[Exile on Spencer St]

Agree with the opposition, Accybeme.
No-one player can be blamed for Stanley's poor performances this season. Beattie was nowhere to be seen at Torquay and Oxford when the rot set in. Equally, no one player can guarantee to make Stanley play as well as they have been doing lately. They all contribute to the team performances, some more or less on different days. Singling out Beattie for criticism says more about unreasonably high expectations of an ex-Premier league player who, we all know, is reaching the end of his playing career.
But used judiciously, and not as you would use a willing all-day runner like Amond, the likes of Beattie surely can bring a touch of experience and guile that the younger players will benefit from.