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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: robininstockport on February 15, 2023, 08:37:33 PM
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Going to another tough afternoon. Assuming Sinclair is fit
Gould
Welsh-Hayes Jones Baines Jones
Marriott Lundstram
Sinclair Osbourne Kaja
Linney
Alty 1-3 Woking (Baines)
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We will win 4-1
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Well there is always this to cheer us up a bit
https://youtu.be/uaNisR6VIzc
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Gould
WH
Jones
CB
Baines
Marriott
Lundstram
Osborne
Pringle
Sinclair
Linney
I think (if there is any wriggle room in terms of loans) the priority is to bring a commanding centre back to the club as a matter of some urgency.
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Byrne
Welsh-Hayes Jones Baines Jones
Marriott Lundstram
Kaja Cashman/Pringle Sinclair
Linney
Subs Hulme , Osborne, Oyedele, Gyasi , Cashman / Pringle
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Well there is always this to cheer us up a bit
https://youtu.be/uaNisR6VIzc
I have watched that so many times over the years and never tire of hearing that bloke say “oh no” 😂
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Well there is always this to cheer us up a bit
https://youtu.be/uaNisR6VIzc
I have watched that so many times over the years and never tire of hearing that bloke say “oh no” 😂
what would we give to have someone of his calibre in the squad today ?
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Would replace (if possible)
Byrne
James Jones
Osborne
Would start Pringle and keep him on until he's knackered.
Incidentally does anyone know if or when we might see the Man United loanees?
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Investment needed
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Has Linney set off yet? 😁
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Would replace (if possible)
Byrne
James Jones
Osborne
Would start Pringle and keep him on until he's knackered.
Incidentally does anyone know if or when we might see the Man United loanees?
Looks increasingly like the Man United loanees thing was a bit of a gimmick - unless they're taking it in turns to sit in the bench for a month.
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It’s possible Sinclair won’t be fit after limping down the tunnel on Tuesday.
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Well, a chance for the unfancied Gyasi for Sinclair then? Is the Fleetwood lad still lost in transit?
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Would replace (if possible)
Byrne
James Jones
Osborne
Would start Pringle and keep him on until he's knackered.
Incidentally does anyone know if or when we might see the Man United loanees?
When I was 'playing football manager' in my head over the summer regarding our recruitment, one goalkeeper that stood out was Kiddy's NW-based goalkeeper Luke Simpson.
Only signed for TNS in October, so maybe he had things to sort out in his personal life, who knows. Good age at 28.
Currently warms their bench, but wouldn't read too much into that as they've been p1ssing their league so why would you make a change in October?
Assuming we wouldn't have the same clearance issues, there could be an option there?
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Has Linney set off yet? 😁
;D ;D ;D
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I suspect it'll be the team we were meant to see at the start of the Bromley game:
Byrne
Welsh-Hayes Jones Baines Jones
Marriott Lundstram
Hulme (c) Cashman Sinclair
Linney
It's not time to write Cashman off just yet after a couple of poor appearances - especially given he'll be in his preferred role - but he does need to start showing us something. You earn the right to swagger around the pitch like CCC did; you just look like a berk otherwise.
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I agree about cashman, but i put Osbourne in for his defensive efforts
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I find it hard to opt for Osborne due to his defensive liabilities giving free kicks etc and for his relative lack of the creativity necessary for a number ten going forward.
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Osborne has been very good the 3 games
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It's not so long ago we were praising Osbourne for his link with Isaac Marriott, before Isaac was injured. He is starting to improve once again since Isaac returned and I feel we should stand by him.
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Agree with Osbourne. We’ve all criticised him in recent months but I feel starting with when he came on as a sub at Chesterfield there’s been an uptick in his recent form so if he does get an opportunity to start then he’s earned it.
On a wider note tomorrow will be a really hard game. Woking are a top outfit this season & imagine they’ll bring decent numbers of 300-400 too so will be 2k plus tomorrow. On our side we simply have to be more switched on at set pieces & aggressive in defensive situations.
Linney to start & Cashman now Bennett will be on him for that number 10 position will need to begin to really up his game too. A draw would be a grand result but can we deliver a full 90 minute performance a la Wrexham and not what we served up on Tuesday?
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Well there is always this to cheer us up a bit
https://youtu.be/uaNisR6VIzc
I have watched that so many times over the years and never tire of hearing that bloke say “oh no” 😂
SW that is priceless is it not??!!
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Are we winning with Osborne in the team? Nope.
Not sure he has been very good? He has improved but does he improve the team? Nope
Doesn't create and is slow and gives away freekicks. In my opinion we are weaker with him playing.
He will start tomorrow but I think we are wasting games to get valuable points by letting him play, just because he has improved, from being absolutely bobbins.
My personal view is he a waste of a position.
We are much better with two actual wingers. Cashman or Bennett no.10. I would be confident enough to say that giving Pringle or the United midfielder the same minutes as Osborne we would have seen a lot more.
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That's a good shout. As you say, Osborne will most likely start but we could be better off giving Oyedele a chance.
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That's a good shout. As you say, Osborne will most likely start but we could be better off giving Oyedele a chance.
Oyedele looked really exciting at Bracknell - but I don't think anyone knows what this United arrangement is.
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I wouldn't be surprised if we're giving Oyedele the maximum minutes we're allowed to.
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Of the top 6 teams ,Woking are the ones we should look to emulate going forward . No league history , some great cup runs , 3 Trophy wins and just lacking a league title at this level , steeped in non league tradition just like ourselves . Don't know their financial situation , otherwise if they can get up there so can we.
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Of the top 6 teams ,Woking are the ones we should look to emulate going forward . No league history , some great cup runs , 3 Trophy wins and just lacking a league title at this level , steeped in non league tradition just like ourselves . Don't know their financial situation , otherwise if they can get up there so can we.
Can we wait to be nice to them until after we've beaten them tomorrow? 😉😂😂
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3-2 defeat
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3-2 defeat
Carry on streaming 🙄
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Just seen the team on twitter.
Are we playing 4 - 2 - 2 - 2?
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Why only 4 on the bench ? and one of them a keeper
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What is the team please. I don't do twitter
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Why only 4 on the bench ? and one of them a keeper
Pringle, Gould, Oyedele, Bennett and Gyasi are on the bench (5)
Team is usual back 4 and 2 in midfield, with Osborne, Cashman, Hulme and Linney up front.
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Why only 4 on the bench ? and one of them a keeper
There's 5
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(https://i.ibb.co/125drBC/27-B107-CA-4-A9-B-4870-8-E8-C-8688-CFFD3-DC6.png)
It looks something like this
Osbourne has been about the place, cashman is trying to be too cute with the no look passes. Linney is a young Jordan and I love it.
Bennet can come on for cashman and maybe we put gyasi on to stretch the game when legs are going for Osbourne. Not forgetting how good Ben Pringle would be making this passes Cashman has been misplacing look.
I'm rarely this positive at half time. Especially when we were so easily hit on a break so early on.
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I hope the management team doesn't bottle it just because we're level against a good team.
Bennett, Pringle - and possibly even Gyasi - would really give them something different to think about.
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I hope the management team doesn't bottle it just because we're level against a good team.
Bennett, Pringle - and possibly even Gyasi - would really give them something different to think about.
...or Maxi Oyedele ;) forgot about him.
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Wow I haven’t been able to get to a game since late November. I am looking fwd to getting back in a game or two, Great result
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Why only 4 on the bench ? and one of them a keeper
There's 5
It was just 4 when I first looked at 2-30
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Whisper it quietly...
...could we have found a centre forward?
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We were all rightly delighted when we heard about his signature. A player who can make a real difference for us. And I'm so relieved.
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Whisper it quietly...
...could we have found a centre forward?
IF, and its a big IF, we play to his strength of channel balls
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Why only 4 on the bench ? and one of them a keeper
There's 5
It was just 4 when I first looked at 2-30
👌👍
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In latest 'grass isn't always greener' news...
Seems that Ryan Colclough is now warming the bench every week at Chesterfield.
As for Toby Mullarkey... if he didn't know already, we'll definitely be seeing him again next season unless his agent can pull off another move.
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Whisper it quietly...
...could we have found a centre forward?
IF, and its a big IF, we play to his strength of channel balls
...with a top number 10 making the surge forward into the box to receive his ball.
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Warriors out there today.
Back 4 won a lot of the battles, Byrne more confident.
Lundstram drivng forward.
Marriott just being immense as always.
Think we have found our no.9 in Linney. Relentless work rate.
Still feel we need at least one winger in the starting 11.
I do like the look of Oyedele, feel we improved when he cam on in the extra mid/10 position. Liked how we had players wanting to get into the box for once.
Still sh*t at corners though.
Bizzing with that result.
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Whisper it quietly...
...could we have found a centre forward?
Yes, and I'm shouting it 😁
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Barnet turned over comfortably at Wealdstone today.
Suddenly feeling more hopeful that we might be able to get a result over there in the week.
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Cashman took the brunt of our anxiety midweek. He was much, much better today. Osborne is improving too. Onwards and upwards.
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Barnet turned over comfortably at Wealdstone today.
Suddenly feeling more hopeful that we might be able to get a result over there in the week.
Wealdstone beat York. It was Torquay who beat Barnet after losing to them in the Trophy last week.
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Barnet turned over comfortably at Wealdstone today.
Suddenly feeling more hopeful that we might be able to get a result over there in the week.
Wealdstone beat York. It was Torquay who beat Barnet after losing to them in the Trophy last week.
Ah yes you're right, I don't know where I got that from!
I think I was keeping one eye on York's result too - surely their form is too bad for it to continue all the way to our meeting with them...
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Cashman took the brunt of our anxiety midweek. He was much, much better today. Osborne is improving too. Onwards and upwards.
utterly anonymous today
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Very good win and well deserved 3 points, well done to Parky, Sorvs and the lads.
Thought we dominated midfield for large parts - Isaac Marriott and Josh Lundstram were superb and Elliot Osbourne deserves credit for putting in another solid performance again. Jordan also had another decent game and Regan Linney looks like a decent signing.
Not sure how Woking got so high in the table playing like that though, seemed a lot of southern aerial-pumpo-ball, a bit like Bromley but not as good.
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Match report.
https://altrinchamfc.com/blogs/news/lethal-linney-star-of-the-show-as-awesome-alty-turn-on-the-style
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Cashman took the brunt of our anxiety midweek. He was much, much better today. Osborne is improving too. Onwards and upwards.
utterly anonymous today
Yeah, hopefully Bennett can get up to match speed quickly. Elsewhere, we were outstanding today and really battled hard.
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It was all looking worryingly ominous after about 20 minutes. 1-0 down, almost inevitably via a free header from Dackers (with whom we had been linked when he was on loan at Southend earlier this season), and with the team looking rather disjointed at that juncture.
Thankfully, we began to create a few openings and were somewhat gifted a penalty by means of an irresponsible challenge by their defender.
Much better performance in the second half and high-flying Woking were made to look rather ordinary and one-dimensional.
Marriott was superb in midfield, yet again.
Linney appears to be a very promising addition.
Alas, I'm not convinced at all by the lightweight Cashman. The game seems to just pass him by.
A huge sigh of relief after such an unexpected outcome. Plus dear old floundering Rochdale lost again, which always gladdens my bitter heart.
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We will win 4-1
Again, close but no cigar! I'm now dreading you saying we'll beat York 2-1 in the Trophy...
Was the awarding of that free-kick to Woking in the first half as bad as it looked to us, then?
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Fantastic result that. I couldn’t make it because of family commitments unfortunately but if you’d told me at 10pm on Tuesday night we’d beat Woking 3-1 today I’d have been amazed, some turnaround. Linney already looks the real deal.
On a separate note, having seen some good historical research on Twitter, the average points tally to stay up since the league went to four down has been 46, although closer to 50 is not uncommon. Suspect we therefore might still need another 2-3 wins alongside a handful of draws.
Rochdale having collected 1/12 in the four games since Toby joined them & now 6 points adrift of safety is very amusing too.
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After a shocking first 15 minutes we were very good for the rest of the game. Defensively so so strong and to have an outlet like Linney now gives us a new dimension that we didn't have before.
The one negative I can think of is Cashman. Extremely lightweight struggles to beat a man and honestly just extremely lazy. Looks like an attitude problem with him.
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But Rochdale are defensively much tighter now ;D
https://twitter.com/mjphippsy/status/1626984711506599936?s=46&t=KmuN3oRYHPDzPrvvSfhAng
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Fantastic result that. I couldn’t make it because of family commitments unfortunately but if you’d told me at 10pm on Tuesday night we’d beat Woking 3-1 today I’d have been amazed, some turnaround. Linney already looks the real deal.
On a separate note, having seen some good historical research on Twitter, the average points tally to stay up since the league went to four down has been 46, although closer to 50 is not uncommon. Suspect we therefore might still need another 2-3 wins alongside a handful of draws.
Rochdale having collected 1/12 in the four games since Toby joined them & now 6 points adrift of safety is very amusing too.
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So far as I'm concerned, if we're good enough to beat Woking 3-1, we're not going down, especially with Bennett returning who, as I posted previously, is at the top end this season for goals per minutes played of Altrincham players.
I also did a bit of research on the Rochdale situation ("Rothman's" year books, not Twitter!), and the least points in recent years that a team finishing third from bottom of the FL has had after 29 games is 21 for Hartlepool in 2014-15, eventually ending up with 45 points. (1.4 points per game). Rochdale were on 20 points from 29 games, and currently on 21 points from 32 games. I reckon they will need at least 21 points from 14 games to stay up (1.5 points per game). After a damaging home defeat to Gillingham in a relegation six pointer, the writing does appear to be on the wall for them.
(P.S. Twitter? I didn't realise they did footy stats!)
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But Rochdale are defensively much tighter now ;D
https://twitter.com/mjphippsy/status/1626984711506599936?s=46&t=KmuN3oRYHPDzPrvvSfhAng
Rochdale fans saying Toby is head an shoulders above the rest of their team apparently. It's a shame the way he went but he was brilliant for us and can't begrudge him a move up a division. I'm sure an FL side will pick him if Rochdale go down
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I think today confirmed we can compete with anyone. A superb effort and defensively strong. The back four were excellent as well as those already cited. Woking did not look top 3 though. I was a bit concerned about the state of the pitch. There seemed to be little grass on it
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I think today confirmed we can compete with anyone. A superb effort and defensively strong. The back four were excellent as well as those already cited. Woking did not look top 3 though. I was a bit concerned about the state of the pitch. There seemed to be little grass on it
Pitch?.........looked ok for February to me
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Some very good performances today.
Start off with Parky's subs.....got it right
Marriot...immense
Linney...great debut
Hulme....settling in to new role
Osbourne / Jones's / Baines......did well
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But Rochdale are defensively much tighter now ;D
https://twitter.com/mjphippsy/status/1626984711506599936?s=46&t=KmuN3oRYHPDzPrvvSfhAng
Rochdale fans saying Toby is head an shoulders above the rest of their team apparently. It's a shame the way he went but he was brilliant for us and can't begrudge him a move up a division. I'm sure an FL side will pick him if Rochdale go down
From the Rochdale forum. You just gotta laugh at the irony.
New Toby Mullarkey Song!! ;) on 18:31 - Feb 1 by judd
Don't know the name of the song or the actual lyrics but I can whistle it.
But not on here.
Anyway
Mullarkey, woah ho, Mularkey, woah oh oh ho
We saved him from Altrincham
And now he's not so glum
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Song, to judge by the scan, is probably "Volare" by the Gypsy Kings.
Didn't we use it a couple of years ago?
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Oh come on Cashman did OK. He's not championship because he;s not big enough but he did ok today.
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If Sinclair's available for the next one, I would now expect Cashman to be the one that drops out.
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Incidentally our penalty at 25 minutes plus was the first foul awarded in our favour.
Not the first foul but hey ho!
Officials were awful, well Ref and Pop Side AR who just wanted to argue with us fans
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The assistant was definitely behind play for our second goal
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Song, to judge by the scan, is probably "Volare" by the Gypsy Kings.
Didn't we use it a couple of years ago?
Yeah, Shaun Densmore I think it was.
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Song, to judge by the scan, is probably "Volare" by the Gypsy Kings.
Didn't we use it a couple of years ago?
Much older song than the Gypsy Kings version. Was third in the 1958 Eurovision Song Contest, and Dean Martin had a go with it too.
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Song, to judge by the scan, is probably "Volare" by the Gypsy Kings.
Didn't we use it a couple of years ago?
Much older song than the Gypsy Kings version. Was third in the 1958 Eurovision Song Contest, and Dean Martin had a go with it too.
Yes. Knew about the Italian 'combo' who performed it at the Royal Command Performance in the late 50s. Watched it live on the old black and white telly as a kid! 😉
PS. Sorry this is not very topical, been waiting to reply for a fortnight! 😉 😂😂
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Original by Domenico Modugno, but a hit in the UK first for the Marino Marini Quartet, who were at White & Swales signing both records and sheet music back in 1955. I've been waiting ages to post my arcane musical memories too !