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Thanks Gary - your IT skills on keeping this forum going are appreciated by many...

The forum is great; as lets fans communicate, let off steam by venting, pass on info, discuss matches, & reminisce about past history, etc... it is also great just for a read every few days about latest Alty topics, etc...

Thanks again!

                             Bryne

Barrows  Mullarkey  Baines  E.Jones

               Osborne  Lundstram

             Kaja  Pringle  Colclough

                    Sami/Goodson

Kaja deserves a start after Tues, Sami or Goodman up top deserve a look, Pringle behind striker, Bryne in goal as vocal & commands defence... Barrows & Kaja pushing down one wing plus Eddy Jones & Colclough other...

Hoping get 1st win (even if scruffy one) to get us going & build confidence...

NB Dag+Red aint much higher than Alty & infact have lost more games...

Season so far...
Daggers: DLDWLWLL (17th - 8pts)
Alty: DDLDDLLD (23rd - 5pts)

Hopefully of a win...
D&R 0-1 ALTY

COYR!

I seriously don't know our Best XI as we've used so many players & have a whopping 32 in the 1st team squad!

Going full time has not worked out so far due to various reasons... as one of only a couple of part time clubs in the Nat Lge top division it was the natural next step if we ever wanted to realise a dream of reaching the Football Lge in the coming yrs... no-one thought it would be easy & maybe take 5-10yrs of steady building to hopefully achieve but no-one thought we'd be near bottom of the league - most predicted mid table finish (like prev couple of seasons) then push on towards playoffs next season then higher...

It is early days but we seem to have gone from one of the best part time playing squads to what appears an average full time one made up of mostly young players who may develop in coming yrs (confidence must also be low at present)... losing almost 2,000 worth of Alty appearances by those who left &/or couldn't commit to FT has been immense, plus ACL big injuries to Marriott & Kosylo (two of our better players) plus losing another Mooney to Southend, plus international clearance issues with our new keeper have not helped...

Yes, there has been a big squad overhaul of 21 players out & 16 in, plus use of loanees, but no-one expected this... Parky aint helped himself as constantly changing large numbers of matchday team - he needs to pick an XI & stick with majority (say 9or10) if not all so can gel as a team... our defence aint been great but having 1st choice keeper back will help as he's vocal & commands the defence...

However, our main problem in recent yrs is finding a striker to score goals... recently it has been mainly midfield players scoring... Hulme aint scored many since his return, Dinanga struggles, Kaja looked good as a sub on Tue eve but Parky needs to start him plus try new strikers Goodson & Sami - may not be the answer but they need to be given a chance... bottom line is any team without a good striker will struggle...

At the mo, going full time & the massive squad changes appear not to have worked so far, but here we are & we need to get on with it... Parky needs to stick with a settled team so they can gel... not looking good at mo but a win from somewhere may change it all around & give the team renewed confidence... i'm still optimistic & believe in Parky & the Mgmt team...

Whatever happens, we'll always support Alty... football, like life, is a rollercoaster ride of ups & downs - it maybe a tough time at present, but we'll get through this!

After the Stockport performance it is clear that 5 at the back does not suit us & seemed to show Parky going for more in defence as we've been on such a poor run... also seemed to show that we obviously have no number9 (even more evident after recent loans out)... in short we need to play our usual formation starting with a back 4...

I'd go with...

Team:

TT

Senior
Mullarkey
Hanningan
Hampson

Moult
Marriott

Kosylo
Pringle
Colclough

Hancock

Subs: Drench, Densmore/Digie, Porter, Furman, Leitch-Smith

NB if Hampson unfit then would start Dens at RB & switch Senior to LB...

Also believe Marriott must start as in form plus why bother getting him if not to be used... also if Mooney fit would start him...

Need to bounce back & show some character after such a poor run (think 1 win in 15 & out of 3 Cup comps)... normally would hope to win at home but in circs would be happy with draw... plus the performance must improve!

COYR!

I'd like Alty to get an 'easy' home draw v lower non lge so can get thru to 1st Rd proper then get money spinning TV game v big EFL club away...

Would like Atherton Colls (if they get passed Marine in replay on Tues)... but probably end up with usual ie either York, Chester, or Stockport...

We should fear no-one way we are playing!

Confirmed as signed now on Ashton twitter acc...

https://twitter.com/AshtonUnitedFC/status/1443561274621579266?s=20

Personally think it's all irrelevant about whether it was a pen or not or whether it was a red card or not... main issue (like last season) is actually putting the ball in the net...

We should have been out of sight by time of pen with all the chances we created... we could easily have been 3or4 up by time of pen... various people missed chances, but Dinanga had by far the most & on another day could have had a hattrick...

Finding someone who can finish all the chances we create is our main problem area... we can debate whether we persist with Dinanga or give Peers or Leitch-Smith or someone else a chance up top, but this still needs resolving...

It was a frustrating afternoon all round, compounded by the loss of young Connor Kirby to serious injury...

One final thought - really impressed by how welcoming Wealdstone were as a club & by their fans plus all the fundraising they have done for Connor since is amazing!