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Originally Posted by football19
Think once again we need a reality check!!,Acci simply can't afford top div 2 players,indeed one of fleetwoods players is on more than all the acci squad combined.We are a few players away from being a decent team,a centre forward who holds the ball up,a holding mid with presence,and maybe some pace in wide areas.
We can't compete in the loan market,as top prospects will go elsewhere,and others are generally team fillers.
If we have to battle in the lower half of the league , so be it,we may be lucky,Sri on a few gems,who will make us some money.
The conference is full of teams with better resources/facilities than us,but there is something special about acci,that others don't have.
One is player/supporter bond,no big time Charlie's ,just hardworking honest lads.
We need to back the team,win,lose or draw,to keep our league status, negativity will soon be transferred to the team,and that will be no good to anyone,especially the younger ones
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Totally agree with you Football19. We must not let negativity get to the players. True Stanley fans will be singing, "Stanley 'till I die!" even if we get relegated.
I feel for Leam as he inherited a squad with limitations, he has no money to either buy players, or to use good pay as a carrot for players to sign on with us. At best he can only sign players on loan or take on guys currently not playing, (therefore usually not match fit).....3 in our squad now I think?
After the match I was speechless and said to friends that I was not going to comment on here. However, after reading some of the commments posted earlier and reflecting on some supporters in the Clayton end "booing", I cannot stay silent.
We must remain realistic....When people outside the Stanley circle ask me in August what our prospects are for the coming season, (that is since promotion back into the football league), my answer has always been..."Staying in the league for Stanley is like winning a trophy to me and third from bottom or above is good news!". Of course, it is a great bonus if we do any better, and we certainly have managed to punch above our weight for a number of seasons now. When we did get succesful with the great team that Coley and Jimmy built that got us into the play offs, the heart of that team was tempted away by other clubs with more cash!?!
I am not going to criticise team selection from the squad that we currently have, but I can only repeat my previous observations that we do have an obvious weakness in midfield. Leam must try to introduce that degree of "combativity" that we have had in the past with players like Procky and Jimmy Ryan. Bohan seemed to make a big difference with his aggresive running in the second half. I am sure that Beattie up front can still produce the goods but he is not going to do anything until he gets some decent and quicker service from the midfield and we see less of the desperate "hoofball" from our back line.
Come on Stanley fans lets keep singing and back our team. We have been through difficult times before and our support is what is needed now.
Come on you REDS!