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As mentioned by someone else, there is a big difference between teams like united and us and it very rarely works, but i see Abbott as a league one Berbatov; tall player who has close control and some skill, it works for them. However, it is quite an attacking formation and believe it would be best against the lower teams at BP. Reverting back to a 4-4-2 for the better teams.

Oooops! sent that by accident before i'd added my team lol Brill Gregan Hazell (CBs) Eardley Jacobson (WBs) Worthington (DM) Furman Lee (MCs) Smalley Taylor (AM/FWDs) Abbott (ST) The two players behind the one forward need to have pace and an eye for goal. Theres no question smalley and taylor have pace; with smalley playing upfront for the youth team he obviously has an eye for goal, and we all know taylor does as well. Havn't been to any of the pre season games of yet, but it sounds like furman is going to be a star player. Furman and Lee will be our most creative players so put them in the middle to create the chances for the front 3 and play worthington just behind them two to clean anything up. Have Eardley and Jacobson as wing backs as they can both bomb forward and put in good crosses for the tall Abbott. O'Grady would be a like for like replacement for Abbott. We havn't seen Purdie of yet and if he turns out to be amazing then this could all change, but atm i like the look of this team

I personally wouldn't play a second forward. I'd play a similar formation to the likes of Chelski, United and City, with the one man upfront and with two just behind.

How did Josh Ollerenshaw play for them? Any chance of him being back up for Brill, or will somebody else be brought in?

http://www.eveningleader.co.uk/wrexhamfc/W...h-in.5347615.jp

the ruebes, the ruebes, the ruebes is on fire! and then to Black Betty by Ram Jam......(not the best, so change where necessary... but think this song would be a class chant) Whoa, Chris Taylor (on the wing) Whoa, Chris Taylor (scores again) he really gets me high, (the ginger one) As he’s flying by, (the ginger one) He's so rock steady (the ginger one) League 1 get ready (the ginger one) Whoa, Chris Taylor (on the wing) Whoa, Chris Taylor (scores again)

Will he be here next season? I personally wouldn't think he would be, too good and probably on too much money. Which leads to me the point of, why is he still here? Surely we should be sending him back and saving on the money now the season is over. The only reason that he still might be here is if we realisticly think he will be here next season

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/...-Im-Oldham.html To Hull and back: Forget the beer I'm off to Oldham By Dean Windass Last updated at 9:02 PM on 09th January 2009 Comments (0) Add to My Stories This morning I thought I’d be waking up with a hangover after celebrating the 15th birthday of my son Josh before having a quiet afternoon watching Jeff Stelling and the Sky Sports boys. A trip to Goodison Park with Hull City was never on the agenda. Instead, the family have put the balloons, cake and beers on hold and it was an early night and a light breakfast before I head down the M62 to play for League One Oldham for the first time. Dean Windass has completed a move to Oldham It’s been a long week after Hull told me I could leave. The Oldham contract is until the end of the season, with a year’s option. The proximity to home makes Boundary Park the ideal place. And I might just have an eye on Wembley again. It is sad to walk away from Hull but I’ve given it as long as I could and it’s clear I’m not going to play for them in the Premier League. I’ve no problem with that, or with Phil Brown. If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t have had a second chance to play for the club I love and the opportunity to score a Wembley promotion goal. He was happy to take the gamble when he was offered the chance to sign me. Hull City boss decided to let Windass leave the KC Stadium I wanted to return to Hull before I retired and thankfully he and previous chairman Adam Pearson made it possible. Yet as much as Phil was good for me, I’d like to think I was pretty good for him and Hull, too. City fans will remember the goal at Cardiff which kept us in the Championship two years ago. Phil will remember the push for the play-offs when my leg was nearly falling off and I was being patched up to play. I haven’t fallen out with Phil and I never would. We’ve had nothing to fall out about. He hasn’t picked me, he’s the manager and all I’ve wanted to do is play. He knows he’s right and I know I’m right. But I could have done a job in the Premier League and I don’t think I have had a fair crack at it. I just want to carry on playing and you ain’t see the back of me yet. People move on in football and today I’ll play for a team facing Hartlepool — and they wanted me, too.

another one for you http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/...nes-Oldham.html

http://www.sporthull.co.uk/football/hull_c...le.php?ID=10391 end of season

Yes you were!!! Lomax is nowhere near as good as Eardley! For a start as youve mentioned, full backs are meant to overlap the winger as eardley did on a number of occasions, lomax i dont think did once. as a result carlisle could put 2 or 3 players on taylor as they knew they didnt have to worry about lomax, hinfering taylor. Eardleys distribution today wasn't too bad until liddell came on, thats because liddell is past it and doesnt make any sort of run or move for eardley forcing him to send it long to the forwards. Lomax's distribution was worse today, everytime he's on the ball he panics and gives it away. Continuing with distribution, eardley put a few bad balls in today but at least we know he can whip some good crosses in which is more than can be said for Lomax. I am baffled at why Eardley gets so much abuse and Lomax gets none when clearly Eardley is the better player!

Lomax was very poor tonight...if Eardley had put that performance in then everybody would be booing him and abusing him, think just because a few prem teams were in for him a while back that everyone expects him to be faultless.

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Last week freedman said he's aiming to be back for the Telford replay, if not, he said he should be back fit to play us, which is unfortunate.

As the chron was in shops at 10 o'clock this morning i think the situation has now changed and he is out. Seems pointless putting the paper out so early as it ends up just repoting yesterdays news.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/spo...anmere_v_oldham M.E.N disagrees Preview: Tranmere v Oldham Fred Austin 5/ 9/2008 OLDHAM striker Lee Hughes has lost his fitness battle to be ready for the tough trip to Tranmere. The 31-year-old injured his groin in the shock midweek Johnstone's Paint Trophy defeat at home to Morecambe. It is a massive blow to the player who made only 18 starts last season after surgery to repair similar damage. Hughes, who has scored three goals in four games, is a key player in Oldham's bid to achieve promotion this season. Boss John Sheridan will leave it to the last minute to decide whether Craig Davies, Chris O'Grady or Deane Smalley will partner Lewis Alessandra up front. But the Latics will be boosted by the return of top-scorer Chris Taylor who missed the Morecambe game with a leg injury. Sheridan will pit his wits against former Boundary Park chief Ronnie Moore as second-placed Oldham bid to extend their unbeaten run to five. He said: "We are all a bit down after Morecambe and we will be aiming to put a smile back on people's faces." Oldham league form: WWWD Tranmere league form: LWLW Key opponent: Ian Goodison - a rock at the back for Tranmere Prediction: Tranmere 1 Oldham 1 - both teams are dangerous on their day and it should be close

BBC know something we dont? from the sounds of it everyone should be fit, minus stam http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/e...v_2/7588627.stm Tranmere v Oldham Tranmere will again be without Ian Goodison who is on international duty with Jamaica. Defender Godwin Antwi (ankle) and midfielder Gareth Edds (groin) are both doubtful after missing the Johnstone's Paint Trophy win over Stanley. Oldham's Chris Taylor, Mark Crossley, Sean Gregan and Andy Liddell are all expected to return. Striker Lee Hughes is expected to shake off a hamstring strain and Craig Davies is available after suspension. (although it does say hamstring strain so probably shouldnt believe them)

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Like mentioned above, shouldn't count our chickens. Apparentlt Preston are interested in him. The article says that Murray looks like joining Shrewsbury. http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/gretna/1.107735

Looks like were playing Swindon at the right time. http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/D2/oform.html and the fans dont seem too confident about the game http://www.swindon.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=104987

http://www.thestar.co.uk/sportheadlines/Ro...kout.3932869.jp could be an april fools but like with the livermore one i doubt it as Rotherham fans would not find it that funny

Doncaster 4 - 0 Oldham Heffernan 15 Heffernan 24 Heffernan 63 Wellens 89

Despite the sub-heading he doesn't mention oldham, although he does say if he leaves man u he wont move far from oldham. Thought it would be worth a post. Paul Scholes: 'I know there isn't much time left so I have to enjoy it' In an exclusive interview, the Manchester United midfielder reveals why he turned his back on England, life with Sir Alex and the possibility of leaving Old Trafford for Oldham The table in reception at Manchester United's training ground is festooned with copies of the official players' union magazine, full of glossy advertisements for Aston Martin, £5,000 Swiss watches and "the most exclusive penthouses the world has ever seen" in Dubai Marina. The advertisers clearly feel they know their market. Paul Scholes – family man, drives an Audi, lives on Saddleworth Moor and dislikes the sun – must cause a certain scratching of heads. In a rare interview before Euro 2004 – all Scholes interviews have rarity value – he was asked what constituted an ideal day for him. The answer, in a matter-of-fact Oldham drawl, was: "Train in the morning, pick up the kids from school, play with them, have tea, get them to bed and then watch a bit of TV." The only thing that has changed in the subsequent four years is that there is now an extra little boy to amuse and, professionally, he is no longer available to England. He made that decision in the wake of the Portugal tournament, when a beating sun on ginger hair aggravated his asthma and he was substituted in every game. "England have lost their best player," George Best said at the time. So once this afternoon's key Premier League game at home to Liverpool is over, he can be first out of the door and home for tea and bathtime instead of rushing south to join up with Fabio Capello's squad. "I've felt the benefit the last couple of years," Scholes says of his self-imposed international exile. "I can spend more time at home, which helps. When England play, you get a couple of days off and it's always nice to get that bit of relaxation. At some stage you have to put your feet up. When you're with England you maybe don't get as much chance as I do now." Whether Capello would have been any more successful than Sven Goran Eriksson in integrating him into the midfield with Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Joe Cole is a moot point, but a 20-minute cameo against Bolton last Wednesday reminded everyone why the manager might have liked the chance. Brought on with Wayne Rooney in a double substitution designed to demoralise any opposition, Scholes gave a classic display of passing and moving, collecting the ball off United's back four, controlling it and then spreading it either far and wide or short and simple, but always to a red shirt. The comfortable 2-0 victory enabled United to establish a stretch of clear blue water at the head of the Premier League for the first time since Boxing Day. Not that anyone at the club regards a three-point advantage over Arsenal as more than a pleasant bonus. "It is definitely a three-horse race, and there's a question of whether it could be four," Scholes says, adding today's opponents into the equation. "Liverpool haven't had a great Premiership season so you haven't really looked at them. They might be 11 points behind us but if they could beat us, they could be right back in it. Three weeks ago, Arsenal were five points clear, so it shows how quickly it can turn around." Familiar names, familiar foes. Since the season of his first-team debut in 1994, the Blackburns and Newcastles have had little more than a year or two in the limelight while the fab four have fought for the title, and one fixture has stuck out: "Maybe over the past few years, Arsenal and Chelsea have been bigger in terms of going for the League, but overall through history, Liverpool is definitely the biggest game. It always was, right down to when you were playing on Saturday morning in the B team or the Under-16s; it was always special playing Liverpool and trying to beat them." Gerrard also makes reference to those youth games in his autobiography (as well as "some right kicking matches with Wes Brown") and speaks of the "vitriol" and "poison" from United fans these days. Yet he admits to being disarmed when introduced to United players on his first England call-up: "Almost 20 years of being conditioned to hate Man U went up in smoke. There I was shaking hands with Beckham and Scholes. They were brilliant at putting the new boy at ease." Gerrard might even have blushed at hearing Scholes' comments about his new role as second striker just behind Fernando Torres: "Playing a bit further forward, he's made a big difference. I think it makes good use of his strengths, he's a strong runner and good passer of the ball so they seem to have settled on that, playing two holding midfielders and let Steven get on with it. "Probably for the last few years, since Michael Owen and Robbie Fowler, they'd lacked a goalscorer. But Torres has scored goals, in his first season as well. Foreigners have struggled to adapt but he hasn't at all, with Steven helping him." So any hack across the shins from Scholes this afternoon will be entirely due to his famed lack of timing in the tackle. Probably. Mention his tackling – he is the only England player to be sent off at Wembley, for two lunges against Sweden in 1999 – and he becomes a little defensive for the first time. "I'm trying to remember the last time I got booked. I noticed in the programme I've only been booked twice this season. So it's probably that I'm not tackling enough! I wouldn't call it a problem. I've never particularly worked on it. Sometimes you mistime them, sometimes you don't." Perhaps English referees know the essential nature of the man and make occasional allowance. Steve Bennett certainly did in sparing him a second yellow card that would have meant suspension from the 2004 FA Cup final against Millwall (to the London club's fury). In Europe, he has been less fortunate. Another piece of "mistiming" led to dismissal in the Champions' League quarter-final away to Roma last season, thereby sitting out one of the very best United performances in his 17 years at the club, the 7-1 victory in the second leg. Previously, of course, therewas a ban along with Roy Keane from the greatest day inUnited's recent history, the 1999 Champions' League final. Now Roma, though already beaten at Old Trafford in the group stage this season, stand in the way again. Most players would be bursting to go all the way and make up for the frustration of missing out nine years ago. Characteristically, Scholes – and it could be Keane speaking – sees the challenge only in terms of the team, not himself: "I think whether you've missed a chance or not, it's a massive tournament for everybody involved, even players like Paolo Maldini who've won it five or six times. You'd like to think you'd score seven again – to beat a top Italian team by that score was amazing – but it's probably not going to happen. If we can get something out there and have something to come back here to, it'll be great." Remind him that Sir Alex Ferguson has effectively promised him a place in the final if United make it to Moscow, and the reaction is equally typical: "If we get there, I want to be there on merit. I don't want no sympathy vote. If I'm not playing well, the manag-er's not going to say, 'You missed the final 10 years ago, go and play for 10 minutes'. I wouldn't read too much into that one." On that subject, how does he read the manager, the only one he has known at club level? "It's just his presence, I think, that gives you a lift itself. Although he's never really been one for playing people on their training performances, when he comes out to training everybody tries that little bit harder." Ferguson is a huge admirer still, but in the emerging young Brazilian Anderson, United have for the first time a player identified as Scholes' successor in central midfield. At 33, how does that make him feel? "There was always going to be a time when someone came in who's young and sprightly, with a lot of ability and will keep you out of the team. I know there probably isn't that much time left, so you have to try to enjoy it as much as you can, coming to training, playing games. I hope it's a long time away. I just want to concentrate on playing for as long as possible." If that eventually means moving on from United, so be it. "It won't be far, I'm very much a home person," he says. His first love, Oldham Athletic, might be in with a shout. But Barcelona and Milan, like the Dubai Marina developers, should prepare for disappointment. As Keane once said of his erstwhile team-mate: "No celebrity bull:censored:... just an amazingly gifted player who has remained an unaffected human being."

I heard that a championship club and a club in Holland where after Trotman. But Trotman wants to stay as he enjoys working under Sheridan

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/foo...icle3113576.ece Birmingham City midfielder Neil Kilkenny is set to join Doncaster Rovers. (The Sun)