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The shambolic way the club has been run over the last few years was always going to bite us on the arse at some point. The last 2 transfer windows have been shocking with embargo’s affecting planning. The squad has no balance. To many tippy tappy midfielders and no pace or width. Fane and Gardner once again passengers today. They are crap. No support for Doyle. Seriously worried that there is no fight in the squad and the manager does not know his best team.

Looks like the team selection of a desperate manager.

When will details of how to purchase tickets be announced? The original post says Monday 10th.

The article on the 22nd July also says that work on the upper floor of the new stand would start again in 6-8 weeks. Any signs of activity 10 weeks later?

Not a good detective are you? My post was 9.15am and if you check 768's twitter account the time clock on posts is wrong - out by 8 hours 'just saying'

I think you will find that Ibby has copy and pasted my post. That's my reputation in tatters.

The Chron seem to have a different name every night. Clueless and shows how distant they are from the club.

We were told that the sports direct deal would allow us to compete with the bigger teams in the division. corney said the Sports Direct deal would put us in the top 8 in the division budget wise. In addition, why is the revenue from the new stand not impacting until the season after next ? I though FFP was calculated on expected revenue from the season ahead. Without adequate answers from our owner, the fan base gets further disengaged.

Release Mellor, Morgan -Smith, Elokobi, Dayton, Lockwood, Bove. Keep, Truelove, Brown, Forte, Turner

Absolutely gutted and shocked with this appointment. How on earth can he get the job ? Powerpoint presentation and an ability to bull:censored: at an interview seem the only criteria to getting a managers job at OAFC. We had a chance to show some ambition and appoint a manager who would have given us a chance of upward mobility. Dowie or Rosler would of increased the sale of season tickets following on from the open days last week and created a buzz around the club. 37 years a season ticket holder and I am done. No more whilst present ownership strangles our club to a slow painful death. There is no enjoyment going anymore and no hope for progression on the pitch. Like a small time Newcastle, we are happy to survive in the lower reaches of League 1. This appointment will increase the pace of decline and with Holden alongside him, the future is deeply worrying. This decision is financial suicide by the club who have a total disregard for its fan base. In the last 4 months, we have had the Ched Evans saga and now this. Seem to like to create problems out of nothing.

Absolutely staggered if this appointment is true. Totally underwhelmed. Another season of a rookie manager learning the ropes with the only aim being to keep our head above the relegation zone. This guy has no playing pedigree, no managerial experience and limited coaching experience at youth level. How is that preperation for a managerial post in league 1? The club has no ambition under present ownership. Dowie or Rosler would of given us hope. None now.

The bottom line is a manager should have been appointed soon after Johnson jumped ship but, as usual the board sat on their hands and did nothing. A new man, like a Dowie or Rosler, would have had these players playing hard until the season end, trying to get some momentum for next season and working out squad strengths and weaknesses. Instead we are drifting to a lower mid table place with a number of players thinking of holidays. This season has been a huge missed opportunity to gain a play off spot, looking at the calibre of teams now fighting for 6th place.

How did he manage to get injured on Saturday ? He did f*** all in the 20 minutes he was on the pitch.

Really fear were we will end up this season but am also concerned that seeing another season collapse desperately how it will impact on season ticket sales next season. Under FFP our budget will be further cut again. The club should of put Johnson on gardening leave as soon as it became clear he was interested in going to Barnsley and started to look for new managers to keep our season on track. Corney and the board have sat on their hands yet again and allowed the season to deteriorate to this current shambles. The club is a car crash.

Robin Van Persie ? As has been said, to draw crowds has to be special.

The only thing that will draw the crowds in consistent entertaining winning football. A big name novice is not the way to go. We need the best manager we can afford and hopefully that is Dowie.

We haven't the physical presence to match it with teams fighting for their lives. We are a weak and tippy tappy outfit. If Dowie is to be the new man in charge, I would expect him to try and toughen us up.

The Peterborough chairman was very critical about the referee they had yesterday, the same referee, Jeremy Simpson, that we suffered against Crewe on Boxing Day. Does anyone at the Football a League / Referees Association do anything with these guys ? Carl Boyeson will perform dreadfully again next week without any comeback from authourities.

I went to the Sheffield game, pretty sure we were leading 2 nil at one point.

Absolutely appalling from start to finish. The tinkerman got his arse spanked. Not one stand out performance. Elokobi no were near match fit, Winchester appalling in the 2nd half. We did not win a header in their box and not many in our box. Same as last week, the quality of ball into the opposition box is dreadful. 2 Jones free kicks second half in good positions but sailed out for dead balls without being touched. Corners - waste of time.

That was absolutely appalling yet again. Beaten before we had even started. No passion or ability on show. I'm afraid the buck stops with Corney though. The club is sinking with his lack of investment and direction. His policy of keep cutting the cloth will only end up with relegation. This time last year he said he would go if we were relegated. I wonder if he will say the same this time? We are desperate for fresh leadership at the top or we will be another Grimsby / Wrexham at this rate. Worrying times. Pissed off with it all.

As already said, both our full backs are awful, weak defensively and offer nothing going forward. Prior to Christmas, we had Lanzoni and Mills but the constant cloth cutting by our owner have seen them replaced by sub standard players.

Look at the plans on the blog yesterday. They show 9 rows.

Looked at the plans on the latest blog and noticed only 9 rows of seats. I am sure the original plans has 14 rows. I don't remember any info saying the capacity was being reduced during the build period. What is the capacity supposed to be ?