laticsmarra

The circus must be back on Clayton playing fields for half term,unless Barry the Ringmaster has cracked his whip.As well as no assistant manager no goalkeeping coach either. If it wasnt our club that is being wrecked it would be amusing.

You could see in the first 10 minutes that PV were nervous and tentative.We stood off them,let them pass it around a bit and then they thought hey we can win this.Exactly the same thing happened against Carlisle.Lets hope we can get in Cheltenham's faces early on and get them on the back foot.

3 hours ago, al_bro said:

Do we have any directors to shout at?

Yesterday we had no appointed Director in the Directors' box,what must the PortVale Directors have thought ? We appeared to have Barry Owen and ALs brother. At half time ALs brother stood looking out of the window presumably Barry was trying to massage his ego with th PV Directors. If I was new to English football I would take every opportunity to engage with football people to learn how football works in this country. John Rudge a stalwart of football was there and must have gone away bemused at how this once great family club had descended into the mire. Rest assured it is not just HMRC that  is on the club's case,the EFL and PFA who are monitoring the situation very closely.

2 hours ago, archiecat said:

I think ultimately it was the keeper situation,Shez wanted Ripley and we ended up with the time bomb that was Johnny.

We all knew he was crap at being a goalie,Shez defo knew, but curiosity got the better of us and we all turned a blind eye to his shortcomings.

Lemagam vs Shez another battle of wills just like Lemsagam vs Byrne. 

There is recurring theme with everything that is wrong here and that is before the Corneyesque financials of the club.

 

 

ABDALLAH LEMSAGAM 

 

It's actually Lemsagam against everyone employed at the club even if it is merely not paying the wages.I think Frankie is waking up to that reality,the honeymoon period is over there can only be one result. Shez couldn't accept the way he was being treated and reacted in a certain way, he knew that the way he was being treated was not sustainable. 

Would need a special type of Manager with experience of an owner meddling in team affairs and one used to motivating staff who don't always get their wages on time

Over the last 5 years we must have one of the worst home win ratios in the football league. That is bound to have an effect and it amazes me how our fans remain relatively supportive after all of the crap that we have had to endure. Much of the atmosphere at away games is alcohol and drug fuelled.

The club is rudderless,sacking our manager would make no difference.Our owner was absent again,just Barry Owen and another guy in a cap in the Directors seats.Trust rep (supposed to be on the board,not yet appointed) not in Directors box. With our owner being absent who is running the club? If its Barry Owen thats double trouble.

Cant pay wages,even everyone not paid yet so where are loan fees in the pecking order ?

A lot has been said about mental health in the media recently. Let's just remember that it is likely with 1 in 4 people suffering from mental health problems that several of our players may be suffering. Bear that in mind when making personal insults on here,that doesn't help and is unnecessary.Let's face it our players aren't on premiership wages and have relatively short term contracts making it a precarious profession for most of them.Add this to the stress of getting paid late,let's cut them a bit of slack on here and let's not make any stress they may be feeling worse.

8 minutes ago, latics22 said:

He will be fine

Just now, whittles left foot said:

When?

The Conference

6 hours ago, League one forever said:

Yeah, fair point. Legend is probably streching it a bit. 

 

I also agree his appointment was odd. But he’s here, and while the football is poor results have been steady. Lots of rookie managers have made worse starts than Bunn. Plus he has an affinity with the club. I think he’s worth sticking with till Christmas at least to see if he can get us going. If he can’t- he goes. Like any other manager. 

 

 I find it amusing that deyers42 thought sacking wellens was harsh after only six months and after he played his part in our relegation. His favourite quote at the time was ‘the sample size of games isn’t enough to judge’ 

 An yet he wants Bunn sacked before we’ve played a game.

 

Bizarre. 

 

 

 

Sacking Managers has just become a repetitive bore at OAFC. The same failures at Board level will choose the next one then sack him and so on.

22 minutes ago, latics22 said:

Baxter is 26! To say he is done or won’t ever get fit is ridiculous. 

Doesn't mattter what age he is, but for whatever reason he is struggling to achieve the fitness to perform at an acceptable level for 90 minutes in League 2 

This result has been coming most of the season we have been spared it mostly because of Surridge's form. We can talk about sacking managers but until that owner is replaced things will not improve. The way he treats people has got to manifest itself in performances on the pitch.

I would hope that we don't contribute another penny to the club under AL's stewardship until he demonstrates proper engagement with the Trust.

51 minutes ago, underdog said:

TBH.. I don't know and it would be wrong for me to comment if I did. Simon stepped down from the Trust  to take on a full time role at the club and for whatever reason, it did not work out. Its an employer/employee matter i'm afraid.

Thats part of the problem with the structure of the Trust.The Trust representative as a Director are responsible as an employer and should know.

Leaving aside the financial hurdles,who in their right mind would put themselves forward to sit on the Board.The abuse and criticism that anyone that volunteers to help the club gets makes it unlikely that there would be any volunteers.

12 minutes ago, latics22 said:

Before I start this isn’t a dig at the trust, it’s kinda a leading question I guess. But the way I see it is.... the trust have a board member? And there isn’t many? AL, the new trust lady? Anyone else? Either way, it’s been said to sit on the board u take on legal responsibility? So quite a big thing. So my question is if u are sat on the board of a company, should you not know that we are struggling for funds? If wages will be paid? Roughly have some idea what is going on? Be able to ask questions etc?

I  Have asked questions about how staff have been treated and it seems that the Trust Directorship is a different type of Company Directorship to any that I am aware of. They don't have responsibility for how the club is run as all company directors do in law. They appear to have rewritten Company Law. I know it is difficult being a volunteer,but unfortunately their is only one class of Director and one set of responsibilities.No half way house and no non executive classification in law.

16 minutes ago, chickenbaltipie said:

We will probably pay the wages with the Carlisle gate receipts, if that covers it... Abdullah will then rename another stand or put in a new urinal in an attempt to appease the fans. Wonder if this explains why we always capitulate around Chrimbo. Two words.. Shambolic Travesty. 

The Carlisle gate receipts will hardly cover the stewarding costs, that is if any of those turn up on a volunteer basis.

I wonder if we have paid the Surridge loan fee ? That may be a bigger problem than his hip.

So the honeymoon period is over for FB as happens with most of our managers.Without  Surridge we are bang average in a terrible division. The same problems lack of money and supporter base still prevent us putting a viable product onto the pitch.

7 minutes ago, Smiler13 said:

Proof of where it’s well documented that Bunn wanted to keep him Ryan? I’ve not seen any . So where is it??,

If Bunn had documented it,it would have been like writing his own P45,although I would suspect that there are no P45s left in the BP office.

2 minutes ago, latics22 said:

It’s done I would have liked to see him have another crack but least we know where we stand now! Squad unity, hard working team. Let get on with getting back uk the pyramid

Apart from Gardner I have never seen such a lack of hard working midfield in my life

It is all about an excuse to save money and Byrne has given him that opportunity. Any opportunity and AL will go for it.

15 minutes ago, josh_latics said:

This will define Bunn and Lemsagam. Huge decision. 

Lemsagam only,he is running the sackings show.

23 hours ago, wilsonjunior said:

According to twitter Tranmere fans are raving about Ollie banks - words including Sublime, Amazing and phrases such as best player in the league being thrown about 

 

must have found his level 

Our level