TheBigDog

Seems to be a lot of young English talent around at the moment ...

Agree. If that happened, it would have to be implemented across all EUFA countries and need the agreement of all the big clubs. However one outcome could see the bigger clubs pushing for that oft touted European Super League where they can run their own league outside of EUFA. Maybe we need harsher penalties for clubs that spend beyond their means. Either way the rich clubs will simply get richer. whatever happens football will survive... and maybe even rediscover it’s soul

Unfortunately this will be the case and definitely NOT the full story

You write ’I’m not his friend’. I take that to mean that you don’t know the guy? Yet you attack his character and his integrity on this forum. No class.

Got to agree with kowenicki on this one. Shameful really.

He will.

Abdallah interview: https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11730/11672621/oldham-owner-abdallah-lemsagam-denies-interfering-in-paul-scholes-team-selection

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11730/11672621/oldham-owner-abdallah-lemsagam-denies-interfering-in-paul-scholes-team-selection

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11730/11672621/oldham-owner-abdallah-lemsagam-denies-interfering-in-paul-scholes-team-selection Abdallah speaking to SkySports - the plot thickens...

That is the point though Jack... ‘if it’s true what the Daily Mirror is reporting’. As latics22 says, we need to get the facts before we can say for definite what is actually happening at the club. Many doubt AL and the negative reporting around the goings on at the club has been constant for some time now. We have had a rebuttal of some of the issues at the club (non payment of coach transport and gas bills) but we need an interview with the owner that allows him to answer honestly each of the allegations. I am certain that Abdallah is aware of all the allegations so I am somewhat baffled that he has not gone on record with a full and frank denial of them. Or maybe there is truth in some of the stories...

I wouldn’t be. The guy has an average to poor record in a French league he understands. I can’t see how he would be the right choice for League 2 England.

Care to expand?

Hi Abdallah, if you want to reconnect with me can you answer the following questions first? 1. Was the gas supply at the club disconnected due to non payment of bills? If so why have the bills not been paid? 2. Did the team coach transport fail to turn up due to non pay,ent of bills? If so why have the bills not been paid? 3. Did you send emails to Paul Scholes telling him to play certain players? If so how does that fit with your stated policy of non interference? 4. Do you plan to give a two year contract to a player, Iacovitti, who has not yet played for the first team without consulting Paul Scholes? 5 Did you tear up the contract of Ousmane Fane without consulting Paul Scholes? 6. Have you offered contract renewals to players without consulting Paul Scholes? 7. Will all wages at the club be paid on time going forward? 8. Do you actually have my money to support the income shortfall at the club. 9. Do you have a sustainable plan for the club’s future? And can I have the answers before the first renewal deadline for season tickets next week? Thanks in advance,

Four interesting suggestions. My thoughts: 1. The next home home game is just under two weeks away. A lot of time for fans to organise a coordinated protest or to cool down? As a fan I disagree with the idea of a Boycott and will be at the game. I would support a coordinated protest at the game. 2. I have not renewed yet so not applicable to me.It's a personal choice and I can understand that many will seek a refund. 3. Tricky one this as I fully intend to renew and the deadline to guarantee my same seat is the day before the next home game. 4. An experienced Chief Executive will not come cheap if indeed one could be found. Important two two weeks ahead of us.

The question for me is what can we believe? Either, as you so elequently put it, they are both wankers or one is telling porkies.

The fans have spoken

Defence, Hunt in particular, backing off too far for the second. Great finish though

‘Hope springs eternal in the human breast’ Alexander Pope 1734. ‘twas ever thus

Agree with your points. I have no problem with spelling mistakes and poor grammar with one exception...The use of ‘could of, would of and should of’ ... - a particular highlight for me

Best league attendance for 40 years with 15,871

How did you get so many downboats with such incisive and informed comment?

Agreed. I was thoroughly hacked off after our second half performance yesterday but that and the recent struggle for victories under PS will not stop me renewing for next season.

https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/sport/paul-scholes-disappointed-as-oldham-lose-lead-to-draw-at-cambridge/ ‘I can’t explain the second-half performance. It was probably the worst half of football we’ve had since I’ve been here,” Oldham boss Scholes reflected afterwards. “I thought it was OK in the first half, we controlled possession without really looking that threatening. “There were a couple of chances but not much, and we scored a lucky goal. We looked lively, played some good stuff at times. “In the second half we started really badly and didn’t really get any better. We never really looked like scoring. “The players looked a little bit tired in the second half, which could be understandable as they’ve had a couple of hard weeks training. “It was a disappointing second half but we have to get over that now. “We’ve got a tough game on Tuesday against Lincoln which we know that, if we play anything like we did (in the) second half, we’ll struggle. We need a bit more life in us.” Strange comment ‘The players looked a little bit tired in the second half, which could be understandable as they’ve had a couple of hard weeks training’ That’s twice recently that he has used that excuse... I have a suggestion Paul, why not cut back on the training and then the players might not be so tired? Got to love Calderwood’s comment on their goal though: ‘We remained in the game and we had a super start to the second half. We’ve worked a lot on that, passing it back to the keeper and him miskicking it through to the centre forward.‘’

Going off the list below as at February 1 - I’d say about 18 or 19 of the current squad 1. Daniel Iversen (season loan from Leicester City) 13. Zeus de la Paz (2019) 43. Ewan McFarlane (youth)  2. Cameron Dummigan (option taken to 2019) 3. Andy Taylor (2019) 4. George Edmundson (2020) 5. Alex Iacovitti (half-season loan) 15. Sonhy Sefil (2020) - out on loan to Ashton 20. Jamie Stott (2020 plus option) 23. Rob Hunt (2020) 26. Peter Clarke (2019) 33. Jay Sheridan (2019) 34. Tom Hamer (2020) 45. Harry Norris (youth) 49. Javid Swaby-Neavin (youth) - out on loan to Ashton 6. Dan Gardner (2019) 7. Giles Coke (2020) 8. Jose Baxter (2019 plus option) 17. Christopher Missilou (2019) 22. Johan Branger-Engone (2019) 24. Ousmane Fane (option taken to 2019) - may have left, not confirmed 25. Chinedu Uche (2019, possibly plus option) - may have left, not confirmed 27. Gevaro Nepomuceno (2019) 28. Mohamed Maouche (2019 plus option) 42. Mohamad Sylla (2020) 46. Harry Robinson (youth) 59. Jack Williams (youth) 9. Zak Dearnley (half-season loan) 10. Chris O'Grady (2019) 11. Urko Vera (2019) 14. Jonathan Benteke (2019) 18. Oladapo Afolayan (half-season loan) 19. Callum Lang (season loan) 44. Max Norman (youth)

I went to Cambridge today expecting us to build on the promise we had shown for a large part of the home game against Stevenage. After a fairly drab first period in which we bossed the game, with Baxter the standout player, we deserved to go in at half time one goal up. The team worked hard closing down and getting a foot in at vital moments, but ultimately the tactic of playing out from the back led to lots of possession with very little in the way of efforts on goal. Once again we came out for the second half and looked a shadow of the team who had comfortably managed the game. An early mixup and the slender lead was clawed back. From that point onwards we looked ponderous, disinterested and a very poor side. When Baxter went off we lost the midfield and were distinctly second best. Dapo should have put his chance away but lacked the composure and Nepomuceno hit a tame free kick easily saved by the keeper. That apart, I cannot remember another clear cut opportunity. At the end we seemed to settle for a point. Too many players looked off the pace today. Edmundson, Maouche, Lang, Dearnley and Alofayan either were caught in possession or gave the ball away cheaply. O’Grady and Branger and Missilou had very little impact coming off the bench. Clarke was again the outstanding defender. One positive for me was the performance of Iversen- specifically the way he came off his line to claim the ball. Obviously something that he has been working on in training. A disappointing and worrying performance.