rudemedic

11 hours ago, Shrek said:

 

I've seen agency many times not get a gig but see their role out. Says more about you that you think it's ok he left early and quit his other role.

 

Thommo spouted his desire to build a legacy, his connection with the club. He couldn't even stomach taking on the last game because he was throwing a tantrum.

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.

32 minutes ago, League one forever said:

Newport away. 
 

Ughh. 

24 minutes ago, True Tic said:

What an absolute garbage draw that is. 

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

2 hours ago, Simpo said:

We will be ball 50 I think

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

9 minutes ago, yarddog73 said:

Only 1000 sold for tomorrow, both clubs making an absolute balls up with regards to ticket sales and distribution, leaving it as long as they did has probably contributed to the poor take up as well as both clubs seemingly giving zero fucks about posting any updates or information in relation to the match, missed opportunity. 

 

 

Sold 1800 for Fylde on a Tuesday night yet only managed to shift half as many for a match on a Saturday afternoon a few tram stops away.

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.

1 hour ago, Boyyou said:

If, Heaven forbid, we lose to Alty, Dale and Fylde he might get flattened by the boo bus.

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.

2 hours ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

Realling undecided on outwear. It's not cold, but pissed down all day today. Open terrace, but forecase looks mixed. Fucking hell.

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.

2 hours ago, nzlatic said:

For balance they would need to do some right wing merch too.  "Bring back (goal) hanging" t-shirt. "National service (for the strikers) never did me any harm" hoodie.

"Conferencexit means Conferencexit"

"Cabins without Rothwell is like Christianity without Hell"

1 minute ago, True Tic said:

Did he work with Norwood? If so he might be able to utilise him to better effect 

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

2 hours ago, mcfluff1985 said:

I'd like a hat with all 72 genders named on it please. Piss off

Gone on then name them. 

36 minutes ago, oafcmetty said:

Agreed, but you can't ignore the quality of the opposition.

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.

48 minutes ago, disjointed said:

You may be right Ben, but I take issue with the fact you say "the squad were performing significantly better". For me the last few games were very Unsworthesque, we may have cobbled some draws out of them but it was a hard watch. I can take unglamorous football if we are turning teams over but we haven't really dominated these games. For my money we need a experienced coach/manager who can get so much more from our squad. 

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 

On 10/7/2023 at 8:19 AM, Ritchierich said:

Why are football clubs uniquely incapable of planning ahead for these fixtures and ensuring everyone who wants a ticket can get one? It’s staggering really, the ground won’t be anywhere near full and yet hundreds of Oldham fans will be denied entry or subject to police threats.

 

Its not like lower league football doesn’t need the money, apart from anything else!

 

Pathetic but standard these days sadly

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.

On 9/30/2023 at 2:34 PM, Lags said:

 

That's because they haven't. Gave him his chance,  he didn't take it. 

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.

3 hours ago, disjointed said:

Makes up for our league games being on a Tuesday, good place to booze round the town centre, the market area has some top food and drink outlets. (probably get moved for television now) 

League game there this season is on Easter Monday. 

10 minutes ago, welshgaz said:

Thanks for the heads up. Secured 6 tickets. Any ideas on allocation?

1165

1000 standing and 165 seats.

1 hour ago, League one forever said:

Aye, close to promotion form at nearly two points a game. 
 

Not happening. 

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.

8 minutes ago, Londonboy said:

I thought we agreed that 75 pts at least would be needed so 38 after 23 games being more realistic to squeeze into the playoffs?

So just the 33pts from 17.

Seems a million miles away....

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. 

2 minutes ago, Londonboy said:

Come on rudemedic.....surely YOUR VIEW to keep him must now be up for review....???

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.

3 hours ago, Steve_R said:

Why can’t we be entertaining and win?

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

51 minutes ago, disjointed said:

I know we've been starved of success Ben, but surely a bit of entertainment wouldn't go amiss. 

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.

1 hour ago, Londonboy said:

Not sure you were at the same game as most posters on this thread!

"We were professional" ?.At what?

You saw "reasoning in the tactics"? What tactics??

I'd love to know!!

 

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.

1 hour ago, Londonboy said:

Totally different scenario.

If the players can come over for a quick acknowledgment then so can Unsworth. 

He'd be over if we'd won no doubt ...

Take it you enjoyed yesterday.?

I didn't. We were crap! Again!

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.

4 hours ago, Londonboy said:

What some people on here don't seem to get, is that its not that a point at Chesterfield and Boreham Wood is particularly bad.

It's the overall performance level, team structure and set up, in game tactics and substitutions, and confidence and ambition of the team...that Unsworth has selected and assembled by the way, to go out and win games of football, particularly away from home that's the big issue.

Couple that with both his and Ebrells regular deluded comments in their after game pressers, and you see the problem.

Iif I were to rate them out of ten so far in the 3 away games they would get 2/10 at Southend, 7/10 at Chesterfield, and 5/10 yesterday, and in all 3 games we have been 2nd best.

I'm sorry but the table doesn't lie. Yes it's early and we are only 5 games in... but te sat in 15th place, be 7 points behind Hartlepool already, have a negative goal difference and not look like winning away from home just isn't good enough...end of.

 

And by the way....the fact that he couldn't be arsed to come over and acknowledge the 400+ supporters who made the effort with national rail strikes etc, and who were pretty good in the main yesterday does him no favours at all.

Unsworth out

 

 

 

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.

1 hour ago, Londonboy said:

Come on....we were rubbish, they were better, we were lucky.

Not interested in last season. They are an average side that will finish between 10th and 14th and with better management we would have won easily

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.