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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Retained list announced
« on: May 09, 2024, 10:53:57 PM »
Baines all day for me…
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I'd be a little wary of signing Sinclair. He only featured in 32 of 46 games both this season in NL, and last season in League Two. Many of his appearances were from the bench, and he didn't play a full 90 minutes many times. I'm not convinced about his fitness, and signing players from clubs of a lower standard than ourselves doesn't strike me as being the way to progress.
It's been 42 years since we beat York City in the FA Cup to earn the right to one of our finest hours in the the next round, knocking out then top-flight Birmingham City. We've not come a long way since then in terms of our progress up the pyramid - indeed we could be argued to have dropped back just a touch - but back then beating the Minstermen was very much a "giant killing". Looking at the current state of affairs at York one rather has to feel sorry for them. Next season they look nailed on to be routinely playing the likes of Rushall Olympic and Radcliffe, and when you consider that they'll be sharing that "privilege" with other ex League clubs like Chester, Southport, Darlington, Boston and the reformed Hereford and Scarborough....yes, we HAVE progressed.It was York in the 4th round after we beat Birmingham in the 3rd round. 2nd round was Blackpool wasn’t it?
I thought Angus you played his role fairly well last night which was essentially being in CCC’s position but playing it defensively. Not an easy task