Macc Thread - Page 2

Pendle Red · 02-01-2012, 18:41

Good game as Brucie would say

Stanley over the last month or two have clicked with great movement and pupose by switching the ball from back to front and side to side with real vigour and great passing movement that others sides are struggling to contain.

It's great to see and wonderfully pleasing on the eye reminiscent of our run of form during the second half of last season, I have to give great credit to the management & players alike as others have said it's hard to pick individuals as there have been commanding performances all over the pitch.

Great start to the New Year

football19 · 02-01-2012, 18:52

Sounds like a great game and a few good performances, interested to here how Charlie did in Joyceys roll, as Imo,its his were he's best
Think playing 4-3-3 is proving to be a master stroke by coley,with Hughes pulling the strings .
I hope long stays, but if burnley want to develop his talent,then he should move up a division,and see how he performs.
Unfortunately for us,I think if would have no problems at all ,class player.

AsFc62 · 02-01-2012, 19:16

does Joyce slip straight back into the starting 11?? Good Question.

Awesome performance today. Bryan Hughes is a different class. 11 brilliant performances today. I've never seen a defense at Stanley so calm and assured. Dunbavin deserves alot of credit for this, how many times did he pass the ball safely, and giving the option everytime for the defender.

ON STANLEY ON.

Redraine · 02-01-2012, 19:51

Football19, I thought Charlie was superb today. He worked his socks off. closing the Maccs down at every opportunity and getting into dangerous positions deep in their territory. Along with Hughesy he brings real craft and creativity to our midfield, which for me, was the key difference between the 2 sides. Mind you, he looks so similar to Hughes from a distance that I could be crediting him unjustly! Only one negative for me today - what on earth has happened to the Clayton End? I've never known the Ultras to be so subdued, so much so it was just like an ordinary football ground, not the vibrant, bouncing end it used to be. In Jase's day there would have been non-stop singing for all of the last half hour to bring the boys home to a great victory. What a terrible injustice we suffered when he was sentenced - a punishment horribly out of all proportion to his so called crime. Disgusting.

smudgie · 02-01-2012, 20:36

I reckon a few hangover's where present in the Clayton End today

For me as good as Joycey has been for the last 12 months, you cant change a winning team !!!

choirboy · 02-01-2012, 21:07

Great result which has done our goal difference a bit of good.Thought that Macclesfield started well and I was worried by the presence of 3 or 4 quite tall players in their starting line up.

They had a couple of early chances before we even got the ball near their penalty box. Was Hessey subbed so early due to a reoccurence of his injury?

Bavs did well today and doesn't he love it when he keeps a clean sheet...dancin' daft at the end!! I thought that Charlie had his best game of the season and he was such an attacking force, eg taking on the full backs and getting to the goal line, pulling the ball back...3rd goal I think? He along with others worked their socks off today. The players seem to have started to play without the need to look up for team mates..

they are playing with that familiarity that makes for slick football. We now seem to be developing a fairly settled first eleven that can cope with the odd enforced change..Micah played well today and chased back well in defence a number of times. Paddy covers a lot of ground and for his size he does really well against much bigger opponents. Great to see Craig score again and his confidence is growing every game. I agree that I hope we can keep BIG KEV. He has grown physically from being tall and lean in the last 12 months and is becoming more broad shouldered...

he is like a rock at the heart of the defence. Also he is a big threat up front at set pieces and is getting goals too. I hope we can get him for the rest of the season. I have said it before...Coley and Jimmy are masters at rebuilding the team on a shoestring budget. Especially the way they seem to be able to renew the vigour of older players but also rebuild the confidence of younger players who have been passed over by other clubs. Happy New Year to you all.

mab · 02-01-2012, 22:43

Great result today,although not at our best mho,we scored at the right tmes,as macca were on top in the opening stages of the game and at the start of the second half,but we stuck to our task and grounded out a very good win in my book.more points than this time last year and we're becoming a vgood team and a hard one to beat,well done Redmen

Coleys view on the game taken off the fishy site ASFC News Story > 4512 Maccas view Wraggs to Riches Message Board |

cashman · 02-01-2012, 23:14

Thought the Ref had a good game today n worth a mention, unusual as it was

played advantage fer both sides a few times n game flowed pretty well,imho.

mab · 02-01-2012, 23:24

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Originally Posted by cashman

Thought the Ref had a good game today n worth a mention, unusual as it was

played advantage fer both sides a few times n game flowed pretty well,imho.

Makes a refreshing change to have decent match officials cashy

yonmon · 02-01-2012, 23:34

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Originally Posted by cashman

Thought the Ref had a good game today n worth a mention, unusual as it was

played advantage fer both sides a few times n game flowed pretty well,imho.

Dont think that Referee's Assistant on 't Main Stand side were a proper one though Cashy, perhaps a trainee ??....a bit of a ditherer when a decision was asked of him ..imho !!..
Agree with you about the Ref though !.

Redraine · 02-01-2012, 23:53

Just one thought for the Maccs who consider they were the better team - if you don't shoot you don't score. The reason being, we never let them get a sniff!

cashman · 03-01-2012, 00:00

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Originally Posted by Redraine

Just one thought for the Maccs who consider they were the better team - if you don't shoot you don't score. The reason being, we never let them get a sniff!

To be honest in first 45 i thought they were as good as us, our defence was superb this aft. fer me that made the difference maccs were dodgy, still they didn't make as many chances as stanley,so em saying they were better team is just excuse making.