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Agree... the govt approach i believe is wrong...

I understand why say cannot have 76,000 crammed into Old Trafford (or big stadia of top clubs), but whilst teams like United can at present maintain losses of circa £5mill per game due to no fans (according to BBC) the smaller clubs lower down the football pyramid struggle as rely on fans and if crowds under 5,000 (or in our case maybe circa 1,500) then surely clubs can work with this figure - especially if even lower down the non-league ladder crowds of 200-400 are allowed...

I also appreciate that if there was no Prem footy then fans of say United, City, Liverpool, etc may seek their footy fix by then going to Alty (if we allowed fans) thus swelling our potential crowds to maybe 3,000... but still we could surely cope...

I personally feel fans (upto say max 3,000 - 5,000) should be allowed at matches involving Division 1 & 2 of EFL and ALL non-league clubs to help clubs survive & let fans enjoy football which in the modern Covid world is a great escape and good for mental health & wellbeing... i know the govt has given monies to help clubs like Alty to hopefully prevent any more clubs going out of business, but the govt also needs to think of wellbeing of fans too...

Even if limited Alty to say 500 - 1000 capacity (maybe season ticket holders & then residual via online tic purchase) then surely 1000 fans in outside fresh air (with mask) is far safer than some indoor events we've all seen in papers or on news where up to 10,000 been allowed indoors with masks on...

Whatever figure Alty or lower league/non-league clubs were allowed (this was calculated at start of season on 15% or 30% of capacity before govt changed rules) it would help clubs and their fans wellbeing/health just to have the escape of football to take our minds off the nightmare of Covid issues...

I believe a petition that raised over 200,000 signatures about all clubs letting fans back into grounds is due to be discussed by the govt of Nov 9th in Parliament - hopefully something may happen there... but not holding my breath...

Anyway, maybe all irrelevant as looks like we are probably going back into Nationsl Lockdown again next week... ☹️

regarding MANCHESTER United they informed season ticket holders that they had put a proposal forward to the government pre October with how they could accommodate 23,500 fans from the then proposed restart date of October 1. The plan outlined how match operations would function moving 23,500 into the stadium, during the match, and exiting the ground whilst observing covid related legislation. They invited the government to challenge any point they were not happy with. Upshot is, they got a simple NO. No fault found and no feedback offered. The government invited premier league clubs to forward their plans for consideration. Said plans submitted and rejected with no constructive criticism. Sound familiar?

We’re fine. I think Brian telling their steward to ‘shut your f**king mouth’ after he pulled leads out of his computer to try and stop us broadcasting was his finest moment, of many.

priceless. absolutely priceless 😃 😃

I expect team will be asper above...
Hoping game goes ahead as lotta rain around...
If game is played i predict a one goal victory too...
2-1 to Alty...

After today's game we have 5 of next 6 games in November at home so can hopefully start to climb the table... 🤞

November could be season defining for Alty. If all 6 games escape covid intervention here’s hoping for a spell of dry weather. Heavy pitches don’t suit our style of play.

According to his Facebook post, Toby has fractured his ankle.

Horrendous news and bad luck.

Groan. Not what we wanted to hear. Get well soon Toby.

Quote from: Andrew Flynn on October 29, 2020, 04:33:00 PM

                Thompson

Senior  Hannigan   Sutton    White

                     Moult

 Mooney  Kosylo      Hancock   Ceesay

                  Adarabioyo

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As long as Kossy and Hancks are disciplined enough, it could work.

Could get Hanks on the ball a bit more too, which is probably what he needs right now. Decent enough idea.

I think Hanks has really suffered more than most with Hulme's departure. Nothing we can do on that score. He'll adjust. Sooner will be the better. We need him firing on all cylinders.

Dave Challinor responds to pre-match criticism aimed at Hartlepool United by Altrincham boss Phil Parkinson

Dave Challinor has defended Hartlepool United’s decision to turn down Altrincham’s request of pushing their National League fixture back 24 hours.

By Jordan Cronin
The Hartlepool Mail
Wednesday, 28th October 2020, 4:45 pm

Pools played out a 1-1 draw with Alty on Tuesday evening, just over 48 hours after the newly-promoted club were knocked out of the FA Cup at AFC Fylde.

Robins boss Phil Parkinson said in the build-up to the game at Victoria Park he was disappointed with Pools’ attitude but accepted it was their “prerogative”.

"It was a little bit disappointing in terms of their attitude not to move the game to a Wednesday with what we’ve been through but that is their prerogative to stick to a Tuesday and make it difficult for us, we will certainly remember those types of things moving forward,” said Parkinson on Sunday afternoon.

“When everybody is facing this epidemic you expect football clubs to stick together, Fylde were top drawer in moving the fixture, realising the situation we were in and we appreciate that.

"I wish them all the best, they look favourites to win promotion. They are doing everything right to move in the right direction.

"It is absolutely Hartlepool’s prerogative not to change but it is slightly disappointing with the current climate and what everyone is facing.”

Challinor was honest in his response, admitting self-interest does play its part.

However, the 45-year-old believes it is the same for every club – citing a debate on Monday Night Football between Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher.

“Regardless of what anybody says, everybody is going to look at self-interest,” he told The Mail, when asked about Parkinson’s pre-match comments.

"For us, we’ve got a big game on Saturday on the TV versus Torquay. We’ve then got to travel to Barnet on Tuesday. We then go to Salford in the FA Cup and we’ve got to travel to Yeovil and Eastleigh.

“There was a good debate on Monday Night Football. It’s easy for people to say they would have done this and they would have done that.

“Again, if I want to be pointing the finger, Fylde were accommodating but they weren’t very accommodating for us. Not everybody is looking after each other.

"As Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville said, people were all feeling sorry for Wigan when they had the problems they had but it didn’t take very long for clubs to be taking their players for next to nothing.

“Listen, everybody will have self-interest. My job is to get the best out of the group of players and work for this football club, which I will continue to do.

“I’ve got to look at us and unfortunately if that gets in the way of other people then so be it.”

what a thoroughly nice chap. If Carragher and Neville are talking about it perhaps enshrine it in law. Thank god we’ve got Parky who is obviously a member of the civilised human race.

Quote from: Paul Cain's Chip Pan on October 28, 2020, 10:00:03 AM

If starting them on the bench last night means they are firing on all cylinders and winning us 3 points at Dover, then that is fine by me. Some people were talking of Hartlepool as being somewhat of a free hit after our loss on Saturday, but saw Dover as a six pointer. If squad management necessitates rotation, do you rest players for the free hit or the six pointer? You can't have it both ways.

If fitness and fatigue were not an issue, Phil would be playing Kosylo and Mooney for 90 minutes every game, but life isn't that simple, unfortunately.

if we beat Dover we go above them in the table and still have 2 games in hand. We’ll be in the play off places by new year (or maybe not).

Yet Dover beat Ebsfleet last night so i'm not so sure its a six pointer

I have had to turn the sound off on the live streaming. We have just been introduced as Altrincham Town. FFS.
Let's hope the Radio Robins comentary is in sync with the vision.

unfortunately for me Radio Robins was way out of sync. I switched commentary off after they accused Alty of trying to get their player sent off as Ringo was being lifted onto the stretcher. Strewth!