TheBigDog

2 minutes ago, AlanGrovesFanClub said:

How I long for the good old days of down votes. 

Bring back down votes!

We’ve not got going  - no control in midfield - the ball has been in the air a lot and not much football being played so far
 

Too many niggling fouls and no real chances for either side either.

12 minutes ago, yarddog73 said:

I wouldn't have changed a winning team, Kitching for Sachdev- yes, but dropping Green is harsh given how productive he was on Saturday. Why change it???

Dropping Green to the bench is slightly perplexing but maybe 

MM is not confident enough in his team to play two out and out wide attackers?

Kitching had to come back in and will push forward on the left and Sutton will get forward on the right but is obviously preferred over Green because of his defensive qualities.

5 hours ago, League one forever said:

Definitely- the novelty of going to ram shackle away grounds has worn off, I’d  love to go back to the grounds you mention and a load more. 

And there are some crappy grounds at this level…

Maidenhead, Dorking and Oxford City to come for me.

4 hours ago, yarddog73 said:

Think we will turn up tonight, hoping for another 3 or 4 goals.

 

Problems for Mellon, particularly if one or two return. I think we'll start with the same eleven, no need to change anything for me, that means there could be terrific competition for places on the bench.

If Kitching has recovered, I would start with him at lwb - either Hobson or Sutton to the bench.

For large parts of the game yesterday, we looked like a team that has finally understood how to play winning football in the National League.

Inevitably there were one or two poor passages of play when the familiar failings came to the fore (hoofing the ball away, passing to the opposition, poor touches  etc.) but we seemed in control for the most part. There were good performances from all but in particular, Green, Hammond, Garner and Fondop.

Fondop makes up for what he lacks in footballing intelligence with an abundance of energy and work rate - he is a better player when he doesn't have time to think about what he is doing I reckon.

The surprising thing was, given that we had so much of the play, that we didn't have more attempts on goal. That said, it was a very good performance with a great following from Oldham.

That's more like it MM. 

4 minutes ago, disjointed said:

I don't rate Green at all, but his introduction at HT changed the game, I may have to re-evaluate my opinion of him. 

One thing that wasn’t mentioned by many after Tuesday’s victory was how well Green did tracking back and getting his foot in…

And while we’re on the subject, Fondop wins his fair share of defensive headers too

1 hour ago, deyres42 said:

Talk about managing expectations, Mellon really has done a number on some of you lot...

Not all of us though

46 minutes ago, Nonleague said:

https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/2128744-local-big-hitters-backing-robins-flight-to-footballs-dizzy-heights?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NorthWest_16th_Feb_2024_Daily&fbclid=IwAR3XjjpOYepjvndoz-J4zdo63CtujvpfkI7YTNGgAV1rl6XdXbf-wA_v688_aem_ASI88RR2-ZVIS0KxUWFy-oD2LCWTtdrxgqvgZOPjRk3kdhLqp74DwnPKif1VJ1cEtoE#lsog18al7x4apuyh03r

Lawrence Looney, Co-Chair of Altrincham… 

“You don’t have to be mad to work here, but it helps…”

So 3-5-2. Hobson restored to the starting eleven.

I wonder if we’ll see Green play as rwb instead of Sachdev?

Also, Hammond to keep his place?

And Lundstram has to be in last chance saloon surely?

9 hours ago, sjk2008 said:

How boring is it to rock up to a game and wondering whether you’ll win 4 or 5 nil.

Thats the kind of boredom I could with at Latics!

2 hours ago, Astro said:

My point being that the gritty, determined style (i.e. win by any means) isn't producing consistently positive results. 

 

It’s all well to adopt a style of play that suits the personnel you have but…

we are still seeing players afraid to play, lumping the ball forward aimlessly, playing with no urgency or anticipation.

Our problem continues to be the midfield. Conlon apart, the likes of Ward, Lundstram and Hammond are still underperforming. Garner resorted to dropping deeper and deeper to get in the ball last night.

Yes, Mellon turned it around in the second half but I don’t subscribe to the ‘it’s division five football’ mentality. The manager has to find a way of getting more from the players he inherited and from those he has brought in.

Sachdev and Hammond have been disappointing so far - maybe they just need more time.

Dallas and Walker have not been fit enough to play much…what’s that all about?

League position has improved under MM but the football remains worryingly inconsistent.

10 minutes ago, Guy Branston Pickle said:

5 wins out of 7, 6th in the league, and people are whinging. Please lads, get a time machine back to 1989 because those days are long gone. We're in the 5th division, and this is what 5th division football looks like

But it doesn’t have to.

The weather forecast shows that it’s going to be persistently raining throughout the game tonight - let’s hope that the pitch survived the rugby boys and is still in reasonable nick.

I will be forking out £9.50 of our English pounds for a single camera feed of the match on NLTV - here’s hoping that I get my money’s worth

4 minutes ago, Lee Sinnott said:

We'll beat them. They're crap and Hogan and Raglan will mop up all of their long balls...

To put it quite simply…

Its time for this squad of ours to turn up.

51 minutes ago, Dave_Og said:

This must support your local club thing only really exists in the North West. There are huge swathes of the country where there isn't a local club at all. Hardly surprising that people in those areas gravitate to the big glamourous clubs.

Also applies to swathes of the country where there are many local clubs … there are some who just want to ‘support’ a team at the top of the league (oh and Man Utd)

1 hour ago, JoeP said:

 

Don't know why the bus can't swing by Boundary Park on the way to the ground and see if they can make it even easier for people to pick City over Latics...

If Latics are at home on the same day and at the same time then more can pick Latics over city

1 minute ago, GrahamHughes said:

I know it was the phone in and not the podcast but was great to hear from Jim Fryatt’s son,was before my time but obviously a player held in great  regard from those that saw him play.

He was an early Latics hero of mine - brilliant in the air and a proper ‘old fashioned’ centre forward. 
It was a pleasure to listen to Sean speak so fondly of his dad and the time he spent at Oldham

2 hours ago, disjointed said:

But FFS don't give him the mic. 

or if they do, tell him that he doesn’t need to SHOUT when he has a microphone in his hand!

1 hour ago, Bobledgersheart said:

He rarely beats a man ( but still gets his crosses in ) and hasn't the pace to chase back but is probably still out most creative player going forward ! 

 

The great Ricky Holden used to cross the ball early, quite often not even attempting to beat the defender - he also scored a few too.

* mind you, putting the ball into the box early is only successful if the strikers get in there too!

29 minutes ago, spanishfly said:

I think the way they have done it keeps it nice and simple from an accounting point of view. If we sell out, say 14,000 tickets, that equates to £14,000. If however, the money paid across via ticket sales and donations is, for example, £150,000 then even someone like me with CSE maths can figure out it's £136,00 straight to Frank's chosen charity. 

You would need to deduct the season ticket holders from that 

I reckon we could get over 8k for this one