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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: Mrs Warbouys on April 11, 2013, 12:51:52 PM
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Here we go, another massive game, I'm sure we'll be there in big numbers to support the lads, my team would be
........................,,..Coburn
Densmore....Havern....Leather....Doughty
Richman........Moult.....Rodgers.......Clee
.....................Watmore...Reeves
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No score yet - SINNOUT!
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working against the clock here to get there for 19:45...
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Any score yet?
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Bring your umbrella raining here
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Just leaving, hope the pitch doesn't become waterlogged ;D!!!!
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Bring your umbrella raining here
so long as it's not snow...
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corby 5-1 to beat Halifax at the shay, have a bang on that
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corby 5-1 to beat Halifax at the shay, have a bang on that
Didn't Corby just lose to Hinckley?
Comfortable Halifax win, even if they are depleted.
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Alty "tails up". Good stuff.
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30 yard "powerdrive" from Simon Richman saved!
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1-0 Guiseley against the run of play.
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Watmore off Brooke on :(
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Watmore off injured ???
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Without Clee and Watmore we will now struggle to get anything at of this!!!
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*out*
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Halifax 1 up. Is watmore one of your best forwards ?
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Don't worry we're better in 2nd half!
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Halifax 1 up. Is watmore one of your best forwards ?
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Best young. Forward outside league two
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Halifax 1 up. Is watmore one of your best forwards ?
our best player
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*out*
bit harsh that its only half time :)
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Losing are you Guiseley played onTuesday against us Alty should be fresher. ::)
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Did someone say something ?
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I was too busy trying to work out what had happened to Staly-we're higher in the league than you-Vegas.
Still not managed it. What happened ADT? Very good of you to gloat when we are 1-0 down against second in the league. Whars your excuse for your league position now? How does it feel to be the worst professional team in the country?
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Holsgrove sent off.
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With brooke on, it might aswell be 10 on 10 !!!!
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Bore off.
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YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!
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Get in Jakey boy!!!!!!
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Pen!
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Nooooooooooo!
Not again :(
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I was too busy trying to work out what had happened to Staly-we're higher in the league than you-Vegas.
Still not managed it. What happened ADT? Very good of you to gloat when we are 1-0 down against second in the league. Whars your excuse for your league position now? How does it feel to be the worst professional team in the country?
You finishing above us enjoy it because it wont last. As for the worst professional team in the Country I believe Stockport Sports are full time.
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Brooke is useless, is Doughty still on ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? fu*k sake Sinnott
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1-1 FT
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Happy with that point really
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Good result. Halifax were 2-0 up last I saw.
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Would have taken a point at 1-nil down but how frustrating to miss another penalty.
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Happy with the point,but we should have converted the pen and gone on to win
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Yeah happy with a point but we need to draft in a striker or wide man ASAP!we have no cover but got to be happy with that with no Clee, then losing Watmore and Richman !!!
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Would have settled for a draw at the start but we obviously had the chance to take all 3 points.
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That puts us back down to 5th if my working is correct. 4 points ahead of Harrogate and 1 behind Halifax, who will have a game in hand on us. We also have to play them again.
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Losing are you Guiseley played onTuesday against us Alty should be fresher. ::)
Dickhead!
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Penalty practice at the next training session :-* haha
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Would have taken that without Boshall, Clee and Watmore(for most of game) Richman for 45.
But arrrrhhh. these pen misses are killing me
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I was too busy trying to work out what had happened to Staly-we're higher in the league than you-Vegas.
Still not managed it. What happened ADT? Very good of you to gloat when we are 1-0 down against second in the league. Whars your excuse for your league position now? How does it feel to be the worst professional team in the country?
You finishing above us enjoy it because it wont last. As for the worst professional team in the Country I believe Stockport Sports are full time.
Yes I also believe that Stockport are better than you
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Penalty practice at the next training session :-* haha
Get back to your own forum knobsock
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Penalty practice at the next training session :-* haha
Maybe a bit of overall practice, possibly on the game of football, at your next training session tomorrow morning?
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Penalty practice at the next training session :-* haha
did someone say something ?
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Penalty practice at the next training session :-* haha
You'll be supporting us on Saturday though, won't you, because we're playing Bishops Stortford, your main rivals in the quest for 16th place.
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I was too busy trying to work out what had happened to Staly-we're higher in the league than you-Vegas.
Still not managed it. What happened ADT? Very good of you to gloat when we are 1-0 down against second in the league. Whars your excuse for your league position now? How does it feel to be the worst professional team in the country?
You finishing above us enjoy it because it wont last. As for the worst professional team in the Country I believe Stockport Sports are full time.
Yes I also believe that Stockport are better than you
Of course Stockport are better than us they are in the Conference Premier ::)haha
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Looking at the table that was a massive point all in our own hands
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I was too busy trying to work out what had happened to Staly-we're higher in the league than you-Vegas.
Still not managed it. What happened ADT? Very good of you to gloat when we are 1-0 down against second in the league. Whars your excuse for your league position now? How does it feel to be the worst professional team in the country?
You finishing above us enjoy it because it wont last. As for the worst professional team in the Country I believe Stockport Sports are full time.
Yes I also believe that Stockport are better than you
Of course Stockport are better than us they are in the Conference Premier ::)haha
Why on earth won't us finishing higher than you last are you spending
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Pleased with the point, but why is Brooke taking a penalty? Others need to MAN up!!
Hope some of these injuries clear up for Saturday
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Kittrick is blaming Lacey for the red card, saying the ref should have clamped down on him earlier.
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Do we know if Duncan is ok ?
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Well played tonight the only difference in the first half you didn't take your chances and we did, regarding the penalty miss I thought it was well saved, also very good support you would have thought we was at your ground good luck in reaching the play offs.
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Thanks Guiseley Fan, we may be meeting again very soon all being well! :)
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Just back now. Some observations.
1. Over two legs in the play offs, we would win, based on tonight.
2. Their nos 5 and 6 were excellent.
3. Their seven should have got a red at the fight, went in with his head and swung punches.
4. I thought it was a very good pen save.
First half Guiseley were unnecessarily physical, the ref failed to clamp down. Once we'd lost Watmore and Richman for the second half they were less physical, but they didn't need to be as we'd lost a lot of our attacking on the ground.
Had a chat with a few of the locals before the game, perfectly pleasant...but not many of them. 459 I think was the gate and we had 100 plus, excellent support from Alty, as per usual.
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ADT! I wondered where you were. I thought'd the police had nicked you for noncing. Or maybe your carers have let you out on day release again.
Now f**k off.
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Slightly disappointed we didn't end up with all three points on the balance of chances and yet another bloody penalty miss. But would have took a point at kickoff, if we beat Hinckley and droylsden and draw with either BS or BPA then Harrogate will need to win 4 of their last 6 games to overhaul us. And at full tilt I'm confident we could do Guiseley over 2 legs. Kevin Holsgrove will be suspended for both playoff semi finals.
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Do we know if Duncan is ok ?
No,..he was hobbling at the end, groin I think, it doesnt look good. I reckon he will miss at least two games?
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I'd have taken that point if it was offered before kick off, but now I'm massively disappointed.
The ENTIRE squad should be put through a session of penalty practice before Saturday's match, and again at every opportunity. Because believe me, if we end up going to a shootout in the playoffs, we are dead meat.
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I thought that overall we were better than them tonight, but it looked to me as if they could step up a gear if need be. Drench wasn't just excellent with the pen, he made numerous great saves throughout. I think that had the pen been awarded against us we would have felt it soft. Guiseley can have no complaints about the sending off though, what was Holsgrove thinking. I hate managers who blame other teams players for dismissals - you know what happens if you raise your arms. Finally after all the criticism i thought Jake and Bruno were very strong for us tonight. A good point Alty.
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i saw Duncan at the dugout and he said GROIN.
I agree with grumpy, 8 penalties missed is not good and we should practice.
but to be fair it was well saved, and i know i might get shot down
but i don't think it was a penalty in the first place.
I think 1-1 was a fair result. Guiseley were not in the game
we had 3 or 4 really good chances in the first half.
we should have won, but 1-1 fair result.
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i saw Duncan at the dugout and he said GROIN.
I agree with grumpy, 8 penalties missed is not good and we should practice.
but to be fair it was well saved, and i know i might get shot down
but i don't think it was a penalty in the first place.
I think 1-1 was a fair result. Guiseley were not in the game
we had 3 or 4 really good chances in the first half.
we should have won, but 1-1 fair result.
Consider yourself shot down Ron......a penalty all day for me ! And a daft one for Drench to concede since Lawrie was going away from goal, and the danger was practically over. The save was decent.....but the ball wasn't struck hard enough, and that's been our spot kick problem most of the time to be honest.
We have players who we know can "put their foot through the ball" but who haven't taken a penalty this season.....Moult, Rodgers, Havern, Clee, and Leather all spring to mind.
In a shootout situation, every single player has to be prepared to step up and have the confidence to strike the ball firmly and on target. If that is done, and the keeper saves it, we can't complain. It really MUST be addressed over the next two weeks, because it could be our downfall in the playoffs if it isn't.
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Penalty practice at the next training session :-* haha
A full time team closer to relegation than promotion; crowds of 300; away coach travel axed; fans banned en bloc for misbehaviour; an increasingly unpopular manager. Puts a saved penalty into context wouldn't you think?
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Probably down to us or harrogate now.
Do we have the games to be played available for harrogate to compare?
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Satisfied with a point in the end, losing Watmore and Richman threw the plans and we could have had it wrapped up after 30 mins against a lesser keeper than that Drench. Them going to ten gave us a good chance to win it but they closed up shop well.
As with a number of situations this season, people are getting angry on here about stuff that they presume does/doesn't happen and is wrong.
We were told last night that penalties have been practised and Ryan Brooke never misses apparently so was the obvious candidate to take the pen last night rather than the strange choice. Training is obviously different to matches (and God knows who takes the next one!) but it can't be discounted.
Apparently that Kittrick has praised the Gusisley support for cheering all the way through and wants more of that in the playoffs. He is either on glue or unable to distinguish home and away fans.
Superb support again.
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Honestly, the only time i heard the home fans was when we were passing them at the end - it was as if they were trying to remind us they were there.
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Apparently that Kittrick has praised the Gusisley support for cheering all the way through and wants more of that in the playoffs. He is either on glue or unable to distinguish home and away fans.Superb support again.
:D
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The return of ADT is amusing!
Since we last spoke, there is now about 20 places between us in the league, your stalwart secretary has jacked it, your manager has fell out with your top scorer, you've all been banned from Vauxhall Motors, 15 of your young fans have been publicly flogged by your millionaire, banned for life and then he got told off by someones mum, someone had a piss in Vauxhalls social (that's in vauxhalls social, not in the toilets) and Jim Harveys family is getting some abuse.
Oh and your attendances have dropped to about 19.
Apart from that though, it's great to have you back!
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Life is a bit strange for an Alty fan at the moment:
OPTIMISM!
We have won at Halifax and Brackley and should have won last night.
All other play off teams are out of form and we are flying
If we get to the play off final we can win away at whoever we are pitched against.
So I will try to apply NORMAL ALTY FAN attitudes:
Clee, Richman and Watmore are out injured
We lost "on aggregate" to Brackely and Guiseley over the home and away matches and if we lose at home to halifax the same will apply
If by some miracle we go to a penalty shoot out, we are screwed
And Harrogate will probably overtake us anyway
I have to say, though it seems we have built over the last few weeks two things that have been lacking for most of the season RESILIANCE and TEAM SPIRIT. We got a point last night without 3 of our best players, and with Danny Boshell sitting it out too and so easily could have won it. So we have avoided the "3 consecutive defeats" scenario that has accompanied the end of previous unbeaten runs - not bad when the three games were away Chester, halifax and Guiseley
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The return of ADT is amusing!
Since we last spoke, there is now about 20 places between us in the league, your stalwart secretary has jacked it, your manager has fell out with your top scorer, you've all been banned from Vauxhall Motors, 15 of your young fans have been publicly flogged by your millionaire, banned for life and then he got told off by someones mum, someone had a piss in Vauxhalls social (that's in vauxhalls social, not in the toilets) and Jim Harveys family is getting some abuse.
Oh and your attendances have dropped to about 19.
Apart from that though, it's great to have you back!
Reminding us the Knobsock of the year award is due soon!
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Honestly, the only time i heard the home fans was when we were passing them at the end - it was as if they were trying to remind us they were there.
I never heard the home support on Radio Robins apart from when a few of them in the stand were moaning!
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Have to disagree about the pen being soft. That was pen all day, every day. Ludicrous bit of keeping form a bloke who was top drawer for 89 minutes. The ball was going out of play, away from goal but the penalty was correct. He won't do that again for the rest of his career. How old is he by the way?
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Have to disagree about the pen being soft. That was pen all day, every day. Ludicrous bit of keeping form a bloke who was top drawer for 89 minutes. The ball was going out of play, away from goal but the penalty was correct. He won't do that again for the rest of his career. How old is he by the way?
Mid 20's I think. If its the same bloke I'm thinking of he used to be at Morecambe. (Football manager knowledge coming in handy here... :D )
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Honestly, the only time i heard the home fans was when we were passing them at the end - it was as if they were trying to remind us they were there.
There was one wee little chant midway through the second half, but apart form that their vocal support was non-existent.
If their manager wants to live in his own deluded world feel free, but that ain't going to make any more noise from Guiseley. What he should have said was "hear that noise from the Alty fans yeah. Our players deserve that. Get vocal, get involved, get behind the team. You can be the extra man in the play offs. It's now." All he's done is say to his fans you're great - so they'll carry on being 'great'...i.e. sh*t.
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Unbeaten away Guiseley Harrogate Halifax Gainsbourgh and Brackley
Battered them first half hour, they scored (very alty) - then we lost Simons (so no clee boshall richman or watmore) and we just kept going
Shame we coukdnt take all 3 points, but this time last week Id have been delighted with 4 from the two games.
My target before Chester Halifax and Guiselet was to be in touching distances of 5h. We are 5tg with a point iver harrogate and 6 over bpa.
As for Guiseleys manager comment, their captain even said at half time going down the tunnel to a steward (whod aksed him how it was going) good but itd be nice to hear if we had any home fans...
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I believe Guiseley held a pre-arranged 90 minutes silence in respect for a recently departed politician
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I believe Guiseley held a pre-arranged 90 minutes silence in respect for a recently departed politician
:D
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I believe Guiseley held a pre-arranged 90 minutes silence in respect for a recently departed politician
;D Think you are right to be honest ive supported Guiseley for a lot of years and you would think we were playing behind close doors some home matches you can be proud of your support last night in full lvoice
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As with a number of situations this season, people are getting angry on here about stuff that they presume does/doesn't happen and is wrong.
We were told last night that penalties have been practised and Ryan Brooke never misses apparently so was the obvious candidate to take the pen last night rather than the strange choice. Training is obviously different to matches (and God knows who takes the next one!) but it can't be discounted.
OK...but just who would have taken a penalty had we been awarded one in the first 42 minutes of the opening half i.e. when Brooke wasn't even on the pitch?
His penalty was ultimately predictably feeble, alas.
Deserved a point.....but a chance of two bonus points squandered.
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As with a number of situations this season, people are getting angry on here about stuff that they presume does/doesn't happen and is wrong.
We were told last night that penalties have been practised and Ryan Brooke never misses apparently so was the obvious candidate to take the pen last night rather than the strange choice. Training is obviously different to matches (and God knows who takes the next one!) but it can't be discounted.
OK...but just who would have taken a penalty had we been awarded one in the first 42 minutes of the opening half i.e. when Brooke wasn't even on the pitch?
His penalty was ultimately predictably feeble, alas.
Deserved a point.....but a chance of two bonus points squandered.
I have no idea, was just trying to share some knowledge i heard on the coach that the choice wasn't totally random.
It's certainly a worrying issue.
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He probably took the pen because he is the only player to take a pen not to miss one all be it against a 5foot outfield player
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James Lawrie looks a likley candidate to me.
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Agree with a text I received from Ballers this morning. Any player can miss a pen and our pens should still be taken by either Doughty or Densmore who have both done well in the past as a general rule.
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Fair point that
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Agree with a text I received from Ballers this morning. Any player can miss a pen and our pens should still be taken by either Doughty or Densmore who have both done well in the past as a general rule.
I confess that I was a little surprised that neither of those two players pulled rank on Brooke last night and assumed responsibility for what was a rather important penalty with a degree of pressure riding on it.
However, I suppose that if Brooke was, indeed, the designated penalty taker and everyone else was happy with that, then they couldn't overrule and just had to let things unfold as they did.
I'm not an admirer of Brooke as a footballer by any means but fair play to him for shouldering the responsibility of taking that spot kick.
I was never convinced that he would score though...!
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As with a number of situations this season, people are getting angry on here about stuff that they presume does/doesn't happen and is wrong.
We were told last night that penalties have been practised and Ryan Brooke never misses apparently so was the obvious candidate to take the pen last night rather than the strange choice. Training is obviously different to matches (and God knows who takes the next one!) but it can't be discounted.
OK...but just who would have taken a penalty had we been awarded one in the first 42 minutes of the opening half i.e. when Brooke wasn't even on the pitch?
His penalty was ultimately predictably feeble, alas.
Deserved a point.....but a chance of two bonus points squandered.
I have no idea, was just trying to share some knowledge i heard on the coach that the choice wasn't totally random.
It's certainly a worrying issue.
Ecky,
I was fed a similar story by an Alty club representative as we were departing from Guiseley last evening.
He even claimed that Brooke had taken Alty's "best penalty" of the season to date.
In the frustration of seeing us squander the opportunity to collect all three points, my pointed response was that there is a vast difference between taking a penalty when you are 5-0 up at home against Hinckley (and they have an outfield player in goal who makes Chris Senior look like John McAliskey) and facing a late spot kick at Guiseley when you are chasing a play-off position.
Oddly, I think that if we had never been awarded that penalty and the match had just proceeded to finish in a 1-1 draw, I would probably have been feeling quite content at the end rather than relatively crestfallen!
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In the immediate aftermath I was hugely disappointed, but in the cold light of day it was a decent result.
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Brook is gash, there something wrong when he stepping up to take a pen (unless it a bit of a joke like versus Hinckley)
We bottled it and thus must be content with a point
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Have to disagree about the pen being soft. That was pen all day, every day. Ludicrous bit of keeping form a bloke who was top drawer for 89 minutes. The ball was going out of play, away from goal but the penalty was correct. He won't do that again for the rest of his career. How old is he by the way?
Mid 20's I think. If its the same bloke I'm thinking of he used to be at Morecambe. (Football manager knowledge coming in handy here... :D )
Cheers mate, I knew he played against us in the Conference,but I couldn't remember who for. Class keeper, behind Stu the best in the league.
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Have to disagree about the pen being soft. That was pen all day, every day. Ludicrous bit of keeping form a bloke who was top drawer for 89 minutes. The ball was going out of play, away from goal but the penalty was correct. He won't do that again for the rest of his career. How old is he by the way?
Mid 20's I think. If its the same bloke I'm thinking of he used to be at Morecambe. (Football manager knowledge coming in handy here... :D )
Cheers mate, I knew he played against us in the Conference,but I couldn't remember who for. Class keeper, behind Stu the best in the league.
drench is 27 according to wikipedia , looked class last night
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The return of ADT is amusing!
Since we last spoke, there is now about 20 places between us in the league, your stalwart secretary has jacked it, your manager has fell out with your top scorer, you've all been banned from Vauxhall Motors, 15 of your young fans have been publicly flogged by your millionaire, banned for life and then he got told off by someones mum, someone had a piss in Vauxhalls social (that's in vauxhalls social, not in the toilets) and Jim Harveys family is getting some abuse.
Oh and your attendances have dropped to about 19.
Apart from that though, it's great to have you back!
Reminding us the Knobsock of the year award is due soon!
I shall be posting the poll only when the playoffs are settled. But I can only assume ADT's reappearance is a late attempt at vote catching in a season when he has a very real chance of emulating TonyB's achievement two seasons back. There are less obvious candidates this season, though I do believe there can only be one winner.....and it isn't The Tameside Troll.
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who is adt ?
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A Downright T**t
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A Downright T**t
a joker then with no life
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ADT is...
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ADT is...
Absolutely Disastrous Tosser
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ADT is...
Absolutely Disastrous Tosser
It takes one...
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ADT is...
Absolutely Disastrous Tosser
It takes one...
ooooh! bitch!
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Taken couple of days to post but still.......
As someone who grew up in the Pool in the 70s & 80s Alty will always hold a small piece of affection. You were THE non league team when I was growing up. Now exiled in Leeds and supporting my local team. As such always a pleasure to welcome you over and great to see so many of you especially on a cold wet Thursday night. Great rendition of Hey Jude, shame about the w&*kers chant (aren't we all wankers?! :-), I know i do from time to time).
My prediction before the game was the winner would be the team that got promoted based on us being 2nd and you being the form team.
Thought you were really well organised and played some tidy football. You were definitely the best team till we rather fortuitously took the lead. After that, we remembered how to play football and at times played really well. Ref was shocking (Your excellent and very sociable keeper agreed!) and whilst I accept that Holsgrove probably should have gone, in a brawl like that, you probably should send 1 from each side. unfortunately the Ref has history at our place - last time, he sent 2 of ours off!! so perhaps we should be grateful. Anyway you scored a fine equaliser and we held out for a draw thanks largely to our keeper, Steven Drench, who must be the best keeper in the BSN. It was a tremendous penalty triple save (something your keeper predicted - he turned to us after the award of a rather soft penalty and said dont worry we never score and afterwards said told you!!).
And most of us went home happy - a spirited performance against a quality outfit with good form.
Look forward to seeing you all again on the 1st and 5th May. Who will win - you can flip a coin - think we've gained confidence from our performance Vs you and today Chester. But who knows - you remind me of Nuneaton last year.
All the Best :)
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Taken couple of days to post but still.......
As someone who grew up in the Pool in the 70s & 80s Alty will always hold a small piece of affection. You were THE non league team when I was growing up. Now exiled in Leeds and supporting my local team. As such always a pleasure to welcome you over and great to see so many of you especially on a cold wet Thursday night. Great rendition of Hey Jude, shame about the w&*kers chant (aren't we all wankers?! :-), I know i do from time to time).
My prediction before the game was the winner would be the team that got promoted based on us being 2nd and you being the form team.
Thought you were really well organised and played some tidy football. You were definitely the best team till we rather fortuitously took the lead. After that, we remembered how to play football and at times played really well. Ref was shocking (Your excellent and very sociable keeper agreed!) and whilst I accept that Holsgrove probably should have gone, in a brawl like that, you probably should send 1 from each side. unfortunately the Ref has history at our place - last time, he sent 2 of ours off!! so perhaps we should be grateful. Anyway you scored a fine equaliser and we held out for a draw thanks largely to our keeper, Steven Drench, who must be the best keeper in the BSN. It was a tremendous penalty triple save (something your keeper predicted - he turned to us after the award of a rather soft penalty and said dont worry we never score and afterwards said told you!!).
And most of us went home happy - a spirited performance against a quality outfit with good form.
Look forward to seeing you all again on the 1st and 5th May. Who will win - you can flip a coin - think we've gained confidence from our performance Vs you and today Chester. But who knows - you remind me of Nuneaton last year.
All the Best :)
Fair assessment,I reckon mate. Drench had a great game, the triple save from the penalty was brilliant and whilst we should have taken all 3 points I think a draw was a fair result. Couldn't tell much of what happened with the brawl as we were at the other end but it did seem a penalty from my angle and as for missing them it's becoming a real problem. I believe that's 8 we've failed to convert this year which is ridiculous and I wouldn't fancy us at all if it came down to a shootout should we reach the playoffs.
I was impressed with Guiseley when you'd settled down a bit after our early dominant spell and I can see why you're second in the table. You were very difficult to break down and were coping well with Watmore when he was on and Reeves which many teams haven't been able to do this year. If we meet in the playoffs it really could go either way and it's pretty much a lottery then anyway, especially over two legs with two form sides.
As for the "wanker" chant, I think it was aimed at one of the Guiseley players who seemed to be moaning at every decision the ref made...nothing personal! :) ;)