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Guy poised for derby debut
Reporter: Matthew Chambers
Date online: 16 March 2010
LEWIS GUY will come straight into the reckoning for tonight’s big derby clash at Stockport (7.45pm kick-off).
The 24-year-old Doncaster forward, well known to Athletic boss Dave Penney from their time together at the South Yorkshire club, has arrived on a month’s loan and is likely to form a strike partnership with Pawel Abbott at Edgeley Park.
Guy had a short spell on loan with Hartlepool United last season, playing four times without finding the net. His last goal for Rovers was in August, 2008.
But though Guy’s overall career statistics — 24 goals in 192 games — don’t indicate him to be a one-man solution to Athletic’s goalscoring problems, the Cumbrian who started his career with Newcastle United is renowned as a player boasting plenty of pace with a knack of making things happen when on form.
Penney is on the trail of a fifth away win of the campaign against a Stockport side who have won only two matches on home turf this season.
But the Athletic boss is taking nothing for granted and believes that County’s recruitment drive this year has improved them significantly.
“Stockport’s league position is a little bit false at the moment as they have brought a lot of players in and it is effectively a brand new team since January,” said Penney, whose side will rise at least two places to 17th in the Coca-Cola League One table with a win tonight.
“They have got Danny Swailes, Jabo Ibehre, Ritchie Partridge and Jemal Johnson from MK Dons and David Perkins from Colchester is a good little player as well.
“They have fetched in plenty of experience and are a lot different to the side they were before Christmas.
“They have had good results, like beating Wycombe 4-3, so it won’t be easy that is for sure.
“We don’t go settling for the draw. As always, we go to try and win the game.”
Guy’s addition aside, Penney said the squad is unchanged from that which played out a 2-2 home draw with Wycombe on Saturday.
With Keigan Parker the likely candidate to make way for Guy, the only other possible chance is to bring in loan goalkeeper Darryl Flahavan in place of Dean Brill.
Athletic (probable): Flahavan; Lee, Hazell, Gregan, Jacobson; Smalley, Furman, Stephens, Taylor; Guy, Abbott. Subs (from): Brill, Aljofree, Black, Marrow, Whitaker, Eaves, Millar, Parker.
ATHLETIC’S reserves beat Accrington Stanley 4–0 last night thanks to a brace of goals each from Djeny Bembo-Leta and Ryan Brooke.
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They have won 2 in 21 games Dave. Don't try kidding us just because they beat Wycombe and we did not.
Improved? Sure they have, they couldn't really have got any worse. They have won 5 all season, just 2 at home.
Forget the excuses, go and win the game.
Lewis Guy? A striker? 24 goals in 192 starts??? BRILLIANT!!! PENNEY OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!
"we dont go settling for a draw, as always we go to try and win the game." Are you for real Penney? What did you do at Norwich, at Charlton and against Leeds three times? Just go will you, and take Brill, Furman, Holdsworth, Purdie, Parker, Colbeck, Guy, and Alijofree with you!
Sorry folks but this has to be said
PENNY FOR THE GUY Yet another of Mr Penney's fantastic signings - poor lad.
nice 1 dave what you want and what you get are 2 different things.
talk is cheap me thinks.
this fixture of years gone by would attract 1500 plus latics fans.
due to mr penneys hard working attractive team we will be lucky to take half of that tonight.
think il give it a miss
Latic's website:
Penney wary of new-look Hatters. (Excuse 1 ready)
'It is important we keep picking up points and make sure we keep clear of the bottom four' (Hilarious!!
'Guard against complacency'.
'The Hatters are a far stronger side than their league position suggests' (Excuse 2)
'It won't be easy'.
The Latics manager is not too disappointed with recent results.
Penney insists the club still have a battle for survival on its hands. (You don't say!) And there's more...
Well?
That Website extract says it all. The man is deluded. Isn't he?
“We don’t go settling for the draw. As always, we go to try and win the game.”
Mr Penney have you ever heard about this thing called shooting? It's a wonderful thing, when teams attempt it they actually score goals, and they do it because they are trying to win a game. If we've not been doing that then what have we been trying to do?
I thought only politians lived in cookoo land and spoke with 'forked tongues' seems I was wrong again da de da de dum dum I will have to go onto the naughty step and suck my thumb AGAIN !!! GRRR
All this rubbish we keep hearing from penney, strange that the directors are very quiet, no reaction from them to poor results, poor performances, and therefore poor attendances.
Whats going on folks anyone know??
I am going to Stockport and YES I must be amd but i still like my team it's just the manager.My head says 3 points but if we don't thenmaybe PENNEY will get the boot. Why have we got a pan ic loan player who scoring record isn't gud. Maybe he will score who knows.BEACH SOCCER tonight. Hope Flahavan plays as well.Directors need to act and speak out.
spdij666 - of course they're quiet. They've just got the first 30 houses going up and another 140 plus are going to planning in a week or two. The money's coming in. This is what they have been waiting for. They probably don't even know who Dave Penney is.
Was at the game and we where so defensive against 10 men especially in the last quarter of the game.Guy looks alright and won us the penalty. Penney can't take credit for this win as he was negative with his tactics. best playesr for me wher LEE and FLAHAVAN. You could not see that County had 10 men for an hour of that game. 40 points now but need at least 10 more to be safe.
A welcome three points but, let's not get carried away. It was another match in which the strikers failed to score from open-play and it was against Stockport.
What happens next season should the team stay up. Keep DP? Get more loanees in to scrape a few 'iffy' results together? No!
Get rid of DP and his entourage of loanees and the assistant mananger. Give the fans hope for 2010/11.
Negative team last night looked like DP was looking for a draw. Two shots in 90+4 mins and against 10 men for 70mins. DP Substitutions were poor. Stockport deserved to win and if it wasn't for Flahaven they probably would of. I've never been so demoralised after a 1-0 win in my life.
Welldone to Lewis Guy for winning the pen, i think that was the only time he wasn't Offside all night.
Negative team last night looked like DP was looking for a draw. Two shots in 90+4 mins and against 10 men for 70mins. DP Substitutions were poor. Stockport deserved to win and if it wasn't for Flahaven they probably would of. I've never been so demoralised after a 1-0 win in my life.
Welldone to Lewis Guy for winning the pen, i think that was the only time he wasn't Offside all night.
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“We don’t go settling for the draw. As always, we go to try and win the game.”
:-D Thats a good one Dave.
By superlatic @ 16/03/2010 12:09:47