress me. Their no 41 caused him problems. but thought he had a better second half.
McCleod looked good - unlucky not to score.
Really crap ref.
I thought the ref did spoil the match and the liners decisions were questionable. I rarely comment on liners calls as I can't have the same view as they have. Today though there were some puzzling decisions which would require a trip to specsavers. It is always bad when poor officials spoil a game. I do think the FA should take a closer look at officials training programme. There should not be such a disparity in the quality of refereeing.
Chesterfield came to play in a similar passing way to Stanley which suites us and we where to good for them and there goalkeeper was like Chapman at the start of the season and not now. Cracking first half goals. Agree with cashman we sat back in second half lucky not to concede. honourable mentions for Nolan did well getting about midfield, Sean who was wonderful for 20 minutes when he scored goal, kayden is becoming a handful for opposition as well. Although I am pleased overall with everyone in team today (admittedly Johnson got skinned abit but Hines was a good winger).
Sent from my Moto G (5) using Tapatalk
Sent from my Moto G (5) using Tapatalk
Perhaps uncharitable to describe the Spirerites as crap.
In fact, they played their best football after going 3-0 down & began to dominate possession with some slick passing.
If it wasn't for two mistakes from their goalkeeper & a couple of good saves from Chapman, the scoreline may not have been so flattering.
Johnson was ineffective in the first half, being repeatedly skinned by their left-winger. I half expected Coleman to switch the Don to right-back 2nd half to cope with the threat.
But enough charity in victory - a convincing win from our boys today.
Up to 4th spot with a game in hand over 3rd placed Coventry, could put us back in an automatic promotion spot.
Happy days indeed!
In fact, they played their best football after going 3-0 down & began to dominate possession with some slick passing.
If it wasn't for two mistakes from their goalkeeper & a couple of good saves from Chapman, the scoreline may not have been so flattering.
Johnson was ineffective in the first half, being repeatedly skinned by their left-winger. I half expected Coleman to switch the Don to right-back 2nd half to cope with the threat.
But enough charity in victory - a convincing win from our boys today.
Up to 4th spot with a game in hand over 3rd placed Coventry, could put us back in an automatic promotion spot.
Happy days indeed!
Blimey! He must have been a bad 'un.
Well done Stanley, nice to bank three points when many others were distracted with dreams of glory.
wasn,t crap for me but too fussy. seemed to think it was a game that would blow up in his face any time soon. makes a change as we usually loose with him in change.
They were as bad a side as Ive seen up yon since Stockport County
What do you expect their fans to say?
They'd just witnessed their team being humiliated.
Funny how a 4 - 0 victory can bring out the rose tinted specs.
Personally, I've no time for fans who love to sneer at the opposition.
Yes, Chesterfield are on their uppers & looking into the abyss of non-league, but they still brought a small army of fans who still love their club & are prepared to follow a losing cause.
Did we attain 70% possession? Did we have 30 shots on target? Let's look at the actual FACTS.
Possession - Stanley 51%. Chesterfield 49%
Shots - Stanley 10. Chesterfield 9
On Target - Stanley 6. Chesterfield 5
Corners - Stanley 6 Chesterfield 4
Not quite the one-horse race some people witnessed.
As for sitting back on a 3-0 lead - that's completely unfair.
Yes, lets celebrate our victory, but is it necessary to stick the knife in?
Last edited:
Chesterfield were weakest side at Wham yet. Game over after 47 mins- how often do we say that? Stats very misleading.
Sorry, but how can stats be misleading - they're hard facts!
Either Chesterfield had 49% possession - or they didn't!
Either we had 6 shots on target to their 5 - or did we?
Yes! We deserved to win the game, but we were gifted - & I do mean gifted, 2 goals by their goalkeeper.
They came close to scoring a couple of times which, but for Chapman, could have gone in.
On another day their goalie could have played a blinder, instead of having a nightmare.
The difference between winning & losing can be wafer thin.
Chesterfield may well be a poor side, but you've got to give them credit for not giving up, even after going 3-0 down, they still kept battling.
They brought 341 fans with them yesterday to swell our coffers.
Should we show them some respect, or are we going to crow about their 4-0 thrashing, like that cocky idiot from Lincoln who came on our forum recently & did exactly the same to us?
There's a motto - 'Humility in victory - defiance in defeat!
We'd all do well to follow it.
Exile and Monkey - yes, I thought the refs crapness was that he was too fussy.
Lord Stiff - I kind of agree with where you are going i.e., that 4-0 flattered us, but stats can still be facts and misleading.
If their possession was largely non threatening passing in the own half when we were already 3-0 up, and their shots on target were lame long range shots born of frustration, that's going to show up in stats the same as a team cutting the opposition to ribbons when they have the ball.
The fact their goalie gifted us two goals is no different than, say, mistakes in their defence. Or needlessly losing possession in midfield. It's still part of the overall team performance.
Lord Stiff - I kind of agree with where you are going i.e., that 4-0 flattered us, but stats can still be facts and misleading.
If their possession was largely non threatening passing in the own half when we were already 3-0 up, and their shots on target were lame long range shots born of frustration, that's going to show up in stats the same as a team cutting the opposition to ribbons when they have the ball.
The fact their goalie gifted us two goals is no different than, say, mistakes in their defence. Or needlessly losing possession in midfield. It's still part of the overall team performance.
Be interesting to see the stats after 47 mins- when we switched off. I would imagine they present a different perspective on the game.
If I were a Spireite I would not take a great deal of comfort in the performance or consider it the fairly even contest the stats over 90mins suggest.
Chesterfield look a shadow of the team we played in September when they were unfortunate to loose with 10 men.
If I were a Spireite I would not take a great deal of comfort in the performance or consider it the fairly even contest the stats over 90mins suggest.
Chesterfield look a shadow of the team we played in September when they were unfortunate to loose with 10 men.
Inspector M, my recollection of the game, ignoring the actual goals, was that possession was fairly even over the 90 minutes.
However, let's assume you are correct & that we dominated the game for the first 45 minutes - by say 60/40% in our favour.
To achieve a 51/49% after 90 minutes means Chesterfield had to literally reverse that ratio & achieve almost 60% possession for the entire 2nd half.
Do you believe that actually happened?
Having read some posts on the Spirerites forum, I know they are hurting after their humiliation & already feel doomed to relegation.
Let's not rub salt in an open wound by describing them as 'rubbish, crap, the worst team seen at the Wham'.
Saturday was simply a day when everything went right for us, and everything went wrong for them.
Let's give all our opponents the respect they deserve, whether they're bottom of the league or top.
At the end of the day, we're all brothers-in-arms just trying to survive.
One day - God forbid! We may be the one's in the pit of despair.