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Fantastic result. What a great return from the last four games - eight points.

Congratulations to Joe O'Neill particualrly. He might finish the season as top scorer at this rate...

And I think he's the first Alty player to score more than once in a match this season.

What a truly wonderful day for Altrincham Football Club.

An inspired team performance, with two men who've come in for a lot of criticism lately (Bushell and O'Neill) giving excellent displays. I'd also like to give Graham and Dalton a huge amount of credit because when I looked at the team line-up, I was hoping that we'd have Chalmers on the left, Thornley on the right and Lawton in the middle. But they got it right - the running of Rod and Robbie on the flanks was a big factor for us today.
And what a tremendous third goal - great passing, patience from Pat, support and coolness with the finish from Robbie. Celebrations pretty good too.

The size of the gate was a huge bonus - genuinely heartening to see so many at Moss Lane for a proper Boxing Day match.

And to cap it all, my Dad won a hamper in the raffle!

These are the days that make it all so worthwhile.

Memory is playing a trick on one of us then, because I remember him specifically for his pace!

Anyone care to arbitrate?

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I think we'll have to agree to disagree - I seem to remember his legs moving and his head leaning forward but him not actually catching anyone. The Trophy final versus Enfield was a case in point. He could get himself in the right positions but when the ball came over fast to the forwards, no matter how hard he tried (and he did) he just couldn't catch them.

Like I said though, he cerainly was one of my all time favourites.

I think there's a lot to be said for the theory that this was a game too far for the second-string players. Having said that, yesterday's was a game in which pretty much every Alty player was poor, first choice or otherwise. In a way that makes it easier to write it off - a real collective off-day.

Looking ahead, the game at York is bound to be tough but I suspect a few players will be playing for their long-term place because we then have a fortnight without a match before Crawley at home and so we could have something approaching a fully-fit squad for that game. It would be interesting to try and guess what the team for Crawley will be. On the basis of yesterday I'd have thought Little, Thompson, Bushell and Band could all start.