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Playing Squad - Summer 23
Worcester Owl replied to oafcmetty's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
As an update, aforementioned golf mate apologised to me yesterday - Nuttall was MOTM in Cheltenham's win over Peterborough and, quote, "terrorised the goalkeeper", "jumped like a salmon" and generally was unplayable! -
Changes to the FA cup
Worcester Owl replied to GlossopLatic's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
I made my one and only trip to Goodison Park for that replay, so I completely agree. Glad I saw the old ground before it disappears. -
Micky Mellon Sack Watch
Worcester Owl replied to GKing521's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
Behold the re-writing of history. -
Perhaps there might be A Statement about whether there will be A Statement. Don’t want to dampen the excitement about A Statement, but we could just wait and see how the squad re-shaping pans out over the next few weeks. Just a thought, like.
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Changes to the FA cup
Worcester Owl replied to GlossopLatic's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
Utter nonsense. -
Changes to the FA cup
Worcester Owl replied to GlossopLatic's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
Yep, let’s support one foreign-owned, ridiculously wealthy, overpaid bunch of players over another. In reality, who gives a toss? -
Changes to the FA cup
Worcester Owl replied to GlossopLatic's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
The FA needs to pull its finger out here (fat chance perhaps). Having rightly cracked down in general on venue switches some years ago, it should be telling the EFL (and PL I suspect also) where to go. I won’t hold my breath. -
Changes to the FA cup
Worcester Owl replied to GlossopLatic's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
It was the correct decision even though I loath VAR. Wish we could go back to on field officials making such decisions, and accept they are human and can make mistakes. And not even VAR could ruin what was an outstanding match. Coventry’s comeback has to be the greatest ever seen at Wembley, and will always be talked about. -
Micky Mellon Sack Watch
Worcester Owl replied to GKing521's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
Excellent, common sense post. I would double upvote it if I could. -
Micky Mellon Sack Watch
Worcester Owl replied to GKing521's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
Where on earth in @Gaz_Oafc’s post does he “big up” MM? Lost total control??? I’m sorry BP but you are talking absolute nonsense there. -
MATCH: Oxford City (A) 13/04/24
Worcester Owl replied to Bender's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
Come off it. Reid wasn’t that good. If MM had let him off people would have said he was weak, too soft etc. Reid knew the rules and broke them anyway - he was either thick, or thoughtless, or both. -
Micky Mellon Sack Watch
Worcester Owl replied to GKing521's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
You assume that the way he talks to the media, with their frequently asinine questions, is the way he talks to the players. Do you have any evidence to back up that assumption? -
MATCH: Oxford City (A) 13/04/24
Worcester Owl replied to Bender's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
A game we won, and followed up by winning at Maidenhead. You really are a genius, aren't you? -
MATCH: Oxford City (A) 13/04/24
Worcester Owl replied to Bender's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
Reid publicly chucked his toys out of the pram at having been asked to train on Christmas Day, the poor lamb. We then won 4 league games in a row starting on Boxing Day. Norwood played in every game and scored 4 goals. The downturn in form would appear to have sod all to do with Reid being (rightly) banished. -
Micky Mellon Sack Watch
Worcester Owl replied to GKing521's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
But that wasn’t what you said. -
MATCH: Halifax Town (A) 10/04/24
Worcester Owl replied to Bender's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
Isn’t your barrel scraped enough yet? -
Micky Mellon Sack Watch
Worcester Owl replied to GKing521's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
Well seeing as @Guy Branston Pickle was rightly pointing out in his post that recruiting in January is a risk, and that it was poor recruitment last summer that meant we had to take that risk in January, then guess what - I will think exactly the same in November. Recruiting in January is always less optimal than in the summer, and last summer’s recruitment by Unsworth/the club was poor - neither of those points will be any less valid in November. -
Micky Mellon Sack Watch
Worcester Owl replied to GKing521's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
That's a great post and right on the nail but come on, there is little room for such a common sense observation on here. -
MATCH: Halifax Town (A) 10/04/24
Worcester Owl replied to Bender's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
You're clearly not listening, so I'll make this my last word on the matter. As an aside, I've noticed that you sometimes forensically dissect posts in an attempt to trip people up, claiming that they are contradicting themselves, when often they are not. If that floats your boat, so be it, but life's too short. You keep saying that we are "in good circumstances" or a variant thereof. Anyone would think we'd been transformed overnight from 30 years of being a mis-managed basket case to a model club, which should be doing much better on the pitch. We are at the very beginning of a long road to recovery under beneficent owners who are new to football and who will not get everything right but are hopefully learning as they go along. They were left with very little to work with by the previous regime and then made the well-intentioned mistake of sticking with a rookie manager for longer than they should. Now, Mellon has to pick up the pieces and after just 28 games people are moaning that he can't get us promotion and has to go. It's ridiculous. I repeat, patience is needed. That was the point I was making, in response to your facile "Southend terrible setup, Oldham model setup" comparison. You were happy to go along with MM as we rose up the table and got as high as 5th, and now, when it looks like the playoff push may be over, you seem to want to chuck your toys out of the pram and condemn him for "treading water" - fine, but I'll be more tolerant and wait to see what he achieves next season. On player recruitment, most if not all of the players signed at the start of the season and in January were praised as good signings by many on here. If you in your infinite wisdom saw through this recruitment as haphazard and scattergun at the time, it's not a recollection I have. I am happy to give MM a full summer window, and hope he won't be too restricted by the deadweight he inherited. -
Playing Squad - Summer 23
Worcester Owl replied to oafcmetty's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
Ha, well he can be a bit of a Douglas Bader on the greens! -
MATCH: Halifax Town (A) 10/04/24
Worcester Owl replied to Bender's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
I wasn't making a comparison - I'm not interested in Southend's situation though I note, as pointed out elsewhere, that they have had the same manager since 2021. Maybe giving a guy a sensible amount of time to build something is an idea. We are all disappointed in how the season is ending. Very few people questioned player recruitment at the start of the season (under Unsworth) or in January (under Mellon). This is a tough league to get out of, full stop, and patience is required. Moaning about the board/players/manager and talk of pub teams (what are we, then?) gets us nowhere. MM deserves the next season to show what he can do. Results will determine his fate and it's futile speculating about whether we have a poor or disjointed football operation - which of us knows the intricate details of how other clubs are organised? -
Ex players and that
Worcester Owl replied to razza699's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
I refer you to my Cheltenham-supporting mate's assessment in the Playing Squad - Summer 23 thread! -
MATCH: Halifax Town (A) 10/04/24
Worcester Owl replied to Bender's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
You don't think our board/owners have been working in a shit show, given what they inherited from the Chuckle Brothers? They got the Unsworth appointment wrong, for which we can probably blame the Royles. They have now gone for an experienced manager, who has so far had just 28 league games - hardly more than half a season with no proper transfer window and a legacy squad that is clearly not one he would have wanted - to show what he can do. We were 22nd in the league when Unsworth left, and plenty on here said Thompson and Redfearn weren't the answer after three poor draws in a row. MM at least threatened to get us into the play-offs, and may still do. But fine, sack him and let's start all over again next season. I sometimes wonder if as fans we get the performances we deserve. -
National League Thread
Worcester Owl replied to GKing521's topic in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum
They had a full bench when they played Rochdale the other day.