Bell hails five-star Stanley
14 Sep 2006 - 10:12:04
Accrington Stanley's assistant boss Jimmy Bell says the players finally showed their true potential in League Two during Wednesday's stunning 5-0 home win against a previously unbeaten Wrexham side.
Paul Mullin, Ian Craney, Gary Roberts and Peter Cavanagh were all on target in the space of 14 minutes either side of half-time, before Roberts grabbed his second and Stanley's fifth on 67 minutes to complete the rout.
Afterwards Bell said: "We knew we had that sort of performance in the dressing room because we showed it against Nottingham Forest in the cup.
"We asked for a high-tempo performance from the players because we knew Wrexham like to play football and we wanted to get into their faces.
"It had been well documented that we have been conceding goals in the first 20 minutes of matches and we wanted to make sure that didn't happen again.
"It's terrific to have scored the goals we did against a very good side and nice that they were shared out.
"Ian Craney in particular had been bursting to get on the scoresheet and he, like the rest of the lads, is really happy."