oldhamathleticmad

'Chubs'is a solid keeper. One or two goals he maybe could of done better on but certainly one of the better keepers we've had. However there is no harm in bringing a keeper of Paddy Kenny's calibre in to offer a challenge.

I reckon they'll be more Oldham than Rochdale fans in the home end!

Well considering it's all ticket for away fans I'd imagine if you're paying on the day you're in the home end.

Hey, if anyone has ONE spare adult ticket it would be greatly appreciated.

What happened to it? Use to love that site.

Added to favourites! Very easy to use mobile site, much better than last one

Thought he did the news? ;)

Swansea also built a brand new stadium not long before they went up

It was mentioned in the meet the manager section, however, LJ says that he doesn't need one. Muzza will be first team coach and will basically do the job of AM

Has anyone got an official number on away fans?

I conquer prozac. I've never ever been so excited to be heading to Stevenage in my life haha. Really optimism from the fans on all areas. I really do think that LJ is a seriously good manager, as you'll know from your fans meeting (which is a unique gesture anyway) that he has sometime special about him

By the looks of it no, unlike prozac last time, no one took notes

He genuinely said that.

Jch walked into meet LJ with two minders. LJ told them to do one. He then said I wanna sign you but you WILL follow these rules.

You will got go away over summer

You will live in Oldham in digs I choose

You will not go home without my permission.

Also LJ personal paid for his mum to visit him twice a month. The club have also paid for his theory test and will pay for his driving lessons. They've basically given him a family. LJ said Jch had grown up in the worst poverty you can get in the UK.

It was a great session

Good to hear all the positivity at the club

LJ is a great guy, also SC spoke openly and Barry and Muzza also contributed along with Rick

 

I'll leave others to detail what was said , though summary points covered:

 

New stand

Player share

Eddie

Agents

Koukash

Assistan manager

A number of different playing styles.

There's a great dynamic in the group

Will lose money as it stands, cup rnd and other things could alleviate this.

 

Excellent feel good factor

Will aim to win in all competitions

JCH, his fitness , minders, great promise, good lad

 

Lots more

 

I'm even more enthused after this session

Thanks to those who organised, attended and contributed

I defo agree on this, I was excited already however this has taken me a hype up!! There is clearly an excellent back-room set-up, contrary to recent reports and very very excited young hungry squad.

There were no hints given, however I do suspect it is a club we already have a fantastic relationship with, I could be wrong but Forrest don't fit that mold??

My thoughts were a City/United/Bolton type link

Haha I liked the coffee

Yeah there was so much talked about, I was hoping somebody had made notes! Really enjoyable experience though

he really likes Mellor at CB, LJ, like most of us thought Mellor was at fault for Hudds goals and laid into hime at FT however on reviewing the tapes etc Connor Brown was at fault, he added onto this that he hopes fans are mindful of this when criticizing players as all is not as it seems on first look

He is umming and arring over a new CB as the one he has lined up is on a "fantastic" contract and his club highly rate him, however they want him to come here as they know the club well and like how we work. He doesn't want to upset the team dynamic of bringing a loan player in to the first team to supersede a player who has done 6/7 weeks of hard graft in pre-season.

He says we're not short of options there as Byrne, Eddie, Belzeka, Tarky, Grounds & Mellor can slot in there if needed

There were so many things flying about I've lost track of everything. Main points I can rem

• New Stand (Completion Dates and current tenants lined up)
• Budget limit, we're technically in breach of FFP on turnover however we're attempting to fiddle the books (joke ish)
• JCH is a worth a punt on top goalscorer, however LJ was hopefully we wouldn't post to much re this he genuinely wants it under wraps re his progress.
• New ownership, Koukash wasn't a knight in shining Armour we thought. We were a side business to him
• LJ's phone bill over summer 4k.
• No AM will be appointed basically muzza is filling that role and mates and family are scouts
• Isn't quite sure how he pulled the Rooney signing off

Eddie was signed, as we all know, with playershare. LJ says he has 3/5 of the attributes needed to make in the game.

However he's new to the country and needs time to settle in. The top Latvian league gers attendances of around 300. So this is a massive shock for him but he's a top bloke and we've got a club/fan "project"

LJ wants to loan him out to get used to the tempo of the game but didn't wanna upset fans who'd donated to PS scheme.

All there were in the agreement it's entirely the managers decision on what to do with Eddie and us as fans would support that.

Just got back from BP and I must say it was a cracking experience and LJ is a cracking bloke and you can see he's put a lot in over the summer. I'll leave it to others for a full "minutes" of the afternoon but any early questions please fire away!

I'll pledge £1 for every goal Baxter scores in the league (I'll pay monthly for this. ) I'll also pledge £5 for every round we progress to in all cup comps excluding the round we enter.

I'll also pledge £100 if we win the league one title.

yeah same for me. I'm rearranged shifts at work. Now i told them i had an interview, which i suppose is kinda true lol but i'd rather not appear live on SSN