Nottingham Post

PLAYER RATINGS

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SAM SLOCOMBE

Had nothing to do in the first half apart from watch a couple of shots sail over his head and into the Kop. Notts dominated possession and he had a leisurely afternoon. 6/10

JAYDEN RICHARDSON

Some really promising moments and came so close to a goal when his sweet volley curled against the bar. Would have been some strike had it gone in. Was excellent. 8/10

RICHARD BRINDLEY

Predictabl­y a little bit rusty after such a long time out on the sidelines and there were a couple of passes that went astray. Aside from that did fine. 6/10

ALEX LACEY

Won the majority of his aerial duels and was very rarely troubled by the Altrincham forward line. Sailed through the game without really breaking sweat. 7/10

ADAM CHICKSEN

Notts were so dominant in possession the back three had it very easy for much of the game as Altrincham were kept at arm’s length. 6/10

DION KELLY-EVANS

Came close with a terrific effort from the edge of the box which looked to be sneaking in. Did a sound job despite playing on the left as a right footer. 6/10

MATT PALMER

Stroked the ball around with very little problems at all and saw a deflected effort trouble Tony Thompson. Cruised in the sun. 7/10

JIM O’BRIEN

Was presented with two great opportunit­ies to strike at goal, but just couldn’t get the connection he would have liked on each occasion. 6/10

CALLUM ROBERTS

Showed some tremendous tricks and flicks. One which led to a glorious nutmeg and just had too much for the Alty defence when running at them. Won and scored a penalty and grabbed an assist. Magic. 9/10

RUBEN RODRIGUES

Like Roberts was Notts’ most creative player and always looked forwards in trying to open up the Altrincham defence. Just oozes class and scored a fine header. 8/10

KYLE WOOTTON

Smacked the bar with a terrific header and worked incredibly hard throughout the afternoon. Grabbed a goal his performanc­e deserved. 8/10

SUBSTITUTE­S

KYLE CAMERON (FOR KELLY-EVANS 64)

ED FRANCIS (FOR RAWLINSON, 76)

ELISHA SAM (FOR ROBERTS, 79)

NOT USED: Rawlinson, Brunt

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