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deasy

67 (10.5%)

densmore

68 (10.6%)

Griffin

9 (1.4%)

Havern

34 (5.3%)

leather

61 (9.5%)

Masha

38 (5.9%)

Moult

63 (9.8%)

Richman

37 (5.8%)

Ginelly

22 (3.4%)

Reeves

61 (9.5%)

Rankine

17 (2.7%)

Clee

61 (9.5%)

Sinnott

20 (3.1%)

Bowerman

0 (0%)

Heathcote

40 (6.3%)

Crowther

3 (0.5%)

Neil Tolson as manager

4 (0.6%)

Holness

22 (3.4%)

Lawrie

13 (2%)

Total Members Voted: 50

[Paul Cain's Chip Pan]

Yes, I'm still enjoying the close season as well.

That's what I keep having to tell myself, anyway, as I refuse to believe the season has actually started. It can't be for real.   

[wayno]

Yes, I'm still enjoying the close season as well.

That's what I keep having to tell myself, anyway, as I refuse to believe the season has actually started. It can't be for real.   

ha ha .. I'm with you.. if we blank it out do the results not count ??

[MarpleAlty]

The primary reason we got relegated was injuries to key players, so I see why MarpleAlty says that. However, I can see this manager wanting to stamp his own mark on our team, so will probably retain no more than 8 players.

MarpleAlty would keep all 9 Alty players that started at Braintree, thats not good enough is it?

We need to clear out the dead wood

The idea of seeing 11 strangers turn up on the first day of next season frightens me even more - it's rarely ever the answer.

In the space of a dozen games or so, the likes of Havern Griffin Richman and Rankine have gone from first team players to dirt on here - it's amazing how fickle football can be.

Give the same set of players a competent manager (and set them up in the right system), YES a few fresh faces as well, by all means - and we'll be fine.

If you wanted me to be braver, we can get rid of Lawrie. The fact he's got so much game time epitomises everything that has been wrong with Alty over the last season.

It only takes ONE signing to make a difference, by the way - our most similarly budgeted rivals, Southport, signed Gary Jones last summer - he's now their player of the year and club captain.

I'll just leave this here.

[Paul Cain's Chip Pan]

Yes, I'm still enjoying the close season as well.

That's what I keep having to tell myself, anyway, as I refuse to believe the season has actually started. It can't be for real.   

ha ha .. I'm with you.. if we blank it out do the results not count ??

It's got to be worth a try! 

[GB Alty]

We didn't have a mass clear out when we were relegated in 2011 did we? The likes of Coburn, Reeves, Clee and Densmore all stayed on then and the budget was obviously able to take it. So what changed this time?

thats a very good question, we didn't have the goldmine which is the community hall then either

I wonder if the football side subsidies the community side?

[Paul Cain's Chip Pan]

We didn't have a mass clear out when we were relegated in 2011 did we? The likes of Coburn, Reeves, Clee and Densmore all stayed on then and the budget was obviously able to take it. So what changed this time?

thats a very good question, we didn't have the goldmine which is the community hall then either

I wonder if the football side subsidies the community side?

I also seem to recall that we were running with a reduced budget for the 2011/12 season, partly due to going over our previous season's budget in a bid to avoid relegation (I apologise if this is in any way inaccurate, but I think this was the case).