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A game of two halves but ultimately another comfortable Tuesday home night.

I thought Wealdstone went off like the clappers, high press, very aggressive & strong running & deserved to take the lead. Our quick equaliser really deflated them though & at half time I was fairly confident. The brilliant early strike by Wilson (what technique, him & Marriot in CM next season is very interesting prospect) settled the nerves & then a lovely little lay off by Mooney (encouraging signs he’s getting back to his level) & superb finish by Banks & it was game over. Fourth put the gloss although I reckon it was Wilson again rather than Linney.

Absolutely has to be followed up at Kiddy on Friday though. Halifax with their two games in hand, are Solihull dropping out, so many twists & turns. Crowd of 1,700 home fans on a wet Tuesday night & with England on TV was very encouraging too. If we get s result vs Kiddy should be 4k plus easy vs Latics I think.

Weakdstone should be ok I think but they looked completely knackered by the second half as a few of us suspected at half time. When you are in the scrap down there you have to go a bit more horses for courses. Thought they went off too quickly & consequently were very easy for us to pick off second half. Massive credit to the 37 away fans.

Yeah agreed. I think from here winning all our home games & at least 4 points on the road will be required. Step by step though beating Wealdstone at home on Tues night is an absolute must.

Tremendous night’s entertainment. Got an early lead & never looked back. Having Justin in makes a huge difference & Newby & Kosylo roasted their defence in the first half. That’s got to be the front 4 set up now of choice if Linney is out. The second goal which was a fine counter attack finished off by Justin my pick of the goals but Mooney’s set up & CCC driven finish for the 5th also worth highlighting.

But York though, wow. They were atrocious. Their poor keeper blundered horrendously for our opener and the 4th goal (arguably the two crucial goals of the night) & Newby made him look silly for the 6th. The worst side I’ve seen us play this season by a long way. Real shame as it’s one of the better & more local days out but they are doomed.

Quote from: Alty Bri on March 10, 2024, 03:01:13 PM

It worries me a little that our issue is clearly lack of numbers, the available players are running on empty and yet there appear to be no funds whatsoever for a couple of short-term replacements.

I suspect that the construction of the current squad has already required a fair degree of financial investment this season.

Remember that one of our probably highest-paid players, Crankshaw, is presently completely out of the picture.

This shouldn’t be overlooked. Two big name & experienced players at this level in Crankshaw & Joey Jones will be on a good whack & have barely played a minute between them. Add to James Jones also being out for long periods & then there’s Byrne-obvs he’ll be off in the summer but he was signed as our first choice GK & will be on a decent wage again. So, when people say ‘get Maxi on loan’ or whoever then there’s x4 first team squad players who will be costing a pretty penny but have contributed little on the pitch all season. So, the Board can’t just go throwing money at it when you see the bigger picture.

That was magnificent by the lads tonight. What looked like a comfortable return to form was turned on its head by Linneys red card. Second half it was like we were the away team at the Etihad, barely left our own half, Dorking had all the ball & we had to work ever so hard off the ball. But the resilience, attitude & desire were tremendous. If Linneys was a red card then so was the one after we scored our first. Dorkings attitude really disappointed me, desperately trying to get Kosylo sent off & going down like there was a sniper in the main stand. Let’s hope they go down.

Linney being out for 3 games is a problem but we have a few days to work on the shape & a solution & make it back to back home wins against Woking on Saturday now.

After having our pants pulled down bigtime on Saturday we need a response. Am looking forward to ticking a new ground for me & the lads looking to make amends. Not sure of team or result but fingers crossed.

Maidenhead know the drill at this level & all their recent away games have been tight & low scoring. That said, it’s absolutely a game we have to win if we are serious about the play offs. Assume it’s our standard first XI back in, although again Parky will have one eye on Southend the following Tuesday too. No City or United clashes on Saturday so hoping we can push towards 2,500 again. I’ll say 2-0 Alty in front of 2,358 (56 away).

Alas, that definitely rivalled the defeat at Rochdale as being our worst performance of the season, to date.

I can't identify a single component of our machine that didn't malfunction.

I don't think that anyone did themselves justice there and even Eddy Jones was uncharacteristically well off the pace. Aldershot rarely attain a clean sheet!

So many passes that went astray; standing off them far too much for both goals; an unaccustomed dearth of potency up front and substitutes who were unable to change the narrative in any shape.

I'll be interested to listen to Phil Parkinson's assessment in due course.

It was a perfect storm of disappointing results for us in the league today.

The highlight of the TV broadcast was seeing Hughesy's dapper cap amongst the Alty faithful.

Hoping that was a one-off and things will be much better at Hartlepool on Tuesday evening.

Absolutely. A collective off night. Aldershot looked much the sharper & were full value for the win. I was really impressed by them at our place back in October so wasn’t surprised at their levels last night.

The caravan moves on quickly though & it’s a very tough looking trip to Hartlepool now who have really picked up since firing John Askey & getting Kevin Philips in. Need to get back on the horse there. I’d take a point.