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See i said yeh had been supping.:D:D

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Sterling stuff, Yonmon, though it doesn't quite roll off the tongue like "Cart on, Stanley, cart on!". Haven't heard that one for a couple of years, either!

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I thought the team let themselves down today, but the Ultras were great. I know we were safe but I still expected a better performance. Jeffers and Molyneux need to take a chill pill.

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Agree today was unacceptable, Was just oer 2000 spectators about 300 from oxford, so probably about 200-300 extra walk ons, we are always complaining about low crowds, Doubt very much if a display like that, will entice many back. Not good enough.:(

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Why change the goalie at half time ? was Paul injured, I thought he may have stopped the first goal.

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Unless Rachubka was injured, subbing him at half time was a ridiculous idea. It sends out the wrong message to the team, supporters and opposition - basically 'we don't care about the result, we are treating this game as a friendly'. Not that the first half performance was fantastic, but the second half was dismal, and subbing the keeper so someone can have a half of football killed it. It's an insult to all the supporters who turned up today for what should have been a great finale to an exciting season. Even if we had lost, at least we should look like we are competing.

Of course, if he was injured, all the above is nonsense...:)

Apart from today, I've become hooked again on the Stanley rolercoaster. Bought my first season ticket in 14 seasons watching them, I'm optimistic about the future if we can keep hold of a few players!

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Oh dear! Leam and Joyce set the tone for the afternoon by bringing their kiddies onto the pitch BEFORE kick off. I didn't matter for me as I have had enough of intense, nerve racking games for one season, thank you very much, but I can understand those who felt a bit let down today. Not that it mattered, but I thought Winnard, Murphy, Liddle and Amond were all abysmal today, and It wouldn't worry me one bit if they were not in Leam's plans for next season. We won't move forwards next season unless we can improve the quality in their positions. I don't want to end on a sour note, though, and I was hypocritically singing for Peter Murphy at the finish along with the Ultras, who got a well deserved clap from the Oxford keeper at the final whistle.

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See you next season guys, onwards and upwards hopefully.
Have a great summer and please, get some decent cider in for next season :-)

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Cider? Womens' drink! See you next season!

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I agree with Tom D. If Rachubka wasn't injured, then replacing him with someone who clearly didn't look good enough was an insult to the fans. Made me wonder if I'd done the right thing renewing my season ticket!

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Why Dawber and not Bav's?

I can understand why Leam did it if it was to give the lad more experience, when else can he blood the lad and not risk losing meaningful points?
I also understand the argument it sent out the wrong message.

What was Murphys foul for the penalty like?

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No argument from me Stonewall penalty in my book, Murphy was just very clumsy. Twas opposite end of ground, but i'd said penalty before the ref pointed.

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Bavs is sadly still under the specialist and injured:(

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So how come hes been a substitute fer a good few games before today?:confused: He seemed ok on pitch pre-match.:confused:

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I wouldn't class that challenge as clumsy Cashy.

Idiotic, mindless, reckless, stupid, amateurish. For me you can take your pick from any of those words. Like you, from where I was sat in the Clayton end of the main stand, I was just gobsmacked about the sheer stupidity of that challenge.

Also his passing was woeful for the entirety of the game. I don't really rate Murphy and his performance today only emphasised why I'm of that opinion.

Too many players failed to put any effort in today. "Dead Rubber" it may have been. Too many players looked like they weren't interested with their minds elsewhere. Probably thinking about if they'd packed everything in their suitcases for their Jollies.:mad:

Only players to come out of that game with any credit for me...Linganzi, ( who was rightfully named M.O.M. ) Boco, who never stopped running and Joyce who tried very hard alongside Linganzi.

I can understand the thinking behind blooding young Dawber, but Leam may have been better served by throwing him on if we'd been winning the game.:(

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To be honest carpon, i wouldn't shed any tears if he moves on. I'm of the same opinion as you.;)

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Since he replaced the very effective Hunt at right back, he has been woeful.
Im unsure about Murphy.
He has the right attitude and determination to make it as a football league player, but he lacks the concentration and consistency.

Next season may be make or break for the lad.
I doubt there are any other league teams who would want him on his current form and ability.

12 months is a long time, he has improved alot since his first appearance for Stanley, and lets hope next season Murphy blossoms into a grounded football league player who is going places.

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Rachubka felt his groin at half time, so that explains the substitution. According to leam on fishy.

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Agree he has right attitude n determination, its his ability i am questioning? also reckon next term will be make or break, cos i doubt there will be any takers at this point. I really hope he can turn the corner, but wouldn't put brass on it.

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Typical end of season game,but again no one has given Oxford any credit.
They are a good team,and in rigg,potter,smalley and constable have a front four as good as any team.
Good solid back four and two tough centre mids and there keeper was excellent.
Anyone who thought they would roll over must be bonkers!.
We were very disjointed and couldn't get going,although we contained them easily for long periods.
Linganzi was our stand out player in possession,but his misplaced pass caused the first goal and it killed us.
Molly's free kick that sailed over the clayton end (with plenty to spare!),summed up our afternoon,
The second goal was a pen,Murph just got the wrong side of him,and the third was a joke,at least five yards offside.
Doesn't matter though, Acci are safe,unlike poor Barnet

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To be brutally honest regarding Murphy, It's not like he's a young kid learning the ropes. He's what can be regarded as a seasoned "professional", i.e. he's had more than enough time ( and chances ) to prove his worth.

Wrong side or not F19, are you advocating that what he did was his only option ??? I didn't see what he ( for me...inexplicably ) did as being the last option, i.e. bundle their forward to the deck and give a very avoidable penalty away !!!:confused:

I can't fault the lad for effort. This game is about opinions, mine is, that, despite his effort, Murphy is not League 2 Standard.

You can't carry passengers, whatever level you play the game at. Sadly, I think Murphy is out of his depth at L2 level.:(

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Murphy seemed quite decent at centre back, wasn't terrible at centre mid but has scared the beejeezus out of me at right back.

Like others I rate his effort and determination and he is as close to a club man as we have got. Depending on his salary expectations he is a stayer for me. You've got to have versatility and you've got to have versatility, balance to the squad. And just like Moly, he has chipped in with some crucial goals this season.

There are players I'd play in front of him but if he is accepting of a squad role and having to win his place then its a definite thumbs up

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I bet this lot wish they were bemoaning their teams mundane performance in a meaningless match yesterday.:o Davids rues Bees relegation | Barnet Football News, Fixtures, Results, Table | Sky Sports

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I think this game more than any showed that molly has been playing for himself and not the team.

He's caught the eyes of scouts and seems to have done enough to ssecure a move away. He was rubbish. Fair enough it is the end of the season game but he's been far too selfish with his passing when he has had the ball. This has been a running saga throughout the year with him.

Amin, rommy, Joyce put in a very solid shift. Murphy was very unlucky at times and at times poor.

I just hope next season they can retain some of the more team players though sadly I do think Amin and rommy have played their last games for accy as have a few others. It would be unfair to leave rachubkas name out as he's come in and aside from a few games been very good too.

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He was less "injuried" than Dawbs and we felt it was better to Bavs on bench rather than nobody. Also saved money in bringing another loanee in to just sit on the bench!! Method in the madness!!:)

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Not so long since Murph was being hailed as our star player (York Game) a bad performance and outcome the hatchets, Oxford were a better team on a day when points were irrelevant although with the bad tempered aggression shown one would have been forgiven thinking it was a do or die match, M.O.T.M. Amine Linganzi has been a revelation since his first game for us and I would be amazed if we could hold on to him

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Rubbish whilst he scored the vital equaliser at the death n was clattered early doors, he was far from a star player at York. In fact we remarked twas the first time we ever heard the opposing fans cheering n opposition player!! n that was quite a few times when he cocked up.:eek:

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Well my two pence worth....

As others have said we where well beaten, but you know what for the first time this season (apart from the JPT Game) I wasnt actually that bothard. Our final game was last week really and the players looked like they knew it too.

Murphy, Liddle & Podge where all very poor agreed.

Oxford are alot better team than their league position suggests and for me,will be Top 6 next season.

Had a great night in the clubhouse after the match, was brilliant to see all the players in there with Leam and the staff. Their team spirit seems top notch and after chatting with Hatfield, Beattie and Molyneux they all wish the season was starting now!!

I can only hope Leam can keep the majority of the lads together, as for me, (not including yesterday) , we could be a top 8 side.

Now....... when are the fixtures out :)

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Agree 100% smudgie,at last some praise for a bloody good Oxford team,who really should be at least in the play-offs,our fullbacks had there hands full because they were up against two class wingers in Rigg and Potter

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Oxford did play well, We just never turned up fact. Potter was tricky, thankfully his final ball was crap most of the afternoon.

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Most of our first and final balls were crap as well :)

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Cos we never turned up.:) Which all those 200-300 extra walk ons yesterday will probably not be keen to return.:(

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Agreed, although I would say there were more "casual" fans on than that. With the usual 1,000-1,100 diehards, plus possibly 300 from Oxford, I'd put it at 600-700. That's 600-700 who aren't committed fans but who might be thinking about coming next season or even giving a season ticket a whirl at the new, reduced prices. So this was exactly the sort of shop window match where we should have been at the top of our game, playing the sort of football that would bring people back. We failed miserably on that score. :(

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I also enjoyed just being yon, as i usually do,But having a long memory,as you do mate, I remember a time when 3000 plus was not enough to sustain league football!! So therefore to me attracting more to the crown should be "NUMBER 1" Priority?? On the field alone will not sustain a league club.:(

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Yonmon,thats why you always get a balanced view in the main stand,in my left ear you get the "get it lumped up field" and in my right ear "get it down and pass it" !!!,quality entertainment :)

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Agreed and now the club have taken the gamble of reducing prices, we'll have to get hundreds more on the gate regularly just to bring in the same income as we're getting now. So it's not just desirable to boost crowds, it's essential. Yesterday was a good opportunity to show Accringtonians what they're missing. Quite a few will have gone home thinking they're missing nowt.

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I wouldent agree totally with that.

The two people I brought yesterday have just ordered season tickets off the back of it.

ALL of them would have known yesterday was meaningless and they would have been impressed with the atmosphere if nothing else.

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Thats great to hear, but do yeh honestly think that display will encourage the majority of walk ons? cos i don't.:confused:

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Not in terms of the display.... No.

BUT with the state Rovers are in, many football fans in the area are looking for an alternative. The two I brought yesterday said exactly that.

We have a great friendly little club, with a good atmosphere and now with reasonable prices to attract the casual fan.

I firmly believe the performance yesterday will only influence a small percentage.

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Can go wi that, Me Barber is rovers fan n well brassed off, Me mate that comes wi me is a big mate of his n is gonna work on him.;)

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I sincerely hope you're right, Smudgie!

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Tom Aldred is awesome :)

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This for me is the key.....leaflet drops round the Darwen/Ewood area would be a useful start. We have to look at the wider area seeing as the town itself will never be interested....at least not enough to soley sustain the club.

Also Rossendale and the Ribble Valley are areas of 60,000+ people where we are the nearest football league club.

Let's sell it as "Real Lancashire Football" free from the primma donnas and extortionate prices that permeate the upper echelons of the game.

We are unique in that we are the only football league club that still retains the friendliness and gritty realism of non-league. That's our selling point to a neutral. :)

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Been banging on about this for ages...thanks to the antics of the chicken farmers, new areas of opportunity have opened up for us! I was having a pint in Blackburn while changing trains on my way back from a match recently; the landlord told me he was a lifelong but disillusioned Rovers fan who'd gone with his lad to the Stanley a few times and was now going to get season tickets, as they'd enjoyed it so much...and that was before the new low prices were announced!
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There's lots of potential fans out there - let's go for 'em!

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SEEN AND HEARD IN MY BARBERS IN CLITHEROE !!

(This recent quote from HIM brought it to mind )

"Me Barber is rovers fan n well brassed off, Me mate that comes wi me is a big mate of his n is gonna work on him "...

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( Daz the customer to Monty, my Chef de Coiffure ).....

"Now repeat again once more just for meMonty...'Forget the Blues support the Reds'..'Forget the Blues...support the Reds'...and when you've rung that charming Mr Heys for your Season Ticket I'll kiss you and give you your Cut-throat back !"

(The name and Address of this Gentleman's Hairdressing Emporium willingly supplied to any interested party for a small fee !) .

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Did you know something when you named and started this thread yonmon? :rolleyes:

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