TheBigDog

Tonight will be a good measure as to whether we have what it takes to get through a playoff schedule. Mellon was appointed on 13 October last year. He has been in charge now for over three months and we have seen progress. Micky has brought in five players who should feature at some point tonight - but it may take a while to see their full impact. A win please.

I’d say the keeper and back five are easy to pick: Hudson, Sachdev, Raglan, Hobson, Hogan, Kitching. Then three more with Conlon in the middle and Dallas and Norwood (if fit) as the front two. Then it’s two from the following; Sheron, Walker, Lundstram, Hammond, Gardner, McGahey, Ward etc I’d go for the first two in that lot but it’s a good decision to have to make… and with supposedly another coming in later in the week too… All we need now is for the players to believe and play to their potential - COYB!

Walker?

I’ll have a pint of what he’s drinking…

Time to resurrect the ‘B’ team and get them match fit and in some sort of ‘shop window’ I say…

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Cheers The bet I had was Latics to win by a score of 3-1 which had odds of 16-1. I cashed out when we were leading 3-1 and the game ended 3-2 when Solihull scored a 94th minute penalty… I definitely got less value by cashing out but if I hadn’t or had gone for Solihull/draw I would have got zip

Don’t understand - can you explain?

I had Latics to win 3-1 at Solihull and cashed out when the score got to 3-1… it was good value for me that day

I’d take third place

Started 4 games in league 1 with a further 6 off the bench for a team in the bottom four. Hopefully dropping down to the National League will allow him to show more. In Mellon we trust I suppose…

Nope. Next games are next week from Monday onwards.

Given that Reid is apparently injured, my starting eleven would be: Hudson Sachdev Raglan Hobson Hogan Kitching Conlon Sheron Lundstram Walker Norwood

I’d give him a runout at Eastleigh

Saturday achieved one thing - it showed MM (what he probably already knew tbf) that his fringe players are not up to it. Rather we get confirmation early so we can attempt to bring in better than leave it any longer.

Bromley are in the next round so the game will still need to be moved

The fringe players showed exactly why they are fringe players… The team selection yesterday was poor in my opinion. Playing Hogan at left back? Playing Willoughby as the main striker through the middle? Playing McGahey after his poor recent showings? Furthermore… Not playing Kitching when he is fundamental to our play. Not playing Hobson when he is far and away our best central defender. Not starting with Fondop. Not playing Sheron (!) The balance of the team was way off and it showed in our performance. If the game goes ahead on Tuesday, I look forward to a team that is setup properly. In Mellon we trust… I suppose

Post match - summing up MM comments: “Disappointed, WE apologise, fringe players did not step up, the league is most important focus, we conceded from a set-piece once more - we go again Tuesday, yadda yadda yadda”

Who both scored…

There is not a huge gulf between teams like Stockport, Notts County, Wrexham and L2 though…

There’ll be a few changes on Saturday - but we should have enough to beat them. A couple of players we need to watch out for are Niko Muir and Joe White.

Dorking’s was particularly bad tbf

Decent vlog.

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