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I was interested to go today as it's the first chance I've had to see them since our first game at this level against Dorking. First half: I thought we were abysmal after the first 5 mins, which looked like we might be up for it. I will stick up for Norwood, though. I had to go in behind the goal with the Altrincham fans, so I was watching him attack in that first half, and his effort looked good to me. His movement off the ball as we attacked was very good. He was up attacking the end with our fans in the second half, so it was more difficult to judge, but he was the catalyst for most good things that happened down our right-hand side. The second half was much better, and this is where I thought McGahey deserves some credit. Although I wouldn't expect him to be the one providing the initiative, he was the only one who consistently tried to drive forward with the ball. I think in the first half he'd been asked to man mark Conn-Clarke when he dropped into the pockets between defence and midfield and did a reasonable job. We probably deserved a draw in the end, but equally, you couldn't argue when we didn't get one. Sutton drives me crazy. He seems reluctant to join the attack. So many times, we were waiting for an option out wide, and he hadn't joined. Then when he gets it, he seems to take an age to sort his feet out, then tries to do a half turn or swivel before moving it on. Sometimes he looks like he's having to run around the ball to be comfortable. For example, when he had a chance to shoot, he took the scenic route to the ball. It might be that he's a centre back. Hogan seems to like to give someone a knee-high pass under pressure and then bomb on, assuming that not only can the player control it but find him again. Then we're exposed when we inevitably lose it. The options our players had when on the ball were much fewer than when Altrincham had the ball, which was because we don't press well and have a lot of people hiding.

I saw Hyppia play on trial for us when reserves played at Stalybridge, didn’t look much good to me! Opinions Not a player linked with us but just saw Gattuso has been sacked as Marseille manager, didn’t he apply to be our manager once?

So what you're saying is.... we're signing FOUR tomorrow????

Been watching this youtube channel for a while now and they finally made it to Boundary Park. Maybe you'll enjoy it. The back catalogue is worth a watch too

Looks like Canelo doesn't he!

6 now

It's worth saying that I find you one of the most interesting posters on here and I always look forward to what you have to say. I saw your post recently about your health and wish you all the best

Can we be Mellondramatic?

Ha ha. They’re all the same to me

I don't think the yellow for Hogan is wrong necessarily, because the hanging on starts before anything else, but the Fleetwood player should be off too

Is your stewarding on there Monty?

A bit of Rhinoplasty has really changed the look of this team. Sorry

I think it's about time we gave Gennaro Gattuso his chance

Great, thanks for the info - will definitely take a look

This was such a good listen, really interesting insights and a proper football guy. You have to wish him all the success. Listened to the last two phone ins now and think the callers have been really good too, enjoying this