Morecambe Thread
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Good afternoon! First time I have felt compelled to type, even though I have been entertained for months on this ere forum.
I'm actually a life long Leeds fan that drifted along to the York cup match last year and fell instantly in love with the club, Brad Halliday, the lady that slowly serves pints in the clubhouse, and the glorious Clayton End views of the sun drenched Coppice where I played as a boy.
I left Accrington in 1969 but am not just back for the glory that Stanley inevitably brings -my parents still live her.
(I think I'm slowly converting my friends who have listened to tales of travels to far flung exotic places like Wycombe and Wimbledon and seen all the iphone videos of the Ultras in full voice with increasing envy. I believe that shortly I will be having most of South Manchester bussed up on a regular basis to witness for themselves the Redvolution.)
Anyway, enough of that bollx. I agree with Cashman and also think tomorrow will be the match where the blue touchpaper of this season is lit, even though the fire will not fully warm the cold Lancastrian air until some further changes are made.
Our defence is looking rock solid (Beckles looks Premier League class in the making, Parish a sigh of relief from the clumsy hands of Chapman, the Don filling Brad's boots - not that that will ever be truly possible) and there are enough busy, small players to cause many problems for the opposition once our pass-and-move ups a gear.
We just need a bit more umph in the middle before we surge up through the divisions to European glory. However, even without this I believe should be capable of getting plenty of narrow victories in Div 2 if we play with the energy of Wednesday night.
That, hopefully, starts tomorrow.
I'm actually a life long Leeds fan that drifted along to the York cup match last year and fell instantly in love with the club, Brad Halliday, the lady that slowly serves pints in the clubhouse, and the glorious Clayton End views of the sun drenched Coppice where I played as a boy.
I left Accrington in 1969 but am not just back for the glory that Stanley inevitably brings -my parents still live her.
(I think I'm slowly converting my friends who have listened to tales of travels to far flung exotic places like Wycombe and Wimbledon and seen all the iphone videos of the Ultras in full voice with increasing envy. I believe that shortly I will be having most of South Manchester bussed up on a regular basis to witness for themselves the Redvolution.)
Anyway, enough of that bollx. I agree with Cashman and also think tomorrow will be the match where the blue touchpaper of this season is lit, even though the fire will not fully warm the cold Lancastrian air until some further changes are made.
Our defence is looking rock solid (Beckles looks Premier League class in the making, Parish a sigh of relief from the clumsy hands of Chapman, the Don filling Brad's boots - not that that will ever be truly possible) and there are enough busy, small players to cause many problems for the opposition once our pass-and-move ups a gear.
We just need a bit more umph in the middle before we surge up through the divisions to European glory. However, even without this I believe should be capable of getting plenty of narrow victories in Div 2 if we play with the energy of Wednesday night.
That, hopefully, starts tomorrow.
A delightfully crafted post Lord Didsbury !.. which I hope will not be your last !.
How refreshing to read your sensible prose after attempting to make some sense of the odd ramblings offered by our friend directing the ' fan liaison rep ' thread !.
As to tomorrows game, which I hope you will be there to see, as Cashy predicts it should be more than the usual Reds v Shrimps encounter by virtue of the current form being displayed by both teams.
AccyMad, in spite of the advice offered by some Weather forecasters that rain showers are likely to fall around the Wham Stadium, has it seems a direct line to the Almighty,
and has ordered fair weather for the afternoon !.
So all is set for another ride on the Stanley Rollercoaster ....hoping that along with the loyal 1000.. many newcomers will be there to witness the spectacle !.
ON STANLEY !...ON TO GREATER THINGS !!.
A bus from Didsbury I would love to see! it'd make a change from the usual bus load for the Etihad on match days!
Just hope for a win and Ellison sees RED ![/QUOTE]
that would cap a wonderful week, but a win and alison sorry i mean ellison missing a sitter infront of the clayton end will do.
that would cap a wonderful week, but a win and alison sorry i mean ellison missing a sitter infront of the clayton end will do.
I may be wrong but, reading the summary of the game so far, I suspect there may be the odd comment on the referee today.
Game changed on sending off. Before hand lots of good chances even though Morecambe had a couple of chances we where dominating. Referee has made the decision can see why Hughes was sent off he was last man although it was 25 yards from goal could beckles have got back? After the sending off we lost focus and the score shows what happen. We came on strong late on but we couldnt snatch the equaliser. Good to see billy scoring again and we looked a threat going forward. O'Sullivan and mcconville where good threats all game. As was mccartain early on. Connelly had a rare bad day at the office. We missed being able to bring a proper left back on when we went down to 10 but as I mentioned mcconville did well today.
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Massively disappointing today.
Totally agree with Cashman, thought Conneely had an absolute shocker, probably his worst game in a red shirt.
No doubt Coley will try blaming the fans or Accrington public as usual, however the blame is firmly at his feet on this occasion for me.
Mcconville at left back ?!? (No im not blaming him, by his standards he has improved for me this season) Really !??! We have a recognised full back on loan from a premier league side yet he doesn't bring him on when we are down to ten men, quite unbelievable.
We can blame the ref all day, but I personally thought he didn't have a choice with the Hughes Red Card, deserved to go.
What was most frustrating again for me was the lack of subs, to play 120 minutes 3 days ago then leave it till 20 minutes before the finish AND with ten men was quite painful to watch. He has a squad, WHY NOT USE IT !!!?!
Will be interesting to see the XI he picks on Tuesday night.
Totally agree with Cashman, thought Conneely had an absolute shocker, probably his worst game in a red shirt.
No doubt Coley will try blaming the fans or Accrington public as usual, however the blame is firmly at his feet on this occasion for me.
Mcconville at left back ?!? (No im not blaming him, by his standards he has improved for me this season) Really !??! We have a recognised full back on loan from a premier league side yet he doesn't bring him on when we are down to ten men, quite unbelievable.
We can blame the ref all day, but I personally thought he didn't have a choice with the Hughes Red Card, deserved to go.
What was most frustrating again for me was the lack of subs, to play 120 minutes 3 days ago then leave it till 20 minutes before the finish AND with ten men was quite painful to watch. He has a squad, WHY NOT USE IT !!!?!
Will be interesting to see the XI he picks on Tuesday night.
I'm sorry cherryfire, have to disagree on one of your thoughts
'connelly had a rate bad day' - he was poor vs Donny, barnet and nothing special vs Bradford.
I don't think he is good enough in the central midfield role, his passing is to sloppy and his creativity and vision is poor. We miss brown although truth be told we really miss crooks!
Surely the French lad can't be any worse than Connelly in central midfield?
Let's be honest, Morecambe where a good team and deserved the win
'connelly had a rate bad day' - he was poor vs Donny, barnet and nothing special vs Bradford.
I don't think he is good enough in the central midfield role, his passing is to sloppy and his creativity and vision is poor. We miss brown although truth be told we really miss crooks!
Surely the French lad can't be any worse than Connelly in central midfield?
Let's be honest, Morecambe where a good team and deserved the win
And so, the blue touch paper was lit as forecast, only for the cruel hand of fate to stub it firmly out.
A thrilling match though, and fortune will turn soon enough.
Conneely looks like a player missing a hard nut next to him, Parish maybe a little too hesitant but apart from that most of the team did very well. I didn't really think the subs were too bad, but I suppose the scoreline probably indicates otherwise.
Maybe my MOTM today was the Don? Maybe Pearson?
A thrilling match though, and fortune will turn soon enough.
Conneely looks like a player missing a hard nut next to him, Parish maybe a little too hesitant but apart from that most of the team did very well. I didn't really think the subs were too bad, but I suppose the scoreline probably indicates otherwise.
Maybe my MOTM today was the Don? Maybe Pearson?
Before Hughesy rightly got sent off we could and should have been 3/4 nil up! Soon as you put your arms around a player these days you always risk the chance of being sent off!
I think if we had seen it out until half time at 2-0 I think we would have gone on to win the game!
Conneelys distribution today was terrible today, Anybody know what's up with Scott Brown? We miss his drive and energy!
I think Shay started well but think his movement in the second half could have been better, getting behind the defender giving them something to think about!
Also think we are too predictable trying to find O'Sullivan to start every attack, Morecambe soon got wise to this and put 2 men on him!
Was Coley confident or naive in putting Sean at LB and using him as a wing back at 2-0 up and cruising or should he have put inexperienced Jones on gone defensive so early in the game and let Morecambe come at us?
Hopefully just a bad day at the office...Thought Sean was one of our better players today!
I think if we had seen it out until half time at 2-0 I think we would have gone on to win the game!
Conneelys distribution today was terrible today, Anybody know what's up with Scott Brown? We miss his drive and energy!
I think Shay started well but think his movement in the second half could have been better, getting behind the defender giving them something to think about!
Also think we are too predictable trying to find O'Sullivan to start every attack, Morecambe soon got wise to this and put 2 men on him!
Was Coley confident or naive in putting Sean at LB and using him as a wing back at 2-0 up and cruising or should he have put inexperienced Jones on gone defensive so early in the game and let Morecambe come at us?
Hopefully just a bad day at the office...Thought Sean was one of our better players today!
One other wider point, last season and again this season are players do not look at their physical peak compared to their opponents.
A few are noticeably carrying a few pounds.
Do we not work on fitness? If the manager is not fond of squad rotation, then being at our physical best is even more important.
Hughes got caught out today a few times because physically he wasn't up to it
A few are noticeably carrying a few pounds.
Do we not work on fitness? If the manager is not fond of squad rotation, then being at our physical best is even more important.
Hughes got caught out today a few times because physically he wasn't up to it