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Originally Posted by Lord Stiffupperlip
Let's not dress this up. Last night's 1st round defeat against lower opposition on our own turf is a massive blow - not to mention a huge loss of cup revenue.
Stanley seem to have a tendency of starting off like a rocket, then fading faster than a damp squib.
It happened against Charlton, when we allowed them to score in the 94th minute, our blushes saved by a 96th minute equaliser.
The same thing again last night.
Begining to think it's a mental thing, it can't be down to stamina.
All the opposition need to do is up their game 2nd half & panic sets in.
Perhaps the biggest disappointment is that the early optimism that we had a squad who could see games out has evaporated overnight.
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It's not all doom and gloom we started without Hamilton who would be in my starting 11 but Coley choose to give others a chance fans quickly forget we really should have been 4-0 up at half time two heading chances that should have been converted . Think the changes at half time didn't help Longelo was having a great game pity he was cramping up. But we gave two silly goals away first one came from a throw in at their own corner flag and the second one why oh why give a free kick away there with 30 seconds to play plenty to learn on game management has for penalties they are a lottery and credit to Tranmere they were much improved after half time. We move on league to me is more important than a cup we aren't going to win although I admit a money spinning run would be nice back to best 11 on the pitch against Burton and let's beat them and the season will have got of to a good start still unbeaten over 90 minutes don't forget.