mikeroyboy Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 As the facts stand, more of the same. Worse case scenario AL has learned nothing, run out of available funds or both. The managerial appointment will be critical, whoever’s appointed. AL will need a modicum of luck with that one, as will we all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 1 hour ago, mick26 said: What's the average at Bury Dave? There are always some outliers, much like Bury's budget! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Dave_Og said: Two things are completely intertwined. Interesting to see that our average attendance this season is 13th in the division. Spookily accurate. I don't know. We didn't lose Sturridge for financial reasons, if we'd kept him we probably make playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldham82 Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 We need statement from AL early next week to give us news on new manager targets budget and amount of players coming in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobledgersheart Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 12 minutes ago, Oldham82 said: We need statement from AL early next week to give us news on new manager targets budget and amount of players coming in Don't hold your breath, we'll be lucky to see the retained list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlossopLatic Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 I think expectation will be set for an all time low next season. We all know what needs to happen at the football club. My hopes for this season were that the owner would stabilise the club we have seen nothing of the sort if anything its more volatile than ever. He shows very little evidence that he has learned from his mistake or any self awareness that he is even doing anything wrong. Some posters might think that a promotion will remedy the problems this is incorrect a promotion alone won't solve the long term problems at the club. Ofcourse we'd welcome it we all would but if anything it would just give more reason to justify his madness a promotion is likely to be won by chance rather than good planning so it could well be followed up by relegation and more volatility. I'd like to see a board of directors or even just a couple of directors/senior management put in place to administrate the football club, but even if this happens the owner will likely fall out with them and they won't last. I'd like to see a manager recruited and given 2 possibly 3 seasons to win build a side that can win promotion and push on in the league above but we all know that we will be changing Manager/head coach atleast once next season. I'd like to see the youth setup maintained but he will probably kibosh it. i'd like to see no more crap players from the arse end of French football but we all know a load more are coming this summer. Is their a light at the end of the tunnel? who knows One thing that could happen next season which could either make things better or plunge us into an enormous crisis is the prospective purchase of Boundary park. At this point we know very little about who this consortium is however it doesn't take much connecting of the dots to work out that by paying 7 figures for a plot of land in Oldham with the towns football club on it they are positioning themselves for a takeover of the club. So far the owner has pretty much fallen out with everyone he has been involved with so far I don't see how this will be different here. Assuming they complete the purchase of Boundary Park then they are set for a collision course with the current tennants at Boundary Park. It could work out well they might just want to own the land and collect the rent Abdullah might be happy with this arrangement I feel this seems unlikely at best though. As for the team, well their is a nucleus of a good team here. As it stands this team is probably 6-7 good signing i.e. a strong bench away from winning promotion however I feel that nucleus the likes of Edmondson, Clarke, Iverson, Lang, will be leaving us and we are left with the deadwood. At the moment I'm not very optimistic at all, sadly it wouldn't surprise me if the club made more headlines off the pitch than on it next season, However their is always the chance of something changing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcmetty Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 17th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 (edited) Bottom half finish. Owner isn't interested in promotion, it's not what he is here for. We will lose the keeper, Lang and Clarke minimum. Our best three players and three of the best in their position in the league IMO. If anyone thinks our owner will replace them with anything similar is bonkers. We lost Surridge and signed Vera. Expect more of the same. Agents make money from transfers and % of players wages. What is Maouche on again? Still I think we will get one or two overseas players on top whack contracts in. Their agents will probably pocket half their wages. What was Queensy on again? Edited May 1, 2019 by Clifford Rearranged wording 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kusunga_Is_God Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 22 minutes ago, Clifford said: Bottom half finish. Owner isn't interested in promotion, it's not what he is here for. Agents make money from transfers and % of players wages. What is Maouche on again? We will lose the keeper, Lang and Clarke minimum. Our best three players and three of the best in their position in the league IMO. If anyone thinks our owner will replace them with anything similar is bonkers. We lost Surridge and signed Vera. Expect more of the same. Still I think we will get one or two overseas players on top whack contracts in. Their agents will probably pocket half their wages. What was Queensy on again? You’re bang on the money here but expanding any further could land you in bother. The club watches this board very keenly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightDN123 Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 38 minutes ago, Clifford said: Bottom half finish. Owner isn't interested in promotion, it's not what he is here for. Agents make money from transfers and % of players wages. What is Maouche on again? We will lose the keeper, Lang and Clarke minimum. Our best three players and three of the best in their position in the league IMO. If anyone thinks our owner will replace them with anything similar is bonkers. We lost Surridge and signed Vera. Expect more of the same. Still I think we will get one or two overseas players on top whack contracts in. Their agents will probably pocket half their wages. What was Queensy on again? Are you saying we are paying over inflated wages so money goes from the clubs account to the family agency business ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nohairdontcare Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 17th sounds about right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hometownclub Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 1 hour ago, oafcmetty said: 17th That's the dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimeblue Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 7 hours ago, deyres42 said: The Lemmy's will have left the building... Go on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 21 minutes ago, LightDN123 said: Are you saying we are paying over inflated wages so money goes from the clubs account to the family agency business ? No no. Mixed message. See belgium football scandal on google. No links to our club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 36 minutes ago, Kusunga_Is_God said: You’re bang on the money here but expanding any further could land you in bother. The club watches this board very keenly. Quite. Accidentally discussed our club and the Belgian scandal. Quite happy to say I've seen nothing to say they're linked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Maouche on top wages not getting on the bench when we went down though eh? Bizarre. B team at Tours to Oldham's top earner and not getting a game eh? Bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Sinnott Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 (edited) Barry Owen probably scrambling around the Boundary Park offices as we speak, yelling "Who is Clifford?"... Edited May 1, 2019 by Lee Sinnott 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 4 minutes ago, Lee Sinnott said: Barry Owen probably scrambling around the Boundary Park offices as we speak, yelling "Who is Clifford?"... I've been quite clear from my initial messy post. Made no inference that our club does anything wrong. All happening in Belgium. Stand down Barry. Wolves have an agent on board. Doubt he does it for the love of the Midlands 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Sinnott Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, Clifford said: I've been quite clear from my initial messy post. Made no inference that our club does anything wrong. All happening in Belgium. Stand down Barry. Yep, seen the story myself. Luckily there are no similarities in that to the way our club is being run... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobledgersheart Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 9 minutes ago, Lee Sinnott said: Yep, seen the story myself. Luckily there are no similarities in that to the way our club is being run... But the "thought police" are still on your case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 8 hours ago, deyres42 said: The Lemmy's will have left the building... You've said this a few times - why? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 23 minutes ago, HarryBosch said: You've said this a few times - why? Think the dominos will fall quickly once the stadium sale is completed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorvik_latic Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, LightDN123 said: Are you saying we are paying over inflated wages so money goes from the clubs account to the family agency business ? And where would the money come from to make that kind of thing worthwhile, we're a skint League 2 football club?? *cough* I'm not implying anything either Barry, nothing to see here... Definitely no similarities to Belgium. Edited May 1, 2019 by jorvik_latic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossleyblue Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 4 hours ago, Oldham82 said: We need statement from AL early next week to give us news on new manager targets budget and amount of players coming in Why on earth do you think we should tell the world what our budget is or our targets are ? No commercial sense in that whatsoever and putting players on the radars of others. Never been done in the past and shouldn’t be expected now. Other clubs don’t do it either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightDN123 Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Interesting, similarities are there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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