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    MATCH: Altrincham (A) 01/04/24

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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.

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    Micky Mellon

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    18 hours ago, Monty Burns said:

    dunno but l 100% us this board as therapy! have you noticed l can now leave an argument (and the board)

    for 2-3 days 'coolings off' without an official ban?!!!!!!

    l did get a richly deserved monitoring recently for openly wishing selective, communal death of a section of the fanbase!! took me a week to realise thats just unacceptable!!

     

    there have been others come thru stuff on here too, l can pick them up thru their writing style changes. or them just open saying it, thats usually a good clue!!

     

    again, thanks to you and everyone and also sorry to everybody for this. you have all (yes ALL even Magister) played a small part in keeping me alive. thanks 

    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 

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    Rochdale Scramble?

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    6 hours ago, Monty Burns said:

     

    lm jus watchin around the grounds and l can see yellow coat Latics guy goes too far and is being taken away. some rochale men are beatin up a kid and some Oldham come to resecue. if thats fiils anybody with anything but pride l pity you.

     

    Is your stewarding on there Monty?

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    Marc White on tonight's BPAS phone in

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    15 minutes ago, Matt said:

     

    Bunch of Amateurs started by following Barks around first at Charlewood - which was superb. Later, the Dorking and Marc White series started.

    BoA have series on Charlewood, Holland Sports FC, Dorking and starting this season, Walton and Hersham in Surrey.

     

    I can recommend watching them all, they're brilliant.

     

    https://www.youtube.com/@BunchOfAmateurs/playlists 

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

    Unsworth Out

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    6 minutes ago, Steve_R said:

    Wait till the podcast comes out. They will. Unless he’s sacked before then. Then the board will have made the right decision. That’s the way they roll.

    But that's fine, because that's their opinion. It's not a binary Unsworth in or out thing, it's how much time do you give him and that differs for everyone. I've just fallen off the give him time thing to it's time to go. The people who wanted him out when he was appointed will say they were right when he goes, they are always going to be right at some stage

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    Unsworth Out

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    3 minutes ago, nzlatic said:

     

     

    I'd like to see Unsworth repay their faith in him by falling on his sword. I think it's inevitable he'll go now, but I hope it doesn't put the board off in their approach when it comes to giving managers time. In the future, we'll go through a bad spell and their loyalty will be rewarded by things turning around and it all working out.

    This

    Unsworth Out

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    7 minutes ago, AlanGrovesFanClub said:

    Perfect summary. 

    Agreed. I've wanted him to do well and wanted us to give him time, but I think it's difficult to see any reason to think it's going to get better. I've been trying to ignore a nagging voice in my head that says he doesn't have it for a long time and hoped he'd prove it wrong. I really thought after we finished the season quite well after getting safe that we'd hit the ground running this year, but it's been so disappointing.

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