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2 x cheeseburgers and 2 x cokes - 10.40

Robbing gits

Graham, Kenny and the lads

Thanks for a great afternoon yesterday, Alex and I really really enjoyed ourselves watching the match. I think you deserved the win yesterday, especially in the light of the criticism you have received recently.

Best way to shut up the critics that! Oh yeah, we have Kearney back and Smith now. Just keeps getting better and better does'nt it.

Seriously, great afternoons entertainment and we have a great time.

Thanks All

I would just like to register my thanks to both Ian Senior and Stewart Coburn for giving up most of their evening tonight to coach the goalkeepers of Altrincham FC Juniors, my own son Alex included.

I am sure Alex will be benefit from their help tonight as will the other attendees. It is very nice for the players to be coached by them, and we appreciated the senior members of the club, helping to bring our Junior members on.

Thanks once again Stewart and Ian.

Steve from Sale

I will be going with our Alex - I would like to have used the coach, but have to stop in and see my ma and pa in law en route in Broughton, so am driving.

Glad about the Wrexham fixtures over Christmas, wife has just set up boxing day at their place, so I will be at Wrexham too.

See you all there

Sorry but I took slight offence to that heading.

Graham has been attached to this club in one way of another for over 35 years now. He has given the club his all over these years and knows non-league football inside out. He works within a tight budget and brings in the best players he can afford within this budget. This is despite a recent poor run of results which, under the circumstances of player availaibility, was not entirely unexpected. I do feel the team are a very good side this season but we have lost some strong players at a critical time fixture wise. Once we have all players back we will get stronger. In the meantime the best we can do as supporters is to get behind the team, and encourage the players we do have available, rather than criticising the manager and his players. How long will it be before the manager decides enough is enough and slings his hook.

There have been times when I have wanted to walk away from Junior Football Management. I am currently Assistant Manager of Altrincham FC Juniors under 15's B team for whom my son Alex plays in goal. In Junior management you are only answerable to parents and players, probrably 30-40 people in total. Grahams role is magnified a lot more than that. The role of manager is a fabulous one if things are going right, but very lonely and isolated when things are not going well. I still remember parents criticising me when we lost a couple of games on the bounce and calling me to account. This was also the season when we went on to win the league cup, when I was at Unicorn. I remember the nights of reduced sleep worrying, and asking questions of myself. At times I wanted to just walk away from it and enjoy a better quality of life without the unecessary agro, but then I would have let the kids down. 

Why is Graham getting so much criticism, I have always supported Graham who has been at the club longer than I have been a supporter. Try and stand yourself in any football management role, whether junior or senior and see for yourself what it can be like. Then magnify it 30-fold in Grahams case. Graham is honest, hardworking, extremely knowledgable of non league and is vital to our club. Lets remember that he also has a deep rooted love of the club just like we do.

Cheers Graham, keep up the good work! Remember we are still on-target for a mid table or above finish, and we know we have not seen the best of this team yet! And please ignore the title of these posts, it is disrespectful and ignorant.



 

I hope he is as good as his old fella was for Alty - John Owens.

Have very strong memories of John Owens who was a superb player.

If it worked with Shaun, who is going to play for England after our game, then it could work for Andy.

Heres hoping

Its my favourite pub on Friday night - the Old Market Tavern.

Now that is proper Cask Conditioned Ale, and before you say anything I know you have got to be middle aged to drink there. but that is how we all like our ale!!!

Proper beer in a proper pub, sadly a lot of these are being closed down

See you all soon

Steve from Sale

I did not see what happened after the game other than to say GH was goaded all through the game after the first goal. I would very probrably have reacted the same way. I dont blame Graham or Kenny as the players just let management down also, and a lot of GH's reactions were out of fustration.

Aside from the players not playing how he wanted them to play and not being up for the game, the Mansfield fans needled him all the way through.

Proud of the Alty fans behaviour which I felt was impeccable, especially during the minutes silence. We did nothing at all wrong, but I did not feel up to applauding at the end, but did anyway. Only a couple of the Alty players applauded, some of us responded, myself included, briefly. Others did not and I cannot say I blame them.

Come on lads, this was the FA cup for gods sake!!

Better performances from now on, play the way we and you know you can!!