'Poor' display leaves Morecambe boss unimpressed

Morecambe boss Derek Adams was furious with his players after Saturday’s 2-1 loss at Accrington Stanley.

The Shrimps suffered their first defeat in five games on the back of four consecutive draws.

They put in a poor performance against their fellow strugglers, who leapfrogged Morecambe and returned Adams’ players to the foot of the League Two table.

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Dara Costelloe’s first-half double, either side of a poor miss from Ben Tollitt, left the Shrimps’ squad playing catch-up at the break.

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Although Morecambe enjoyed more possession in the second half, they struggled to make any headway until Tollitt beat keeper Billy Crellin with a free-kick four minutes from time.

Defeat also meant Morecambe ended the game as the only side in the division yet to taste a league victory after 10 games this season.

An honest Adams pulled no punches when summing up his players’ collective efforts.

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Speaking afterwards, he said: “We put in our worst performance of the season in that first half. I thought that we were terrible.

“It was exceptionally poor and that was a huge disappointment.

“Coming into a game like this and putting in your worst performance wasn’t good.

“We didn’t play to the levels that we have done this season and I’ve said that to the players.

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“We can’t accept the level of today’s performance. It was way below the standards that we have set and I can’t accept that.”

Next up for the Shrimps is Tuesday’s Bristol Street Motors Trophy group stage with Nottingham Forest, followed by Saturday’s trip to Barrow AFC.

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