19 to viginti

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SEASON 19....

And so it shall come to pass, that the Mighty Stanley will be embarking on their 19th Football League expedition shortly.... not many of us thought that would happen - truly

Some good work done in securing the likes of Connor and Alex, plus keeping hold of the experienced Seamus and Shaun, but - at the same time - losing some experience in Sean and goals in Jack and Tommy were not so great - some will feel.....

Nevertheless, we kickoff our campaign away at Doncaster and at home to Harrogate - an away tie at Tranmere in the League Cup sandwiched in between

One thing we are going to have to get used to is early kick off times and Monday night games Etc. courtesy of $ky........ here to stay I fear....

We have the boys from Boston up front, also the return of an old face in defence, plus some other young, keen lads from Non-League....

As always I imagine it will be a struggle, but it is nothing we have not faced - and triumphed over - before

Where will we finish???? Who will shine??? How bumpy will the ride be????

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First up a tough away trip to Donny.

A good team, who had a great finish to last season and benefited from additions such as Billy Sharp

Great to see a lad making his debut and scoring - I like the look of Tyler Walton

ONLY 17 more wins and we will be safe

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First point on the board, with the 3-3 draw at home to Harrogate

Poor first half, with some shocking defending.

Little better second half, though poor defending cost us the win

Tyler F***ing Walton is the find of the season

16 wins, plus a draw to go

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Bad result in Wales, though the statistics - apart from the main one - showed otherwise.....

Plenty of chances created and plenty of promise, just the end product required

Lots of new faces, will need time to gel

Still 16 wins required, let us hope it is just 15 on Sunday morning

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Still 16 wins, though a point nearer

I think that a draw was fair - yes Shaun could have won it (twice) a the end, but a point each was fair.

Shaun, Seamus and Walton were the pick of the bunch - were need a new Seamus soon - Kelly had his best game and the lads from Blackburn and Burnley looked good for the few minutes they were on the pitch

Next up Notts. County who have not lost - we have not won - let us hope that changes

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Strange trip away to Notts. County, some sickness in the camp, meaning a few newish faces

In the cold light of day, losing 2-0 to a team as big as them is not going to define us

Players like McGoldrick - even approaching 37 - are well above this level

At the start of the season, I was worried about Kelly, but he kept us in the game and the score respectable - well done

It goes without saying that I need us to win the next two home games more that Stanley do

Still 16 wins required, though it will soon be 14

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Taken me this long, as I was trying to think of some positives.....

Poo(r) game, between two not good teams - how have The Alex won 3 on the spin

After 30 minutes, could not see anything other than 0-0 (which would have been fair)

Have to say that I did not see the goal fully - but after watching on the TV - although the defending was poor, it was a scrappy goal, which on another day does not get scored......

Seamus and Shaun apart, some poor/bad performances...

STILL ONLY 16 WINS REQUIRED

Starting with a home win against Vale on Saturday