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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: AltySi on September 11, 2010, 02:51:28 PM
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Today's team according to Sky Sports :
Coates, Smith, Williams, Densmore, Lawton, Clee, Brown, Crowell, Hewson, Welch, McCarthy
Subs: Coburn, Joseph, Reeves, Twiss, Danylyk
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Afternoon all, no sign of a commentary link on BBC :(
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Checking in from a capacity crowd here. Not.
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Let's get into 'em Alty
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Why Joseph is a sub as opposed to Holmes I don't know.
Yes, bizarre
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great news about col little, lets have these geordie bastards !!!
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come on alty
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senior and ellison score within the first two mins
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Cagey opening. Shaun's blasted a couple into outer space. Looks like a sort of 5-2-2-1 formation.
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bbc gives us 18% possession!!!
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It is the BBC
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Is there a commentary link...?
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not found one
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keep it tight and we will be ok get some confidence first half and leather em in the second.
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not found one
That's a shame..
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keep it tight and we will be ok get some confidence first half and leather em in the second.
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Leather Heed......oh the nostalgia of it all
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Looking dangerous from set pieces. Say we're edging it.
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Looking dangerous from set pieces. Say we're edging it.
Sounds promising
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Had 2 really good chances - Clee & then Mc just skimmed the post.
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All looking good, keep pushing them lads COME ON
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Had 2 really good chances - Clee & then Mc just skimmed the post.
Come on Alty, hopefully our season starts today!
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sky has mccarthy as the key player so far
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Last 5 mins we've took the mick - just need that little last touch. Mc looking very dangerous up front on his own.
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Bugger. 0-1 completely against run of play. Coates made a fine save too prior to it. :(
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Oh sh*t....long way still to go though
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Bugger. 0-1 completely against run of play. Coates made a fine save too prior to it. :(
FFS
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Bastard. Okay- get your heads up and get back at them Reds, come on
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Not over yet. Was nearly 2-0 - touchline clearance, we've just had another great chance, thunderbolt, saved.
Keep the faith.
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one down AGAIN
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Dunno what to say - another day it would be 2 or 3 up to us. Fingers crossed hope for more.
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Another first half blank though. However, you get the feeling that one goal for Mc will open the floodgates.
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My only criticism is that we have dallied instead of just going for it when presented with shooting opportunities.
A side-effect of low confidence I'd guess.
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Lets hope GH and Kenny keep the lads going, and get them out for the second half fully wanting this.
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BBC stats show that we havent got a shot on target yet?
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BBC stats show that we havent got a shot on target yet?
whats new
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Not as good this half. Would love to see another man in midfield.
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Not altogether surprising playing with only one up front, no pace in the team and not a single goal in the first half this season! Sorry, but it's the truth guys.
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Just had another 'no-one will shoot' moment.
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this is just so hard to deal with.... c'mon alty!
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Twiss & Reeves on for Mc & Clee. Nowt new to report.
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Looking leggy. Gateshead hit post & had a chance well saved by Coates. Robbie looks knackered.
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BBC says we are having 46% of the play now but still no shots on target.
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Could really use a goal now, anything to show the luck has changed, give us some comfidence that the last few minutes of the game can still be good for us - remember last season against this lot at ML?
Come on Alty
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The trouble is, you have to shoot to score.
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C'mon Alty
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Danl for Robbie.
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we need to shoot!
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The trouble is, you have to shoot to score.
Please stop comments like this mate. Everyone's stressed enough as it is without this.
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Getting the ball & moving forward is another handy tip ;)
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2-0. From a corner. Easy as you like.
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FFS >:( >:( >:(
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The start of this thread was so encouraging but it's all gone Pete Tong again.....
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Not been great 2nd half. Sorry to say just being honest. 1st half had lots of good points.
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2-0 that's that then...
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heads down utd
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At the game for the first time, sh*t 2-0, f**king Marty Crowell is a waste of f**king time, mcarthy is dangerous but not lethal, Tongue Lawton is better than we all give him credit for, Craig nelthorpe is a little sh*t, hewson has a good first touch, often poor second, twiss is fatter than me.
Glad to be at an alty game but there is some major deadwood we need to trim,
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How many excuses are we going to come up with today ?
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Damn.
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the team is just not good enough...
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How many excuses are we going to come up with today ?
None - can't bothered anymore. Just not good enough
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Agree with Longy - Mc needs to spend some time at the McKenna finishing school, but he does have a lot of good points.
Just had a half chance, looped over the bar.
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Middle of the park is the issue, I'm 95% certain of this
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How many excuses are we going to come up with today ?
If we are not going to shoot we do`nt need excuses
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This is very frustrating, we leak goals and score very few. :'(
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Heathcote out!
Christams derby with Vics next season could be the only plus point.
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The trouble is, you have to shoot to score.
Please stop comments like this mate. Everyone's stressed enough as it is without this.
Why? This is a fans forum and our team have yet again failed to pose a single threat on the opposition's goal. At least against Kiddy we looked a mild threat on their goal.
Just one thing left to say for me. Bye Graham.
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GH's striking of the water bottle at fulltime was the best of the match for us :)
Although the f off was uncalled for ;)
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Heathcote out!
Christams derby with Vics next season could be the only plus point.
have to agree
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Something big needs to change and quickly.
As thinks are I cant see us winning a game all season.
Prehaps the Nash money should be used to pay off Graham??
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Time for a change. Not good enough. If its the players then GH has brought them in.
No other fans would be so patient, it makes no sense to continue like this. 1pt is not good enough. Simple as.
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Time for a change. Not good enough. If its the players then GH has brought them in.
No other fans would be so patient, it makes no sense to continue like this. 1pt is not good enough. Simple as.
spot on gary
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Something big needs to change and quickly.
As thinks are I cant see us winning a game all season.
Prehaps the Nash money should be used to pay off Graham??
Paid Off ? Why ?? He has kept his job on numerous occasions and I'm afraid this start is not good enough. I don't want GH leaving too late and people forgetting all the good he has done. Im afraid though that he has taken the club as far as he can and time for him to step aside, for the good of the club,
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turkeys dont vote for christmas
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What happened to the Alty playoff charge this season? see you in a seasons time :D
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Exactly, seeing us in a few season rather than this season... Says it all ;) ;)
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Something big needs to change and quickly.
As thinks are I cant see us winning a game all season.
Prehaps the Nash money should be used to pay off Graham??
Paid Off ? Why ?? He has kept his job on numerous occasions and I'm afraid this start is not good enough. I don't want GH leaving too late and people forgetting all the good he has done. Im afraid though that he has taken the club as far as he can and time for him to step aside, for the good of the club,
He aint going nowhere without his contract being paid up. Besides the board havent got the backbone to sack him anyway!
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I agree that something needs to be done but we need to face the fact that if Graham goes he has to be replaced and are there any obvious candidates who we could afford?
Faintest of silver linings is that none of the bottom 9 got a point so we aren't any further adrift.
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GH may or may not walk after this. He'll still be legend.
The most improitant thing to for Alty to be run in asustainable way for the long term. So if we go down, so be it. A good number of our 2010/11 opponents will have disappeared in a few years time. Our financial model must be sustainable, and most others in this league have no long term future. I've sen uis go through good and bad over the last 45 years and will not give up ever.
Given our resources we have over achieved the last 2 years, even Ilkeston Town who went bust this week have been paying over £3,000 a week in wages... ridiculous.
If GH walksand Kenny takes the reins we have to re-build a squad to win lots of games in BSN, then we'll go home singing, rather than moaning. The local community does and never will support Al;ty enough to change our financial model. We may be a yoyo team for now..
Alty tilI die.. nuff said
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No other fans would be so patient, it makes no sense to continue like this. 1pt is not good enough. Simple as.
Exactly, one point of twenty four is just unacceptable. It's time for a change, otherwise how long will this go on? I can't see us getting anything at Eastbourne, I can't see us scoring.. Dire times for us but we need to do something about it sharpish. I'm not calling for his head, or anything like that... i've just had enough now.
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I'm FED UP of this 'who can we afford', GH doesn't work for free and there are plenty of managers who would love the chance to manage Altrincham at the same, and or even less money.
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The situation is diabolical now. I'm an extremely positive person on the whole and even I am pushed to the limit.
GH has to go. No other set of fans in the world would put up with this, so why should we?
This is our livelihood, its our money that is being spent every week on paying players and a manager who obviously isn't up to it anymore.
Things can't carry on as they are after today, something's got to give.
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I'm FED UP of this 'who can we afford', GH doesn't work for free and there are plenty of managers who would love the chance to manage Altrincham at the same, and or even less money.
we have just had a major cash investment havent we
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With or without cash I get bored of that argument, as well as other things that get mentioned. Results on the pitch are what matters and we are not achieving them.
Yes we are part time in a full time league but we have proved we can compete with teams.
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Few points:
Formation wasn't great today - 5 at the back + 2 holding midfielders. Too defensive and not changed when we were chasing the game.
Couple of players did well - Mc is getting into positions and Coates is class. Brown had his usual standard of game and not convinced about Welch.
Fitness is an issue - some players were on empty by about 60 minutes.
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I wasnt at the game so will not pass comment on it but will wait in anticipation to hear from the guys who went..
I find it ironic that 12 months ago the same people who were saying we miss Matty Crowell are now slagging him off..
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I wasnt at the game so will not pass comment on it but will wait in anticipation to hear from the guys who went..
I find it ironic that 12 months ago the same people who were saying we miss Matty Crowell are now slagging him off..
To be honest, his reputation soared unjustly by the tactic of simply not playing for us!
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1 ( ONE ) GOAL IN 9 ( NINE ) HOURS AND 12 MINUTES OF FOOTBALL. :( :( :(
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Matty wasn't our worst player today.
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GH's striking of the water bottle at fulltime was the best of the match for us :)
Although the f off was uncalled for ;)
Who was this remark directed at?
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GH's striking of the water bottle at fulltime was the best of the match for us :)
Although the f off was uncalled for ;)
Who was this remark directed at?
It was only to some of the Heed fans at the top of the stand having a pop at him. GH looked at the end of his tether to be honest.
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Yes it was some railing from the home fans. The usual GH passion :)
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Least just home fans....
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Matty Crowell is useless without Kearney next to him,he is not good enough.
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Matty Crowell is useless without Kearney next to him,he is not good enough.
This was an observation made by a number of us at the time
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On the bus home with a load of NUFC fans who also got beat 2-0.
Tactics are wrong - play 4-5-1, williams + smith are good enough and don't need another man, where the extra man is needed is in midfield to retain possession.
We've played 2 of the poorer teams in our league and got nowt, whilst a comparable team to ourselves like Tamworth are firing them in.
It IS possible.
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On the bus home with a load of NUFC fans who also got beat 2-0.
Tactics are wrong - play 4-5-1, williams + smith are good enough and don't need another man, where the extra man is needed is in midfield to retain possession.
We've played 2 of the poorer teams in our league and got nowt, whilst a comparable team to ourselves like Tamworth are firing them in.
It IS possible.
Absolutely spot on.
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Matty wasn't our worst player today.
he was, i have never seen a player so happy to lose the ball in mid field and saunter off without an apparent care in the world.
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The trouble is, you have to shoot to score.
Please stop comments like this mate. Everyone's stressed enough as it is without this.
Why? This is a fans forum and our team have yet again failed to pose a single threat on the opposition's goal. At least against Kiddy we looked a mild threat on their goal.
Just one thing left to say for me. Bye Graham.
I don't care about what you say aftet the game - feel free to comment as you like. But on a Saturday afternoon when we're all either at the game or constantly refreshing these pages, your painfully dull remarks DO NOT help. I don't know if you have ever played football. If you have you will surely know it is not always as easy as being within twenty five yards and shooting. Please don't make Saturday afternoons any more agonising by making smart remarks.
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I was a goalkeeper. I remember having shots to save. Nowt smart about that.
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The problem is that we are stuck in a pattern.
We start well. Yesterday we were in control of the game for the first 30 minutes. McCarthy was doing well on his own with three around him all the time and was making things happen.
However as soon as they score the match is over and we never ever look like getting back in it.
Gateshead were awful..I can't be arsed reading all the threads from last night but I havent seen that mentioned. If thats what you get for a big investment and full time training then I bet their chairman will be devastated.
The players are on the floor, the manager is clearly on the floor and now all the arguments will kick off on here and all around and it will only get worse and worse.
Something has to give...doesn't it?
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Might as well put all my thoughts on this thread.
As Ecky says, we were in total control, then they score and heads go down again. Though typical of some luck this season for us, Coates makes a good save, parries it and falls to Nelthorpe to smash it in. We force their keeper into a good save just after, parries it and cleared off the line by defender.
I know people like to have a go at Twiss, but as a striker you need support from the midfield, and in every time he has come on so far, he has not had any support. Lawton was our best player, Crowell had a mare, but Robbie was completely shattered (not often that happens!!), so thats why he came odd.
I think GH is, and always will be, a complete legend. Towards the end of the game, he looked to be the only one with hunger and passion. Not his fault he tells them to watch for the man who is free, and we let in a free header. But the stats are not lying. 14 league games without a win, dating back to Easter Saturday against Kidderminster (which is also the last time we scored in the 1st half). You can have all the excuses of losing Kearney, Doughty, Little, Senior, Young, but I believe most of the summer buys have it in them to get us out of this mess, but they are not performing at all, and unfortunately the buck stops with the manager.
Graham has been here before (Lancaster in FA Cup, Lewes), but everybody has their time, and I think now we have to come to the end of the Heathcote era.
I will we there at Eastbourne, willing the team on led by Heathcote or not.