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Originally Posted by Tin Monkey

It's pretty easy really. With a club of Stanley's size and resources, the majority of the players we have are really of non-league standard and ability. Apart from the few we manage to sell on (Craney, Roberts, etc), the rest would struggle to make the grade at league level.

For example, only two of last season's released players went on to play league football and looking at the Chester line-up for Saturday, Harris was on the bench and Mannix wasn't in the squad.

I'm not rubbishing the players or the club, we do amazingly with what we have. However, it's not that hard to work out why so few of our players find regular football at other league clubs.

And I really don't like critcising our players either T-M but I overheard a rather well-heeled gentleman sitting near to me in the Home Director's Box (I wasn't in there, but near enough to eavesdrop!) describing our current Team thus :- 'They are nothing but a mixture of 'Who's that's ?' and 'Has-beens'.'.
I don't know how near the mark this statement is, but it is true that in spite of their varying degrees of skills and attitudes, these are the players on whom the success of Accrington Stanley depends, and the standard of Football which they produce is all we can really expect to see at the FES !.
Kenny Arthur say's in tonights 'Telegraph' that no one needs to worry about the current spate of lost matches,
I only hope that his assessment of our team is a real one, and that his predictions turn out to be just as
accurate!.
The Red's do seem to be able to always cut a reasonable looking suit from a limited quality of cloth, let's hope that they continue to weild the scissors and
draw the needles to maintain this standard !. (Just put that little analogy in for you T-M!!!).

'ON STANLEY !!....ON !!!)

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