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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Mac are staying Put
« on: May 07, 2024, 08:53:29 PM »
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Just give it the lot of them. Make it a collective POTY. There are so many who we would struggle to play without.
Baines, Ross, CCC, Osborne etc
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Great shout......sort of agree....but like the Oscars....someone has to win
great work from ground staff to prepare the pitch. i feared for it when driving to ground.
the segregation worked a treat so big well done to the club
the match made me sick esp 2nd half. balls of steel our defence. don't know why newby was withdrawn and not donawa.
how lunstram doesnt start for them is bizarre.
The booing was embarrassing......do not recall him slagging us off after he left the club (unless someone can remind me)...... do not remember him being lazy or half arsed either.....think his crime might be that he is much improved at another club and may well be playing in a Trophy Final soon
Aside from the opening 30 minutes or so, I thought that Gateshead were the better team and ultimately deserved their victory.
We really struggled to get going in that second half and our defending was well below its customary standard this season. Two uncharacteristically poor headers by Jake Cooper which teed up their second and third goals.
Superb strike from Dan Mooney, but their debutant in goal largely had very little to do. The introduction of Linney for Kosylo came far too late, to my mind.
What troubles me is that Gateshead exhibited far more facets to their game overall. Yes, we are fully aware that they can play it out from the back and always have good technical players in midfield who can pass the ball around nicely, but they were also not afraid to be more direct (as demonstrated by their first goal).
We rarely take the opportunity to put a speculative cross into the opposition penalty area, after which we might profit from a defensive error. I can't help but feel that on too many occasions we overelaborate and appear to be on a mystical quest to score the 'perfect' goal.
Ironically, Alex Newby's goal did result from an enforced 'route one' punt from Ethan Ross, which their defender duly made a complete hash of.
I thought that the booing of Dinanga when he was being substituted was rather uncalled for. If he scores the winning goal for Gateshead in their forthcoming FA Trophy Semi-Final against Macc, I will consider crowdfunding for a statue of him to be erected on George Street.
I liked the fact that when we got promoted after the Eastbourne debacle....Dootson was quick to add his congratulations on social media and relieved the noose around his neck had been releasedOxford City in a vital final game has Eastbourne stamped all over it.
I wasn't going to say it!
Ethan Ross is a slight upgrade on Craig Dootson, so there's that I suppose.