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Originally Posted by Revived Red
I suspect a bit of selective memory here, Chrisr, especially relating to Piero. His link play with Brad Halliday on the right wing was excellent. As the season progressed, Halliday had the confidence to overlap more and more and the crosses came from him as well as Piero.
Very rarely. Because our players, like most in League 2, do not have the skills of Jordan Henderson, Cesc Fabregas, Yaya Toure etc. The sort of pass you seem to favour has only a limited chance of success at our level; more often than not we would be giving the ball to the opposition either directly or via a throw-in.
What continues to mystify me is the bunching at one side or the other when a goal kick is being taken. If the keeper takes it from the left side of the goal area, there are usually 20 players in a confined area to the left side of the pitch. I cannot understand why a right winger does not stay out wide right. This is not just about Stanley - all teams seem to do it. Perhaps someone with a coaching badge could explain. 
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I think the selective memory is on your side RR if you watched Donacien with the centre midfielders we had on loan we were spreading the game wide. Donacien put several top quality balls into the box. I said he would be better played out on the right up front. I think I was right on that one. Piero did link up with Brad Halliday while he was here for a while. I was accused of saying Edwards was a fast player when people have suggested I hadn't seen him, I think I got that one right as well. As for the type of crosses I suggested did have the desired effect against a strong Notts County side. You have contradicted yourself when you said they keep bunching on the left. You then asked why we did not have a right winger out wide right. Err we did, piero and latterly Jon o'Sullivan it was common talk on our side that the players on the left side never looked up and made the wide pass we were making yesterday. You can't have it always. Yesterday's tactical play changes by players on loan from a higher level showed us the way. We have all been saying it long enough. I hope Coley continues and learns from this win. It was deserved. I think Billy kee was shell shocked for a while at the amount of decent quality balls he was served with. If this continues he will be banging the goals in again quickly. The next few weeks look promising and I hope if all goes well we can keep a few of the loan signings.