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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Wingers as priority
« on: April 16, 2023, 06:42:54 PM »
Quote from: Andrew Flynn on April 16, 2023, 09:15:02 AM
Quote from: MarpleAlty on April 15, 2023, 10:20:09 PM
Quote from: oneedham on April 15, 2023, 08:58:45 PM
Quote from: Timperley The Best on April 15, 2023, 07:31:33 PM
Quote from: MarpleAlty on April 15, 2023, 06:10:52 PM
Pay whatever it takes to sign Milli Alli and Tyrese Sinclair

Can't see Milli Alli leaving Fax . Wasnt he on trail at Alty in pre season ?

Alli is defo one that got away.

If he was on trial here then I definitely missed it. He's been one I'm sure a few of us have been intrigued by since he was on Stockport's books.

Seemed inevitable he'd end up here once Mike Clegg joined our coaching staff, however his departure and Alli's subsequent form makes it unlikely now.

Trial is a bit of a stretch but he’s pictured training with us in Jonathan Moore’s pre-season photos album. Available on Flickr. We were either taking a look at him or just helping him get fit.



https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathanmoore1/52180262944/in/album-72177720300168044/


https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathanmoore1/52180010371/in/album-72177720300168044/


https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathanmoore1/52180258499/in/album-72177720300168044/


https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathanmoore1/52180260979/in/album-72177720300168044/

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Sinclair Recalled
« on: April 16, 2023, 06:33:55 PM »
Quote from: Hale Alty on April 16, 2023, 04:56:50 PM

Maybe it's just down to the type of football I want to watch. I'd rather watch an Altrincham FC team than a Manchester United/Fleetwood/Rochdale/Preston/Stoke Reserves Select Xl. I would take the view (and I don't ask or expect anyone to agree with me) that if Altrincham FC is this reliant on loan players then the club isn't ready for this division, and shock horror and heresy hang draw and quarter me is actually maintaining its position under false pretences. But as I said in a previous post I don't really understand football.



We've used a total of 48 players in all competitions, to date.

17 different loanees.


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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Dorking Match Thread
« on: April 14, 2023, 07:20:11 PM »
Quote from: oneedham on April 14, 2023, 06:47:51 PM
Now we have lost Sinclair, then stick to wingbacks, even though I would always choose wingers

                                 Bynre

           Jones            Ferguson       Baines

MWH              Marriott     Lunstram              E.Jones

                                Oyedele

                   Hulme               Linney
     


Isn't James Jones suspended though?

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Gateshead Match Thread
« on: April 11, 2023, 07:12:33 PM »
Quote from: GolfRoader on April 11, 2023, 04:07:37 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6czi9iu_kWA

Some superb Pitch level highlights from Gateshead of yesterday's game here. (Would love to see more of this kind of thing for our games, adding to the already excellent Alty TV highlights of course)

Lots of chances for both sides yesterday, unfortunately Gateshead took one of theirs and we couldn't with both sides playing some really attractive football.
Overall, we're still a work in progress but despite that have still had one of our best National League seasons this century. Would love us to finish 13th or above this year and hit the 60 point mark, that would represent excellent progress on last season.



So, the secret to winning appears to be having Cher in your changing room...

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Gateshead Match Thread
« on: April 10, 2023, 08:26:21 PM »


Another home game of squandered opportunities.

There's only one word for Hugill's astonishing miss during the first half: McGoonaesque.

Mind you, Linney's header in the second half wasn't much better.

That afternoon was a classic case of déjà vu for those of us who spent most of the early 1990s watching Alty lose against Gateshead with depressing regularity.


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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Oldham Match Thread
« on: April 09, 2023, 01:57:43 AM »
Quote from: MadFrankie on April 08, 2023, 11:15:54 PM
Quote from: TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe on April 08, 2023, 07:18:48 PM

Incidentally, I wouldn't fancy living in one of those houses that backed onto the away end!

You’re not alone. Very odd layout whereby the away fans have to walk through Brookside to reach the turnstiles.



Having read the comments on that Good Friday game by many Oldham supporters on their forum, it would appear that some of them would be quite happy to bury David Unsworth under a patio.   

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Oldham Match Thread
« on: April 08, 2023, 07:18:48 PM »


I didn't think Byrne was fouled in the run-up to Oldham's opening goal (just a collision, in my view) but there was certainly a whiff of handball about it.

For their second goal, my concern is that Byrne palms the free kick straight back into the danger area rather than away from goal. Having said that, the aftermath is all rather curious in that it's Eddy Jones' attempted clearance which bizarrely skews backwards and tees up their forward for a simple header into a vacant net.

I will happily consign the first 80 minutes to the darkest recesses of my fading memory. The closing 10 minutes were highly enjoyable.

Plenty of substandard performances yesterday but, as others have already observed, Osborne was particularly abject (summed up by that ludicrous attempted crossfield pass during the first half which ended up going out for a corner).

Good, honest post-match interview by Parkinson.

Incidentally, I wouldn't fancy living in one of those houses that backed onto the away end!
 

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Last game of season
« on: April 08, 2023, 07:00:35 PM »
Quote from: HashtagAlty on April 08, 2023, 11:58:39 AM
Quote from: TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe on April 07, 2023, 12:58:47 PM
Quote from: HashtagAlty on April 07, 2023, 10:14:02 AM
Quote from: TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe on April 06, 2023, 05:41:29 PM
Quote from: HashtagAlty on April 06, 2023, 11:53:38 AM
Quote from: One Foot in the Grave on April 05, 2023, 10:24:07 PM
Suits me - I'd not be going to Aldersh*t and if it's not 3pm they can stream it 😊

Selfish streaming



It's a peculiarity that those who stay at home and stream the game do actually generate some (rather miniscule) revenue for Altrincham FC, whereas those who pay to attend the match contribute entirely to the coffers of Aldershot FC.

To be joyous that the lads that have stuck by us (let's be honest Toby wouldn't habe been the only approached player in Jan) will run out to 20 instead of 75-100 is a shame, all so you can donate about 80p to the club.



I appear to need to point out to you that I wasn't endorsing not attending matches but was merely highlighting this financial anomaly.

I shall be at Boundary Park this afternoon rather than watching events on a screen (but if people opt to do the latter, then that's their prerogative and they shouldn't have to be shamed by you).

Perhaps you should read my post above rather than being a cantankerous old man.

This isn't about Phils choice of streaming its about his indifference to what a 5pm game means to fans. I'll be getting back on Sunday because of this 530 farce.



Oooh, you bitch..!

I can assure you that one of the few joys of being an old curmudgeon is that you get to be even more cantankerous!

I'd respectfully suggest that your ostensibly intended point was not clearly expressed.
 
 


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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Last game of season
« on: April 07, 2023, 12:58:47 PM »
Quote from: HashtagAlty on April 07, 2023, 10:14:02 AM
Quote from: TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe on April 06, 2023, 05:41:29 PM
Quote from: HashtagAlty on April 06, 2023, 11:53:38 AM
Quote from: One Foot in the Grave on April 05, 2023, 10:24:07 PM
Suits me - I'd not be going to Aldersh*t and if it's not 3pm they can stream it 😊

Selfish streaming



It's a peculiarity that those who stay at home and stream the game do actually generate some (rather miniscule) revenue for Altrincham FC, whereas those who pay to attend the match contribute entirely to the coffers of Aldershot FC.

To be joyous that the lads that have stuck by us (let's be honest Toby wouldn't habe been the only approached player in Jan) will run out to 20 instead of 75-100 is a shame, all so you can donate about 80p to the club.



I appear to need to point out to you that I wasn't endorsing not attending matches but was merely highlighting this financial anomaly.

I shall be at Boundary Park this afternoon rather than watching events on a screen (but if people opt to do the latter, then that's their prerogative and they shouldn't have to be shamed by you).



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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Last game of season
« on: April 06, 2023, 05:41:29 PM »
Quote from: HashtagAlty on April 06, 2023, 11:53:38 AM
Quote from: One Foot in the Grave on April 05, 2023, 10:24:07 PM
Suits me - I'd not be going to Aldersh*t and if it's not 3pm they can stream it 😊

Selfish streaming



It's a peculiarity that those who stay at home and stream the game do actually generate some (rather miniscule) revenue for Altrincham FC, whereas those who pay to attend the match contribute entirely to the coffers of Aldershot FC.

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Last game of season
« on: April 06, 2023, 01:37:22 AM »
Quote from: Sarf London Alty on April 05, 2023, 10:39:45 PM
Quote from: cheshire cat on April 05, 2023, 10:10:08 PM
I thought that was for teams involved in playoff positions?

Basically BT want to put Wrexham on telly & the slot available was 530 which now means everyone else (even a complete dead rubber like our game) also has to kick off at 530. Good day on the beers for our fans in the SE anyway.




It's a trifle premature to dismiss our visit to Aldershot on the final day of the season as being a 'dead rubber'.

Aldershot are currently languishing merely one position above the relegation zone, five points ahead of Yeovil - whom they happen to play on Good Friday.

Whilst I would expect them to stay up, their erratic form could still place them in jeopardy on 29th April.   

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Semi Final - Halifax Match Thread
« on: April 02, 2023, 07:25:16 PM »
Quote from: HashtagAlty on April 02, 2023, 11:55:10 AM

An utter farce, my 1 bucket list item of seeing my team at Wembley ruined by underspending on stewards.



Not ruined but merely postponed, surely...?

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Injury time goals in big games
« on: April 02, 2023, 07:17:52 PM »


Bob Lee's late winning goal for Boston United in the FA Trophy Semi-Final Second Leg at York Street back in April 1985 against a then 10-man Altrincham team who had fought back from being 2-0 down.

If you want an encouraging omen, we won the competition the following season.

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Tactics
« on: April 01, 2023, 08:09:50 PM »


It looked to me as if he kept the underwhelming Hugill on purely because he was a designated penalty taker.


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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: That bloody flare....
« on: April 01, 2023, 08:05:30 PM »


The stewards operating in front of the turnstile at the main stand were utterly clueless.

When a Halifax supporter asked which turnstile he needed to go to, one luminous-jacketed buffoon was directing him towards the Golf Road End until I intervened and pointed the visitor in the right direction.

Are they not briefed before a game to familiarise themselves with the stadium?

A waste of space (and money).

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