On the FA Site, it says that the Cambridge City game in the next round of the Cup will be played on the Sunday.
Cambridge City v Hereford United or Alfreton (6 Nov)
It doesn't give the start time. Whether this means that the fixture will be televised is as yet unknown.
UPDATED 9pm: It appears that the game has been switched to Sunday because of a Fireworks Display. Visitors to the display use the same streets to park in as visitors to Cambridge City Football Club.
Sky are showing the Merthyr v Walsall match on the Friday evening.
One manager happy with the first round draw is Cambridge City manager Gary Roberts.
"It's nice to get a home draw and I hope it will be a sell-out crowd for the game," he told the Cambridge Evening News.
"Hereford will be favourites to win the replay on Tuesday, but they have not had a great start to the season and whoever we play, it is a winnable tie."
Meanwhile it is being reported that there are still seats on the HUISA arranged coach for tomorrow's game at Alfreton.
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Monday, October 24, 2005
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Henry Departs Scarboro
Nick Henry has departed as Scarboro's Head Coach after a disappointing start to the season.
Scarboro are currently bottom with just 12 points from 14 games, and lost to Harrogate in the FA Cup on Saturday. Player/Coach Neil Redfearn takes control of the team for Saturday's crucial relegation battle against Aldershot.
Henry was appointed in June 2004 after Russell Slade left for Grimsby, but won just 17 out of 56 league matches, having previously been a player at the McCain Stadium in a career that included nearly 500 appearances.
Segregation at Alfreton Town tomorrow
This report comes from the Alfreton Town FC Forum webmanager:
Tuesday night's FA Cup 4th qualifying round replay at home to Hereford United WILL be subject to supporter segregation.
This decision has been met at the request of the visitors - and is solely for the benefits of health and safety for all attending the game.
Alfreton Town supporters will be required to enter the ground by using the Bentley Close turnstiles ONLY which means visiting fans will enter the Impact Arena via the Alma Street entrances ONLY.
Hereford United fans will be housed on the Alma Street end terracing and in the seats in the first third of the Family Stand on the welfare side.
Visiting fans will NOT be allowed entrance into any of the bars on the changing room side of the ground.
Alfreton Town FC fully sympathise with their fans over this matter.
Chairman Wayne Bradley explained today: "Unfortunately the only ability we have to segregate is to parallel the moves which were made for last season's Macclesfield Town home tie and everyone loses the ability for fans to swap ends at half-time.
"There is no other solution which is acceptable to the authorities at the present time and we have no other option but to go down this route in order to stage the tie.
"The club have had plans accepted to put other modes of segregation into operation. But, they cannot be implemented in this, or any other season, until a new turnstile block is built and we just cannot unlock the funds to do that out of the poor attendance levels we have suffered so far this season."
Vines Departs Crawley
After weeks of speculation the disastrous start to the season has finally cost Crawley manager Francis Vines his job. Assistant Murray Jones takes temporary charge.
Vines quit his postman day job only three months ago to take Crawley full time following the summer takeover by the SA Group, but leaves them after a week when they were dumped out of both the LDV Trophy and FA Cup, and just a single point from the bottom of the league.
Vines, 43, took charge at Crawley permanently in March 2003 after two years as reserve team boss and a brief spell as caretaker manager. He also played for the club and several other local sides including a spell in the Conference with Sutton in 1999, but doubts were cast over his longevity in the post when Alan Mullery became "Football Consultant" for the club just over a month ago, with then assistant boss Dave Swindlehurst departing soon afterwards.
Vines gained Crawley promotion to the Conference for the first time in their history, and earned them a creditable 12th place in their debut season last year.
Gwynne Suspended For Youth Match
The FA website confirms that Sam Gwynne is suspended for tonight's FA Youth Cup Third Qualifying match against Bath City after being sent off two weeks ago in the last round as Hereford beat Paulton Rovers 5-0.
Gwynne, 17, is still used in most youth matches as well as the reserves in order to gain more experience. Tonight's match kicks off at 7.45pm, and entry is through the Vice President's Club entrance.
Conference News Round-Up
Under pressure Crawley manager Francis Vines rounded on goalkeeper Scott Ward after Saturday's FA Cup defeat at home to Braintree: "For 25 minutes we had total control, then Scott decided to throw in a pathetic effort. It was an absolute disgrace and from then on the whole lot were a disgrace". Meanwhile, midfielder Richard Hodgson claims he is being forced out of the club: "I don't want to go into the nitty-gritty but the owners are basically not happy with what I'm getting paid and want to cancel my contract. I have been offered a payment but it is embarrassing. I have a two-year contract, so I'm not just going to agree to have it terminated and then be out of a job... The owners are trying to force me out. They are making me come in at eight in the morning every day and train on my own."
Cambridge manager Rob Newman warned his squad that there will be wholesale changes if things don't start to improve. Most of the Cambridge squad are on short term deals and, following a similar warning last month after five straight defeats, Newman made changes that brought a four match unbeaten run. Cambridge lie just three points off the bottom of the table, and have used 25 players already this season.
Burton have let teenage striker Eric Graves move on loan to Gresley Rovers for a month. Graves has played four times for Burton this season, the last time being as a sub at Edgar Street nine days ago.
Forest Green have signed Tamworth forward Julian Alsop on loan for three months. Alsop previously spent time at The Lawn last season after being sacked by Oxford but was later released after the FA imposed a ban for his unspecified banana related activities.
Bailey Available For Replay
On Loan Striker Matt Bailey is available for tomorrow's FA Cup replay at Alfreton.
The Nineteen year old's loan expires on Thursday, but no decision has so far been made whether he will remain for a further month. Guy Ipoua's return to contention, Andy Williams encouraging performances, and Adam Stansfield's likely return to fitness in two weeks may lead Graham Turner to feel he now has enough cover up front to do without the lanky frontman.
Tamika Delighted At England Call
Tamika Mkandawire expressed his delight at his England call up while speaking to the Worcester Evening News:
"It's great for me and Danny, the gaffer called us both together and said that we were in the squad of 22. The squad gets cut down to 16 and we both want to be in that. It will be a great honour to play for my country. It would be a great opportunity and also a great experience. For me, it's nice to get some recognition. Danny feels the same and he's been playing really well. He's showing what he's all about. He knows he's the main striker at this club, he's scored five goals and done everything the gaffer has asked of him."
Tamika was originally chased by Malawi, the country of his birth, to join their national side when he was with West Brom, but rules meant that he would have to relinquish his British passport and apply for a work permit:
"That happened when I was at WBA. It was complex, but I wanted to get my career started over here and I didn't want problems having to get a work permit."
Mkandawire has played 72 times for the Bulls since originally arriving on loan from the Hawthorns in October 2003.
Future of Confguide uncertain
Recent unsavoury postings on the Confguide forum have prompted owner ukbetting plc to review the sites future.
Confguide was purchased from Yeovil fan David Stevenson some months ago. However the site is said to be based on very old technology.
ukbetting are understood to be in the process of upgrading the technology and have, in the short term, increased the manual monitoring of the site.
However it is beleived that if the changes aren't made quickly and have the desired effect of cutting out unsavory postings, the site may close.
"If the site cannot be made into an asset for Conference Football and its supporters then it will be closed to avoid any further instances like this occuring," said a source.
Confguide is thought to be regulated from South Africa. Its main function now appears to be to obtain more betting revenue for the parent company.
Other sites in the group such as Conference Football TV are not beleived to be affected by the review.
Confguide used to be by far the best Non-League site. However because of the sponsorship deals between ukbetting and the Conference chiefs, the site simply reproduces news from elsewhere and seems to toe the official line.
In the past, when it was independent, the site often provided supporters with news and views not always printed elsewhere.
Sunday, October 23, 2005
Smith Regrets Hereford Departure
Former Bulls defender Tom Smith, who joined Truro last week, admitted in the Non League Paper that his decision to leave Edgar Street was the wrong one:
"I'll always regret walking out on Hereford. It was a big, big mistake, but my head wasn't right. I made a rash decision to go in and see Graham Turner and tell him it wasn't working for me at Hereford."
Smith places some of the blame for his problems with a failed relationship: "They say love is blind, but I spent four years in the relationship and everything became too much." After a final holiday with the now ex-girlfriend, Smith moved to Devon to live with his mother and step-father and work in the family business.
"Living and working down here has given me a focus. I wanted to get back into football and trained at Tiverton Town, but I couldn't get into the team. Steve Massey (Truro manager) heard of my situation and here I am. I can't thank Mass enough for giving me the opportunity to play football again. This is a tremendous club and they are really going places. I don't consider it's stepping down levels. I believe it's my first step back up."
Massey believes Smith will return to the senior game: "This guy will return to professional football. I still can't believe we've got him. The guy is just class - it's just lifted everyone at the club."
A Bad Case of Derbyshire Neck
Simon and Glynis Wright watched yesterday's Cup Tie. Their thoughts are below:
Derbyshire Neck? The name in the title of this piece might immediately suggest someone hailing from that area being blessed with an overabundance of good old-fashioned cheek and/or 'lip' - what the Jews term 'Chutzpah' - but it's not. Instead, it's something - or used to be something - quite prevalent in the hills and dales of Ye Olde Derbyshire, up to around a hundred years ago, when medical science was in its relative infancy, and doctors had very little in their pharmaceutical armoury that actually worked. Certainly, at Edgar Street this afternoon, with lowly Alfreton their FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round opponents, the home side must surely have come very close indeed to calling their visitors 'a pain in the neck' if only for refusing to obey the script when ordered to do so, which is why I used the above medical term in tonight's title.
No, it's not that, but it certainly is a name formerly used to describe the symptoms of chronic thyroid deficiency; which is what you get when the old thyroid gland gets short on the stuff that helps make it tick - iodine. Get in that unfortunate position, in this case by living in a part of the country where the element's in very short supply in foodstuffs and elsewhere - seafood contains the most iodine - and your poor old neck swells up something awful in the voice-box region, thereby making the victim assume all the signs of having swallowed something extremely bulky, and, in the process, getting it immovably stuck in the gullet halfway down. There are other curiosities associated with the complaint, but the principal reason why you don't see people from the Peak District afflicted in this way these days is primarily because we now know the cause, and can do something to prevent it happening in the first place. And that, dear reader, is why you'll find most table salt iodised these days. To stop the populace of Derbyshire getting it in the neck, as it were. Honest - and if you still don't believe me, just look closely at the small-print on the next container of Saxa or Cerebos you purchase.
Pathological process or not, The Bulls certainly had their work cut out today, trying to get to grips with an opposition that in a flash shoved nine blokes behind the ball the moment the ref first blew his whistle. They'd come for the replay - end of story. Quite a fair Albion representation today, though, what with Tam Mkandawire, who played today, also Danny Carey-Bertram, now back from injury. Add to that the presence of Tucka Trewick on the bench, and we had quite an Albion Old Boys meeting going on out there.
Mind you, just to show how far the Conference has progressed of late, The Bulls even had their very own Cameroonian lad plonked in the home dugout. Yep, a foreign signing, no less. His surname is Ipoua, and being a national of a former French colony, he speaks fluent Gallic, but not much else, a linguistic impediment which probably goes down like a lorry-load of lead shot in their dressing-room. My assessment of his abilities? Having seen him play in one and a bit Hereford games thus far, I reckon it's fair to say that he occasionally comes good with flashes of sheer brilliance, but nine times out of a hundred, all you'll get from him is the mobility of a carthorse and the footballing brain of a three-toed sloth. And today was no exception. According to my little Herefordian mates, he's also making quite a splash in the local nightclubs - well, one in particular! - in, erm, more ways than one. And, at that point, I think it prudent to draw the line.
Alfreton couldn't have been an unknown quantity to Hereford chairman, owner, general manager, and doer of just about every other job you can think of at the cash-strapped little club, Graham Turner, either. How come? His son, Mark Turner, turns out for the Derbyshire lot on a regular basis. Oh, and one other bit of news we gleaned from our chums before kick-off was their Mickey Mouse Cup fate. The draw for the next round was today, so out of the hat came - erm - Port Vale! A home jobbie, too - and if I were Vale, I'd be having grave misgivings about this one already. The Bulls have shown on many occasions their aptitude for bundling football's great and good out of a knock-out competition, embarrassingly so, at times - just ask Malcolm MacDonald - and, as we saw earlier in the week, that wonderfully-anarchic tradition still lingers on in the present lot.
The game, though, turned out to be something of a damp squib. One reason, the visitors' defensively-oriented tactics, I've already mentioned. And, yes, I can understand Alfreton's attitude to a large extent. Victory at this stage of the competition means a shot at the (relatively-speaking) big boys in the next round, but more importantly for them, perhaps, there's also the small matter of the £10,000 prize-money up for grabs. That sort of moolah buys you an awful lot at their level (Conference North, I think), and to go out there thinking the task was an impossible one might class as blatant dereliction of duty with some of their people.
Under normal circumstances, I reckon The Bulls would have steamrollered their opponents into submission anyway, but today, for whatever reason, they seemed plagued by chronic communication problems, and their play ended up a bit ragged and disjointed as a result. That meant the rearguard wasn't meshing with the middle, and the middle wasn't meshing properly with the 'goals department' up front. It didn't help either that in their keeper, Alfreton had their 'secret weapon'. Good positioning, command of his area, a tremendous cutter-out-of-crosses, not afraid to dive at rapidly-onrushing Herefordian feet as the occasion demanded, with a soupcon of genuinely nifty little stops chucked in for good measure as well. In fact, I only saw him make two real mistakes the whole ninety minutes, the first being a breakdown in communication between one of his defenders and himself that led to the visitors conceding an unnecessary corner. The second was an uncharacteristically-hasty 'flap' at a cross towards the end of the second sitting. Far too good for that level of football, I reckon - so what held him back, I wonder?
Theoretically, all those diverse ingredients should have made for an absolutely cracking game, but what really spoiled things was the lino nearest to us. His interpretation of the offside rule didn't half leave a lot to desire, and was certainly at variance with mine on several occasions. Both clubs suffered as a result - oh, and his ideas about what constituted a corner kick and a throw-in also bordered on the eccentric. As for the ref, well, let's be kind about this, and merely comment that his views on what could safely be let go, and what demanded the game be stopped and a free-kick awarded, were - erm - radical. How else can you interpret the stoppage of play for a free-kick to the home side when a Hereford player was clean through on goal? Or, for that matter, simply waving 'play on' when yet another was ruthlessly scythed out of it? No wonder some of the Hereford lot lost it after the second of these blunders; in fact, as a result of his animated protestations, one ended up seeing yellow for his pains.
Mind you, around five minutes from the end, trust the Bulls' 'foreign import' to louse things up big-time. There he was, about five yards from the goal-line, no defenders within spitting-distance, the keeper out of position for once: all he had to do was tap the bloody thing in and the whole of Hereford would have loved him, eccentric leisure-time habits and all - so what happened? Let me put it this way: does the name 'Kanu' ring any bells with you? 'Nuff said?
So, a goalless draw it was, then, and a midweek trip to Darkest Derbyshire beckoned for them once more. They should have stayed in nearby Mansfield last week, really! But, getting back to our car was the best bit; switch on the radio for the full-time scores, and what did we get? Aston Villa 0, Wigan 2. Oh whoops, our blubbery friends had become yet another scalp on the upwardly-mobile Lancashire club's capacious belt. Almost compensates for us crashing and burning when we played them. Almost, I said - but not quite. Wolves dropping yet another two points I also found highly amusing. Mind you, I am easily amused these days. Must be old age creeping in, or something.
And Finally.. One. I discovered an amazing fact about Hereford's Rob Purdie today. He won't travel by coach, end of story. An 'economy' version of Denis Bergkamp, who famously won't let the plane take the strain, if you like. That means that every time The Bulls play away, whatever the ground, whatever the distance involved, the lad simply leaps into his trusty jalopy and follows the team coach the length and breadth of the country. Which can be for quite a distance; all you need is just a quick look at the Conference table and a bit of geographical knowledge dredged up from your schooldays to see just how inconvenient that sort of thing can be. And the devil of a game to keep up with the coach-driver, who might just have an agenda of his own as well. Mind you, as I said at half-time today, given the lad's such an important cog in their wheel, shouldn't someone from the club be driving HIM all those miles there and back every fortnight?
The view from Alfreton
Below is a report on yesterday's FA cup game from the Official Alfreton Town Website:
STRIKER Jon Stevenson was given the perfect incentive for Alfreton to get through Tuesday night's replay against Conference National full-timers Hereford, after Saturday's first round proper draw handed the winners a trip to his former club Cambridge City.
Ironically, Stevenson might well have won Saturday's tie at Edgar Street for the Reds, when he blew a glorious chance six minutes into the second half.
But United must still be wondering how they failed to win it, after dominating most of the possession, but it was easy to see why the Bulls are not noted for scoring goals.
When they watched the match video afterwards, they will point to missed chances and a superbly organised Alfreton defence - and teenage goalkeeper Adam Legzdins.
The Birmingham City Academy keeper belied his tender years with an assured display, dominating his area with all the calm and confidence of a man twice his age, and one particular save in the 84th minute had the crowd gasping in disbelief.
Manager Gary Mills said: "It was a brilliant save. It topped off a great afternoon for the boy in what was probably the biggest match of his life to date. His safe handling and the way he dealt with crosses gave our back four a lot of confidence."
The back four certainly needed all their confidence to deal with a lively if profligate Hereford attack.
The fairy tale would have been a man of the match nomination for Mark Turner, son of Bulls boss Graham, and indeed Turner was probably the Reds' best outfield player, but he was eclipsed by Legzdins' super show between the posts.
On the match as a whole, Mills said: " It was a fantastic performance. We defended magnificently, and we've now done half the job.
"Over the last few weeks, the lads have been superb. We now have a squad of players who want to work for each other, and we proved that. Make no mistake, we deserved that draw today.
"I'm delighted with the team, and I'd like to thank our fans who travelled down to Hereford and gave us excellent support."
With Chris Bettney and Chris White both injured, Mills returned to the squad, slotting in at right back, pushing Ryan Clarke forward to the right of midfield, and switching Jason Blunt over to the left.
One of Clarke's great strengths is his eye-catching ability to push forward and take players on, and shorn of his defensive duties he again did that - yet it must be said that Bettney's skill and verve were missed.
Hereford wasted their first chance inside the opening couple of minutes when thorn in the side Danny Carey-Bertram received keeper Craig Mawson's long free kick, turned inside Mark Blount, and shot well wide from 20 yards.
Seconds later the home fans were appealing as Legzdins' momentum looked to have carried him outside his area as he rushed off his line to claim the ball and end another threat, but referee Phil Gibbs ruled play on - not the last time he was to upset the home side.
But the Reds defence soaked up Hereford's early attacking surge with Turner immaculate and Mills, Blount and Lee Featherstone all making important interceptions.
Midway through the half Alfreton began to launch a few attacks themselves, and they had one chance to create something from a free kick some 22 yards out, which Featherstone drove into the defensive wall, while Blunt?s speculative 30-yard drive beat the near post, and Mawson had to leave his line smartly to smother the ball as Dave Robinson played Matt Fisher through.
And a piece of Stevenson wizardry enabled him to shrug off three defenders before forcing Mawson into a diving save.
But Alfreton then had a spell of having to get bodies back behind the ball to deal with sustained home pressure, and Legzdins dealt confidently with a couple of efforts from Jon Brady.
The keeper made a fantastic save early in the second half. A home free kick from inside their own area saw the ball worked out to Rob Purdie who advanced along the left and let fly with a screamer which the young keeper acrobatically turned over his bar.
But after the Bulls had wasted their first half chances, Stevenson had the opportunity to punish them in the 51st minute. Profiting from skipper Tony James' miskick, the little striker found himself one on one with Mawson in the right of the box, but shot well past the far post.
Both sides made substitutions midway through the half in search of the elusive goal, before Hereford staged a final assault in the last 10 minutes.
Clarke, reverted to his right back berth after the withdrawal of Mills, made a tremendous challenge to halt Purdie.
Then came Legzdin's unbelievable save. Alex Jeannin crossed for sub Andy Williams, whose header was kept out by the flying keeper who deflected the ball out to the home right.
Even so, Hereford should have scored from the follow-up. Jamie Pitman crossed back in to the near post, and somehow Guy Ipoua managed to steer the ball over the bar from about a yard out.
Mr Gibbs was to upset the home fans - and Jeannin who was booked for his protest - once more three minutes from time. With Andy Ferrell through in a scoring position the official pulled play back for a home free kick which was wasted.
HEREFORD: Mawson, Green, Mkandawire, James, Brady, Ferrell, Pitman, Carey-Bertram (Williams 68), Jeannin, Purdie, Bailey (Ipoua 68). Subs not used: Stanley, Evans, Beckwith.
ALFRETON: Legzdins, Clarke, Featherstone, Blount, Turner, Robinson, Blunt, Fisher, Godber (Ross 72), Stevenson (Duffield 76), Mills (Nwadike 65). Subs not used: Woolley, Powell.
REFEREE: Phil Gibbs of West Midlands.
ATTENDANCE: 1,768 (97 away).
CAUTIONS: Hereford - Jeannin 87 (dissent). Alfreton - Robinson 43 (foul on Purdie).
MAN OF THE MATCH: Adam Legzdins.
HUISA travel news and Alfreton Guide
From the independent forum:
There is a coach running to Alfreton for Tuesdays F.A. Cup replay for those wishing to travel for this game.
The coach will be departing from Edgar Street as usual at 3:30 and the cost of the ticket wil be £14. Tickets can be purchased from the club office on Monday and Tuesday.
Also a reminder to book up for travel to Kiddy on Saturday. There are already 2 coaches booked for this game and spaces are filling up quickly. The price for this trip is £8 and the coach will be leaving at 12:00.
And from the Official Alfreton Town site details of how to get to the ground:
From M1: Turn off at junction 28 onto the A38 towards Derby. Follow for 2 miles then take the slip road onto the B600.
Turn right at main road towards the town centre. After half-a-mile, immediately after Catholic Church on left, turn left into North Street.
The ground is 150yds down on the right.
And finally from ATFC Supporters Association:
Parking
There have been one or two complaints about parking but unless you have to park next to the turnstile there is ample parking on the streets around the ground. I have never had a problem even just before kick off. If you are there early there is limited parking by the North St entrance but to be honest you would be better off parking a street or two away to avoid the jam after the game.
It will cost Hereford United fans £8 (£4 for concessions) to see the Bulls at Alfreton.
Turner: "We Did Enough To Win Game"
Quoted on the official HUFC website, Graham Turner felt his side had done enough to win the game:
"I think we?ve crossed the ball on more occasions today than I've known for a long time. We took up great positions at times, especially around the back, but never produced enough quality, or enough movement in the box. We did enough to have won the game, but we?ve now got to go to their place, and make sure we do it there. I'm disappointed not to have won, but the important thing was we didn't get caught with the sucker-punch, because that was always on the cards. We had two excellent chances to win the game right at the end, but to be fair their keeper has caught his crosses well. He?s made two or three very good saves, and we?ve got that one over the bar from Guy Ipoua.
I think with the amount of ball we?ve had around the back, we just needed that finishing touch, and I?m not sure a lack of passion is the case. We didn't want to get caught up in the way they wanted to play. At times one or two of us towards the end did. I'm disappointed as Andy Ferrell was going through in the last few minutes, and the referee brought it back. He's then booked Alex [Jeannin] for asking him what was it for, and Alex now misses the replay on Tuesday night. That creates a problem for us with Simon Travis not being fully fit."
Turner's final quote about Jeannin's unavailability is interesting. Kidderminster were sweating all week about the availability of Iyseden Christie before the FA confirmed the suspension began seven days after receiving the last card. Page 191 of the FA Handbook states:
(viii) Any period of suspension arising from recording cautions will commence on the seventh day following the date of his last offence. The suspension will cover all approved First Team matches until such time as his Club?s First Team has completed the number of matches appropriate to the punishment in approved Competitions during the period covered by its opening league match and ending with the final match in which the Club is playing in an approved domestic Competition.
FA Cup Review
Eleven Conference sides confirmed their places in the first round, but eight were dumped out.
Crawley lost at home to Braintree by a single goal, and Exeter did the same against Stevenage, while Forest Green lost out to Dag & Red 3-2 after taking a 2-0 lead inside the half hour. Harrogate claimed the scalp of Scarboro with a single goal victory, and Gravesend slumped to a 3-0 defeat at Kettering. Tamworth beat Altrincham 3-1, and Kidderminster's hopes of balancing the books with a Cup run were severely dented after going down to a single goal loss at Southport with Chris Lane inflicting the damage. Weymouth defeated Cambridge 2-1 to earn themselves a moneyspinning trip to Notts Forest.
From the Conference the Bulls, Accrington, and Canvey all drew at home to lower graded opposition to face replays.