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Quoted from mimma

No you can't,  but we certainly argue with Conteh's yellow. He won the ball and got carded for it.

I agree. Which is why I didn’t mention Conteh.

PA is excrement. Not enough seats. People left without tickets. Empty seats, attendance of 7500 but told it was sellout.

That’s what we do now isn’t it? Moan about these things?

As for the match, not really much to talk about. We look solid defensively as expected and Rodger won everything. Penalty was the right decision but was a woeful penalty.

Felt we could’ve got the win and their keeper pulled off three saves he had to make.

Conteh will get better and Eisa impressed me, thought Vernam was pretty anonymous apart from a run first half and I think that impacted Glennons game (bloke near me has found his new boo boy, Smith previously, Glennon this year). Green came on, got booked. We all laughed and we all wanted him to flatten Pell but I’d like to think we’re better than that. Can’t see Green being anything other than a sub to tighten things up.

Hunt did well, and considering it was a completely new starting 11 in so much they’ve never played a league game before, we looked to have a system and it will click, some fans just need some patience.

First game of the season often tells you very little anyway.

Onwards to the next game…

The XI was as most of us suspected, just the actual way they lined up perhaps less so.

I like to think that we've got enough in the team now to really go and teams and make them worry about us.  Clifton wide and Hunt sitting deep alongside Conteh feels more about us worrying than the other way round.  

It's first game and I think Hurst might have factored in the unknown element and obvious fatigue late-on, but I do think we could have been a bit braver with Eisa wide and Hunt further up alongside Clifton.  

That said though, the attacking options we've got are exciting and on most days I do fancy at least one of Vernam, Eisa, Mullarkey or Glennon to find their man/the goal from when we overload teams.  Saturday was just one of those days were none of them hit the spot.  We'll also have better options off the bench than two guys with only 15 minutes in their tanks.

We need to enjoy both Conteh and Mullarkey whilst we can because neither will be with us too long, unfortunately.  Both look levels above and it's kudos to the club for attracting them.

Quoted from diehardmariner

We need to enjoy both Conteh and Mullarkey whilst we can because neither will be with us too long, unfortunately.  Both look levels above and it's kudos to the club for attracting them.

Agree with this, which kind of begs the question; what on earth has Toby Mullarkey been doing slumming it down in non-league until the age of 27? From what I’ve seen he looks every bit a top-end League Two full-back.

Late developer?

Quoted from aldi_01

PA is excrement. Not enough seats. People left without tickets. Empty seats, attendance of 7500 but told it was sellout.

That’s what we do now isn’t it? Moan about these things?

As for the match, not really much to talk about. We look solid defensively as expected and Rodger won everything. Penalty was the right decision but was a woeful penalty.

Felt we could’ve got the win and their keeper pulled off three saves he had to make.

Conteh will get better and Eisa impressed me, thought Vernam was pretty anonymous apart from a run first half and I think that impacted Glennons game (bloke near me has found his new boo boy, Smith previously, Glennon this year). Green came on, got booked. We all laughed and we all wanted him to flatten Pell but I’d like to think we’re better than that. Can’t see Green being anything other than a sub to tighten things up.

Hunt did well, and considering it was a completely new starting 11 in so much they’ve never played a league game before, we looked to have a system and it will click, some fans just need some patience.

First game of the season often tells you very little anyway.

Onwards to the next game…

Shall we just have a forum that discusses everything that suits you ? A bit like the Scunny Fans Facebook page . You could run it , I’m sure mr sherbet has plenty of advice .  
Joking apart , this is a forum to chat about stuff .

Conteh tackle hardly a foul.  Not a yellow.  

Conteh tackle hardly a foul.  Not a yellow.  

Reminded me so much of last season, better passing/movement probably but totally toothless in the final 3rd. We have an improved squad but still can't see us scoring 2 goals very often. Rarely more than a couple of players in the box from open play and not picked out by crosses. Also still a bit lightweight, lots of players knocked/nudged off the ball easily. Conteh looks superb, Rose won more headers in the game than Taylor did all last season, but some of his dives were theatrical. Decent point but we need to be far better if we want to make the playoffs.

Quoted from Poojah

Agree with this, which kind of begs the question; what on earth has Toby Mullarkey been doing slumming it down in non-league until the age of 27? From what I’ve seen he looks every bit a top-end League Two full-back.

Late developer?

Didn't realise he was that 'old'.

Found this - https://altrinchamfc.com/blogs.....all-i-ve-ever-wanted - in which he perhaps hints a bit about not making the step-up into the mens game as quickly as he anticipated, few injuries that halted his progress too.

At absolute face-value he's a big, strong unit who's mobile too.  That ticks a lot of boxes for lower league teams, that he's not too shabby with the ball at his face just makes his late progress that much more of a puzzle.

Different position, but John Cockerill was 29 when we signed him from Stafford Rangers...