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The Rothwell’s are here for the long haul, I’m sure of that, but there will now be a realisation of the size of the job they’ve took on. The close season should be interesting to say the least. There are no guarantees with Mellon and if we set off poorly next season it would be a massive decision to keep him on under what will no doubt be fierce criticism and huge pressure from the terraces.

It’s possible but If you look at the fixtures , Boreham Wood play Ebbsfleet so Wealdstone are probably safe. There would have to be a freak set of results. Having said that they’ll probably beat us anyway!

So it would be better and possibly cheaper to draw a line under it and just pay them off surely. Are we talking about one player here or all the players he’s discarded? If they’re not training and sat on their arse at home they’re not going to be easy to shift are they?

I know what good looks like too!!

I bloody hope so…I couldn’t handle playing second fiddle to Rochdale!

Looks like the Sale of Rochdale to the Ogden family is set to be completed. From the media……. Amongst their other plans they are to establish "a new sports facility", to be used by the first team and academy, while they also pledged to mount a first-team budget befitting a promotion challenge for next season. *********************************** This season would have been a perfect opportunity for us to go up. The prospect of Southend and now Rochdale being in the mix makes it so much harder next season. I fear we could be down here for a while!

You’ve been watching Latics too much BP!

He had the same form when he was sacked from his last two jobs by Dundee and in his 2nd spell by Tranmere. He’s had a few promotions but he’s also had a few sackings. There are no guarantees and all I’m saying is I’m not overly confident.

2 places higher and a few points better off is progress I suppose but really disappointing and nowhere near the expectation! The problem is if we set off slowly again next season the supporters will be on the case straight away. Unfortunately, Mellon won’t get any grace period next time and will have to produce from the off….that’s just the way it, that’s football! Do I think he’s the right manager? I really hope so, his CV and past achievements say that he is, but from what I’ve seen so far I’m really not convinced.

He ripped them apart in his last after match interview! Do you think that maybe it’s because of a realisation that he’ll have to work with the majority of this lot next season? The fact that he hasn’t managed to get a tune out of the vast majority of them over 30+ games and 7 months in the job suggests he’s going to struggle. It’s extremely worrying in my opinion!

Well it’ll be a massive decision to give him the budget based on his performance this season. I wouldn’t like to be making it!

Mellon’s been dealt a bad hand, no doubt about it, but based on the job he’s done over 30 odd games would you put him in charge of the budget next season if it was your money he was spending…I’m really no sure I would!

Saturdays attendance will be interesting!

It absolutely wasn’t…it was poor but we’ve been far far worse than that!

Gardner getting a new contract isn’t he?

Er ……. No!

Does Garner play in fucking slippers…he spends most of the game on the floor!

7…Stone was OK

Kitching injured or dropped?

Christ he caught that perfectly!!

Jamie Stott…another Oldham reject I believe?

He certainly doesn’t appear to look as confident and upbeat as he was in his early interviews! After the Unsworth debacle their must be get out clauses inserted into his contract. If there was I’m pretty sure attaining a playoff position would have been one of them. Whether he walks or is sacked is anyone’s guess but I still don’t think he’ll see next season out!

It’s not necessarily the fact it’s 0v0 at ht it’s the fact that invariably we haven’t even had a shot on target or even a shot on goal! You have to remember this is the 5th division, entitled or not, we are 30 years in the wilderness and people (me included) can’t get their head around where we find ourselves. Add the fact that we are now 2 seasons into the Rothwell era and unfortunately any improvements on the playing side have so far failed to materialise. It’s all about frustration really.

He’s coming out with the same bullshit he comes out with after most games. I’ll give him a close season to reshape the squad but If I’m honest I’m really not convinced he‘s the man who’s going to get us where we want to be. Another abject season will not be acceptable and If we don’t start like a house on fire come August the pressure will mount considerably and rightly so!

You have to be taking the piss!! Fans have followed them in numbers all over the fucking place this season and got practically nothing in return. Even the Athleticos have been very subdued over the last few weeks and the disconnection between fan & player is as bad as I’ve ever witnessed. Total responsibility has to be taken by the management and this absolutely horrendous squad of serial underachievers!