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BBC confirm Altrincham get the bye and Solihull play Halifax.

Best time of the year. Definitely better than when the football restarts on the evidence of the last 30 years!

The point being we all like to comment on the strength or otherwise of the squad and expect the owners to continue to cough up. If I was Frank I would be seeing season ticket sales as one of the indicators of the strength of support and MAY influence the budget, and we therefore should be willing to contribute ourselves where possible - accepting that for various reasons a season ticket is not suitable for all supporters.

Be good to see those NOT committing keeping quiet when there are questions being asked about the cost of the squad next season. Those buying a season ticket are contributing to the running of the club and backing Frank and co, and ‘buy’ the right to comment.

Gardner the only one making any effort in that second half. Hudson unable to pass to a blue shirt, Sheron (who I’ve previously defended for his hard work) gives the ball away every single time. Conlon a massive disappointment again. A lot to sort out in the summer.

Sheron. Unbelievable!

You obviously missed the Aldershot debacle then. This is bad, that was worse. Mind you the opposition were better a couple of weeks ago.

Pitch looks fine. No excuses there.

Surely it was 2 of Mellon’s signings starting today - Dallas and Conlon??

Hudson cannot be included with the rest of them today - he kept us in the game and while his distribution isn’t the best he’s a better keeper than most of that team deserve! Maybe the only positive from Unsworth? Hobson is going backwards after seemingly being a cracking signing, and Norwood has to start unless there’s a fitness issue. We are so lacking in width that even with Norwood on the pitch we are incapable of creating anything. Very depressing!!

Before the match the strikers of both teams were ‘practicing’. The Aldershot players were all striking the ball as if they meant it, had the majority on target, and the majority of those went in. The Latics lot were half hearted, missed the target on every single shot except one. One team were up for this and one weren’t.

This is a decent result - if we beat Kidderminster on Saturday.

Amateur error Dave. I’ve been avoiding play-off final dates for the last 30 years, just in case .

Not today though.

Clutching at straws, and I wasn’t there today, but surely the quick turnaround after 2 long away trips has an impact on the tiredness being referred to? We should of course be winning games like this but the opposition had an extra day rest after 2 home games.