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How costly are those dropped points against Carlisle and Exeter looking now!

I never thought i would ever see us as toothless as we were last season under Dour Dave. However, in true Latics fashion they have eclipsed even those dark days. We need a win and quick. It was mentioned in another thread that we are good at fighting relegation but not promotion. We need to show that fight and soon otherwise we are going down. Dickov seems confident we'll get the points.......im not so sure. The players need to look at the table and realise that there is still a hell of a lot left to play for this season.

That was a brilliant day out, regardless of the result. I remember when Norwich scored both their goals all the Latics fans were up dancing along with the Norwich goal music. You could see how bemused their fans were!

Or look at it another way. They have a great opportunity to either A) play for a new contract or B ) put themselves in the shop window for other clubs, Either way, if they want to stay in the game they should be really putting a shift in to make sure that they give themselves the best opportunity to of winning a contract either here or somewhere else. The problem with Shez's promotion push seasons, I think a lot of the players knew (and in fact i think Shez himself even said) that if we were to go up most wouldnt be good enough to make the step up. So where is the incentive to get us up? This season Dickov has said on a few occasions that a lot of our team have the ability to play at a higher level......and I think a lot of them have started to believe this hype without actually achieving anything!

Why? Dave Penney doesnt give a monkey's what we think.

Very true but there are always more gullible chairman out there who will be fooled by his 'talk a good game' abilities at interviews. I wonder how much longer he can live off his past Donny achievements. See Rovers have put their captain Stuart Campbell in charge. Hope they stay up now and show the world just how crap Dour Dave was and is at his job. Think he should go back to bricklaying!

They have already made £800k apparently from their cup run, not including the money they will recieve from the game at The Emirates. Also couldnt believe yesterday when i heard they had only lost 1 of the last 20 matches in all competitions.

Ok, well he has done it at youth and reserve level i assume? (sorry i dont know much about him), but as we saw with Alice, Smalley, Wolfy, Matty Barlow etc there is a bit step up from that level to first team football. IMO we are missing Stephens in the middle, he seems to be the one that makes us tick. I dont think its any coincidence that we havent scored since he has been out.

Does he still swan about (although less gracefully) like he is the dog's bollocks but predictably flatter to decieve? I would say conference is about his level but i think any level above pub league is too good for him.

In this Division i cant think of that many that have cost next to nothing. Dickov obviously believed that Feeney would have done this business, but for whatever reason he hasnt. From what i have seen of him this season i cant ever see him scoring as well. I agree we need a real 'fox in the box' kind of player, and im sure Dickov has realised this too, i mean its pretty bleeding obvious. Im unsure about Reid as he is plainly not fit, but i would hazard a guess that a large part of our wage budget is taken up with both Fenney and Reid. As for Tonk, love or him or not, he isnt a goalscorer so if you have any ideas of a predator striker who is avaliable and cheap im sure the management team would like to hear from you. We have struggled to score goals since we changed formation to have two up top. Its clearly not working, so we should get back to basics and go back to how we lined up when we were playing teams off the park!

On our budget i dont think these kind of players are that easy to come by. The fact that they are such a valuable commodity is the reason why they are so in demand. We just have to rely on trying to uncover a rough diamond, but sadly players like Hughes and Beckett cost money, something we dont have much of!

Why is it always us that turns up to help teams out when they are on a bad run? Carlisle had been on a poor run and Penney's shower of :censored:e had lost 5 on the trot and not kept a clean sheet for God knows how long. We roll up and give them a win and a clean sheet. So frickin frustrating!

It was so predictable its untrue. Can just imagine that smug Yorkshire pricks face as well which really fecks me off! Still he will take them down and we will have the last laugh.

How many did Carlisle bring with them?

Poor team? Did you say the same after we tore Hartlepool apart a few weeks back? A bit of perspective perhaps?

We were in that top 6 till tonight. We are still up there and still in with a chance. Sounded like we never got going tonight, it happens. We need to dust ourselves down, re-focus and try to get a result against Brizzle. Charlton and Dongs lost as well in games they would have expected to pick up points from.

Come on most of us knew we would lose this. Its just typical Latics all over!

I wouldnt be so sure. A lot of managers make a living from being completely clueless and somehow still get jobs elsewhere. I have always wondered how Gary Megson carries on getting jobs, and half decent ones at that. Penney has the ability to talk a really good game in interviews and then before the board realise how big their mistake is he's got a 2 or 3 year contract behind him. He may be a complete tool, but you have to admire his ability to sell himself. Maybe after this he could become a used car salesman as that would seem to be right up his street.

To be honest i think a lot of it comes down to frustration at the whole situation. For once, similar to 2003, we are going well, we have a good side that looks to be going places and then suddenly WHACK, and it just seems that similar to 2003 our team will be ripped apart come the summer. The similarities between those times and now are all too familiar, whereas 2003 it was M**re and now its the council. Everytime we look as if we are progressing something comes along and casts real doubts over not only our squad but our very existance. Yes we have been in scrapes before and managed to come out the other side, weaker playing staff wise but stronger as a club. This is the first time since the TTA and now SC have been here where i feel as if the owners are genuienely fecked off with the whole thing. SC said he would never put this club into admin, and im sure he is a man of his word. On the flip side of that, unless things improve regarding our stadium issues there may not be a club to put into administration or at least not one that resembles Oldham Athletic. Yes football is only a game, and yes life will go on with or without Latics, but for so many people the club has played such a large part in their lives that if it all goes tits up and we go to the wall then life wont be the same again. It maybe sounds a bit melodramatic, but it just seems to be one kick after another supporting Latics and it does wear you down!

Bit of a far fetched statement that

Most of the crap that they are questioning the government about now is wanting answers to the problems they created in the first place. But then again thanks to Gormless's backtrack on their promise for a Referendum on the EU, the whole idea of Prime Minister's Questions is somewhat pointless as Parliament is pretty powerless to do anything as they are overuled by Brussels. Milliband is a tool and a typical Labourite.........loves spending other peoples money and then blaming everyone else when it runs out and their pathetic policies have failed...........again.

I find it incredible, after everything Labour did to the country that they still feel they are able to comment on the job that the current government are doing. Red Ed is a no mark and hopefully for the sake of the nation he or anyone from his party never darkens the entrance to Number 10 again! They are still trying to get rid of the smell of bulls**t that Gormless and Teflon Tony left!

They have certainly got their money's worth at London Road this season.

This is Latics. Anything is possible. Knowing us we will go and beat Huddersfield, The Mongs and Peterborough and lose the two we should win. Would take 9 points fom those.

Exactly. After last seasons drivel this season has been an unexpected bonus. Disappointing we didnt win but still a long way to go, we have only last 6 league matches all season and already eclipsed our goal tally of the whole of the last campaign. Its a point more to our total and we are still in the play-off positons and above teams with budgets much bigger than ours!