[choirboy]

Last few comments / banter RUBBISH! I was there and ended up disappointed and very frustrated. Disappointed like many other fans with some individual Stanley players performances. Frustrated by a poor refereeing performance which allowed the highly physical bullying approach by Boro to go on and on unchecked. Yes, some of the Boro players were well and truly up for it but look at the Foul Stats.... Stanley 13 Boro 20 but Boro should have easily clocked up another 20 because the Ref allowed far too much pushing in the backs of Stanley players and too much arm wrestling too. Take a look at the photo of Dean Winnard, (He's no softy or chicken!), being wrestled and fore arm smashed to the ground in The Guardian Sport website!! This was typical of events throughout the whole match. Yes a poor performance by the three most forward players for Stanley ...one out of ten shared between the three of them! But equally as bad was the Referee's performance and the aggressive and bullying tactics by Boro. Edwards tackle was penalised with a booking but I really and honestly thought he got the ball. Immediately after that a Boro defender did exactly the same at t'other end and although ref gave a free kick ...No booking!! ???Conistency ???
Roll on Friday and let the sport of Football be the winner. The Stanley team need to be absolutely up for this one and hope the different Ref will let the football be played fairly. Great atmosphere...Boro fans were as aggressive verbally as their players were on the pitch. Great turn out by stanley fans and once again the ultras were Brilliant except for one thing...Leave the stupid and dangerous Smoke Canisters at home. Better still, if you are the guys that bring them, take them to bed, pull your bed clothes over your head and set them all off !!! These WILL get us into trouble and spoil all the great work done by the fans. The flags were tremendous too. Come on Friday and COME ON STANLEY