Notwithstanding all the hyperbole during the week, there were no green shoots of recovery on view from the main stand at Edgeley Park this afternoon.
We managed merely a single shot on target - and that was a tame effort along the ground from distance by Goodall.
There was just so little of quality on display from Alty.
Time and time again, we conceded possession cheaply and yet again we were incapable of competing physically with the opposition.
Densmore spent most of the afternoon giving the ball away and a rusty-looking Clee wasn't much better when he came on.
The 39-year-old Jones looked our fittest player during the opening 45 minutes but rather vanished during the second half.
Miller battled away but had no support.
Lawrie contributed nothing of any value....and I'm not sure that Reeves even managed a touch of the ball after coming on as a substitute!
Minutes after the rather bizarre decision to move McDonald up front, we conceded a headed goal from a cross.
An utterly dispiriting afternoon.
I hope that the players' Christmas night out gets cancelled owing to fog.