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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: wayno on October 15, 2016, 07:12:36 PM
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Needs to be given all the prize money again to continue to strengthen this team
If we had been up against a top half team in our league we wound have been turned over
However another huge win
Onwards and upwards
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Ps thought deasy was mom kept us in the game
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We have some fabulous players, but we are also carrying a few. With a new left back imminent, I'd hope some of the cup money could be used to bring in an experienced midfielder.
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Ps thought deasy was mom kept us in the game
He was excellent, but my MOM was Goodall. He always seems to be able to make himself space and time.
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Goodhall is a good cb
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A hard fought win against a decent Matlock team, if their finishing was better we could well have lost that today. Cyrus needs to improve he makes far too many individual errors which will harm us when we play against the better teams. We could have done without Hannigan getting sent off, that's another 3 games we wont have him.
Next up its Telford. I expect they will bring a few fans with them, lets beat them and continue the progression under Jim Harvey,
Here's hoping for bragging rights in deepest darkest Shropshire..
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Just read Jim's comments on the game on the main site. No bull, just an honest appraisal of the game and where we currently stand. Totally agree with what he is saying, given time he'll get us right.
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Just read Jim's comments on the game on the main site. No bull, just an honest appraisal of the game and where we currently stand. Totally agree with what he is saying, given time he'll get us right.
totally agree he is not wet behind the ears that's for sure
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We are undoubtably turning the corner and have some good creative players....the team is beginning to pick itself and I think wilko has been a revelation.
We just need to stop giving the ball away so cheaply either by giving suicide balls to marked players inside our own half or not covering when a defender moves forward.
Reeves' goal was absolute class, deasy was brilliant, miller again showed his goal scoring attributes......I can see light at the end of the tunnel and actually think with a few adjustments and tweaks we can push for the play offs ....and yes i'm serious.
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We probably can push for the play offs next season .This season it would mean going on a long winning streak or unbeaten run
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I agree with Jezza, but I was pooh-poohed last week for thinking along these lines.
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I still think we'll be picked off for being too narrow against a lot of teams, which the inclusion of Miller, Lawrie and Wilko in a 4231 ultimately means.
To be successful this way, you need a couple of sh*t-hot full-backs - and DMs entirely on their game - which we haven't got at the moment.
But let's get the same 11/12 players bedded into an XI each week, and we'll have more than enough to survive and then kick on with (hopefully) some FA Cup funds for next year.
I wouldn't do any more team strengthening until the New Year, when we know exactly what we've got and what we haven't got.
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Nothing has changed. Lacklustre again . No communication or urgency on the pitch at all.
We need to reinforce urgently
Well done to Telford for thier first away win of the season
Give Jim everything he needs
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Give Jim everything he needs
He's got 4 strikers but only starts with 1.
Playing 1 up front against sh*te like Morpeth, Bridge, Marlin and Telford doesn't do it for me.
1 shot on target today.
Get a grip. This league is wank and we will go down
M
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Give Jim everything he needs
He's got 4 strikers but only starts with 1.
Playing 1 up front against sh*te like Morpeth, Bridge, Marlin and Telford doesn't do it for me.
1 shot on target today.
Get a grip. This league is wank and we will go down
M
time for a new manager then ?
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A change of tactics.
He's said we're ok going forward but plays Reeves on his own up front.
It makes no sense
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A change of tactics.
He's said we're ok going forward but plays Reeves on his own up front.
It makes no sense
it's bloody tragic . I think we can agree on that. How much more do we have to take of this
Over 1k there again today unreal really
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Didn't hear the attendance but thats good.
We can't keep changing managers but ffs playing 1 up front. Give us a chance
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I make it won 4 lost 4 in all competitions since Jim arrived, BPA on Tuesday is big
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Give Jim everything he needs
He's got 4 strikers but only starts with 1.
Playing 1 up front against sh*te like Morpeth, Bridge, Marlin and Telford doesn't do it for me.
1 shot on target today.
Get a grip. This league is wank and we will go down
M
He may have four strikers but two of them are utter dog sh*t who shouldn't play for the club again but can't be moved on because the previous manager gave them contracts! Plenty of teams play the same formation as we do with three attacking midfielders behind one striker and don't struggle to create chances so it's not just one up top that's the problem. To play two up front we'd need to play two wingers which we haven't got at the moment. Give Jim a chance,he's got a lot of contracted players that aren't good enough and it won't be easy to ship them out and until we can his hands are tied as to who he can bring in.
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Woeful display, Moult, Richmond and Lawrie should be inspiring that squad but nothing, arguably the worst 3 players on the pitch. Should have moved Goodall to midfield where he was intended to play when we signed him, not take him off, why was Hobson playing centre back ? He can't cut it there... I hope JH isn't going to persist in playing players out of position, we had enough of that sh*t when Sinnot was here.
I'm not interested in who or who isn't on a fkn contract. If we don't act now and get some decent players in pretty damm quick then I can see this season mirroring last season and we will be in deep sh*t by the New Year.
Very worried watching that today, we were watching players who gave me the impression that they lack heart and fight... where have I heard that before.
Thought the new LB was decent..
C'mon Alty ffs
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Martin,
I know his hands are somewhat tied, but he has 2 decent strikers, so why not start them?
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I have to say that to be honest there hasn't been that much improvement on the performances since Young went. Ok we've won 4 games but 2 were against lower league opposition, another one we probably shouldn't have won and the other against a team even worse than us from what I'm told.
Over the years we've had a habit of signing players who had seen better days and I can't help wondering if this is the case with Jim Harvey. Is he past his sell-by date? His signings aren't really very inspiring and the fact that they are players who played for him 5 years ago, makes me worry that his contacts book is no bigger than Lee Sinnott's.
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I have to say that to be honest there hasn't been that much improvement on the performances since Young went. Ok we've won 4 games but 2 were against lower league opposition, another one we probably shouldn't have won and the other against a team even worse than us from what I'm told.
Over the years we've had a habit of signing players who had seen better days and I can't help wondering if this is the case with Jim Harvey. Is he past his sell-by date? His signings aren't really very inspiring and the fact that they are players who played for him 5 years ago, makes me worry that his contacts book is no bigger than Lee Sinnott's.
Agreed.
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I have to say that to be honest there hasn't been that much improvement on the performances since Young went. Ok we've won 4 games but 2 were against lower league opposition, another one we probably shouldn't have won and the other against a team even worse than us from what I'm told.
Over the years we've had a habit of signing players who had seen better days and I can't help wondering if this is the case with Jim Harvey. Is he past his sell-by date? His signings aren't really very inspiring and the fact that they are players who played for him 5 years ago, makes me worry that his contacts book is no bigger than Lee Sinnott's.
you normally beat teams that are worse than you ... Pep G would struggle to get much out of the situation Jim has been placed into
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Jim's record is good, and that includes his recent record too. I think any manager would be struggling with this squad. It isn't good enough, they are on contracts and can't be shifted easily and low on confidence. If Jim manages to keep us up he'll have a done a great job. Then, the following season we can judge his skills and decisions.
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Jim's signings have been ok. What he inherited was utter sh*te. If this club really wants to stay up it needs to start throwing caution to the wind. Some of the senior players have seriously let us down and quite frankly need freezing out. If I were Jim I'd be on the beg and borrow big time for certain key players - a right back (so Sam can play further forward), a centre back (to cover for Tom) and above all, a midfielder who can pass the ball. Gary Jones has been out of the Southport team and is quite local. He's a bit long in the tooth, but probably just what we need. We can play 2 strikers once we sort out our defence and midfield. It's becoming desperate now and just leaving things as they are is not going to work.
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Also lawrie and Miller are luxury players can play one but both doesn't work
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Also lawrie and Miller are luxury players can play one but both doesn't work
Add Wilkinson to that group.....no way can any team afford so many luxury players.
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Martin,
I know his hands are somewhat tied, but he has 2 decent strikers, so why not start them?
Glyn,
I agree we have 2 decent strikers but we haven't got any wingers to play 4 4 2. Maybe 3 5 2 could be an option? Patterson would be a decent wing back but I can't comment on McWilliams as I wasn't there today.
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Lawrie should have gone long time ago. ABSOLUTELY AWFUL PLAYER >:(
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Woeful display, Moult, Richmond and Lawrie should be inspiring that squad but nothing, arguably the worst 3 players on the pitch. Should have moved Goodall to midfield where he was intended to play when we signed him, not take him off, why was Hobson playing centre back ? He can't cut it there... I hope JH isn't going to persist in playing players out of position, we had enough of that sh*t when Sinnot was here.
I'm not interested in who or who isn't on a fkn contract. If we don't act now and get some decent players in pretty damm quick then I can see this season mirroring last season and we will be in deep sh*t by the New Year.
Very worried watching that today, we were watching players who gave me the impression that they lack heart and fight... where have I heard that before.
Thought the new LB was decent..
C'mon Alty ffs
The problem is if a player is contracted he is being paid some of the playing budget and can't just be released therefor making it more difficult to bring fresh blood in.
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Lawrie should have gone long time ago. ABSOLUTELY AWFUL PLAYER >:(
I wouldn't say he's awful but he's not the type of player we need at present,too hit and miss.
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Woeful display, Moult, Richmond and Lawrie should be inspiring that squad but nothing, arguably the worst 3 players on the pitch. Should have moved Goodall to midfield where he was intended to play when we signed him, not take him off, why was Hobson playing centre back ? He can't cut it there... I hope JH isn't going to persist in playing players out of position, we had enough of that sh*t when Sinnot was here.
I'm not interested in who or who isn't on a fkn contract. If we don't act now and get some decent players in pretty damm quick then I can see this season mirroring last season and we will be in deep sh*t by the New Year.
Very worried watching that today, we were watching players who gave me the impression that they lack heart and fight... where have I heard that before.
Thought the new LB was decent..
C'mon Alty ffs
The problem is if a player is contracted he is being paid some of the playing budget and can't just be released therefor making it more difficult to bring fresh blood in.
I hear what your saying but, action is needed now, not in the New Year when we could be adrift.
We need fresh blood now otherwise it will be relegation again and that will not be acceptable in any shape or form
Maybe get players in on a play n pay basis
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Woeful display, Moult, Richmond and Lawrie should be inspiring that squad but nothing, arguably the worst 3 players on the pitch. Should have moved Goodall to midfield where he was intended to play when we signed him, not take him off, why was Hobson playing centre back ? He can't cut it there... I hope JH isn't going to persist in playing players out of position, we had enough of that sh*t when Sinnot was here.
I'm not interested in who or who isn't on a fkn contract. If we don't act now and get some decent players in pretty damm quick then I can see this season mirroring last season and we will be in deep sh*t by the New Year.
Very worried watching that today, we were watching players who gave me the impression that they lack heart and fight... where have I heard that before.
Thought the new LB was decent..
C'mon Alty ffs
The problem is if a player is contracted he is being paid some of the playing budget and can't just be released therefor making it more difficult to bring fresh blood in.
I hear what your saying but, action is needed now, not in the New Year when we could be adrift.
We need fresh blood now otherwise it will be relegation again and that will not be acceptable in any shape or form
Maybe get players in on a play n pay basis
Problem is, what standard of player do you get on a play n pay basis at this stage of the season? Probably no better than what we already
have here.
If the Board are serious about wanting to get us out of this mess, which they are fully responsible for getting us into, then the FA Cup and
Watmore money has to be spent on settling contracts to get rid of some of the dross and then laying some more cash out to get decent players in, especially any players out there who want to come and play for
Let's face it, if we get relegated we will be facing the 600 - 700 figure crowds we had the last time we were in the "glue" league.
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Woeful display, Moult, Richmond and Lawrie should be inspiring that squad but nothing, arguably the worst 3 players on the pitch. Should have moved Goodall to midfield where he was intended to play when we signed him, not take him off, why was Hobson playing centre back ? He can't cut it there... I hope JH isn't going to persist in playing players out of position, we had enough of that sh*t when Sinnot was here.
I'm not interested in who or who isn't on a fkn contract. If we don't act now and get some decent players in pretty damm quick then I can see this season mirroring last season and we will be in deep sh*t by the New Year.
Very worried watching that today, we were watching players who gave me the impression that they lack heart and fight... where have I heard that before.
Thought the new LB was decent..
C'mon Alty ffs
The problem is if a player is contracted he is being paid some of the playing budget and can't just be released therefor making it more difficult to bring fresh blood in.
I hear what your saying but, action is needed now, not in the New Year when we could be adrift.
We need fresh blood now otherwise it will be relegation again and that will not be acceptable in any shape or form
Maybe get players in on a play n pay basis
Problem is, what standard of player do you get on a play n pay basis at this stage of the season? Probably no better than what we already
have here.
If the Board are serious about wanting to get us out of this mess, which they are fully responsible for getting us into, then the FA Cup and
Watmore money has to be spent on settling contracts to get rid of some of the dross and then laying some more cash out to get decent players in, especially any players out there who want to come and play for
Let's face it, if we get relegated we will be facing the 600 - 700 figure crowds we had the last time we were in the "glue" league.
Well said.
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How do the revised rules higher up affect us?
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Woeful display, Moult, Richmond and Lawrie should be inspiring that squad but nothing, arguably the worst 3 players on the pitch. Should have moved Goodall to midfield where he was intended to play when we signed him, not take him off, why was Hobson playing centre back ? He can't cut it there... I hope JH isn't going to persist in playing players out of position, we had enough of that sh*t when Sinnot was here.
I'm not interested in who or who isn't on a fkn contract. If we don't act now and get some decent players in pretty damm quick then I can see this season mirroring last season and we will be in deep sh*t by the New Year.
Very worried watching that today, we were watching players who gave me the impression that they lack heart and fight... where have I heard that before.
Thought the new LB was decent..
C'mon Alty ffs
Spot on Ray
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V of D, James Lawrie is not an awful player, during the game yesterday he took on a Telford player on the wing and totally wrong footed him, going past him with ease. It was a lovely bit of football that had Alex and I cheering and was a big bright spot for me. Did others see that cos that was another positive?
I agree he can be frustrating to watch, but yesterday he did show some good play and was one of our slightly better players. To just come out and say he is awful like that is unfair - I just want him to be a little more consistant, but he shows flashes of being a very good player. The Macc Town goal showed what he capable of, but yesterday the whole team played badly. I thought the players who played better such as McWilliams (who should never have been taken off) were dragged down by the rest of the squad not performing.
We failed collectively yesterday as Jim said; don't worry we will sort it.
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V of D, James Lawrie is not an awful player, during the game yesterday he took on a Telford player on the wing and totally wrong footed him, going past him with ease. It was a lovely bit of football that had Alex and I cheering and was a big bright spot for me. Did others see that cos that was another positive?
I agree he can be frustrating to watch, but yesterday he did show some good play and was one of our slightly better players. To just come out and say he is awful like that is unfair - I just want him to be a little more consistant, but he shows flashes of being a very good player. The Macc Town goal showed what he capable of, but yesterday the whole team played badly. I thought the players who played better such as McWilliams (who should never have been taken off) were dragged down by the rest of the squad not performing.
We failed collectively yesterday as Jim said; don't worry we will sort it.
I think I will worry if that's all right with you.
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We can't keep saying we'll sort it week after week or in our clubs case month after month. We are cut adrift, clear blue between us and safety. There should be a public rallying call for new investors into the football club urgently and have them on board at next months AGM. We will be playing evostick league football as it stands,and still a thousand people turn up. We need a completely new midfield, it's an absolute shambles in the middle at present. Get in the press and start trying to get In investors into the football club, not everyone is a drug dealing money launderer, this has gone on long enough.
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V of D, James Lawrie is not an awful player, during the game yesterday he took on a Telford player on the wing and totally wrong footed him, going past him with ease. It was a lovely bit of football that had Alex and I cheering and was a big bright spot for me. Did others see that cos that was another positive?
I agree he can be frustrating to watch, but yesterday he did show some good play and was one of our slightly better players. To just come out and say he is awful like that is unfair - I just want him to be a little more consistant, but he shows flashes of being a very good player. The Macc Town goal showed what he capable of, but yesterday the whole team played badly. I thought the players who played better such as McWilliams (who should never have been taken off) were dragged down by the rest of the squad not performing.
We failed collectively yesterday as Jim said; don't worry we will sort it.
I love your optimistic approach I wish I could share it
Lawries distribution amongst most of the team yesterday was woeful
We have a fantastic pitch but can't play football on it
At least we have nice sprinklers
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We can't keep saying we'll sort it week after week or in our clubs case month after month. We are cut adrift, clear blue between us and safety. There should be a public rallying call for new investors into the football club urgently and have them on board at next months AGM. We will be playing evostick league football as it stands,and still a thousand people turn up. We need a completely new midfield, it's an absolute shambles in the middle at present. Get in the press and start trying to get In investors into the football club, not everyone is a drug dealing money launderer, this has gone on long enough.
Much needed but short term if the watmore money is half decent surely we could afford 3 or 4better players the problem is nearly all of them will have clubs already
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We need a physical presence in midfield and at the back - we are much too soft at the moment. Gary Jones is out of favour at Southport and as fas as I'm aware Marcus Holness is still a free agent. Yes I know it's short term, but...
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We need a physical presence in midfield and at the back - we are much too soft at the moment. Gary Jones is out of favour at Southport and as fas as I'm aware Marcus Holness is still a free agent. Yes I know it's short term, but...
I'm a trifle perplexed as to why you are putting so much faith in a player who let us down very badly late last season by means of that asinine sending off against Dover Athletic.
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V of D, James Lawrie is not an awful player, during the game yesterday he took on a Telford player on the wing and totally wrong footed him, going past him with ease. It was a lovely bit of football that had Alex and I cheering and was a big bright spot for me. Did others see that cos that was another positive?
I agree he can be frustrating to watch, but yesterday he did show some good play and was one of our slightly better players. To just come out and say he is awful like that is unfair - I just want him to be a little more consistant, but he shows flashes of being a very good player. The Macc Town goal showed what he capable of, but yesterday the whole team played badly. I thought the players who played better such as McWilliams (who should never have been taken off) were dragged down by the rest of the squad not performing.
We failed collectively yesterday as Jim said; don't worry we will sort it.
I think I will worry if that's all right with you.
Laurence,
Why not follow my example and invest in a set of these?
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/289571941/traditional-greek-komboloi-worry-beads?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_uk_en_gb_d-home_and_living-spirituality_and_religion-religious_jewelry_and_charms&utm_custom1=d7690f85-08a0-49d6-b9aa-d8326ba8d4b8&gclid=CJy539b_8M8CFdVAGwodI1EM3g (https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/289571941/traditional-greek-komboloi-worry-beads?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_uk_en_gb_d-home_and_living-spirituality_and_religion-religious_jewelry_and_charms&utm_custom1=d7690f85-08a0-49d6-b9aa-d8326ba8d4b8&gclid=CJy539b_8M8CFdVAGwodI1EM3g)
It's even better if you can locate a set that were used in Stalybridge in 2011....
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We need a physical presence in midfield and at the back - we are much too soft at the moment. Gary Jones is out of favour at Southport and as fas as I'm aware Marcus Holness is still a free agent. Yes I know it's short term, but...
I'm a trifle perplexed as to why you are putting so much faith in a player who let us down very badly late last season by means of that asinine sending off against Dover Athletic.
Holness (like many others) let us down last season. I'd have any of them back over our present 'defence' or 'midfield'. Everything is relative and right now we are really abysmal. If perplexed, who would you suggest?
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I'd have Holness without a doubt,no brainier for me if he's available.
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Laurence,
Why not follow my example and invest in a set of these?
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/289571941/traditional-greek-komboloi-worry-beads?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_uk_en_gb_d-home_and_living-spirituality_and_religion-religious_jewelry_and_charms&utm_custom1=d7690f85-08a0-49d6-b9aa-d8326ba8d4b8&gclid=CJy539b_8M8CFdVAGwodI1EM3g (https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/289571941/traditional-greek-komboloi-worry-beads?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_uk_en_gb_d-home_and_living-spirituality_and_religion-religious_jewelry_and_charms&utm_custom1=d7690f85-08a0-49d6-b9aa-d8326ba8d4b8&gclid=CJy539b_8M8CFdVAGwodI1EM3g)
It's even better if you can locate a set that were used in Stalybridge in 2011....
I can think of another set of beads that at least may give some enjoyment.......for all the good they'll do you may as well just shove 'em up yer arse.....oh hang on.....
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Laurence,
Why not follow my example and invest in a set of these?
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/289571941/traditional-greek-komboloi-worry-beads?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_uk_en_gb_d-home_and_living-spirituality_and_religion-religious_jewelry_and_charms&utm_custom1=d7690f85-08a0-49d6-b9aa-d8326ba8d4b8&gclid=CJy539b_8M8CFdVAGwodI1EM3g (https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/289571941/traditional-greek-komboloi-worry-beads?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_uk_en_gb_d-home_and_living-spirituality_and_religion-religious_jewelry_and_charms&utm_custom1=d7690f85-08a0-49d6-b9aa-d8326ba8d4b8&gclid=CJy539b_8M8CFdVAGwodI1EM3g)
It's even better if you can locate a set that were used in Stalybridge in 2011....
I can think of another set of beads that at least may give some enjoyment.......for all the good they'll do you may as well just shove 'em up yer arse.....oh hang on.....
you might be onto something here it may put a few smiles back on faces ...