It's off to the EBB Stadium (or the Recreation Ground as we all know it) in Hampshire this weekend for what will hopefully be the first game in our next long unbeaten run.
The Shots currently find themselves in 18th Place in the league and earlier this season, abandoned their own Mark Molesley project and have now installed academy manager Ross McNeilly as interim boss, overseen by their experienced Head of Football Operations, Terry Brown (who I remember being accused of a number of innocuous hobbies by blues fans whilst manager of Wimbledon, after we'd been warned by the police after singing that he was guilty of more sinister crimes! He had a good laugh that day when accused of train spotting, dyeing his hair etc. and seemed like a likeable bloke.)
I always had fond memories of playing Aldershot (in their previous iteration) and remember smashing them 5-0 home and away in the same season when David Crown was scoring goals for fun, and of course there is the famous 10-1 victory at home in the Leyland Daf cup. My view of them was somewhat soured after the abandoned game on Boxing Day in 2011 when we were cruising it 1-0 against 10 men when they had a floodlight failure. The fact that we lost the rearranged game didn't help!
Their form this season has been a bit up and down, 3 consecutive wins at the end of October were followed by 3 consecutive defeats (including a 6-1 thumping at bottom of the table Torquay).
There are a couple of familiar faces in their squad, Tyler Cordner is a regular starter and Michael Klass came off the bench in their defeat at Wrexham last Saturday - they also have a goalkeeper on their books called Ryan Hall, but sadly it's not the diminutive winger that used to ply his trade for us otherwise Wes would have certainly fancied lobbing him!
The disappointing (putting it mildly) defeat at bottom of the table Gateshead last weekend, along with some players returning to full fitness, might give Kev the chance to shake things up this weekend. There are quite a few options around now - including Blondy for Collin, Lomas into the back three, Ralph at LWB or left centre back, and Mooney and Cardwell pushing for a start up top.
So who would you choose to start this Saturday, and what do you predict the result will be?
The Shots currently find themselves in 18th Place in the league and earlier this season, abandoned their own Mark Molesley project and have now installed academy manager Ross McNeilly as interim boss, overseen by their experienced Head of Football Operations, Terry Brown (who I remember being accused of a number of innocuous hobbies by blues fans whilst manager of Wimbledon, after we'd been warned by the police after singing that he was guilty of more sinister crimes! He had a good laugh that day when accused of train spotting, dyeing his hair etc. and seemed like a likeable bloke.)
I always had fond memories of playing Aldershot (in their previous iteration) and remember smashing them 5-0 home and away in the same season when David Crown was scoring goals for fun, and of course there is the famous 10-1 victory at home in the Leyland Daf cup. My view of them was somewhat soured after the abandoned game on Boxing Day in 2011 when we were cruising it 1-0 against 10 men when they had a floodlight failure. The fact that we lost the rearranged game didn't help!
Their form this season has been a bit up and down, 3 consecutive wins at the end of October were followed by 3 consecutive defeats (including a 6-1 thumping at bottom of the table Torquay).
There are a couple of familiar faces in their squad, Tyler Cordner is a regular starter and Michael Klass came off the bench in their defeat at Wrexham last Saturday - they also have a goalkeeper on their books called Ryan Hall, but sadly it's not the diminutive winger that used to ply his trade for us otherwise Wes would have certainly fancied lobbing him!
The disappointing (putting it mildly) defeat at bottom of the table Gateshead last weekend, along with some players returning to full fitness, might give Kev the chance to shake things up this weekend. There are quite a few options around now - including Blondy for Collin, Lomas into the back three, Ralph at LWB or left centre back, and Mooney and Cardwell pushing for a start up top.
So who would you choose to start this Saturday, and what do you predict the result will be?
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