[Exile on Spencer St]

There was only one ‘game plan’ on evidence yesterday for 70 minutes and that was Stockport’s to humiliate Stanley.
I’m also tired of the cliche and don’t wish to offend anyone’s delicate sensibilities, but it looked, yet again, like men against boys for much of the match.

I don’t know what fitness and strengthening regime is in place but it seems that any team that visits the Wham can out-run and out-muscle Stanley.
The better teams also often out-think them, but on the ‘basics’ many of the Stanley squad do not compete with most teams in terms of strength and speed. The latter is not enough if a quick player can get easily nudged off the ball. And muscle is not much use if you are not quick enough to get to the ball.

Don’t know if the training and fitness ‘regime’ has anything to do with the recurring injury crises, but, other than the gung-ho finale, yesterday’s performance I doubt was even up to National League standard.