rudemedic

I wouldn't be surprised if agency staff stayed in their role after being unsuccessful for the permanent position. It is much easier to do mentally. Those acting up from within though I think are another matter. We also don't know where Thompson got to in the interview process, if he didn't make the final 3, then I am really not surprised he left when he did.

Speak for yourselves. It is a fantastic draw, then again I do live in Bristol.

How many ties were drawn before us for this round as we are 48 + that number.

Might have something to do with Fylde (a new ground for some) and Rochdale going on sale first. Quite a few people can't afford an extra £60 in away tickets in a month, nevermind all the extras associated. Playing someone we've got in the League in a cup can often mean low ticket sales for the cup game.

Which Alty game though, as tomorrow's cup game is nothing to do with him, but the home league game will be on his watch.

An umbrella (and stand at the back) or something with Goretex. Looks a bit too cool for your lightweight jackets, your Arc'teryx Gamma lightweight (or Arc'teryx Trino SL for the more svelte), and the like. You can't go wrong with Goretex in Manchester in October.

"Conferencexit means Conferencexit" "Cabins without Rothwell is like Christianity without Hell"

Yep those 2 promotions he had with Tranmere were both while Norwood was there.

Gone on then name them.

What like that football powerhouse Dorking, who were injury hit, IIRC. Do I think Unsworth gets more points that his 0.77777... points per game against who ST played, yes. Do I think he gets the 2 ppg that ST got, no.

12 points in 6 games is significantly better than 7 points in 9 games. It's more than double the points per game. 2 v 0.7777777... Performances don't matter points do.

I have no idea what's going on and I don't claim to be ITK, but my take on what may have happened is. ST gets interviewed for the job and stays in the job while they interview other candidates. Some point in the meantime, possibly Monday or Tuesday ST finds out he didn't make the second interview stage, so not in the top 3 candidates. Most people in that position don't act up any more and if they are at a senior enough level find work elsewhere pretty quickly, or quit. I think it says something that the coach who got the same squad performing significantly better than DU wasn't able to get the job on a permanent basis. It reflects badly on DU and the board for appointing him in the first place

I wouldn't say uniquely the train companies struggle too. As anyone who went to Halifax on the train last season and got the first train back to Dale / Manchester will attest. The same thing happened when we played Wigan away at Easter a few years ago.

TBF to Luamba he looked like he might have something about him but a series of recurrent leg injuries stopped his development. Unfortunately these things happen in life.

League game there this season is on Easter Monday.

1165 1000 standing and 165 seats.

30 from 17 is 81 points over a season thats only 6 points more than my target of 75. It is still currently achievable. We got 29 points from the last 17 games last season, with an inferior squad. He does need to start replicating that form soon though.

Yeah but we got 40 points in the second half of last season with an inferior squad. I'm giving him that he'll be able to replicate that.

I was indifferent on keeping him after Halifax at home last season. I'm still indifferent now. But because I'm willing to give him a bit more time I want to keep him? I wouldn't care if he was sacked tonight, the same applied in early February. I was just pointing out the fallacy of giving a manager a whole pre-season and then sacking him after X games, some of which are probably going to be our toughest games of the season. I stick by my logic that he needs 35 points after 23 games. He could have been 6 out of 6 and still need 35 points after 23 games. If he isn't getting 35 points after 23 games I move away from indifference.

We have been, we still can be. But given the choice between them, which was implied, I’d prefer to win.

Yeah indeed and I think winning 5-1 at home was presumably very entertaining. I'd rather play for a 0-0 draw away against 2 decent sides at this level and be bored silly. Than be entertaining and lose 5-4. I don't expect us to play for a 0-0 every game away either.

Tactics not too lose are still tactics. We were professional in not letting them score while trying to score ourselves. Playing for a 0-0 isn’t popular but it can be effective. I saw us with a game plan yesterday and we did the job that game plan had in mind, just because you think it is wrong doesn’t mean it is.

No it is not a different scenario. Fans cannot be on his back and then demand he comes over and clap them. Life doesn't work like that. If we had won yesterday I doubt the fans would have been on his back as much. So he may well have come over. I thought we were professional yesterday against a side well fancied to do well this season having done well last season. I think the last Oldham I enjoyed was the 5-1 win at Dorking, or the 3-2 wins against Eastleigh and Dorking last season. I don't expect to enjoy Oldham games, but I do expect to see reasoning in the tactics and the like. I saw that yesterday. You can sometimes have both, but I'd rather have the second one if it's a choice of one or the other.

Someone turns up at your work, saying your work is shit, are you going to go out of your way to applaud them at the end of your day? No, you aren't. The police / head of safety might have had a word in his ear too. Fans can't expect to chant "Your football is shit", "Get out of our club" and more and then DEMAND the same man comes over and applauds them. It is as disingenuous and deluded as some of his statements to the media.

So a side that finished 6th last season and had made some shrewd signings, the impressive Balanta from Dagenham included, is going to finish mid table? Sorry no.