Sandbach Shrimper
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I don't usually get to post in here being an exile but here are my thoughts having been to my first match since Altrincham away last season:
Bit of an anti-climax after all the build-up and having started the game pretty well. We were hanging on towards the end of the first half and then that just continued into the second half. York played good football but lacked quality in the final third until they made the substitutions in the final third. John-Lewis gave them more of a presence up front and their number 19 (Chadwick I think) looked a decent player too. They do lack height though, as someone else mentioned, so might struggle against the more physical teams in the league.
No one really stood out or played particularly badly. Thought some of Collin's kicking was very good particularly given the wind. There were a number of times when Cardwell knocked it down in the air as he was up against a fairly short centre-back, but then no one capitalised on it. He and Walker definitely have the potential to become a useful partnership over time. Miley made some good challenges in the middle but other than that, York won the midfield. The subs were a bit confusing - bringing on a midfielder for a defender and then a striker for a midfielder, then a defender for a striker...
We definitely need a couple more bodies. An attacking/creative midfielder for one, and I also think we could do with a more experienced player in there as we have quite a young side. A Gary Deegan type.
Anyway, was nice to be back at a busy Roots Hall and be focusing on football. Still haven't seen us win since Boxing Day 2015 but at least we didn't lose![Blush :Blush: :Blush:](https://www.shrimperzone.com/images/smilies/Blush.jpg)
Bit of an anti-climax after all the build-up and having started the game pretty well. We were hanging on towards the end of the first half and then that just continued into the second half. York played good football but lacked quality in the final third until they made the substitutions in the final third. John-Lewis gave them more of a presence up front and their number 19 (Chadwick I think) looked a decent player too. They do lack height though, as someone else mentioned, so might struggle against the more physical teams in the league.
No one really stood out or played particularly badly. Thought some of Collin's kicking was very good particularly given the wind. There were a number of times when Cardwell knocked it down in the air as he was up against a fairly short centre-back, but then no one capitalised on it. He and Walker definitely have the potential to become a useful partnership over time. Miley made some good challenges in the middle but other than that, York won the midfield. The subs were a bit confusing - bringing on a midfielder for a defender and then a striker for a midfielder, then a defender for a striker...
We definitely need a couple more bodies. An attacking/creative midfielder for one, and I also think we could do with a more experienced player in there as we have quite a young side. A Gary Deegan type.
Anyway, was nice to be back at a busy Roots Hall and be focusing on football. Still haven't seen us win since Boxing Day 2015 but at least we didn't lose
![Blush :Blush: :Blush:](https://www.shrimperzone.com/images/smilies/Blush.jpg)