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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Great result
« on: September 06, 2014, 06:15:54 PM »
Enjoyable game! Crowther played well,  a clear confidence player and his game is defo to get at people.  I am critical of Marshall and Griffin but both played really well, defo Griffins best game. However they had nothing to offer upfront and were poor so I won't get carried away about Griffin and Marshall's performances,  they need to do it over a period of games.. I still thought Perry didn't do too much, wayward passing and needs to be stronger and to be honest their central defenders were rubbish. Needed result and good game to watch!

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Altrincham FC First Team / Leather and Havern
« on: September 06, 2014, 11:39:10 AM »
It's come to the point where I don't even care who plays right back but get Leather and Havern back together!  Sick of hearing or reading Marshall lost his man or the player got infront of Marshall to score. I've said many times he ain't fit enough and positionally poor.  Never should comes near a shirt unless fit. This league is better quality then league two so we need our best centre back partnership each game. You don't put a second hand part in a well oiled engine!

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How many are we conceding from crosses and set pieces!

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Altrincham FC First Team / Team for Saturday ( Densmore injured )
« on: August 14, 2014, 08:28:39 PM »
I think we will get three points on Saturday. Unfortunately I am away, gutted. With Dens out I would go with 4-4-2 to start with, higher pressing and keep wide men wide

GK) Coburn

RB Sean Williams ( not ideal but he has some pace, plenty of energy and don't think he'll get turned too often
LB Griffin ( no one else )
CB Havern
CB Leather

RW Richman ( he has the energy to close down and get back which Lawrie did not do on Tuesday, this led to their second goal )
LW Clee
CM Cavanagh
CM Moult ( plays a better game as the more advanced CM )

CF Reeves
CF Gillespie

We need our wider men to work much harder, preventing attacks and crosses. COME ON ALTY SMASH THEM !!!! GIVE NO-ONE RESPECT

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: My first game thoughts !!!
« on: August 14, 2014, 08:11:51 PM »
Well I am glad to say my eye’s are still in good working order after watching Alty TV. Watching it again people must see what I meant about Lawrie in the first half, they attacked and attacked down our right and he was no-where. I do not believe this is entirely his fault, I believe he is told to drift into central positions by the Manager but I think we are more effective when we have wide men who hug the byline.

This then opens the middle up for Williams’s runs and also for ON THE GROUND passing to our forwards as we are one of the worst teams to gain anything from long balls hoofed up as we only have Perry, who doesn’t really do much.

Marshall’s defending in the first half was woeful .

In fact Lawrie’s tracking back was even worst in the second half, no attempt at cutting the cross out which led to their second goal, Griffin no idea where his man was AGAIN. I am not sure if Richman is good enough for this standard but we need his closing down and energy wide right.

Far too many crosses on Tuesday night and hardly any were cut out before going into the box, we need to work on closing down. We can't have passengers in this team.

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: My first game thoughts !!!
« on: August 14, 2014, 07:40:13 PM »
Lincoln was my first ever Alty game, so I don’t have the history of last season or beyond, so for what it’s worth, here’s my thoughts (based on the Lincoln game only).
Lincoln are a big and powerful team.  They have filled their ranks with guys that are quick and strong.  The only team really looking to play football last night were Alty.  But unfortunately at this level, strength and pace are key, and in my view both were clearly missing.
Coburn looked slow, and his kicking off the deck, whether dead ball or passed back to him, is poor, this only increases the pressure on the back line. Also, if he dominated his area, the first goal wouldn’t have gone in as he should have been collecting it.
I completely agree with the OP, Marshall looks so unfit and overweight it is unreal.  I can’t believe that players like him and Perry are still able to get a game Conference level.
On Perry, my guess is that he was in for his height and, erm, size against a big team.  He may as well not have bothered, only won a single header in the entire match until he was hauled off, and was muscled off the ball far too easily.
Crowther was woeful in the first half. Left the left back exposed and 2 on 1 far too often as he was wandering all over the pitch and looked completely spent after 10 minutes. Didn’t tackle, and looked scared to compete in case he got hurt.
On the positive note, and as I said earlier, I thought Alty were trying to play football. And the Skipper (forgive me I didn’t catch his name) played well, as did Williams and Gillespie.
I’ll be coming back to watch more games, and hope to be cheering a successful season, but I think an injection of pace and physical presence is a must.

[/quote ]excellent post, you seem to know your football.  We need more football knowledgeable heads on here!

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: My first game thoughts !!!
« on: August 13, 2014, 01:36:53 PM »
We'd all love better players in every position, but we've got what we've got based on the funds available. I'm happy to see this team develop over the season, but then I've learned over the last twenty years to keep my expectations under control.
Thank God for some common sense. I agree wholeheartedly - in my case 45 years' experience tells me to temper my expectations!
does your 45 years experience tell you to expect our best two players to be left on the bench?

My 45 years experience tells me that he probably kept them on the bench for the first hour to stop them getting the sh*t kicked out of them so he can bring them on as 'game changers' later on. Also, they will be most effective against teams trying to play football and not hoofball merchants who could put them on the sidelines for a few weeks and really do some damage to our chances. No one will convince me that LS doesn't realise that Reeves and Clee are two of his key players this season.!

I totally disagree, unless Reeves and Clee had tightness from Saturday then they should have started. We are not good enough to come back against teams in this league, I may sound harsh but we aren't. Without Clee we hardly create any chances at all, so let's go out each game with our strongest eleven and give it a bloody good go. The other reason I disagree is that we bring impact players on when the rest of the team were shattered so who's going to get in the positions, Clee and Reeves can't take an entire team on themselves. If I was a manager I would go in each game without any respect to my opposition, I would start high tempo and I would look to take the game to them. I would have had the wide men working a lot harder in the first half as we could have easily been two down at half time, both chances coming from crosses. I feel benching good players gives a negative approach before a ball has been kicked. It is a clear indication that Sinnott believed we would desperately need two of our best players to come on and change things whether that was from a draw position or goals down. We need the mentality of let's get out there and be two up at halftime, especially at home.

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: My first game thoughts !!!
« on: August 12, 2014, 11:14:48 PM »

If we must play 4-4-2 then my team would be

GK Coburn ( or new keeper )
LB NO IDEA
RB Densmore                    
CB Leather
CB Havern

LW Clee
CM Williams
CM Cavanagh
RW Richman ( for his closing down and energy )

CF Gillespie
CF Reeves


Dens now injured - how would this change the defense?

Leather rb, Marshall cb?
We have many centre mids and this isn't ideal or a long term solution but I'd play sean williams at right back because he's fairly mobile,  a terrier and appears to have a good low sense of gravity which hopefully means he wouldn't get turned easily.  Would be a shamr to lose him from midfield until Dens is fit but we need Leather centre back and quickly!

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: My first game thoughts !!!
« on: August 12, 2014, 11:09:04 PM »
I seem one of the few that thinks griffin is ok.
He's not an awful player but gets beat often! I've only seen highlights apart from tonight and against Shrewsbury he was beaten so easily for the cross that led to their second goal and he had no idea where their man was for their second goal tonight. I also feels he offers very little going forward! I raised my concerns even before those mistakes so my lack of faith has come from the back end of last season!

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: My first game thoughts !!!
« on: August 12, 2014, 10:58:26 PM »
I wouldn't write Stu off just yet. Like you said you didn't see him pre-season. If you had you might have different opinions on his agility. Some of his saves against Shrewsbury were first class.


I love Stu so fingers crossed he's up to the challenge mate

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: My first game thoughts !!!
« on: August 12, 2014, 10:57:34 PM »
Not sure richman good enough at this level but most of it fair enough

I think you could be right Jimmy but at the moment I feel he would be our best option.  I always thought he was better out wide, even though he clearly isn't a wide man. I think we need to look at a left back, right winger still and another mobile forward.  Marshall, Perry and  Griffin wouldn't have made my conference squad but it's all about opinions. I am still really excited about the season ahead!

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Altrincham FC First Team / My first game thoughts !!!
« on: August 12, 2014, 10:35:45 PM »
Sorry I got carried away typing again ........haha

This was my first game of the new season as I do not attend pre-season games it will be hard to give a solid opinion but from what I saw tonight I thought there were positives and negatives. Thought we played better in the second half, stepped the tempo up and in patches throughout the game we passed very well, especially in  midfield.

My thoughts on the team and new players are good and bad. Ignoring the fact that he is a legend and putting history aside I feel we might need a more agile keeper. I still think Coburn is good, a great shot stopper, but his appears reluctant and maybe a lack of confidence at coming out for the ball or getting down to shots.

Defence – For me the sooner we get Leather and Havern back together the better. Marshall is still not fit enough and his distribution is woeful. I have previously said this but we need a stronger and quicker left back, I don’t like saying it but Griffin will get destroyed in this league and positionally he is poor. He only over lapped our wide man once in the whole game ( the penalty claim ). I personally think he isn’t good enough and there was no difference between him and buzz apart from a dodgy knee. I heard from pre season that Densmore has been off the boil and until he got injured he was getting beat too easily as well, it was cross after cross. I think we definitely need to look at a left back.

Midfield – Williams and Cavanagh will be our best partnership. The amount of energy Williams had was unbelievable even if he did run out of steam towards the end. Cavanagh is a calm character, which we need and will also put a tackle in. My only concern about this partnership is the big gap between them, Cavanagh sits very deep and Williams looks to run through up top, massive area between the two. There will be games in which we have to play three in midfield and that will make this partnership even more productive, but I was very impress with those two.

In the first half it seemed like we had no wide men, Lawrie and Crowther were not interested, there closing down was poor and neither wanted to take the full back on out wide.  They both appear too soft for me,Lawrie did one challenge and won the ball in the second half. We were getting battered down our right side, for me Lawrie needs a permanent rocket up his bum to stay in this team and I think he doesn’t have the energy or determination to play wide at this standard. Lawrie is only dangerous in a central role, I think he will get bullied and basically doesn’t do enough over 90 mins. Their left back was jogging past in him in the first half. Crowther looked nervous in the first half but was brighter in the second with a couple of driving runs but I still feel from one game that is a sort of player who will let his head drop, a bit too softy softy.

Forwards – Really impressed with Gillespie, what a touch that lad has and close control is excellent. Again I am sorry to say this but Perry is a waste of time, he is there to hold it up and be the muscle but his ball retention percentage is awful. If he doesn’t win the flick on’s or even hold the ball up then it is pointless. The old fashioned big centre forward died 5 plus years ago, you need pace and energy up top. You need your forwards closing down the defenders, forcing errors or even winning the ball off  the full backs like Gillespie did a few times in the first half. Perry is no where near good enough for this league and should have been released.

The physical condition of Perry and Marshall is disgraceful in my opinion, they are unfit and both over weight. Their condition alone does not warrant and team selection.

I think we showed that we can pass the ball around but we need to gain that extra energy and belief but I feel there will be a settling in period and I am not too disheartened. Sinnot please do not tinker each game unless you have too. I am still soooooo happy to be back in this league, away fans on a Tuesday night :-)

If we must play 4-4-2 then my team would be

GK Coburn ( or new keeper )
LB NO IDEA
RB Densmore                     
CB Leather
CB Havern

LW Clee
CM Williams
CM Cavanagh
RW Richman ( for his closing down and energy )

CF Gillespie
CF Reeves

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Outstanding!
« on: August 11, 2014, 11:46:08 PM »
I'm not sure were just glad to be here is a healthy attitude myself I think of lee gets selection right and we play to our best we will finish easily above the drop zone On Saturday we wouldn't have beat the top half in confrence north but we will get much better

Agree with this post. We are where we at least belong, let's give no one respectq and we become a bit more aggressive in our play. Lee doesn't become too much of a tinker manager and plays his best players, in their strongest position when fit then we will survive comfortably.  My concerns are left back, ageing Stu, a distributing midfielder and more fire power. However I am buzzing about being back in this league and 3 points starts tomorrow night!

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Leather?
« on: August 09, 2014, 11:48:43 PM »
A well oiled machine doesn't get touched. Havern and Leather don't mess!

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Leather?
« on: August 09, 2014, 03:43:40 PM »
Last time he benced Leather we started losing points. Come on Alty,  fightback! !!!!

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