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Hope Olly finds a club and that he can work on improving his game and establishing himelf.

When we move it about quickly we score goals. Much better than the slow paced matches we have seen recently.

Excellent effort tonight. Wilson was my MoM he will be crucial for the run in.

Take no pleasure in saying this but we are simply not good enough squad wise even if we did make the playoffs. I think we have flattered to deceive a little and now our lack of depth of squad has now been exposed. Plus side we won’t get relegated negative side we wont go up this time. Hopefully the investors will stick with us. I think next season could be the one to put in a sustainable effort.

I summarise by saying let’s keep the attendances up and keep sticking by the squad.

PS hope Isaac isn’t too badly hurt, it didn’t look good though.

Dont think Amaluzor will be fit to start. Same applies to Ross.

         Gould

Banks.  Cooper.  Baines.  Jones

   Osbourne. Wilson.  Marriot.

   Newby.   Con-Clarke.  Mooney

A fluid front 3

Alty 3-1 Woking (Newby, Con-Clarke,  Mooney)

Amaluzor was on the bench on Tues so hopefully he will be ok.

Quote from: Wilmslow Alty on March 05, 2024, 10:17:40 PM

Epic performance. This was the red card by the way...

https://x.com/dmaudsley/status/1765139214679597335?s=20

Please don't rush to judgement solely on the basis of that particular clip though, as it only comprises the first instalment of the ongoing incident which resulted in Linney being sent off.

From my seat in the main stand, I happened to catch a good view of the whole altercation.

Following Linney's initial barge of the Dorking defender, I kept my eye focused on the two players, as verbals were being exchanged and you just sensed that a sequel was impending.

Alas, Linney proceeded (both senselessly and naively) to run back towards the Dorking player, raise his right arm and then barge into him across the upper chest with a trifle more force. Inevitably, the Dorking defender cynically capitalised on this impetuous deed by promptly holding his face and collapsing onto the turf.

I doubt that the referee witnessed the incident, so I would suspect that the red card was issued on the advice of his assistant (who was in front of the sponsors lounge at the time). Harsh, to my mind, but Linney needs to learn that such indisciplined behaviour almost cost us dear on the night and will now almost certainly result in him being unnecessarily absent for three matches at a vital stage of the season.

All I will add is that it was a pity that the same linesman wasn't quite so eagle-eyed when it came to spotting a Dorking player's assault on Marriott in the aftermath of our opening goal.

As for the game itself, that second half resembled Rorke's Drift in Zulu, only with Lewis Baines instead of Michael Caine.

Potentially a pivotal victory, both in terms of the ultimate league position and the team's morale in the wake of five consecutive defeats.
         

Love reading your eloquent summaries Barry… Long May your pen flourish Sir.

I spoke to Ethan Ross tonight, he hopes to be available for Saturday. Great news

We are not quite there yet as a team for Div 2. I would like to see at least 5 more good players added to the squad for next year plus some of the current squad do need to be moved on. This season has not been a disaster by a long chalk. Yes the learning curve has got steeper of late but perhaps that will turn out to be no bad thing in the bigger picture going forward. Yes we need another considerable injection of cash but as a progressive club that isn’t beyond the realms of possibilities.

I will be there on Tues night and I am sure the rest of the Alty fans will also be there also to give the lads’ support.

The squad isn’t big or good enough for playoffs or Lge football. What needs to happen is to get a bigger squad going forward, not loanees, squad players have to be capable of stepping up into the first team not be on the bench making up the numbers.

If I am honest I always have been of the opinion that this season is a little to early to be dreaming of getting into Lge two.