5 defeats on the trot and the season is in danger of going out with a whimper instead of a bang. The place to try to turn around this awful run of results is the home of Altrincham FC.
Given our recent dreadful run, it’s unsurprising to see us down the bottom of the National League form table and Phil Parkinson’s (no not that one!) Altrincham, who currently find themselves in mid-table, are not that much better off.
They’ve just had a run of 6 consecutive away games, which included back to back 2-1 wins at York in the FA Trophy and league earlier this month, but suffered defeats at Eastleigh, Wealdstone and Scunthorpe and drew at Yeovil.
This is their first home game since 25th February when they beat Solihull Moors 4-1. Not that being on their travels for a month seems to have helped their pitch much which looked dreadful in the England C game on Tuesday, albeit in torrential rain.
Dan Mooney played pretty well for the Robins last season at Moss Lane and it’s about time he started fulfilling his promise with us as the last two games although he’s got himself in some promising shooting positions he has totally fluffed his lines at critical moments.
They say the definition of insanity is doing the same things but expecting different results, and on that basis one would expect Kev and the amigos to make further changes to try to arrest our run of defeats. This might include a recall for sicknote Hyde who scored a couple of goals in the behind closed doors defeat against The Os this week - that’s if he didn’t injure himself in the process.
Too often in recent games our play has been predictable and the players look a bit jaded. A change of formation might be worth a try but the management team haven’t tinkered majorly with that in their whole time at the club, so I’d be surprised if they try it on Saturday.
Anyway, over to you - who would you choose to start against the Robins, and what do you predict the result will be?
Given our recent dreadful run, it’s unsurprising to see us down the bottom of the National League form table and Phil Parkinson’s (no not that one!) Altrincham, who currently find themselves in mid-table, are not that much better off.
They’ve just had a run of 6 consecutive away games, which included back to back 2-1 wins at York in the FA Trophy and league earlier this month, but suffered defeats at Eastleigh, Wealdstone and Scunthorpe and drew at Yeovil.
This is their first home game since 25th February when they beat Solihull Moors 4-1. Not that being on their travels for a month seems to have helped their pitch much which looked dreadful in the England C game on Tuesday, albeit in torrential rain.
Dan Mooney played pretty well for the Robins last season at Moss Lane and it’s about time he started fulfilling his promise with us as the last two games although he’s got himself in some promising shooting positions he has totally fluffed his lines at critical moments.
They say the definition of insanity is doing the same things but expecting different results, and on that basis one would expect Kev and the amigos to make further changes to try to arrest our run of defeats. This might include a recall for sicknote Hyde who scored a couple of goals in the behind closed doors defeat against The Os this week - that’s if he didn’t injure himself in the process.
Too often in recent games our play has been predictable and the players look a bit jaded. A change of formation might be worth a try but the management team haven’t tinkered majorly with that in their whole time at the club, so I’d be surprised if they try it on Saturday.
Anyway, over to you - who would you choose to start against the Robins, and what do you predict the result will be?
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