Thanks for the usual hospitality yesterday, it was a cracking day out in Stalybridge, which had a lot more going for it as a place than I expected.
As for the match I thought that both sides were poor in the first half and wasn't particularly impressed with the supposedly "much improved" Alty side - disappointing that Meechan got injured and that Lee Elam didn't show a bit more. Gave him a little jibe about "£500 a week for that?" when he crossed from a good position onto the terrace instead of into the box, apologies for that, I have a poor level of self-control!
Second half was a different story from an Alty point of view and, while Stalybridge were absolutely abject, the introduction of Joe O'Neill (hooray!), Chris Senior (boo!) and this new lad Johnson changed the whole outlook and generally the team lifted the level way beyond poor old Staly.
My prediction is bottom half from Alty this season, but nowhere near relegation. That said, it's only one game, so I'm probably talking bollocks.
I notice that a Barrow player was really badly injured yesterday at Kendal and obviously yesterday Meechan had to be helped off and Greg Young's face was a bit of a mess - you have to wonder if friendlies against lesser "rival" opposition are a good idea? It's good preparation I suppose but it seems to come at a high price. If it was up to me I would organise friendlies against fellow BSP teams so that both have an equal amount to gain and to lose by playing.
Cheers anyway, good luck for the start of the season.
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