TheBigDog

Lundstram? Nah…

Rochdale Away was Mellon’s first game in charge. We sat in 12th place in the table following a six match unbeaten run (seven if you count Altrincham in the cup) by caretaker management since Unsworth was sacked. Rochdale at Home will be Mellon’s 28th league game at the helm. We now sit in 9th place in the table despite a mediocre March and start to April. Our overall league record under MM is: P27 W11 D8 L8 Points 41 - playoff form? His win percentage is 40.74% The chance of finishing in the top seven is highly unlikely but it would be nice to win on Saturday - let’s hope the players and manager believe. Our recent slump in form has been hugely disappointing and has led to many (myself included) questioning the players and the manager’s ability to lead us out of this division. A win in Saturday please.

And by doing so, he’s not doing himself any favours and more importantly he is disrupting the team

If we had not given Mellon such a long contract, I’m not sure he would be safe. And if the rumours are true, he may well walk at the end of the season…

We are only 5 points off the playoffs….

The manager has shown over the last ten games that he simply doesn’t have what’s needed to get the team to play - sure the players are to blame but I genuinely believe that Mellon is more to blame for the way we are ending the season

Once again we are playing with no conviction or belief going forward - slow and ponderous, lacking any creativity - it’s as if we are afraid to play

I hear that the team have decided to play with total energy and commitment for the whole game, passing the ball on the ground and defending as if their lives depended on it - total football… Nah…April Fool

It fookin’ was

Hudson McGahey, Raglan, Hogan, Kitching Gardner, Conlon, Sheron, Lundstram Dallas, Norwood, Norman, Hobson, Hammond, Garner, Sutton

I hate watching my team in this goddam league. We set up narrow on Friday with no width and yet their first goal was straight through the middle of our team - someone runs at us and we crumble. The players have no balls, no backbone and no urgency. If they have anything about them, then we will see a reaction tomorrow - but if it starts poorly then it’s going to be more of the same

The home crowd is never as toxic as the away following - if we play like we have in our last two away games then it could get nasty

Not if an appeal is successful

Agree with most of that - Walker has shown very little in the time he has been here and Hudson has obviously been instructed to slow things down I reckon. Mellon has been failing for quite a while now and the doubts I had about him when he was appointed have not gone away.

Do the club have the right to appeal the red card? If so, will they? I have watched the incident several times and it is clearly the wrong decision.

Sums it up for me. A mate of mine posted this in our WhatsApp group: ”Just seen MM's post match interview and it illustrates one problem our players have ... he can't communicate or explain anything simply - he just rambles and strings clichés and meaningless phrases together. Players are at fault in lots of ways but if his team talks are like this interview then they walk on the pitch confused and demotivated “ My view - he hasn’t got a clue has he?

It was pretty cheap last time around tbf - it’s still less than a tenner

3-0 Latics 14-1

I’ve gone for 3-0

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Following the D&R performance, I too lost my enthusiasm for Latics… so much so that I cancelled my trip up for the Fylde game. I presume it will be available to watch on National League TV so at least I’ll avoid a 400 mile round trip

If the team cuts out the poor attitude and basic mistakes and just plays football then the fans will back them - that's all we ask.

@Lee Sinnott the antidote to @GKing521

I know it’s looking highly unlikely that we will be involved, but the Playoff Final has been moved to Sunday May 5 due to Aslef strikes on the 4th

or would they?…