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A lot of people on here feel we should never divert from our usual 4-2-3-1 formation but we won that today with the three centre backs. So is it time to admit that formation can be a good option for us?

Keep the same back four. I like the way Ethan talks to our back four and keeps them on their toes

I would be Happy with another point v Hartlepool

Sadly we can’t make the game.

Would be nice to see Kossy back if fit..

Kosylo is out injured for 2 to 3 weeks.

I think the idea of us having two different systems we use regularly is good but we don’t have the personnel to make 3-5-2 work at the moment. Neither Banks or Eddy Jones offers any kind of attacking threat as wingbacks. The three in midfield tonight are too same-y. No creativity and nobody who really looks to get beyond the front players. And when you play three CBs, the two wide ones need to be able to step into midfield and make play. James Jones can do that but Baines can’t. He’s good in a back four but not in a five.

Happy with a point in the end.

Quote from: jhcorbett on August 04, 2023, 10:19:19 AM

Will it be rained off?

I think it would be a first if Game number 1 in August fell foul to the weather,one thing for certain the pitch won't require a pre match water

The curtain-raiser against York four years ago very nearly fell foul of the wet weather in the build-up.

Quote from: Leon on July 07, 2023, 09:58:00 AM

I'd love to know when we first started using the current crest. People talk as if it's been part of our heritage for decades but I'm not sure how true that is. Personally I would like to see us in time move to a new crest that is a specific Alty FC design rather than the fiddly and fusty one we have now.

http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/cheshire_pre74.html

I think that this should answer your question. My own opinion of the Crest/COA (Coat of Arms) is that it lacks any modern day relevance and quite frankly, I think that it is somewhat unattractive and disappointing to the eye.  The heraldic creatures are particularly ugly looking. It wasn't even commissioned for the Club - we just nicked it and used it after it was granted to the as was then Altrincham Borough Council in 1937. 

Altrincham Borough Council ceased to be in 1974 and the Crest/COA was retired.  Ironically our 1974/75 cup run heralded arguably the best period in the Club's history.  I wonder how many other Football clubs maintain a defunct local government Coat of Arms as such an important club icon.

Now then, The motto 'ALTRINCHAM EN AVANT' meaning  'ALTRINCHAM LEADS THE WAY' I would keep as it does still relate and would be an ideal nod to the past. 

I would like to suggest that the Club goes for a new Club Crest and it would be good opportunity to engage with supporters and open a competition for designs and ideas. If a prototype design was adopted by this means a couple of season tickets would be a great prize.

Interesting stuff, although it doesn't answer the question of when we (ie the football club) started using the crest, I don't think?

Quote from: Leon on June 19, 2023, 02:37:24 PM

Quote from: HashtagAlty on June 19, 2023, 12:37:56 PM

GK: Byrne Gould Forde

Defenders: Jones, Banks, Brockbank - Roscoe, Jones, Baines, Cooper

Central Midfielders: Osborne, Marriot, Jones
Attacking Midfielder: Con Clarke

Wingers: Kosylo
Forwards: Angus, Linney, Morton

Invited back but not listed: German, Hussain

16 senior players, 2 youth players plus not listed.

Would expect 3 more in, plus some loanees in/out.

The players invited back for pre-season training were Forde, Morton and Hussain. German was on the retained list.

Interesting that Forde and Morton have places on our official squad page, but Hussain and German not added (Which is where the above is credited from)

I think that's just because they're working from last season's squad, where Morton and Forde had squad numbers but German didn't. I seem to remember that Hussain also had a squad number but it was taken by someone else after his injury.

I'd say we need to sign two wingers minimum and probably three. We have a few players who can play wide (CCC, Kosylo, Angus maybe) but none for whom it's their best position.