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I'm struggling to think of a previous occasion when Alty have played at that time on a Saturday evening.
So, we actually want an away draw? Sods law, it'll be at home!
Maybe I'm being naive, but it reads to me like a complaint from a disgruntled neighbour to the ground.
Sometimes people want to ignore the most obvious answer. And let's face it, the work needs doing.
I think you are being extremely naive, which is ironic given how quick you are to pick up on what you perceive as naivety in others.
Why on earth would a disgruntled neighbour complain about the state of the terracing on the Golf Rd? How would they even know about it? The statement from the board makes it perfectly clear that the complaint came from someone they hoped would have come to them first. That would hardly apply to a disgruntled neighbour.
When have I suggested naivety in others? Genuine question if you think I've been a bit unreasonable in the past, I'm always happy to hold my hand up.
For me, the statement ('wish they'd come to us first') doesn't sound like an insider with an axe to grind - it reads like someone that's turned up to a game and then complained - we all have members within our friend and family circles that are only happy when moaning.
I don't sign up to this 'inside knowledge' either - any visit from a member of the council with two funtional eyes would have identified the ground is a mess.
Re: signed off fine at the start of the season - responding to a complaint means you have to be shown to be doing something, not a routine inspection. Of course the outcome would be different.
Sorry for being the voice of reason and I'll be sad to see that it's an inside job if I am indeed wrong.
Just to remind everyone...
We swapped Johnston for Mahon - banked a fee on top - and used it to get first choice wingers for both sides (Mooney and Durrell) - oh, and threw in Josh Lundstram on loan for good measure.
Possibly the most incredible (and promotion-winning) month of business we've ever done.
Crikey, this forum sometimes
One minute we're at risk of going down (having not even started recruitment at the time) - and the next we're playoff contenders.
We clearly signed the experienced lads so the downturns in form might not be quite so pronounced - but they will come, I guarantee it.
This thread will look silly again if we lose three on the bounce - which is more than feasible.
For what it's worth, yes I agree we're stronger - I'm going for a firm mid-table finish, around 12th.
This will be quite a test. After getting thrashed at Dagenham, they've righted the ship to such an extent that they've run up five consecutive clean sheets. However, they've also only managed to score five goals, so BT Sport customers are unlikely to be in for a goalfest.
Theoretically, it's got goalless draw stamped all over it.
John Laidlar's thread points out that the thrashing at Dagenham was their only game against a club in the promotion race until their 1-0 win over Halifax. Otherwise they've been more or less shooting fish in a barrel. I think we could and should win tonight.
Oh crikey, there we go again...
Being impartial and entirely objective, I think the 19/12 on offer for Solihull tonight at the bookies would be quite attractive, given a combination of their solid form and our poor showing last time out.
Most of our results so far have tended to stay quite close to their equivalent last season, with the outcomes at Yeovil and Eastleigh swapping over. I thought that was quite an interesting quirk worth pointing out.
Maybe I'm being naive, but it reads to me like a complaint from a disgruntled neighbour to the ground.
Sometimes people want to ignore the most obvious answer. And let's face it, the work needs doing.
Would be happy with the same XI from Saturday, not sure if Porter is permitted to play for us and with returning players, that might be one change.
Tom Hannigan would be a huge miss again, I sincerely hope he's available. He's also going to be a huge player to try to replace permanently, I'm dreading it.
Come on lads.
Tom Hannigan seemed to be in some pain when he came off on Saturday. I suspect it's his dodgy back (with which I can unfortunately empathise) and hope he's fit enough to start on Tuesday. I'd certainly start Whitehead, who impressed me on Saturday. Is Brad Jackson injured ?
Agree with that. The Chequers end plus a small number of seats gives them just over 1000 tickets-plus it’ll be on TV so could be a silly KO time so they’ll be fine with that. Recall seeing them play City at the Etihad on the opening day about 15 years ago and they only brought about 800, don’t think they have a historically large away support.
More of a concern (IF we get through a hard replay) is number of tickets for home support. We had 3700 in on a Tuesday night for Solihull and the home parts of the ground felt very full. Demand sure to be high. Still that’s a nice headache to put off until after next Tuesday.
