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  1. 1 minute ago, League one forever said:

    To all those expecting Parkinson or an incumbent manager somewhere- it aint happening. We’re not paying Unsworth off and then shelling compensation out when they’re 60 applicants out of work. 
     

    It’s Bowyer or Mellon. 

    Or Bunn unless the compromise at board level is that none of them get their preferred choice!!

  2. 18 minutes ago, Boyyou said:

    The new man may be en route to BP, having verbally agreed, just waiting to formally sign. Could be waiting to be introduced to players/staff before announcement. A myriad of perfectly sensible reasons.

    Why can't we just be patient instead of all this speculation, some of which has now descended into s**t stirring from the usual suspects.

    Where is this new man en route from? Tuesday Tommo walked, that's 2 days now with nobody really taking training in preparation for an important cup tie. Given ST had given the players the day off on Monday it does seem we might be a little unprepared come Saturday especially as one of the coaches currently taking training is unavailable on Saturday due to commitments with another team.

  3. 17 minutes ago, wiseowl said:

    Or could it be that the previous "bad blood" between JR and NR had re-surfaced? They had a big fallout prior to NR's famous penalty to win us the title:-

     

    "In his autobiography he says that he did not especially care about Oldham's situation, and that he only wanted to score to toss two more fingers at his manager Joe Royle, who had stopped picking him. Indeed Redfearn had asked for a transfer two days earlier, and the penalty would be his last kick for Oldham. It was a fitting twist for a man who would become the first occupant of English football's mezzanine level, the house for those not good enough for the Premier League and too good for the Championship."

    I remember asking JR at the time why we had sold Redfearn and his answer was "he's a first division player with a 2nd division brain" Redfearn certainly went on to prove him wrong really and I think Joe got that one wrong, i'd have much preferred to keep him and not bring Milligan back from down the M62.

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  4. All seems a bit of a mess this. Why tell ST he hasn't got the job until you've got the new man in? We now look like going into an FA Cup tie with an interim for the interim in charge. There's been a split with regards to who the manager should be, it will be 4 weeks on Saturday since Unsworth was sacked. They need to get a grip of the situation and get the new man in asap now. Imo they dithered getting rid of Unsworth and are now compounding the error. Can you be confident they will really get the man the board wants now and if not will he get the support, backing and time Unsworth was afforded? We are in danger of setting up the next man to fail.

  5. Just now, Monty Burns said:

    well two wages is certainly cheaper than three as a start point

    I think he'd want more as first team manager, plus a probable upgrade for Muzza too. I don't think the budget will really come into it, it's the most important position to recruit for within a football club and I just don't think the Rothwells will think, aye, let's have him he will save us £20k a year. Just an opinion though of course.

  6. On 10/9/2023 at 1:42 PM, jsslatic said:

     

    Norwood at current rate would score 16 league goals this season (rounded up).

     

    By my reckoning that would be more than any Latics player since we were promoted to the top flight except for Hughes, Beckett and Porter.

     

    That doesn't detract from the fact we should be getting more out of him, but it does feel there's a bit of hyperbole about at the moment.

    Think McAleny got 17 in a season a few years back.

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  7. Funny now the squad isn't good enough etc. etc. What happened to everything behind the scenes being top draw, everything in place which will guarantee success providing we are just a bit patient? All these stats and investment, not quite gone to plan has it? Maybe it's just not as easy as everyone thinks. We need a proper manager in place, who takes responsible for the players he recruits and let him get on with the job of winning football matches. Nobody is really interested whether the players have nice meals after training or we have nice seats for the subs. Just win football matches.

  8. I said before the season started, I wasn't sure that the players we signed were going to be as good as the hype. I could of course still be proven wrong and i hope i am but Willoughby had only done well at a level below, Ward wasn't one of Gateshead's top performers, Lundstram had really only had the 1 good season at Alty and had previously failed to make the grade in League 2. There was a lot of unknowns regarding the majority of the signings, only really Norwood stood out as a marquee signing with Raglan playing a bit part at Cheltenham over the past couple of seasons and possibly on the wane. Hobson is the one signing that has impressed so far. I've previously questioned the amount of staff involved and the recruitment policy and I stand by that. There is no one person who actually takes responsibility for this and that in itself is a problem. The whole thing needs a rethink imo and we must make sure the new manager gets the chance to recruit on his terms.

  9. 5 hours ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

     

    Because all a head of recruitment's job is to manage the number of scouts we have, identify targets and report back to the manager with said targets. The manager, one would presume, had issued instructions to the players he needs.

     

    The mental gymnastics to land this at ST's door is impressivem one has to say! It's almost like building a National League Winning Machine™ takes more than a calendar year. Who'd have thunk it?

    That's not what we were told on the pod after they did interviews. @lookersstandandy clearly pointed out that it was a collective decision on transfers.

  10. If ST now knows what we need to bring in why didn't he know in his role as head of recruitment or was it Unsworth who was choosing to ignore him? I can understand to a certain point a manager wanting total control over signings but then who's actually running the club atm? Sounds like Unsworth was allowed to do whatever he wanted and if I was Frank I'd be asking why I've been paying a head of recruitment for a year who's had no impact on signings.

  11. 10 minutes ago, oafcmetty said:

    Depends what email address you used on the Rochdale site. If it's in OAFC's database, you could be fucked.

    Good point that actually. Although my email address that is in OAFC's database is also in Bolton's and City's as i've previously bought tickets there as a daytripper!

  12. FWIW my preference would be Artell, i've been saying that for about the last 4 appointments but I doubt he's even on the radar. He did a great job at Crewe, plays decent attacking football and i've always liked the way he spoke after games (gives a very honest assessment). Remember chatting to him outside the ground when we had just either drew or lost to Crewe under Scholes and I complemented him on how they had played. He seemed genuinely pleased to hear an opposition fan say that and he actually said he was surprised as he thought it was the worst they had played in about 10 games! Shows what i know!!

  13. 7 hours ago, Worcester Owl said:

    Wasn't it effectively Sharp's relegation? I think he resigned just before the drop, and Warnock had no time at all to rescue that season. Could be wrong.

    He was appointed in February, had plenty of time to turn it around. He was terrible for us and i've never been able to warm to him as a result.

  14. Personally, i would have got rid of Unsworth at the end of last season, if not before but no point going over that now. The interesting thing is, I don't think the board would have sacked him when they did if it wasn't for fans getting vocal at games and considering the patience lot were very much against anyone voicing their opinion, they do look a bit stupid now saying it was the right time for him to go. Be thankful fans did voice their opinion and especially the ones at Bromley who approached Frank in a calm and respectful manner to ask him to make the change.

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