palmer1

Well apparently it was always Abdullah's dream to run a football club which is good as he'll be running one on his own soon as he's sacking every fucker!

37 minutes ago, Stanley30 said:

I’d like to see us hire a black manager, let’s buck the trend. It would also be some statement from a town with Oldhams past troubles.

What would be the statement be?

The town had race riots  nearly 2 decades ago between the whites population & the Asian population but look it's all sorted now because despite him being fkn useless at his job we appointed John Barnes?!

3 hours ago, ghostofcecere said:

Would Donny really want a manager who’s just guided his current club to relegation?

they had one until he resigned yesterday.

Waddle..

12 minutes ago, JoeP said:

 

I don't think it's being offended as such, just tired of the fact that our own fans (and at least one player, it would seem..) don't appear to have any pride in the town..

Exactly this but some can't comprehend such a thing as pride in where they are from.

17 minutes ago, Magic Mikey said:

I'm not going to explain what moot means, you've got Google. Maybe if you'd been going to Latics as long as me you would have heard it. It was a generic song, sung by many teams' fans in the seventies. I'll concede that you probably pay more attention to, and know more about, Man Utd songs than I do.

I wonder how far back you would have said if I hadn't give you a timescale... ?

You probably mean Utd sang it when they came to BP in the seventies.

1 minute ago, Ryan said:

Give over! Everyone replies with that song when the shithole jibe is given out. It’s not that deep.

No they don't. 

12 minutes ago, Magic Mikey said:

It's a moot point. I was illustrating that it's a bit silly to take football songs literally. The "shithole" song is a great way of taking the wind out of the sails of opposition fans. I and many others find it funny. It doesn't mean that's what we actually think.

First home game I'll be checking if all the lads and lasses walking down Sheepfoot Lane actually have smiles upon their faces -does that pass your pendantry test?

One time it's amusing, every time it's not and do you honestly think it 'takes the wind out of someone's sales' if a large portion if home fans think it's pathetic then what do the oppo think?

By the way love the fact you credited a utd song to our fans twice and were called out on it now it's moot! 

1 minute ago, Magic Mikey said:

I've heard it sung at BP plenty of times. Very few if the old faithfuls come out any more. I didn't, and still don't hate Nottingham Forest.

35 years and can honestly say ive never heard us sing that home or away ever

27 minutes ago, Magic Mikey said:

I'm shocked to read that some things football fans sing aren't true, maybe even ironic. I'm going to be checking if we are actually the pride of all Europe and the cock of the north. There'll be bother if I find out we're not.

Utd sing that not us!

8 hours ago, maddog said:

I am proud of being from Oldham. I’ve lived elsewhere. I’ve never felt at home elsewhere so I’m back after 9 years living in big cities. And glad. And proud. I was always proud of the self-depreciation along with pride the town had. But in recent years the rest of Oldham seems to have lost pride in itself. It’s weird. And it looks like the club is following suit. This not ok. Some random scouse blokes on the train back back from Northampton were saying to some of our fans ‘Never be ashamed of where you’re from’ and they’re so right! I know Oldham isn’t utopia, but having followed Latics around the country, nowhere is. 

 

I’m not going to sit back and be happy while some mediocre footballer calls my home town a shit hole, as if that’s an ok thing to say. It’s not. 

I totally agree with this but then 1st home of the season Gerrard will be probably on the pitch when 100s of Oldham fans sing that Oldhams a shit hole.

The only fans in the country with zero pride of where they are from but constantly spout about how great a set of fans they are because they show up. You won't hear any other fans sing down their home town no matter what. It doesn't exactly sound like they are behind the team? Oh and it isn't funny.

The whole attitude around the club and the town has to change.

11 hours ago, Smiler13 said:

Well I remember pre season when they played together a few times and Baxter created chances for Harris

And Harris missed....

Never been good enough anywhere he's ever been. 

40 minutes ago, leeslover said:

I've nothing personal against palmer01 but let's face it, it would be funny.

Just palmer1, palmer01 is my father's name...

I've nothing personal against Connor Brown (I honestly haven't) but dear God in heaven no! ?

Its probably the same gamble we took first time around, Not been playing first team football but plenty for Everton reserves for a good while, still a bit of an unknown quantity.

except this time he's 26 and has experience behind him here and at a bigger club playing first team football. Worth the risk!

Baxter deal is done, whether its who is announced to today I don't know. Id be very surprised if not.

2 years deal.

Seems like quite a few lg1 lg2 teams gave got puma.

3 minutes ago, Lee Sinnott said:

The Gardner story is true. Teams from France want him, as do Wigan, Portsmouth and Blackburn. Jack Byrne wants to leave.  We do want Baxter, but so do loads of other clubs, including Burton, who are managed by Clough...

Well we ain't getting him then! Championship for a better wage or Oldham? Hmmmm.

1 minute ago, Kusunga_Is_God said:

Questions have to be asked of the FA as to how this went through. 

Why, because of rumours on a message board?

2 minutes ago, Clifford said:

Friday last week is before this week, unless that needs confirming by someone who spends all day on here as well?

You might want to specify timelines first time around. If I've missed it first time I apologise but I don't recall you specifying a day. Then to say well as of Friday but that might of changed spreads major doubts on the story.

16 hours ago, Hometownclub said:

FFS I give up.

I now agree with you that we were excellent in those last eight games and played really well in all of them, we should have won the lot.

26 minutes ago, Hometownclub said:

Trolling, even nicer.

Not really!  you made up an argument/point of view and attributed it to me falsely. You also said you gave up but here we still are. 

9 minutes ago, Lee Sinnott said:

Clifford's source is very credible...

Before or after we painted the roof and started work on the pitch?

2 hours ago, Hometownclub said:

You just lost any argument you might have had when you resorted to personal abuse.

 

Unlucky.

Playground rules...nice. ?

5 minutes ago, the_mighty_bosh said:

Jose Baxter and Jack Byrne in the same midfield would be very entertaining but ultimately the defence would have even less protection that it did last season.

If Baxter signs Byrne will be on his way. Probably already is...

1 hour ago, Clifford said:

No money to put petrol in the mowers last week from what I have been informed.

 

Feeling within the club is there is less money readily available than under Corney and far less communication from the new leader.

And yet we just painted the Chaddy End?

I always trust an OWTBs source with a minus 9 member rating. Theyve always been so on the money in the past . 

2 hours ago, BP1960 said:

 

You maybe right Palmer, has there been something endemic at this club for years about players under different managers not being able to lift themselves for the vast majority games?

 

 

I think it's been mentioned a few times recently BP1960 but this club thanks to way it has been run for the last decade has a huge losing mentality running through it. If you have a boss/owner who employs arse kissing underlings who are only looking out for themselves and not the club's best interest pubicly telling the world that we are already punching above our weight then what do you aim for? We're already over achieving aren't we?

Corney, Barry etc have so much to answer for not just financial and It's the first thing that Lemmy and Wellens have to address. The mentality has to change!