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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: Mrs Warbouys on February 17, 2016, 11:06:41 AM
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Must win game one Saturday now with Borehamwoods improving form. If junior isn't going to be fit we need a right back in on emergency loan, that formation last night simply didn't work, pray to the Lord Simon richman isn't badly hurt and available to play, but it didn't look good.
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Sinnott(loanee)....Holness...Leather...Griffin
Crowther..Moult..Richman(O'Keefe)...Ginnelly
.........................Lawrie
..........................Reeves
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If we have to start O'Keefe in the engine room we're screwed.
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Saturday's fixtures
Chester v Kidderminster
Welling v Wrexham
Halifax v Grimsby
Borehamwood v Torquay
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I wonder what rabbits can be pulled out of hats with no Sinnott Jnr or Richman? Is Havern fit could we play three CBs?
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http://tinyurl.com/j8tkptj
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If no sinnott I'd play David Brown at rb.
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What about 3 centre backs and griffin as a sweeper?
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Guiseley ripped us apart when we played 4-4-2 against them back in August. I know it was way back at the start of the season but lets not take any chances, especially considering how Chester walked through us on Tuesday night. Five midfielders are a must, 4-5-1 or 3-5-2.
I'd much rather us play 4-5-1 because when it comes to tracking back I don't trust Ginnelly (although he works hard) and Crowther one bit. We'd be slaughtered on the wings. Worst case scenario and we're missing Havern, Sinnott and Richman then for me it has to be:
Deasy
Leather, Holness, Heathcote, Griffin
Crowther, O'Keefe, Moult, Lawrie, Ginnelly
Reeves
Pretty much the team Figgy names, but I highly doubt we'll be making another loan signing so Scott at RB makes the most sense. That is what I'd go with but I don't expect us to, Margetts will probably be in the team for a start. Having just one of the three doubtful players available would be huge.
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Desperately need a right back in on loan...rather not have to play Heathcote at all ... in my opinion he isn't good enough and is playing well above his level .. we will ship many goals with him starting at centre back
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We never had enough defenders at the start of the season
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The biggest issue first half against Chester was the diagonal balls played in behind Scott, which then pulled Sam out of position. They played this ball time and again, so they clearly worked out we had a CB at RB and exploited it.
We should therefore play either Leather and Holness as a pair, to ensure there is experience there, 3 CBs or an extra man in midfield if we don't also have a recognised RB.
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We never had enough defenders at the start of the season
Three competent centre-halves in Havern, Marshall and Leather. Back up to them in Heathcote.
Two starting full-backs in Densmore and Griffin. Back up to them in the form of squad members who can 'do a job': Sinnott, Moult, Clee and Griffith.
Don't think we could have asked for much more than that at the start of the season, to be honest.
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Sinnott moult and clee are all midfielders and Heathcote is inexperienced we basically started a season with 5 defenders and s lad from the youth team,I did say this in August
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Sinnott moult and clee are all midfielders and Heathcote is inexperienced we basically started a season with 5 defenders and s lad from the youth team,I did say this in August
We started 2014/2015 with Densmore, Havern, Leather, Marshall, Griffin and Williams. Effectively five then considering Williams' retirement, five in 2015/2016. The difference this season has been the unfortunate injuries. We don't have the purchasing power to run a squad that includes more defenders. Cover at full-back has been a neglected luxury for as long as I can remember supporting us.
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If no sinnott I'd play David Brown at rb.
... assuming he's registered with the league, which I don't know, it's certainly worth considering.
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If no sinnott I'd play David Brown at rb.
... assuming he's registered with the league, which I don't know, it's certainly worth considering.
He was at start of season, so I'm assuming he still is.
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Sinnott moult and clee are all midfielders and Heathcote is inexperienced we basically started a season with 5 defenders and s lad from the youth team,I did say this in August
We started 2014/2015 with Densmore, Havern, Leather, Marshall, Griffin and Williams. Effectively five then considering Williams' retirement, five in 2015/2016. The difference this season has been the unfortunate injuries. We don't have the purchasing power to run a squad that includes more defenders. Cover at full-back has been a neglected luxury for as long as I can remember supporting us.
last season we were incredibly lucky with injuries and yes we don't have the purchasing powers but still we managed to have 5 central midfield players
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Sinnott moult and clee are all midfielders and Heathcote is inexperienced we basically started a season with 5 defenders and s lad from the youth team,I did say this in August
We started 2014/2015 with Densmore, Havern, Leather, Marshall, Griffin and Williams. Effectively five then considering Williams' retirement, five in 2015/2016. The difference this season has been the unfortunate injuries. We don't have the purchasing power to run a squad that includes more defenders. Cover at full-back has been a neglected luxury for as long as I can remember supporting us.
last season we were incredibly lucky with injuries and yes we don't have the purchasing powers but still we managed to have 5 central midfield players
Because central midfield players are naturally more versatile and can cover a lot of different positions if needs be. The same can't be said about defenders, for the most part. The squad Lee put together made sense to me, the way he's dealt with losing members of the squad is questionable though. That's something I've openly criticised on here.
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Out of all the midfielders Iv only seen Nicky clee be any good and that was a wing back and years ago also Scott is not a good right back
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Out of all the midfielders Iv only seen Nicky clee be any good and that was a wing back and years ago also Scott is not a good right back
Moult is ok at rb.
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Must be a game I haven't seen
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Rain forecast for Saturday afternoon. Wonder where the Guiseley fans will be located?
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They seemed to be quite happy stood in the rain for 120+1 minutes the last time at Moss Lane. And in numbers too!
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They will have about 100 so it might not need segregation
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Out of all the midfielders Iv only seen Nicky clee be any good and that was a wing back and years ago also Scott is not a good right back
It's not their job to be 'good' there though is it? They just need to be capable of filling in and keeping their head down, something Sinnott Jr. has done fairly well this season to his credit. It's not ideal but it's necessary when competing at this level. Better players means bigger wages, which in turn means we can't fill out the squad with bodies to cover every position. The money is spent on the quality needed to compete.
I'm talking about the odd injury there though, this season we've had a crisis beyond anything most of us could have expected... and I think we left it a bit late in terms of freshening the squad up.
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Sinnott is equally poor as a full back as he is in midfield
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He looked like Cafu in his absence on Tuesday night.
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Agreed Ballers!
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I think he's been alright at right back personally. He's gone relatively unnoticed, which isn't a bad thing.
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Sinnott is equally poor as a full back as he is in midfield
I think Sinnott has done really well.
We certainly missed him on Tuesday.
I have got him in my top three for player of the season.
But what do I know!!!
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He's always been an average member of our squad. Rarely anything more than that, but certainly nothing less. The severe criticism in the earlier parts of the season looks a bit silly now, in my opinion. As I said at the time.
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He shouldn't be a an average member of the squad if he has played more times than any other player,my point is more about lack of actual defenders than Sinnott
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He looked like Cafu in his absence on Tuesday night.
if that is the case mate I'd say we are down
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Agreed Ballers!
didnt we concede 3 in the game before
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Jordan is not a fullback , I'm one of his critics , but he is better at rb than Scott , I once suggested we play Scott at rb and Sam at cb , but having seen that on Tuesday , I now retract what I said, don't know what alternative we have apart than loanees .
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I do agree he is a better right back than Scott
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Agreed Ballers!
didnt we concede 3 in the game before
Only due to luck, decent keeping and bad finishing we didn't concede 6 on Tuesday
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My point is the squad balance was incorrect from the summer and I'm amazed you don't agree,and if he sticks with 4 4 2 we are down
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Current weather forecast is for heavy rain from about 1100 onwards thru 1800, so this discussion may be academic; however, if Sinnott Jnr. is unfit something has to be done to address the right-back question. Assuming Havern remains unavailable Leather must revert to centre-half; I've heard it said Jake Moult could fill in at right-back but have no memory of his having done so before ...
The midfield, assuming Richman is out for a while (if he has indeed broken a bone), has no scrapper/tackler/ball-winner available, I fear, so will have to live on whatever bits & pieces of possession it can get. Extra bodies in midfield aren't an answer in themselves. Up front, I felt Margetts & Reeves were positive a week ago & I'm absolutely convinced Rankine wasn't fit to play on Tuesday - I'd go back to the Saturday format in that department. So, assuming Sinnott, Havern, Mottley-Henry & Richman are not available (I'm not anticipating any more loan signings at this stage):
Deasy
Moult - Leather - Holness - Griffin
Crowther - O'Keefe - Lawrie - Ginnelly
Margetts - Reeves
might be as good as we can do with
Williams, Heathcote, Rankine, plus two of Swift, Cain, Davis, Stouppis (if the latter two are still available)
on the bench.
Part of me is saying 'come on, let it rain!' while the rest of me is praying for a miracle ...
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Sinnott is equally poor as a full back as he is in midfield
I think Sinnott has done really well.
We certainly missed him on Tuesday.
I have got him in my top three for player of the season.
But what do I know!!!
Obviously as much as me since I totally agree with you.
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Sinnott is equally poor as a full back as he is in midfield
I think Sinnott has done really well.
We certainly missed him on Tuesday.
I have got him in my top three for player of the season.
But what do I know!!!
Obviously as much as me since I totally agree with you.
Thank you for that.
I have been to a lot of the games this year, (home and away), and Sinnott (being out of position), most of the time, has put in a good shift.
Yes, he isn't the best tackler in the world, but has done a job, and still puts in a good cross.
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Current weather forecast is for heavy rain from about 1100 onwards thru 1800, so this discussion may be academic; however, if Sinnott Jnr. is unfit something has to be done to address the right-back question. Assuming Havern remains unavailable
Leather must revert to centre-half; I've heard it said Jake Moult could fill in at right-back but have no memory of his having done so before ...
Mike,
The opening home game of the 2014/15 season:
http://www.altrinchamfc.co.uk/140812ly.htm (http://www.altrinchamfc.co.uk/140812ly.htm)
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My point is the squad balance was incorrect from the summer and I'm amazed you don't agree,and if he sticks with 4 4 2 we are down
Don't disagree we were light, I disagree with your assertion of junior I think he has been steady at right back, no densmore but done a steady enough job
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Macc v Dover OFF
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My point is the squad balance was incorrect from the summer and I'm amazed you don't agree,and if he sticks with 4 4 2 we are down
Don't disagree we were light, I disagree with your assertion of junior I think he has been steady at right back, no densmore but done a steady enough job
havnt been impressed by any of our defenders,Deasey has carried them though you've seen a few more games
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Some player news here, sounds like potentially good news for today, fingers crossed
http://altrincham.today/2016/02/20/sinnott-speaks-the-fans-deserve-more-were-determined-put-right-today/
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Current weather forecast is for heavy rain from about 1100 onwards thru 1800, so this discussion may be academic; however, if Sinnott Jnr. is unfit something has to be done to address the right-back question. Assuming Havern remains unavailable Leather must revert to centre-half; I've heard it said Jake Moult could fill in at right-back but have no memory of his having done so before ...
The midfield, assuming Richman is out for a while (if he has indeed broken a bone), has no scrapper/tackler/ball-winner available, I fear, so will have to live on whatever bits & pieces of possession it can get. Extra bodies in midfield aren't an answer in themselves. Up front, I felt Margetts & Reeves were positive a week ago & I'm absolutely convinced Rankine wasn't fit to play on Tuesday - I'd go back to the Saturday format in that department. So, assuming Sinnott, Havern, Mottley-Henry & Richman are not available (I'm not anticipating any more loan signings at this stage):
Deasy
Moult - Leather - Holness - Griffin
Crowther - O'Keefe - Lawrie - Ginnelly
Margetts - Reeves
might be as good as we can do with
Williams, Heathcote, Rankine, plus two of Swift, Cain, Davis, Stouppis (if the latter two are still available)
on the bench.
Part of me is saying 'come on, let it rain!' while the rest of me is praying for a miracle ...
The mere suggestion of a central midfield partnership of Lawrie and O'Keefe makes me feel faintly sick.
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Current weather forecast is for heavy rain from about 1100 onwards thru 1800, so this discussion may be academic; however, if Sinnott Jnr. is unfit something has to be done to address the right-back question. Assuming Havern remains unavailable Leather must revert to centre-half; I've heard it said Jake Moult could fill in at right-back but have no memory of his having done so before ...
The midfield, assuming Richman is out for a while (if he has indeed broken a bone), has no scrapper/tackler/ball-winner available, I fear, so will have to live on whatever bits & pieces of possession it can get. Extra bodies in midfield aren't an answer in themselves. Up front, I felt Margetts & Reeves were positive a week ago & I'm absolutely convinced Rankine wasn't fit to play on Tuesday - I'd go back to the Saturday format in that department. So, assuming Sinnott, Havern, Mottley-Henry & Richman are not available (I'm not anticipating any more loan signings at this stage):
Deasy
Moult - Leather - Holness - Griffin
Crowther - O'Keefe - Lawrie - Ginnelly
Margetts - Reeves
might be as good as we can do with
Williams, Heathcote, Rankine, plus two of Swift, Cain, Davis, Stouppis (if the latter two are still available)
on the bench.
Part of me is saying 'come on, let it rain!' while the rest of me is praying for a miracle ...
The mere suggestion of a central midfield partnership of Lawrie and O'Keefe makes me feel faintly sick.
Me too - but what I was working on was a 'worst case scenario'. It might be that one or more of the four I'd discounted are available, in which case we may be saved from that particular scaffold ... the online weather forecast has now been amended to heavy rain in the afternoon ... still, the verti-draining might make a difference to the state of the pitch. You never know - tho' I still fear the worst!
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This weather is pants....hoping we get a game today
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Game will be on, it would have been called off by now - on my way!!
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Today's #Alty XI: Deasy, Sinnott, Havern, Holness, Griffin, Moult (c), O'Keefe, Lawrie, Crowther, Ginnelly, Rankine
We had nothing to worry about in the end. Looks 4-5-1 with Rankine up top.
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Halifax beating Grimsby 3-0, FFS.
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1-0 Rankine 41. Useful time to score.
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1-1 now.
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Current weather forecast is for heavy rain from about 1100 onwards thru 1800, so this discussion may be academic; however, if Sinnott Jnr. is unfit something has to be done to address the right-back question. Assuming Havern remains unavailable Leather must revert to centre-half; I've heard it said Jake Moult could fill in at right-back but have no memory of his having done so before ...
The midfield, assuming Richman is out for a while (if he has indeed broken a bone), has no scrapper/tackler/ball-winner available, I fear, so will have to live on whatever bits & pieces of possession it can get. Extra bodies in midfield aren't an answer in themselves. Up front, I felt Margetts & Reeves were positive a week ago & I'm absolutely convinced Rankine wasn't fit to play on Tuesday - I'd go back to the Saturday format in that department. So, assuming Sinnott, Havern, Mottley-Henry & Richman are not available (I'm not anticipating any more loan signings at this stage):
Deasy
Moult - Leather - Holness - Griffin
Crowther - O'Keefe - Lawrie - Ginnelly
Margetts - Reeves
might be as good as we can do with
Williams, Heathcote, Rankine, plus two of Swift, Cain, Davis, Stouppis (if the latter two are still available)
on the bench.
Part of me is saying 'come on, let it rain!' while the rest of me is praying for a miracle ...
The mere suggestion of a central midfield partnership of Lawrie and O'Keefe makes me feel faintly sick.
ABSOLUTE PAIR OF DUFFERS >:( >:(
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Current weather forecast is for heavy rain from about 1100 onwards thru 1800, so this discussion may be academic; however, if Sinnott Jnr. is unfit something has to be done to address the right-back question. Assuming Havern remains unavailable Leather must revert to centre-half; I've heard it said Jake Moult could fill in at right-back but have no memory of his having done so before ...
The midfield, assuming Richman is out for a while (if he has indeed broken a bone), has no scrapper/tackler/ball-winner available, I fear, so will have to live on whatever bits & pieces of possession it can get. Extra bodies in midfield aren't an answer in themselves. Up front, I felt Margetts & Reeves were positive a week ago & I'm absolutely convinced Rankine wasn't fit to play on Tuesday - I'd go back to the Saturday format in that department. So, assuming Sinnott, Havern, Mottley-Henry & Richman are not available (I'm not anticipating any more loan signings at this stage):
Deasy
Moult - Leather - Holness - Griffin
Crowther - O'Keefe - Lawrie - Ginnelly
Margetts - Reeves
might be as good as we can do with
Williams, Heathcote, Rankine, plus two of Swift, Cain, Davis, Stouppis (if the latter two are still available)
on the bench.
Part of me is saying 'come on, let it rain!' while the rest of me is praying for a miracle ...
The mere suggestion of a central midfield partnership of Lawrie and O'Keefe makes me feel faintly sick.
ABSOLUTE PAIR OF DUFFERS >:( >:(
Thought Lawrie had a decent game today. Bit of a bizarre post. Also, if it watch O'Keefe the amount of second balls we win with him as opposed to without him is amazing.
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Current weather forecast is for heavy rain from about 1100 onwards thru 1800, so this discussion may be academic; however, if Sinnott Jnr. is unfit something has to be done to address the right-back question. Assuming Havern remains unavailable Leather must revert to centre-half; I've heard it said Jake Moult could fill in at right-back but have no memory of his having done so before ...
The midfield, assuming Richman is out for a while (if he has indeed broken a bone), has no scrapper/tackler/ball-winner available, I fear, so will have to live on whatever bits & pieces of possession it can get. Extra bodies in midfield aren't an answer in themselves. Up front, I felt Margetts & Reeves were positive a week ago & I'm absolutely convinced Rankine wasn't fit to play on Tuesday - I'd go back to the Saturday format in that department. So, assuming Sinnott, Havern, Mottley-Henry & Richman are not available (I'm not anticipating any more loan signings at this stage):
Deasy
Moult - Leather - Holness - Griffin
Crowther - O'Keefe - Lawrie - Ginnelly
Margetts - Reeves
might be as good as we can do with
Williams, Heathcote, Rankine, plus two of Swift, Cain, Davis, Stouppis (if the latter two are still available)
on the bench.
Part of me is saying 'come on, let it rain!' while the rest of me is praying for a miracle ...
The mere suggestion of a central midfield partnership of Lawrie and O'Keefe makes me feel faintly sick.
ABSOLUTE PAIR OF DUFFERS >:( >:(
Absolute rubbish. Lawrie had a decent game.
All in all 1000 times better than Tuesday, shame Rankines shot hit the bar after Reeves played it across. We were the better first half and Guiseley the second so no complaints with a draw
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Current weather forecast is for heavy rain from about 1100 onwards thru 1800, so this discussion may be academic; however, if Sinnott Jnr. is unfit something has to be done to address the right-back question. Assuming Havern remains unavailable Leather must revert to centre-half; I've heard it said Jake Moult could fill in at right-back but have no memory of his having done so before ...
The midfield, assuming Richman is out for a while (if he has indeed broken a bone), has no scrapper/tackler/ball-winner available, I fear, so will have to live on whatever bits & pieces of possession it can get. Extra bodies in midfield aren't an answer in themselves. Up front, I felt Margetts & Reeves were positive a week ago & I'm absolutely convinced Rankine wasn't fit to play on Tuesday - I'd go back to the Saturday format in that department. So, assuming Sinnott, Havern, Mottley-Henry & Richman are not available (I'm not anticipating any more loan signings at this stage):
Deasy
Moult - Leather - Holness - Griffin
Crowther - O'Keefe - Lawrie - Ginnelly
Margetts - Reeves
might be as good as we can do with
Williams, Heathcote, Rankine, plus two of Swift, Cain, Davis, Stouppis (if the latter two are still available)
on the bench.
Part of me is saying 'come on, let it rain!' while the rest of me is praying for a miracle ...
The mere suggestion of a central midfield partnership of Lawrie and O'Keefe makes me feel faintly sick.
ABSOLUTE PAIR OF DUFFERS >:( >:(
Absolute rubbish. Lawrie had a decent game.
All in all 1000 times better than Tuesday, shame Rankines shot hit the bar after Reeves played it across. We were the better first half and Guiseley the second so no complaints with a draw
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They were better first half and we were better second half
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It just goes to show how differently people perceive things. I thought Guiseley were the better team throughout and had Ranks scored the second, it'd have been daylight robbery. They certainly carried more threat going forward, with on loan Sinclair a constant threat.
I felt the defence did pretty well, especially Holness and Luca against some physically strong strikers. Just as in the first match with Guiseley, Ranks was our best player and correctly won motm. I don't rate Lawrie or O'Keefe at all at this level I'm afraid.
I fear for us if Richman is out for a while.
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Didn't make it today. Strangely, in Birmingham it didn't rain at all. Glad that Ranks got man of the match. I know he's been ill but he's a bit like Perry, up for it or not at the races.
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I agree that people perceive things differently.
Although Guiseley were very neat and kept the ball well they didnt really hurt us at all and we defended well.
We created far more chances than Guiseley from much less possession and if Rankine's shot had gone in instead of hitting the underside of the bar Guiseley couldnt have complained at all with a loss.
Big improvement, still only one defeat in the last 6 games, however we need 5 or 6 wins to be safe from the remaining 13 games.
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I took one major positive from this game, we didn't lose, played ok and improved on last Tuesday's result. Decent gate of well over 1000 too. Even with further injury problems, we still held our own, and have players due to come back very soon. Luca and Marcus worked pretty ok together considering it was the first time they have paired up, I thought Scott was superb in the second half and covered well at left back. Did you notice how James Lawrie grew into the game during the second half. his switch to the left worked well.
There are still many games to play until the end of the season and the next two weeks will give us chance to regroup and recover players from their respective injuries. Maybe it is a good thing we are not playing this week.
I refuse to be downhearted, things will come together and we still have some winnable games coming up. mixed results today but they could have been a lot worse.
Keep the faith guys, there is still much to play for.
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I agree that people perceive things differently.
Although Guiseley were very neat and kept the ball well they didnt really hurt us at all and we defended well.
We created far more chances than Guiseley from much less possession and if Rankine's shot had gone in instead of hitting the underside of the bar Guiseley couldnt have complained at all with a loss.
Big improvement, still only one defeat in the last 6 games, however we need 5 or 6 wins to be safe from the remaining 13 games.
Appreciate you're a glass half full chap, but where do you expect these 5/6 wins to appear from?? 1 win in the last 11. Nowhere near good enough and to be honest, the great performance against woking aside we look miles away!
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Guiseley are always neat and tidy. What they had today, which they don't usually, was physical strength. They've adjusted well to this league. Our biggest problem right now is that Kiddy appear to have invested well in the loan market and we probably need them to stay below us.
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I thought the draw fair to both sides today. From where I stood, Lawrie had a stinker of a game overall; just goes to show how differently people interpret the evidence put before them, I suppose. For a side with no midfield tacklers I thought we did reasonably well; it's to be hoped Griffin's injury will clear up in the next fortnight & the same goes for Richman. Havern getting through 90 minutes was a bonus in my view. The two Tranmere loanees' month will run out before our next game - any views on whether they should be kept on (assuming their parent club is agreeable)? The rest of the results could have been a lot worse but inevitably the picture will look blacker by the time we play Macc as some sides may have played as many as three more fixtures before we get on the field again.
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I thought the draw fair to both sides today. From where I stood, Lawrie had a stinker of a game overall; just goes to show how differently people interpret the evidence put before them, I suppose. For a side with no midfield tacklers I thought we did reasonably well; it's to be hoped Griffin's injury will clear up in the next fortnight & the same goes for Richman. Havern getting through 90 minutes was a bonus in my view. The two Tranmere loanees' month will run out before our next game - any views on whether they should be kept on (assuming their parent club is agreeable)? The rest of the results could have been a lot worse but inevitably the picture will look blacker by the time we play Macc as some sides may have played as many as three more fixtures before we get on the field again.
Both should be kept on if possible they have done well enough
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Hope we can keep Marcus , but Damian far better than Margetts imo.
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Have to say I'm perplexed as to why the management team are so determined to drive Reevesey away from the club as appears to be the case!
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Send margetts back. No disrespect but we've enough forwards and get the best central midfielder humanly possible in on loan, quick
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It just goes to show how differently people perceive things. I thought Guiseley were the better team throughout and had Ranks scored the second, it'd have been daylight robbery. They certainly carried more threat going forward, with on loan Sinclair a constant threat.
I felt the defence did pretty well, especially Holness and Luca against some physically strong strikers. Just as in the first match with Guiseley, Ranks was our best player and correctly won motm. I don't rate Lawrie or O'Keefe at all at this level I'm afraid.
I fear for us if Richman is out for a while.
This.
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I thought the draw fair to both sides today. From where I stood, Lawrie had a stinker of a game overall; just goes to show how differently people interpret the evidence put before them, I suppose. For a side with no midfield tacklers I thought we did reasonably well; it's to be hoped Griffin's injury will clear up in the next fortnight & the same goes for Richman. Havern getting through 90 minutes was a bonus in my view. The two Tranmere loanees' month will run out before our next game - any views on whether they should be kept on (assuming their parent club is agreeable)? The rest of the results could have been a lot worse but inevitably the picture will look blacker by the time we play Macc as some sides may have played as many as three more fixtures before we get on the field again.
This.
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Any chance of elaborating on why you hate James Lawrie?
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Any chance of elaborating on why you hate James Lawrie?
Not rating somebody is not the same as hating them ! I also thought he was mediocre yesterday, and I wouldn't have had him in my starting eleven for most of this season.
On the subject of perception.....I though Jake was below par yesterday and I put it down in no small measure to Ringo's absence.
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Any chance of elaborating on why you hate James Lawrie?
I don't hate him, I just think he is not good enough at this level. He gives the ball away a lot more times than other players, is not strong in possession and some of his set pieces are diabolical. He has had a run in the side because of injuries, otherwise he would have been on the bench at best. O'Keefe is on a par with him. ::)
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Agree
I said in the Summer his seaaon in Conf Nat was not good enough to keep him if we are to play him as a winger or midfielder
This season has been no better - just my opinion because I bear no malice towards him or any other player that is not up to this level
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Re. James Lawrie - I feel that if he cannot play behind a single striker there is no place for him in the team. He is no tackler, his passing & work-rate are poor in my view & he is far too easily knocked off the ball, so midfield is no place for him; he has been tried & found wanting wide right & wide left. Playing behind the central striker he has shown that he can do much better. However, the system & players currently available make this an unlikely option. This, as has been said previously, does not constitute hatred; it is an expression of opinion as to his worth to the side.
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Re. James Lawrie - I feel that if he cannot play behind a single striker there is no place for him in the team. He is no tackler, his passing & work-rate are poor in my view & he is far too easily knocked off the ball, so midfield is no place for him; he has been tried & found wanting wide right & wide left. Playing behind the central striker he has shown that he can do much better. However, the system & players currently available make this an unlikely option. This, as has been said previously, does not constitute hatred; it is an expression of opinion as to his worth to the side.
That is what this forum is SUPPOSED to be all about.Nothing to do with hatred or anything else.
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I thought Lawrie had his best game in a long time. He has been poor for most of the season.
Holness was man of the match. Luca did well first game back.
Reeves has been treated shockingly and I doubt will be here in March.
Guisley are a poor side who have picked up 4 points of us.
We will get relegated.
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Lawrie always inconsistent the problem is from what Iv seen he is even more inconsistent this season
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There a a differnce between inconsistent and sh*te
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I think last season he was inconsistent maybe this year he has downgraded to sh*te as you put it Glyn
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He'll probably have a blinder against Macc just to make me look daft. I may have to miss that game as I'm going to Glasgow to record 15 to 1.
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Good luck with that Phil
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He'll probably have a blinder against Macc just to make me look daft. I may have to miss that game as I'm going to Glasgow to record 15 to 1.
I know somebody else who will be filming 15 to 1 that day. How bizarre!
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He'll probably have a blinder against Macc just to make me look daft. I may have to miss that game as I'm going to Glasgow to record 15 to 1.
Good luck Phil.. wear your Alty top fella
15 points is about what Alty need I reckon
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He'll probably have a blinder against Macc just to make me look daft. I may have to miss that game as I'm going to Glasgow to record 15 to 1.
Good luck Phil.. wear your Alty top fella
15 points is about what Alty need I reckon
Unfortunately anything with a logo is not permitted. Or it would be a given !
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Sinnott is equally poor as a full back as he is in midfield
I think Sinnott has done really well.
We certainly missed him on Tuesday.
I have got him in my top three for player of the season.
But what do I know!!!
I confess that I struggle to see how you have him ahead of the likes of Deasy, Moult and Rankine.
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He'll probably have a blinder against Macc just to make me look daft. I may have to miss that game as I'm going to Glasgow to record 15 to 1.
Good luck Phil.. wear your Alty top fella
15 points is about what Alty need I reckon
Unfortunately anything with a logo is not permitted. Or it would be a given !
Phil,
Never wear red when you appear on Fifteen To One!
It was a mistake that my mother-in-law made when she was a contestant on the programme.
You stand out more and people pick on you with a higher frequency.
The very best of luck to you.
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Sinnott is equally poor as a full back as he is in midfield
I think Sinnott has done really well.
We certainly missed him on Tuesday.
I have got him in my top three for player of the season.
But what do I know!!!
I confess that I struggle to see how you have him ahead of the likes of Deasy, Moult and Rankine.
As I said, what do I know!!
But I would still have him in my top three, because the amount of stick he has got on this forum is embarrassing.
Barry, the guy has played out of position for some time.
In my opinion he puts in a good shift.
If You look at some posts on here, Rankine would never start.
It would be Reaves every time.
We all have our views.
But if you have Sinnott at No4, that's fine👍
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You would have someone in your top 3 players because they receive stick on here,the 3 players Cult has mentioned are the only players not to have had a disappointing season hence why we're in so much trouble
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Sinnott is equally poor as a full back as he is in midfield
I think Sinnott has done really well.
We certainly missed him on Tuesday.
I have got him in my top three for player of the season.
But what do I know!!!
I confess that I struggle to see how you have him ahead of the likes of Deasy, Moult and Rankine.
As I said, what do I know!!
But I would still have him in my top three, because the amount of stick he has got on this forum is embarrassing.
Barry, the guy has played out of position for some time.
In my opinion he puts in a good shift.
If You look at some posts on here, Rankine would never start.
It would be Reaves every time.
We all have our views.
But if you have Sinnott at No4, that's fine👍
Bryan,
You are perfectly entitled to your opinion (after all, it's a subjective issue rather than an exact science).
I have no problem at all with that.
Mind you, I do find it a trifle odd to be so influenced in your selection of a player of the season by the amount of 'stick' that the individual in question has received on the Alty forum.
On that premise, Kyle Perry would have been a shoe-in for the award in at least one of his two seasons at the club!
As regards Jordan Sinnott, I'm not convinced that he's being played out of position, as it were, purely in terms of my (albeit restricted) view that he was largely ineffective as a midfield player in a total of 15 consecutive league games for us earlier this season.
Perhaps right full back/wing back does actually represent a more realistic option for him (as long as he works on the art of tackling)?
I think that some of the criticism of him has been over the top but, equally, some of it has been warranted (particularly regarding all those underwhelming free kicks to date!).
However, being the manager's son was always going to put him under a greater degree of scrutiny (and both he and his father would be naive to think otherwise).
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Playing Jordan at Right Ack has really helped him going forward. He can see the whole pitch ahead of him and can't be caught in possession by someone behind him. It also gives him a bit more time on the ball. Wing ack suits him therefore
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Playing Jordan at Right Ack has really helped him going forward. He can see the whole pitch ahead of him and can't be caught in possession by someone behind him. It also gives him a bit more time on the ball. Wing ack suits him therefore
However, 37 shots since his last goal has him in Gillespie territory.
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Playing Jordan at Right Ack has really helped him going forward. He can see the whole pitch ahead of him and can't be caught in possession by someone behind him. It also gives him a bit more time on the ball. Wing ack suits him therefore
However, 37 shots since his last goal has him in Gillespie territory.
Why? He's not a striker.
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Playing Jordan at Right Ack has really helped him going forward. He can see the whole pitch ahead of him and can't be caught in possession by someone behind him. It also gives him a bit more time on the ball. Wing ack suits him therefore
However, 37 shots since his last goal has him in Gillespie territory.
Why? He's not a striker.
Sorry....hadn't realised that midfield players weren't allowed to score goals.
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Playing Jordan at Right Ack has really helped him going forward. He can see the whole pitch ahead of him and can't be caught in possession by someone behind him. It also gives him a bit more time on the ball. Wing ack suits him therefore
However, 37 shots since his last goal has him in Gillespie territory.
Why? He's not a striker.
Sorry....hadn't realised that midfield players weren't allowed to score goals.
But considering he's hardly played in midfield that's possibly the oddest comparison to make.
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Playing Jordan at Right Ack has really helped him going forward. He can see the whole pitch ahead of him and can't be caught in possession by someone behind him. It also gives him a bit more time on the ball. Wing ack suits him therefore
However, 37 shots since his last goal has him in Gillespie territory.
Why? He's not a striker.
Sorry....hadn't realised that midfield players weren't allowed to score goals.
But considering he's hardly played in midfield that's possibly the oddest comparison to make.
Whilst I concur that the comparison with Gillespie isn't fair, I wouldn't say that Jordan Sinnott starting our opening 15 league fixtures (of 33 played to date) as a midfielder constitutes him having "hardly played in midfield" though, would you?
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Playing Jordan at Right Ack has really helped him going forward. He can see the whole pitch ahead of him and can't be caught in possession by someone behind him. It also gives him a bit more time on the ball. Wing ack suits him therefore
However, 37 shots since his last goal has him in Gillespie territory.
Why? He's not a striker.
Sorry....hadn't realised that midfield players weren't allowed to score goals.
But considering he's hardly played in midfield that's possibly the oddest comparison to make.
Whilst I concur that the comparison with Gillespie isn't fair, I wouldn't say that Jordan Sinnott starting our opening 15 league fixtures (of 33 played to date) as a midfielder constitutes him having "hardly played in midfield" though, would you?
Honestly didn't realise he's started 15 games in midfield this season Mr Cult, I'd have said about 6 myself. Fair point. I still stand by the fact it is the height of obscurity to compare a striker and a central midfielder.
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Where he's played is immaterial. The stats show he's had 37 shots on goal since he last scored. I don't think he's been striking the ball from the right back position.
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Jordan aside, I don't think it is an unfair criticism to say that our entire midfield don't chip in with enough goals as it is (nor for that matter do our defenders score many from set-pieces).
We have an over-reliance on Reeves that has existed for some time and this burden is now shared with Rankine.
(having just added this post quite late without looking stuff up, I will take a look at the website and see who has scored what this season)
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Had a look, hopefully got it right :-
We have scored 32 goals in 33 games
10 goals have come from what I term midfielders (3 of these goals scored recently by Josh Ginnelly).
Central midfielders Moult, Richman and O'Keefe have two goals between them, which sort of sums up our game play really
1 goal so far from a defender (Heathcote's last gasp winner when coming on versus Cheltenham as late defensive back-up)
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Where he's played is immaterial. The stats show he's had 37 shots on goal since he last scored. I don't think he's been striking the ball from the right back position.
Nor has he been played in one-on-one 37 times.
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He crashed the ball against the bar with his left peg from some distance a few minutes into Macc (A) which could have changed the outcome of that game.
However, I won't blame him for missing that one.
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And he put one just over in same game .
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Top 3 has to be Moult, Deasy and Rankine
Everyone else has been sh*t
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Everyone else has been sh*t
Oversimplistic IMO. Three certainly, but the rest have been below average for long periods. It's not been much fun watching this season.