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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Saturday Match Thread
« on: October 31, 2020, 05:07:01 PM »
Going for a lie down.
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We’re fine. I think Brian telling their steward to ‘shut your f**king mouth’ after he pulled leads out of his computer to try and stop us broadcasting was his finest moment, of many.priceless. absolutely priceless 😃 😃
They do seem minimal!perhaps being done with their coats over their heads. For pity’s sake this is unbelievable.
I expect team will be asper above...November could be season defining for Alty. If all 6 games escape covid intervention here’s hoping for a spell of dry weather. Heavy pitches don’t suit our style of play.
Hoping game goes ahead as lotta rain around...
If game is played i predict a one goal victory too...
2-1 to Alty...
After today's game we have 5 of next 6 games in November at home so can hopefully start to climb the table... 🤞
From the main site: "Following discussions between the government & the Football Association on September 29th, the FA explained that where elite and non-elite clubs are playing, only supporters of non-elite clubs will be permitted entry, and only if their club is at home."”Government Makes Crazy Covid Statement” is no longer news. I always have the TV remote close to hand in case any of the clowns appear. The virus sits in at the governments covid meetings and is briefed as to what it can and can’t do. Absolutely farcical.
if it was due to travelling or capacity I could understand (up to a point), but due to the level we play at just makes no sense.
Is the virus now selective about the clubs fans support?
According to his Facebook post, Toby has fractured his ankle.Groan. Not what we wanted to hear. Get well soon Toby.
Horrendous news and bad luck.
Details of a new loan signing on the official club website.can I be one of the first to say what a great signing. The song possibilities are endless.
I think Hanks has really suffered more than most with Hulme's departure. Nothing we can do on that score. He'll adjust. Sooner will be the better. We need him firing on all cylinders.Thompson
Senior Hannigan Sutton White
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Mooney Kosylo Hancock Ceesay
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As long as Kossy and Hancks are disciplined enough, it could work.
Could get Hanks on the ball a bit more too, which is probably what he needs right now. Decent enough idea.
They were quite entitled to refuse to move it.if they are asking alty I wouldn’t give them the courtesy of a reply. Just piss them about.
Be interesting what response they get when they request a move
what a thoroughly nice chap. If Carragher and Neville are talking about it perhaps enshrine it in law. Thank god we’ve got Parky who is obviously a member of the civilised human race.
Dave Challinor responds to pre-match criticism aimed at Hartlepool United by Altrincham boss Phil Parkinson
Dave Challinor has defended Hartlepool United’s decision to turn down Altrincham’s request of pushing their National League fixture back 24 hours.
By Jordan Cronin
The Hartlepool Mail
Wednesday, 28th October 2020, 4:45 pm
Pools played out a 1-1 draw with Alty on Tuesday evening, just over 48 hours after the newly-promoted club were knocked out of the FA Cup at AFC Fylde.
Robins boss Phil Parkinson said in the build-up to the game at Victoria Park he was disappointed with Pools’ attitude but accepted it was their “prerogative”.
"It was a little bit disappointing in terms of their attitude not to move the game to a Wednesday with what we’ve been through but that is their prerogative to stick to a Tuesday and make it difficult for us, we will certainly remember those types of things moving forward,” said Parkinson on Sunday afternoon.
“When everybody is facing this epidemic you expect football clubs to stick together, Fylde were top drawer in moving the fixture, realising the situation we were in and we appreciate that.
"I wish them all the best, they look favourites to win promotion. They are doing everything right to move in the right direction.
"It is absolutely Hartlepool’s prerogative not to change but it is slightly disappointing with the current climate and what everyone is facing.”
Challinor was honest in his response, admitting self-interest does play its part.
However, the 45-year-old believes it is the same for every club – citing a debate on Monday Night Football between Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher.
“Regardless of what anybody says, everybody is going to look at self-interest,” he told The Mail, when asked about Parkinson’s pre-match comments.
"For us, we’ve got a big game on Saturday on the TV versus Torquay. We’ve then got to travel to Barnet on Tuesday. We then go to Salford in the FA Cup and we’ve got to travel to Yeovil and Eastleigh.
“There was a good debate on Monday Night Football. It’s easy for people to say they would have done this and they would have done that.
“Again, if I want to be pointing the finger, Fylde were accommodating but they weren’t very accommodating for us. Not everybody is looking after each other.
"As Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville said, people were all feeling sorry for Wigan when they had the problems they had but it didn’t take very long for clubs to be taking their players for next to nothing.
“Listen, everybody will have self-interest. My job is to get the best out of the group of players and work for this football club, which I will continue to do.
“I’ve got to look at us and unfortunately if that gets in the way of other people then so be it.”
Eccleshill United say the game is on Wednesday November 4th with a 7.45 kickoff. Spectators can attend (although you are not supposed to leave Greater Manchester without a good reason, I suspect they might not be too bothered about that).there won't be any problem with covid as the game will finish by 10 pm when COVID-19 appears.
https://twitter.com/EccleshillUtdFC/status/1321520585051164673
If starting them on the bench last night means they are firing on all cylinders and winning us 3 points at Dover, then that is fine by me. Some people were talking of Hartlepool as being somewhat of a free hit after our loss on Saturday, but saw Dover as a six pointer. If squad management necessitates rotation, do you rest players for the free hit or the six pointer? You can't have it both ways.if we beat Dover we go above them in the table and still have 2 games in hand. We’ll be in the play off places by new year (or maybe not).
If fitness and fatigue were not an issue, Phil would be playing Kosylo and Mooney for 90 minutes every game, but life isn't that simple, unfortunately.
Yet Dover beat Ebsfleet last night so i'm not so sure its a six pointer
Discuss..we can all pick what we think is our best eleven but after the Dover game we get a break followed by 6 games in the space of 19 days. We are going to need rotation in all areas of the team big time.
I have had to turn the sound off on the live streaming. We have just been introduced as Altrincham Town. FFS.unfortunately for me Radio Robins was way out of sync. I switched commentary off after they accused Alty of trying to get their player sent off as Ringo was being lifted onto the stretcher. Strewth!
Let's hope the Radio Robins comentary is in sync with the vision.
Would have been Exeter (away again!)Are the FA aware we have a home ground?