[shakermaker]

Just about come down off the ceiling long enough to form sentences. I thought Luke Joyce summed up Saturday's game as well as anyone when he posted on Twitter that we had great attacking play in the first half and top class defending in the second.

Before the game I thought we might just edge a draw but became more confident of success when the team line-up was posted. Have thought for a while that the partnership of Danny Webber and James Gray is the best mix of skills we have in the forward line and it proved true from the first minute. Both players were willing to work the channels rather than wait for service which enabled Lee and Will to get into penetrative spaces. Our attacking intent showed none more so than the amount of times the skipper got forward into the opposition box - suprised he wasn't suffering from nosebleeds! In Lee Molyneux we have a magic ingredient - a player with talent far above his pay band, club and league who is enjoying his football. That kind of personnel is unplayable and he's showing it now just as he did this time last year. Top player, top bloke.

It's quite clear that Peter Murphy shouldn't have been sent off and it's an injustice that his suspension can't be appealed. The first yellow card was incorrectly attributed to Peter for dissent when in fact Gary Roberts kicked a ball at him. Even if Murphy was guilty - which he wasn't - the correct procedure at that stage with the player having committed no prior fouls was to warn him. The unfortunate incident with Gardener was probably a yellow card - I say probably because even then Peter did win the ball in a challenge which was not high, careless or reckless. Just because a player suffers a serious injury does not mean a foul has taken place. The behaviour of the Chesterfield lot - players and coaches included - was dispicable throughout the game and inevitably the ref succumbed to bully-boy tactics. The ref's performance after the half was no better - booking our players for the smallest of infringements (Will Hatfield yellow carded for passing the ball to his fullback to make a throw-in was the 2nd most ridiculous after Murphy's first). The nonsense we get at this level is laughable.

Our performance in defence after going down to ten men was a replica of that against Bury: Organised, clever and committed. I can't speak highly enough not only of the gigantic Tom Aldred and Dean Winnard but also the attacking players who showed great positioning and resilience.

One final hyberbolic mention for the skilful and strong Adam Buxton who had a brilliant debut against one of this league's most skilful attacking players. Hopefully he's got the legs to get through tomorrow's game.

Not having Peter Murphy in the starting 11 poses a problem for us as all our central midfield players seem to be off on loan somewhere. If Kal Naismith is fit I'd advocate playing him on the right and Hatfield in a more central role. Luke Joyce will have his work cut out though.

Come on Accy.