They should let Bury take County's place in the FA Cup if we intend to put in many more performances like today. So disappointing after recent performances and already missing John Ruddy as its clear that the defence are on a different wavelength to James Spencer!

We really need to get another keeper as i am afraid that spencer is just not up to the job, and we also need to be signing david poole in january as i hear today was his last game of current loan.Cant win them all i suppose.

Ah well. you can't win them all. Of greater concern is Proudlock's status after being carried off. County have earned their place in the 3rd round of the cup regardless of today's result. You know, not so long ago another loss would have been expected and in the next game and the next............ These days any defeat is a disappointment because of a feeling that they are capable of winning every game. I expect to see evidence again of another difference these days when they play their next game with a determined effort to bounce back from today's loss.
So lets keep our feet on the ground and remind ourselves that SCFC are in a process of re-building which is going well but we will have setbacks. It's the overall forward progress that is important.
Come on the County!
Phil B^)
SCFCinCanada

A real bad day at the office and Andy is absolutely right. The Spencer effect is clearly visible and what was a solid confident unit when Ruddy was in goal is back to the hesitant back four who have no confidence in the goalkeeper.
If this situation remains unchanged then mid table mediocrity will be the best we can hope for. Everything was flat yesterday even the usually vocal blue and white army.
I do however, try not to lose sight of how far we have come in 2006
We survived the drop, have made Edgeley Park a difficult place for teams to come and given the supporters a team to be proud of but as with all supporters we always want more.
The reality is that the next 6 games will shape our season

Mark, Harrogate Hatter

Well that was a big disappointment, we should be used to it really, up one minute down the next. I don't want to mention the goalkeepers position but the defence as a whole had a bad day and we could easily have been 2 down in the first four minutes not just one. I struggle to remember more than one shot on target and that was a pea roller in the second half. I was very impressed with Bishop and Pugh, Bury look as they've got a good pair there. It was a sickener seeing Proudlock being carried off, his Mum and Brother were sat in front of us and they said it looked like the ankle he first had trouble with when he was at Wolves, lets hope it isn't as bad as it looked.
We need to win at Wycombe somehow to keep on the tails of the play off contenders.

Shocking!! Complete Garbage!! I was ashamed to be a Stockport fan as my team turned in that woeful performance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess it say's how far we have come in a short space of time that I am really dissapointed with yesterday's performance. In truth, County bossed two thirds of the game, but Jones never had to make a save, (how I wish he would come home..) It was a bit annoying to hear every mistake made blamed on Spencer. Yes, he could have done more for the first, but the whole defence stood still and watched Hurst score. Dinning had a bit of a shocker too - never really put in a telling cross. Why didn't we run at Challinor - he proved at EP that beyond his throw-ins, he doesn't have much to his game. Cracking support - must have embarrased the black pudding eaters - shame we didn't have too much to shout about..

Its a disapointment but not a disaster and were not a one man team so I can't see how its all Spencers fault even if he's not the same class as Ruddy. Even when were outplayed I am never ashamed to be SCFC. If you dont change posession into goals you won't win and thats what happened.

When will Gannon see that Spencer costs us a least a goal every game?
The way he failed to collect a simple catch in the first minute which gifted Bury the goal was a joke, which gave us an uphill stuggle against a pumped up Bury side.
I cannot belive how some still defend Spencer 100 games under his belt and he still cannot do the basics.
No coincidence that with Ruddy in goals the defence looked solid and confident and we were hard to score against, yet soon as Spencer is back we start shipping goals and the defence looks a shambles again.
For God's sake Gannon get a decent keeper signed up full time!

Whoa Mark, are you a County fan or another wind up merchant? If you are a real fan, of any club, then you are never ashamed, ever. Embarrassed from time to time maybe but ashamed, that's not a fan in my book.
You know they lost a football game, they didn't go on a child molesting rampage or embark on a campaign of ethnic cleansing.
If you want to be worthy of the title "football fan" then you need to get some perspective m8.
Merry Xmas 8-)
Phil
SCFCinCanada

I think everyone's been quick to criticise Spencer for not coming for crosses compared to Ruddy. So perhaps it was praying on his mind to dash out for the ball when he really should have stayed back on this occasion. As long as JG backs him, then I think we have to as well but unless Ruddy comes back on loan, I do think JG needs a Plan B for goalie.

Observer, how many goals did County score at Bury? Now that's the goalie's fault?
"Shipping goals"????, can you remember a year ago? 0-6, 0-6? That's what I call shipping 'em. It's great to keep a clean sheet but if you let in one or two even then you should still be in with a chance of something out of the game.
BTW I'm not defending Spencer specifically, and I'll be chuffed as anyone if Ruddy comes back in the new year, but if you can't score then you can't win even if you buy a pile of wood and board up your goal.
Anyone who thinks the problem with a team when it doesn't score is the goalie isn't being very logical or observant.
Merry Xmas mateys,
Santa,
the North Pole

Browny scoring goals isn't our problem, there are teams above us who have scored less. We are conceding too many and a significant number are down to JS. JG clearly knows he's not good enough thats why Ruddy was brought in, hopefully he will be back in January.

Browny, as someone who attends games,-how many do you see a saeason? it is blatently Obvious that Spencer is the problem, 100+ games under his belt and he is no better than when he played his first game, it also painfully clear that the defenders have no faith in him.

As has been said before, we don't win this season (apart from once) if we concede first. So not shipping one, let alone a hatful, is important.