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I thought Justin Amaluzor was superb today. I loved how their right back tried to shoulder him off the ball, but simply bounced off him and ended up on the deck, while Justin just carried on with his plans. Loved the bubble of laughter from the Alty fans too.

Our keeper and defence were solid too, think fingers crossed we may have sorted ourselves out at the back. Suspect teams may have difficulty scoring against us, or I hope!!. All players on the pitch played well and we gave them a good game, plus two well-taken goals. Impressed with our keeper too. Ready for the season now, me and the team, well done lads.

Would it be possible to add bacon barms to our menus, or is this not possible cost wise or time wise?

I understand that we have a chance to meet and mingle with the Alty players today after their team photo session at the ground in an open day this lunchtime.

Is this still going ahead? I am sure I saw something the other week on our sites or Twitter, but there is nothing on the main sites reminding us, so not sure if it is cancelled.

Either way it is going to be interesting watching us kick a ball in 'anger'. Cannot even start to predict the scoreline in our first game v D & R, but so long as we give a good account of ourselves and do our utmost to chalk up a win, I will be happy.

In our league, we will need them, always thought our team looked smaller compared to other teams. Feel we have strength in depth now also.

I must admit I'd sooner go to Trafford, missed that game this pre-season. Feel as if we have shunned close friends.

I have a memory of playing a team in the mid 70's from Japan, but cannot remember who they were. I remember going into the Red-Robin club or Chequers after the game and nobody from the Japanese team eating the buffet food laid on for them. Our players ate there, but we were asked to dive in as there was loads of food left and they didn't want it to be thrown away. My memory is somewhat foggy but I remember thinking the Japanese players maybe had their own chef so were not permitted to eat the buffet. Not sure of name of the team we played, or the exact time it was played, but the food was pretty good and I thought it was the Japan players loss.   

With further regards to Ollie Byrne. The poor lad has come through much criticism on this forum recently so I felt it just as important to see positives in him, which there are many. Saw him in the 2nd half of the Wythy game. The girls and I greeted his entrance to the pitch with a loud and perfectly audible 'C'mon Ollie' which he waved to in acknowledgement. I was pleased about that! Though he did not have many opportunities for any major saves tonight, I thought he did really well with his ball distribution. Some of his spreading of the ball to the two Justin's was inch perfect, and it was like having an additional sweeper at the back. Our players had trust in him during the game and used him to play the ball back to as and when necessary and I noted how confident he was with his distribution. I was also impressed with our back four players as they confidently dealt with everything Wythy threw at them. I did not think they were too bad a side either and think they may do well in their league, but I found our performance comfortable throughout and I enjoyed the game very much. Ollie I think will settle and this game will have upped his confidence a bit, I do feel much better after watching him at this game. His link with the full backs and also the wingers will be very important and may start off many attacks if he maintains the distribution from that game.

I would also like to thank Wythenshawe for their friendly treatment of me as a restricted mobility fan, in particular allowing me to use the disabled spot with my Blue Badge. They made myself and the girls very welcome and made it a good spectator experience.

Their Pork Scratchings are delicious too!!