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What a bloody tie, the atmosphere will be electric.

We need to get Val fit to break up attacks !!!!

Too excited already, love FA Cup.

Even when we start O'Neil in a friendly we lose ha, sorry bit harsh. So glad that Graham has opted to play Senior and Little for the last two league games, which has gained us 6 points and 4 goals. Now lets stick with those two and attacking footy. Roll on Saturday, lets see Logan and Potts too. Also, like I have also previously stated, we have dropped Sedgemore which needed to be done, adds nothing to Alty's play !!!

Ok , i've come in at 3.15 am after a night on the pi55. Today's game hurt me a lot, more than any other game for a long time. Lets stop giving teams credit. Yes we are part time but we can compete at this level. I am a fan, thats all I am, but I am a fan who believes this team is better than we think it is. I think the management give other teams too much respect . I can quite easily say pi55 up that when Logan came on and he was the most talented player on the pitch. We had Potts, Senior and Logan on the bench at the start. I have not read the postings since the game, but we started with four centre mids in midfield again, I honesty love graham but please at least give us one winger at home. I have watched Alty for a long time now and the times we have been good are when we've had a Showler, Sharrat, Terry, Ellison type of player on the wing and then a McKenna, Green type of player in the middle up front. Everyone knows what I think of Joe. Respect for his effort but he is not going to help us, he is no forward, he's weak and does not know what runs to make.Already this season I have seen Pottsy put balls in, that I would DREAM off as a striker, but there's no person attacking it. Actually respect for Peyton back post attacks, but where's the six yard box man and that is O'Neil??? miles behind the play. Since Robinson we have shut shop on attacking football, but that season we were awesome at home. We have the players to attack teams. Sedgmore scored a screamer today, quality goal but he ain't done nothing for the team. Aspinal played well today until the second and third goal but again he always has a big mistake in him. Munroe has stepped his game up so much but we have now had Lawton, Little and Munroe sent off, I love players who get stuck in and I think that's what makes the English game but lets Fu*king stop kicking out at players, especially when we know that they are going to gone down and roll about. I ain't no manager even though I think I am drunk but lets go at teams from the start and stop waiting until we are one or two nil down before we start playing because that is all I have seen this season. People's reply is going to be, we attacked today and we lost 3-1. yes not debating that, but how about attack from the start, get a lead, yes a lead, shock for some people, and then try and hold it for the last 15 mins, instead of always chasing full time footballers for some sort of result. Sick of just waiting until we are losing to start playing football. Makes me laugh when people say Pottsy can't last 90 mins, you know why he can't last 90 mins. it's because we play part time footy?? where we only train twice a week at the most. The players work, so the only way he will get fit is to play him, I have said this about Rod in the past. Favourites, last season Bushell was played half fit in a lot games. Love Robbie Lawton but if he ain't going to play in the middle then Pottsy deserves his chance. Whilst we have Logan we need to play him, at home whack Peyton at left back and Logan on the wing. I have so much respect for the managment and the team but as I have said before if we don't attack teams especially at home we are going down but we have a team that  can easily stay up. I believe that !!!!

Grays did not even look a good team, yet again we start with a defensive team and YET again we wait until it is too late to change the team. Joe ONeil is a waste of bloody time,he gets bullied every week, lets start with Senior or Thornley, they are by far better players than Joe and they would gurantee more goals. Joe does not even make clever runs, painful to watch him. Also lets play Pottsy, can not remember when Lawton last played well, think it was Northwich at home. No excuse we were crap and should have attacked that very poor Gray's defence. Graham please gamble with an attacking team, especially at home otherwise we have no chance. We have to beat teams at home and we play and defend a lot better playing attacking football. Well played Lane ( quality defender ), Peyton and Acton today.

Team at home

GK Coburn

RB Lane
LB Peyton
CB Munroe
CB Rose ( need another centre back )

RM Pottsy
CM Whalley
CM Val
LW Senior/Peyton

FW Little
FW Thornley/Senior

In my eye's there is no other manager. We would have sunk without Graham and Dalton. I personally think we will be stronger than last season, but I am still worried we haven't got the fire power. Still in shock how Joe O'Neil won player of the year, he just ain't going to score the goals. We were a bit narrow as well yesterday, we were playing four centre mids, I was impress with Whalley, great passer and Val Owen has the energy of a 18 year old, unbelievable how he breaks up attacks. Still think we should start with either senior or Potts on the wing, it spreads the play. There were many times when we had it in Centre mid but no-one was out wide, so we'd look for the feet of Joe, who isn't strong enough. I would give Rod or Berkeley a run of games, I think we'd score goals. We need Peyton back at left back, aspinal is no defender !!!

Anyway back to the point why I came on here. As far as I'm concerned Graham has done an unbelievable job, the effort and hours he puts in to this club. We are entertaining quality teams week in and week out. Without Graham we would be going to places like Barrow, Hyde and the others. Already this season is a bonus for us fans, because no-one thought we'd be here. Lets get behind the lads and I think we will survive, we have better depth to the team!!! and I think we'll beat Halifax on Tuesday so everyone make the effort to get there !!! COME ON ALTY

Rod Thronley and Colin Little are the partnership for me and I think if they had played more games together in the conference we would not be relegated. When Thornley plays we look dangerous and I think those two are our best forwards. Joe started to prove me wrong towrds the end of the season as early in the season I said he was useless. Joe tries so hard and he should score more goals next season, but I think Thornley would score a lot more and its goals we need, as if we keep our defence we shouldn't leak many goals next season.

Another idea next season could be playing rod out wide and having Joe and Col up front, especially at home,  because we have to be honest the standard is so much worse. Last point as I'm whaffling on but we MUST attack teams next year not go one up and defend. I think Lewis may leave but if we keep everyone else plus two wingers and maybe a tall striker it will be happy days. Maybe we can persuade Senior.

I was not there today due to work.

I think we will be relegated if we don't start attacking more.If Graham has said that Thornley is not a striker anymore what the bleeding hell is O'Neil? I can honestly say that if Thornley had started as many games up front as Joe he would have at least twice as many goals and by god that is what we need. The team should be

Coburn

LB Peyton
RB G Scott ( a lot better defender than Aspinal)
CB Munroe
CB Band

LW Senior
RW Lawton
CM Bushell
CM Chamlers or Val

CF Little
CF Thornley

Little and Thornley played well together last year, in my eye's still the best partnership we have. Joe has been given long enough, give someone else a try. I remember at home last year we went out all attack and looked like scoring. We so badly miss a Pottsy or Robinson,why not play n attacking team from the start? especially at home. Southport are garbage and we've lost to them. It seems I only come on here to moan but the fact is I'm bricking it as I see the team we are playing has no goals in it. Most of the time we have four centre mids playing at the same time in midfield, how are we going to create chances for the strikers ? and especially for a striker who needs about 7 chances to get a goal in O'Neil. Sorry Joe love you work rate but you ain't good enough. Also the fullbacks don't overlap as much this season, we need to take chances, seems like we wait until we are losing then decide to attack and most of the time it is too late then.

Fair enough if this new left beck is quality but I think pushing Warren further forward will weaken us. Peyton has done well at left back,and i do like him  but for me Thornley has been class attacking on the left. Warren is a failry slow player who for me is a tough tackling centre mid not an attacking left winger. Thornley on the left has attacked teams like Jimmy Robinson did for us last year,which gave us a different dimension. If thornley is going to be dropped from left wing then he is by far the second best striker we have. Joe O'Neil runs his heart out but he's no finisher and Little is the type of player who looks to play a striker in. I think if Thornley is given the same amount of games O'Neil has played then I honestly believe he would of at least doubled O'Neil's total for the season and we need the goals. I've watched Alty for years and the best we defend is to go at teams, not having this about full time teams being fitter than us. There's only been a handful who I have seen to be fiiter than us, it could just be more heart from our team. It is a credit to the lads and Graham on how physically fit we are, 100% effort, so lets go at teams with more direct play, the sort of driving runs Robbie Lawton does for example.