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Everything is normal.... There is nothing to see here... Good One

This was probably put the wrong way in my reply. I meant more that the majority of the "abuse" was aimed towards the board and not the players. Undoubtedly I am sure there were some supporters shouting expletives to the players who came over and I felt that your post related to the people at the front who had direct contact with the players, such as myself with Jamie Stott and other supporters with Azankpo so I hope that clears my comment up on my previous post. The squad lacks leadership and organisation right the way through. Maouche telling fans to calm down despite strutting around the pitch thinking he's gods gift to football and blatantly giving up after surrendering possession probably wasn't the best to do. A leader would have taken his team part of the way, a quick clap, maybe a hand of apology and led the team back to the dressing room. Rather ironically, you could imagine somebody like Peter Clarke doing that. Somebody who we are in desperate need of within this shambolic mess. As I said, I hope the first comment has now been clarified. Frustration, anger and emotion started to over-spill on Saturday and if things don't improve, will continue to do so I am afraid.

Although the post carries quite a lot of accuracy, there are certain points included within the post that are quite clearly untrue. I was supportive up until seeing the pathetic display of defending for their 2nd goal. That was the straw that broke the camel’s back for me. I then turned my anger and frustrations straight to board level. Towards Abdallah, Mo and Barry Owen. Throughout the second half, I joined in and started on occasion the songs against the board. Never did I or many more like myself turn on the players. Towards the end, I headed down to the front of the stand to vent my anger at the final whistle. That was definitely not aimed towards the players but purely straight up to the board level. The players, to be fair to them, stuck their necks out and faced the angered following away support. Azankpo came over and was in tears. It probably shocked him to see the crowds feelings towards the whole situation but he was reassured by supporters that fans do not blame the players for the current situation. My friends and I then called Jamie Stott over who we spoke to for about 90 seconds or so. My words to him were “All of this anger, frustration and emotion is not towards you and not towards the majority of the players. The problem is up there (pointing to the directors box). He nodded in acceptance whilst looking heartbroken. I’m sure he was, he’s been at the club for 11 years I believe. He probably can’t quite believe it either”. Stott then went off clearly emotional and in tears to which he was consoled by a member of staff. This is where a problem then started. That club member pulled a couple of players away, before doing the wanker sign in the direction to myself and my friends. I have known this particular staff member for quite a few years so I was extremely pissed off as you can imagine. It ended up getting worse with a couple of scuffles breaking out, nothing to do with me and in my opinion really not needed or required. Following leaving the stadium, we headed up the hill towards where the offices were as we wanted to voice our furstrations once more towards the board. Said club staff members partner then came out and shouted towards the support (about 20/30 people in total) that he will “see fans in the pub later and sort it out man to man”. I appreciate he was frustrated and angry too but not the best way of going about it. We were then moved on by police, in hindsight, probably the best for the situation before we headed back to the Bradford Arms for a debrief on the game. Some tears were shed, heated discussions within our friends group and then a “what do we do from here” chat which still doesn’t seem very clear. The actions of the club staff involved was poor. I sent the following message to this said individual on facebook not too long after the incident: “Don’’t ever call me a wanker again for standing up for the club I support. Abdallah, as I’m sure you very well know is ruining the club yet you call supporters wankers. I appreciate Jamie Stott was upset and again not his fault as was reiterated throughout our furstrations. I don’t blame the players, firmly lies at board level so if you think I’m wrong then fine but we have 43 games to save this club going into non league so we need to speak up now before we leave it too late” I then got a response of: “I didn’t call you because of Abdallah, I feel for the players that everyone was abusing” Fair enough response however, certainly the people who were talking to the players at the front, there was no abuse towards them whatsoever. Our club is in a mess!

Don't get me wrong, it's a makeshift back 4!

Tomorrow, I would go for a similar approach to Tuesday. Get men behind the ball. Use the midfield block and counter with pace and plenty of it. Hopefully Wheater is fit but this is looking increasingly unlikely so we may have to look shaky at the back once more which worries me. Should Wheater not be fit, I would go for the following: Woods Mills Hamer Iacovitti Smith-Brown Missilou Sylla Fage Maouche Nepomuceno Azankpo

I was trying to be nice as he had no part in either goal haha

Once again, took a couple of days to reflect properly on Tuesday nights performance and result on Tuesday at Blackburn. Again, I have seen mixed comments but for me, it was a clear improvement than anything I have seen so far this season. I felt that we battled well for the most part, kept in shape well albeit with some costly lapses and I thought we broke well on the counter with pace and precision. It was almost, I stress ALMOST as this isn’t enough quite clearly, the perfect away cup performance. Woods – Looked assured once more and doesn’t look fazed about playing behind a shaky back line. Made a good save first half to keep it at 1-0 and didn’t really have too much to do other than that. Goals not down to him. Solid game. 7/10 Mills – Not too bad at full back. Did okay although caught with the diagonal ball over the top at least twice first half which nearly cost us dear. Prefer him higher up but wouldn’t be too bothered about him being full back. Not bad. 6/10 Sefil – Looked a lot better rather surprisingly, especially first half. That said, the positioning for a couple of chances, one of which their winning goal is horrendously bad. Also, blames everybody else but himself which annoys me no end! Sadly, culpable of costing us the game. As such, not good. 5/10 Iacovitti – Not bad. First half did well. Last ditch tackle was brilliant if he actually played the ball. Looked a foul to me. Second half struggled against Graham when Dack was running off him. Alongside Wheater I should imagine he’d be fine. Looked okay but defense cost us the game. 5/10 Smith-Brown – Again, looked alright. Not much came down their right but that could have been them being inept. His yellow card knocked him then the goal. Where do I start? Boot it away first time! They were panicking at 0-1 and offered very little. Needs to stop silly errors like those. 5/10 Missilou – Solid once more. Breaks the play up and works hard to retrieve the ball when out of possession. Also didn’t panic when on the ball and broke with purpose allowing us to break with 4/5 rather than the usual 1 or 2. Looked a lot happier with Sylla alongside him too. Good game – 7/10 Sylla – Looked good to me. Broke up play well and played the ball into more creative, forward thinking players. Held his position well and really helped Missilou in the 2 man holding role. Good game. – 7/10 Maouche – Better than Saturday, not hard I know. Much more reliable when in a 3 man midfield and can effectively attack without having to hold his midfield position. Set pieces absolutely woeful again but insistent he is taking everything! Great finish to make it 2-1 but sloppy passes too ended too many dangerous looking attacks. Not bad – 6/10 Fage – Worked extremely hard and very quick going forward. Impressed with his recovery runs once out of possession and his end product isn’t bad either. Always ends up getting something. Only gripe with Fage is too many fancy flicks where 1 in every 5 come off. That said, I’m sure he will learn. Good game – 7/10 Nepomuceno – Best player for Oldham and most creative by far. Quick on the break, direct and often has an end product. Put in a couple of decent crosses that required defending and his run and effort for the goal was fantastic. Has to play on the left, cannot stress this enough! Great game – 8/10 Azankpo – Doesn’t stop running. Works extremely hard and always makes the defender do something. Runs into the channels well and offers pace in abundance on the break. Didn’t have too many chances but defended from the front very well. This is required when a team isn’t great. Good game – 7/10 Subs: Branger-Engone – A couple of nice touches but not much else. Scuffed a chance late on as did Mills. Also makes the wrong decision too often. Nowhere near as good as Nepo but did okay. 5/10 Hamer – Came on to protect at 2-1 lead with 3(+6) minutes to go. However, didn’t come off. Then got moved to right wing at 2-2, strange decision. Barely touched the ball. – 5/10 Wilson – Ran well once more up front but didn’t have much in the way of seeing the ball. Hard to judge really – 5/10

Injured. Took a few knocks and went down on 3/4 occasions. Went off at Half Time and Banide said it was an ankle injury. Hopefully a precaution because i'd like to see him in the side alongside Wilson.

No, not just you. Absolute nightmare the black nets. The white flashing "Wakelet" boards were a nightmare when the ball was down at the Chaddy End given where I was sat. Hope we refer back to white netting and they can somehow tone down the brightness of the perimeter boards, otherwise Winter games and night games at Boundary Park will be a nightmare.

I might be in the minority here given some of the comments I have read but last night I was actually quite encouraged. I went to the game feeling as low as ever going to a Latics game. Saw the team and filled me with next to no hope whatsoever. Got into the RRE on minutes, kiosks shut, American style van with a massive queue charging £3 for a coffee and up to £5 for food, I thought, what has happened at this club? Get in for kick off and true to form, 1-0 down in a matter of minutes. To be fair, great hit. We then started to grow into the game. Two missed chances, Azankpo open net and Iacovitti, good save from their keeper both from set pieces. That was the point where I first saw a positive within our team this season. Azankpo looked bright, quick albeit a bit soft and broke through. Took his goal well to be fair, lovely finish and another positive, when he broke through, I thought he would score! Iacovitti got on the end of another set piece delivery from Eagles and 2-1 up at half time. Second half, they put us under pressure to be fair but we defended it to a degree. Their goal, for me was poor goalkeeping from Zabret but to pick ourselves up and go on to win the game was a positive. From what I could see, being in the RRE and the boards flashing combined with the bloody dark netting, it looked like a good header from Stott off yet another set-piece. Now, I’ve seen people’s comments about “being ripped apart by kids” – They are bound to be better technically than ourselves, hence why they play for Liverpool. They all looked comfortable on the ball and made us move around the pitch. Why people are surprised that kids can be and are technically better and quicker than us baffles me. Other comments of “Set-Pieces only look good against under-developed players” – I’m sorry, but you can only play against what is put in front of you. It wasn’t so much that we won most of the balls in the box from the set-pieces, more the delivery from Eagles and Nepo alike. On the money basically every free kick/corner and it was good to see. Finally some comments “Why are we celebrating beating a team of youngesters in a crap trophy” – Well, like this competition or not, the monetary value (where it goes is irrelevant) is worth it alone. Whether it be 10k or 20k per win. It’s worth winning. I also believe in trying to win every tournament you take part in and to be fair this is our best chance of getting a day out at Wembley so fill your boots. The youngsters as you say contained the youngest ever Premier League player (Harvey Elliot), a centre back they have bought for £4.7m and other players who have been in and around the first team and well known to teams in League One and Two about potentially taking them on loan. The day before, both Swindon and Rotherham were beaten by Chelsea and Man United youngsters respectively so to take positives out of the game is good. All in all, I came away more positive than previous games (not hard I know) but certainly encouraged in parts of our play. Some positive performances from Fage, Sylla, Hamer. A solid debut from Smith-Brown at left back and the two centre backs did okay too. Nepo brings creativity, Eagles was clearly unfit but dead ball deliveries were very good. Vera is just Vera, won’t be troubling the scorers much I wouldn’t have thought. Azankpo very lively, bright and quick, slightly lightweight but will learn the English game I’m sure. Not overly keen on Zabret but backup keeper all the same. Taking nothing for granted at all but a good win, a confidence boost for the squad and management team. Hopefully a signing or two on loan to boost the squad with quality and we should be okay.

I dislike AL but I’ll be as balanced as I can be in my comments you have made: Players being paid properly now – Yes, they are. Been late once since January. Considerably better than previous regime and also a lot better considering other teams in similar region to us i.e. Bury/Bolton/Macclesfield. Credit to him for this as well as very few winding up petitions which is positive. Interfering in the team selection stopped after Scholes left – Yes, can buy this too. However, when Scholes left we were well adrift of the playoffs and seemingly left Wild to it. Sadly, I do believe this will return given the new season and the new recruitment model. Changed club policy/model to a different approach from one that hasn't work in 2 decades – I presume you mean club policy/model as in the new recruitment model? If so, does this not worry you? Albeit, very little has worked for years except the occasional season, this is not a model you should be going down when in 4th division of English Football. If you were going to go down this route and use this business model then surely you need somebody involved in signing players who has contacts at a variety of clubs as well as a very good knowledge of domestic based players. Unfortunately, in my opinion Barry Owen nor Mo Lemsagam give me satisfaction of this. Do they you? Outlined his plan for promotion within 2 years with a Head Coach and a youthful side – Head Coach suggests to me that it is what it says on the tin. Coach, not manager. If this is the case, does the coach have an input on signings? I’d hazard a guess not given we signed Gary Woods from Hamilton, Zak Mills from Morecambe and Scott Wilson from Macclesfield, all of whom seem solid signings to be far but let’s be honest Banide would not have a clue who these players are. If he is not having input in signings, has he got input in picking the team? To me, once again debatable. Building a youthful side is interesting too. What constitutes as a youthful side? We have signed 7 players this summer (Mills, Iacovitti, Woods, Wilson, Kokos, Azankpo, Eagles). The average age of these is 26. Not that young really. Again, things could change but the only one that I can see for the future in those 7 that could be of financial benefit of Latics is Kokos. He states he wants to balance the books – Again, that’s fair enough and only time will tell. I have my doubts on this and many of them. The accounts or P/L that was published, not audited may I add shows a decrease in debt of £5.56m. If that is what it says in black and white, I would be amazed! Delighted nonetheless but amazed. Why do I say this? Well, imagine you took over a debt ridden business and stated you wanted to balance the books and to do so, you were wiping off the debt using your own money and own life savings (as has been mentioned by AL before) surely you would show everybody how much you had put in? Hide absolutely nothing. Get them audited and flaunt it everywhere to prove people wrong. This hasn’t been done. Full accounts requested by the Trust, he has not been forthcoming. This doesn’t quite sit right with me. Unfortunately, in my opinion, negatives massively outweigh the positives that he has brought to the club. Obviously people have their own thoughts and I fully appreciate and respect all opposing opinions.

I'm sure there are recruitment officers/sporting directors etc. Banide has had no input on any of these signings. He's there, purely to coach. Banide wouldn't have an idea of Woods, Mills and Wilson

The coach doesn't have a say in who is brought in. He's there to try and polish a turd, nothing more, nothing less. Recruitment is in the (not so) capable hands of AL, ML and BO.

Oh and Florian Gonzalez (Aguero) has signed. Due to be announced either today or tomorrow.

Kielen Adams was the striker who scored 2 second half. Young lad from Bradford. Also featuring, Walter Figueira (one who looked like Willian) and Cedric Evina. Unsure on the rest... If I knew it was that team, I wouldn't have bothered. Already there when the team came out so decided to have a watch.

Okay, so after letting the dust settle and having quite a rant on twitter against one side in particular, I’ve decided to try, TRY and do a piece that is balanced and fair. Despite it being balanced though, it will show my opinion throughout as I do, as many others do, feel passionately regarding Oldham Athletic. So here goes. The club inevitably was in major crisis following the Moore era back in 2003/04. The Three Amigos (“TTA”) came in and saved us…celebration Sunday was a great day against Grimsby and all of a sudden we had a future again. I’m sure they came in for their own benefit which would come off the back of the club benefitting. Not a problem in itself to me. The proposed move to Failsworth ultimately didn’t come to fruition and what happened thereafter has contributed massively where we find ourselves today. Corney decided to sell the club, well, what I mean by club, is the badge, players and staff to the ‘right person’ in Abdallah. Again no issue. At this stage, anything was better surely than the club being starved and slowly being taken into oblivion. I did however question, why has he only bought the club as it is and not the rest of what the club should be (in my opinion, everything) and that still remains to today. My theory – Abdallah believed in his players and the players that he could showcase in England. Not a problem. He brought a few, then more and more and more. If they are good enough, they can give us 6/12 months, help Oldham Athletic progress and move them on for a decent sum of money before doing this again. After all it’s a pool of players no other League One/Two club delve into. Not a bad business model in itself. This however, has not worked. We haven’t sold any of them on and to my recollection we have had 14 including the current crop. Now, over the past 18 months, Abdallah has apparently tried to agree a price to purchase Boundary Park and the Car Park but stated that the asking price was too high in his opinion. I’d love to know what he offered. Since he came in 18 months/2 years ago, the club has gone backwards. Literally speaking too, suffering relegation back to the 4th tier of English football for the first time since 1971, even Corney didn’t manage this (more by luck than judgement granted!). During his tenure of 2 years as I believe he was pulling strings at the start of 2017/18 season whilst the sale was going through, we have had 5 different managers (6 if you include Banide) as well as staff being hired and fired at what seemed a weekly basis! Since then, we have seen a countless number of outcrys on social media regarding how poorly he treats his staff. This was clear with treatment of players such as Davies, Gerrard, Fane, Byrne, Hunt and seemingly in the end Peter Clarke as well as staff such at Steve Cross and Tony Philiskirk taking the club to an Employment Tribunal over the reasoning of their dismissals. Abdallah, to my knowledge, still hasn’t published the accounts, season tickets are down by 800+ from last year and we limped to a pitiful 14th placed finish in League Two during our first season in there. There is, to my knowledge, no finance option available anymore to purchase a season ticket (I have bought one in blind faith up front so not required for myself!) and we currently have 17 players which includes 2 first year pro’s, 2 players who didn’t go with the club to Morocco leaving us with the only striker at present being Urko Vera. Sadly, this is nothing short of laughable. Now, onto the FLG. Do I think they provide all of the answers? No, I don’t sadly. Their intentions sound too good to be true. However, the club has and is being run in a shambolic manner, I can’t see how anybody can disagree. Now, I am aware of at least 1 person who is involved in the FLG and know that he is a staunch Latics fan who attends both home and away games. He loves the club just like you and I do. As I’ve stated before, I’ve been told by Pete Wild, who knows what both parties has to offer that FLG is the way to go and to support them in their quest. Brings me on to my next point, what is their quest? – Well, I’ve been advised (this may well be incorrect, only going off what I have been told) that their quest is to bring Oldham Athletic from a broken football club back to ONE entity. This means its entirety including badge, pitch, stands, floodlights, car park, players and staff. This to me can only be a positive. I have also been told that they could very well afford to buy the lot but running the club to a L1/L2 level may be tricky. As such, I am of the understanding, that they would buy the ground first, acquiring the land before offering “x” amount for the club (part that AL) currently owns. At this stage, they would look to sell to a person/party that they believe could take Oldham Athletic forward. This person/party would then own the lot, everything, but surely that is a better prospect from a business point of view than owning this or that. How long will this take? – Remains to be seen. However, the 27th July event I am hoping will outline their intentions with a plan of how this will work and timescales to boot. Again, I was told by Wild, after the Northampton game “Support the FLG, they are good people who love the club. They have the club’s best intentions to heart. The next 18/24 months will be extremely tough but stick with it, they will and the club we all know and once fell in love with will return” Now, this is where it has got/could get/will get tricky! AL is rattled by this. I would be too, if somebody threatened my business model. He is being asked to pay rent on a building that allows his business to function/live (shouldn’t be this way in the first place but it is) after deciding not to take up the option on acquiring the ground when offered it. As with any tenancy agreement, rent has to be paid. Has it been? Debatable. Some say yes, others say no. Who knows? But ask yourselves this, Why do the FLG exist? Do you believe they exist to make money on the back of Oldham Athletic Football Club despite being lifelong supporters? Do you believe that they are being unreasonable? I’m not sure I do. The issue here is. Abdallah paying rent to have use of the North Stand. He doesn’t want to do this. Understandably so. Why? Because, he is then funding the next part of FLG’s plans. There is a purchase agreement in place to buy not only the North Stand but the ground, car park etc so why would he want to do that when the FLG’s initial plan is seemingly to buy the club at the end of all of this. This could force an issue of Abdallah taking us away from Boundary Park. This suits absolutely nobody. The FLG will be left with a ground that nobody uses other than the North Stand hospitality etc. The fans lose out as we lose a major part of the club as we’d have to choose whether to watch Oldham Athletic at Spotland/Gigg Lane every other week and AL would have to pay rent to Bury/Rochdale to use this facility. Nobody wins! How does this get resolved? I have absolutely no idea! However, what I will say is that, I am glad that we have a FLG in place preparing for the worst. It is clear Bolton nor Bury had this and that very nearly and possibly should have cost them their respective clubs! They do care about the club, I am certain of that. What are everybody else’s thoughts? Sorry this is ridiculously long but there’s been a lot to cram in.

No it doesn't you are correct but Wild does know the people involved and seemingly their plans. Whether their plans come to fruition or not, we will have to wait and see. As you say, money, a lot of it, is required to do this and without knowing them, I wouldn't like to pass comment on my view. However, the plan I am led to believe from that conversation and ones with other people who do know the people involved in FLG, the idea is to seek further investment but first and foremost make Oldham Athletic an interesting and attractive business proposition to either invest in or buy as a whole.

His words were, he would have stayed on his terms. Seemingly head coach means what it says on the tin "We recruit/buy, you coach" - Also said that he would want assurances that he could keep Clarke. Seemingly didn't happen. Said he would love to return if all went to plan.

Interesting reading this debate and some very valid points made from both sides despite the evident disagreements. Ideally, having a club owned by one party including the ground, car park, hospitality would be the best case scenario. That way everybody is clear with who owns what etc. That said, you then have to have trust in that person as they call the shots regarding everything and potentially leaves you in a position like Blackpool and Oysten. Not suggesting AL would become like Oysten but if he did and was unwilling to sell then it’s all in his hands. The FLG, although we don’t know who they are personally. I find this frustrating on one hand but I’m willing to wait as I have heard, from people who I believe are good, honest people including our former manager that this will be the best thing to happen to the club! Certainly the start of their quest has addressed one issue that is key to matchday experience, in opening a fans’ bar. Pete Wild said to me and a group of friends, after the Northampton game, that fans need to back and get behind the FLG. They will buy the new stand before trying to buy the ground as a whole, before launching a takeover bid for the club. As such, having control of the club. Wild did say however, that the money wasn’t there immediately but during their quest to deliver the plan/vision would actively seek investment and when owning the club, could be an attractive proposition for the ‘right person’ to buy the club outright benefitting themselves but more importantly the club going forward. He did also say that the next 18/24 months may be tough to stick with it but to do it and keep faith in the club as the club and FLG would bring back relative good times to the club. I trust Pete Wild, I believe he is an honest man who loves the club as much as you and I. I have no reason to doubt him and as such I am willing to wait to see how this develops over that timescale.

That's not quite true, it all depends what group or what player he is speaking to. Surely, you would want the manager to speak in the players first language if possible in order for them to understand all instructions/coaching points stated to them? Whether that be English/French or whatever other language, so long as it's repeated to the group in both first languages it really matters not what language they get spoken to in individually. Having coached younger age groups previously, when we played Manchester City under 12's, their coach spoke in Portuguese then in French and finally in English. Didn't harm the way they played or how they progressed as a side to be fair.

I’m amazed that the pre-season tour could produce such debate if I’m being honest. However, I like debates so I’ll chuck my 2p’s worth in too. People have made comment regarding the tour being in Morocco as opposed to European countries such as Spain/France/Portugal where the majority of teams go. Do I blame AL and ML for taking the team to Morocco? Absolutely not! They are going there, undoubtedly more to massage their ego’s than to benefit the squad. However, like many have said, training in Morocco and spending the majority of time with fellow teammates could bring the squad together and as Mo whispered during Banide’s press conference…”Team Spirit, Team Spirit” Also, I have seen comments like, he’s got them training with a ball. Erm, yes, I would fully expect him to do so? Comments like, you can tell from the videos that the team spirit is there…I’m sorry, how? It’s a clip of a 10 minute edited video. Now I’m sure they’re not but they could be arguing, tough tackles going flying in, yet we wouldn’t see, so to make a decision like that from pre-season edited videos is quite clearly bizarre. The worry I have, as do many, is, who is paying for this trip? If it’s the club as a whole, loaned or otherwise, I would have rather stayed over here and toured Tameside as usual. If AL and ML wanted to do this and have paid for it then no issues. Just feel that when the funds could be used elsewhere, no matter how minimal it may be (£1,000 per player/staff maybe?) but that is just my opinion. Hope it works out for the best! All aboard the Banide train.

Just a bit of an update for you. Fixtures are released for the under 18’s during the first week of August with the first game of the season scheduled for 7th September 2019. Our home games will be played at Hathershaw College on 4G surface and games will be played on Saturday mornings. Access to game and attendance is allowed so feel free to come down and give the girls your support. As I’ve stated previously, this will be the first women’s team in 2 years (max) time representing Oldham Athletic. We get quite a lot of help through the Community Trust and do have little contact with the club regarding training days on the Boundary Park surface. As of yet, there has not been any discussions regarding the girls having the opportunity to play on Boundary Park however over the next couple of years, this stance may change. Currently, we have 14 players for the under 18’s and as such are still on the lookout for more players. Not just for the under 18’s but players for all age groups. If you know of any girls aged between 7 and 17 who want to play for Oldham Athletic Girls and Women’s, feel free to drop me a message and I will give you details of training dates and times etc. Thank you once again for all your support and I will update you once the fixtures have been released in regards to the under 18 side.

I presume they can. We play at Hathershaw College. Will confirm with you later on regarding attendance but shouldn't be an issue

I'm joint manager of the under 18's girls team. We have been officially associated with the club for about 2 years now but decided last year to not open a Women's team until the current crop of now under 18's are ready to make the jump up as a lot have been at the club throughout. In 2 years time, maybe next year depending on how they cope with the under 18's league this upcoming season, they will make the jump to open age representing Oldham Athletic Football Club. The under 18's this season however consists of 7, 16 year olds, 5, 15 year olds and currently 1, 14 year old so as you can appreciate this will be a big enough jump this season. We aim this season to publish results of the games in order for Latics fans to keep up to date with the girls and women's teams.