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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: What’s is your plan for tonight
« on: January 13, 2023, 08:41:28 PM »
Well the attendance is excellent
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OMG yeah Nicky how could i forget him .
How could I forget Clee. Maybe push Showler out and into 3rd place.
I'm impressed with everyone's optimism here but I'm struggling to find many positives with losing one of the most exciting players I've ever seen here. Especially at a point when the team was racing up the table.
Won't he be cup tied in the FA Trophy? Not sure if Chesterfield are still in it. What if Chesterfield don't make the playoffs. Don't think we will either if we let him go, unless we replace him but I imagine there is no decent dribbler of similar standard. Wish we could find another Paul Showler!!
They are out of the Trophy. Lost to Coalville.
I am not worried about not making the play-offs if we lose Ryan......more concerned about looking behind us without our best player
We have very specific examples of why that isn't likely to be the case - and indeed is the very model we're working to.
Firstly, he's not going to retire with us - maybe I see things differently to others, but I'd rather we banked a fee if he's told us he's not signing on next year (which is unlikely in the extreme). As long as we have Lundstram and Marriott in midfield, there's no way we'll be sucked into danger, whether we have Ryan or not.
Secondly, track record:
Sold Johnston - got stronger
Sold Hulme - got stronger
Sold Senior - got stronger
Might seem a bit ridiculously glass half full, but I'm excited to see what we can do with any proceeds of any hypothetical sale.
I don't often disagree with Ballers, but Dinanga has never convinced me, and I think we still need to source a genuinely threatening no.9
For those sniping at Jennings, give your head a wobble.
People have slagged Dinanga off since we first signed him.
Hulme, as commented, isn't doing what we expected
Jennings has been more than decent. Any player is entitled to a sub optimal game
You did describe Baines as a terrible signing and it is very embarrassing that you think Cooper is better than him. Baines is a defender above.
Jennings is wayyyy past his best. Hulme or Dinanga are better options. Newby made Jennings look better than he is, due to being in those positions. Jennings is about flick on's, without two capable wide players he is ineffective, like today.
For what it's worth, I'd still be looking to dip into the market for someone else if we have the capacity to do so.
Weren't Unicorn (or their youth team) quite good at one time, along with Hale Barns United? I remember I used to frequently read about one or two lads from my school in SAM who played for HBU.
Not sure I ever played against Unicorn. I remember getting thrashed by Hale Barns United, as well as Flixton and Stretford Vics...
Would have been late 80s.
12,843 vs. Solihull Moors, according to Football Web Pages. Lincoln City were the first team to get a really big Conference crowd (around 10,000 in 1989 or 1990). This though is in a different league, not far below the highest FL2 crowds of recent years.
Much better second half , would like to keep Newby if possible .Don't think Jennings is a number 9 as in hold the ball up and keep the centre backs occupied but he played his part in the second goal.