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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Chesterfield match thread
« on: August 31, 2022, 11:27:51 PM »
I’d happily take Jake King for the record.
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Not looking forward to this one bit.
Byrne
Barrows. Mullarkey. Cooper. Baines
Osbourne. Lundstram
Bennett. Conn-Clarke. Colclough
Hulme
About 4 close calls as to starting 11 .
Solihull 2-0 Alty
Looks odd on the face of it. Sami is already in that position and can’t even get in the bench? One for the long term maybe, expect to see him out on loan somewhere.
I do think signing Jones might have been far too based on sentiment - Barrow fans couldn't wait to get rid of him and we'd finished our recruitment in that area of the park.
Interestingly, Harry Perritt and Eddy Jones have only been unused subs for their respective clubs' League Cup games - I'd have them both back in a heartbeat - with Perritt at the base of the midfield, pushing Osborne and Lundstram further up the pitch, and doing away with a Number 10 for the time being.
Well, that was pretty poor if I’m honest. Ponderous and timid in possession, no flexibility, some positional changes that didn’t work and gifted them two goals.
It’s not the time to panic or get too down about it but we’ve got to take the bull by the horns and get serious now. Sort the goal keeper situation, tell Barrows to get fit, sign at least two more adults who’ve played football and get aggressive in the final third.
We’ve essentially done the same passing over and over again and expected a different result. Insanity?
Baines held up well, we didn’t look too threatened by them but it was like a training ground game. Need to crack on now.
Good post. It's very unfortunate that Dermot Mee's first significant contribution was to make a mistake which led to a goal, but that was the case, and his team-mates therefore have that worrying lack of confidence in him.
We actually had two strikers on for a time tonight, but stiil seem to be prone to pass it around the circle that one time too often, trying to find the perfect opportunity rather than have a go at goal.
The players aren't suddenly bad players though, so we can turn this around, starting against a Yeovil Town team who have had a worse start than us.
In fairness to Mee, anyone who T**ts a ball from near enough half way unnanounced is going to struggle to control it.
Clearly the ball caught him out as it probably wouldnt have been deemed a backpass.
He made two great saves at 1 nil.
Couldn’t make last night but fact of the matter re Mee is that United are trusting us with one of their kids for an extended period for the first time in god knows how many years-for the long term health of the club that can only be a good thing. Now, if only we could get City to do the same…
I thought the same, obviously the lad needs to perform but hopefully we look after him and it's the start of a decent long term relationship.