Guy Branston Pickle

Get in, great start

Starting Dallas and Norwood paying off already, who'd have thought eh

3 minutes ago, AndyB2 said:

Boom. 

I will say, you're entitled to your opinion and I was maybe a bit arsey. At the end of the day, we all want the same thing. Be a boring forum if we all had the same opinion 

4 minutes ago, AndyB2 said:

Imagine spending your Saturday morning pulling someone up on semantics on an Oldham athletic message board because their life isn’t fulfilling enough. Don’t get to exercise your brain much at work do you so this is your outlet. Happy to be of service. There’s a good lad 

Your lack of self awareness here is astonishing 

You're spending your Saturday morning whinging because your sports team isn't as good as you think it should be. 

And now you're having a tantrum because you've been pulled up on it

2 minutes ago, AndyB2 said:

Process mate. You get that don’t you? 

"I'm not saying we aren't going in the right direction, but why aren't we going in the right direction"

OK pal, makes sense. I wish we were in Scunny's place:(

1 minute ago, AndyB2 said:

I didn’t say we aren’t going in the right direction. I am complaining at how long it’s taking to turn the tanker. 
 

I will say it again, 18-20 months in it should be better than this. 
 

 

"Why is it taking us so long to point back firmly in the right direction?"

Just now, AndyB2 said:

But they have evidently turned a corner on the pitch fairly quickly follow a relegation. Why is it taking us so long to point back firmly in the right direction? It shouldn’t be this difficult.

 

 

After getting relegated from the division we're currently in. They're in the playoff places in the division below, we're in/around the playoffs in the division above. How are they going in the right direction but we aren't? 

2 minutes ago, ceskylatic said:

With having had Unsworth as manager for the first 9 league games and the players we have, how many points behind Chesterfield wouldn’t be a disgrace at this stage?

Also, Scunthorpe are 15 points behind the mighty Tamworth in the division below. Bizarre comparison, they'd kill to be in our position

1 hour ago, LightDN123 said:

To be fair to Norwood and Dallas, they would both struggle scoring from open play if they are not on the pitch. 
 

Both started 1 game each since the end of Jan / mid Feb ? I will let them off

 

Both proved they will score goals at this level, they are not the issue. Sooner people realise this, the better. 

Our fans are so quick to write off anyone if they don't hit the ground running straight away, it's infuriating. Let's write off a proven goalscorer at this level because he hasn't done much in cameo appearances after half a season of barely playing, great stuff 

The only way strikers are gonna pick up sharpness and confidence is by playing. Dallas is proven at this record but he's clearly lacking from confidence and gametime. I'd see the argument for not playing him if our other strikers were banging them in, but alas...

1 hour ago, deyres42 said:

The lengths people are going to defend their guy

 

 

This is weird

Basically admitting you want him to fail

Why even bother pretending you're a fan? It's really odd

18 minutes ago, LightDN123 said:

I do struggle with the current fan mood, we are absolutely shit in some game, but overall we are an above average football team in the national league. 
 

For years we have been battling relegation, literally years, apart from last season. This year we are 9 games away from the play offs and it seems more depressing than relegation fights. It’s weird. 
 

The football is shit, but that’s the league, let’s enjoy the potential play off campaign. 

I agree, it's putting me off to be honest. Performances haven't been great recently, but I think anyone who was expecting exciting free flowing football in this division is deluded. By and large we're on an upward trajectory and yet I go to games and it's like we're 22nd or something. The atmosphere at York was so flat, like people expected a defeat. Despite the past few results the club is in a better position than it has been for years but the constant negativity is draining tbh

19 minutes ago, oafc1955 said:

Did you watch the game?

Nope. Didn't sound good at all

Doesn't stop the constant overreactions on here being hilarious 

First proper run of bad form under Mellon, I trust him to sort it out. Some of the bed wetters on here are hilarious though. We're still 6th

Eastleigh was such a positive performance, absolutely infuriating they haven't built on it. Absolutely have to win on Tuesday or else I think we can start to worry. Luckily everyone around us is as inconsistent/shit as us

5th in the league 

Can't bring myself to get riled up about Dale at all, actually want them to do well tbh. The Chesterfield thing is weird, absolutely nobody cares about Chesterfield. 

During my time supporting Latics Huddersfield was probably the closest to a proper rivalry I've seen, for a few years in the 2000s anyway. Maybe Tranmere, but again I struggle to care that much about them. 

1 minute ago, AndyB2 said:

This strikes me as a ‘if you don’t see the value in nuttall you don’t understand football post’ 

 

why some players get hung drawn and quartered and others don’t always confuses me. It’s totally random. He’s been poor 

I think he's looked alright, especially as a youngster who's still learning and adapting. Really don't understand the constant eagerness to write players off, especially youngsters 

Couldn't make it on today but nice to see some balanced opinions on here. Probably not a bad point in the grand scheme of things, we're 4 points clear of 8th now and most teams around us are inconsistent. Tuesday is a big game of we have any hopes of catching 3rd though

Maybe a controversial suggestionbut is it worth a pitch invasion to get us to play behind closed doors for the rest of the season? Someone could pee on their star player maybe? Just throwing ideas out there 

10 minutes ago, League one forever said:

Yeah, another good example of him playing further up. He scored that day as well. 
 

I think he’s one of them players that evolves over time. They start in one position, but show glimpses in another position, and eventually they gravitate to that. I’d like to see Conlon as our playmaker, with Hammond next to him to do his running with Sheron played as high up as possible. 

Tough one that as in his short time here Hammond has looked best when breaking the lines between midfield and attack, or he certainly did on Tuesday. I think he's the best fit for that advanced role 

Absolutely desperate stuff

Only taken them 7 seasons to find that consistency too

20 minutes ago, nzlatic said:

There’s also a lack of this sort of thing too. There’s nothing wrong with having opinions and being wrong about them but not many are willing to accept that. They’d rather look for ways they can still be right. 
 

I felt the same as you about Fondop but likewise have been proved wrong. I also didn’t think Green was up to it but in his last 2 starts he’s had a big impact. 

I think it's probably more of an internet/social media thing tbf, people set their stall out and just refuse to change their opinion. Which I find really odd when it comes to football, surely you want your own clubs players to prove you wrong?

Just now, League one forever said:

It’s the radio silence when players play well or improve that bugs me.
 

Sutton- really struggled initially at right back, (not his fault) but massively improved to the point he made Sav look a wasted signing. But still some say he’s shit. 
 

Fondop - awful apparently- but for the first time has been given proper run and some backing- I think he’s retuned  something like 7 in the last 13. 

Hammond - was labelled shit after one game, but is slowly coming into his own. 
 

Sheron- plays poorly one week then has a great game the week after - but his good passes are lucky and his goals ignored. Yet continues to be the most consistently picked midfielder at the club. 
 

 

I'll hold my hands up and admit I wanted us to offload Fondop earlier in the season, but that was more because I felt he was a liability temperament wise. He really seems to have improved a lot in that sense and knuckled down, and he's been a proper asset the last couple of months. 

Totally agree though, feels like there's a total lack of balance or credit when certain players play well. 

4 minutes ago, Only Blue said:

Absolutely spot on.

 

Even if our decent established players have a poor game they are labelled "shit" and shouldn't pull our shirt on again.

 

It's mind boggling crazy. No player, absolutely no player plays well all the time.

And if these players were in any way consistent, they wouldn't be playing for Oldham in the 5th division.