whittles left foot

57 minutes ago, yarddog73 said:

Which makes a decision to give it to Thompson till the end of the season a sensible one, he keeps it on the proviso we finish top 7 and he's backed with the four players he needs. Simple really.

And what about Thompson?

Giving him a short term contract with proviso's is hardly an incentive when there are plenty of 2/3 year contracts knocking around with bigger clubs if he is so well thought of within football circles as some have suggested.

2 hours ago, penrhyn said:

I just think the ball doesnt stick enough up front apart from when it goes to Norwood

You must watch a different game to me.

20 minutes ago, deyres42 said:

I don’t know of any top team that deploys a player so obviously lacking in technical ability in central midfield.

 

 

Don't know of another poster who keeps posting the same line so often.

48 minutes ago, JoeP said:

I also don't buy much into the "it takes time" argument.   We've spent enough to make us competitive instantly.  How long does it actually take to get professional athletes match-fit??

Yet evidence proves that historically it takes time to get out of this division no matter what your budget is.

2 hours ago, jsslatic said:

Bit weird this away ticket stuff from the club at the moment. 

Anybody had their Rochdale tickets thru the post yet?

38 minutes ago, Worcester Owl said:

There may well be an honourable tradition of mis-spelling our own players' names, but FFS!!!

 

LUNDSTRAM !!!!

Not in the same misspelling lge as Dan Gardner yet though.

1 hour ago, disjointed said:

He was a quality centre half for Arsenal, didn't seem to fit in at United, as you say with 12 Scottish caps he can't have been that bad. 

Wasn't he partnered by Shaw born Paul Edwards when at United?

4 minutes ago, oafc1955 said:

They had a crowd of only 3044 against Chesterfield and the capacity is 10249. Our allocation of 3100+ leaves a little over 7000. 
Their seasons average is under 3000 so if they were to get 4500 which they won’t that still leaves about 2500!

The police won’t want several hundred Latics fans in the Rochdale ends.

I reckon they will either make it all ticket or give us a larger allocation, probably behind the goal.

After Chesterfield do you think any police force is going to go out of its way to accommodate Latics?

1 hour ago, Bluemood said:

Also good to see that when we did attack we did so in numbers.

every cross that went in saw 4 or 5 latics players in & around the box.

previously the guy that crossed it would have to run in & challenge for it himself!!

It was also noticeable how after half time Kitching got forward so much more after barely crossing the half way line in first half. Think it was @yarddog73 who also mentioned how he never crossed the half way line against Oxford last week.

He is a very good crosser of the ball.

All this talk of if he wants it give it to him flies in the face of plenty of posters on here saying we must go thru a proper interview process this time.

46 minutes ago, Longlostfan said:

More similar than you think. If I recall he got pelters for a long time but kept plugging away. Eventually was seen to come good.

Didn't he start off as a right back but then came good when moved to centre half?

I still have memories of him committing some horrendous tackles though.

1 hour ago, nzlatic said:

No matter what the results are over the next few games I wouldn't want it to go to ST/PM. They already have important roles in the club and given their experience and higher levels they've already been at I'd rather them stay in those positions for some long term continuity. DoF for Redfearn too?!

 

In the mean time they are doing a great job of pointing the team in the right direction and getting them to play higher up the pitch with more attacking intent. So we're in a great position really to have people like that running the team whilst the board can conduct a thorough interview process.

This is an interesting comment.

You have stated what you don't want-then made a perfectly good case for giving them the job.

5 minutes ago, Shrek said:

 

What on earth has it come to that you're spending your time on a latics message board? 

If you were a regular participant on here you would know. You could try reading some of his history and perhaps find it interesting-or not.

Then post something.

Probably get drowned in the most recent ITK comments above, but there have been a lot of comments about Unsworth being a liar and talking rubbish about team selection. The recent no goalkeeper on the bench being an example.

So tonight the England manager after stating yesterday `it would be ridiculous' to make too many changes makes 6 changes and names 2 goalkeepers on the bench.

I said it the other week-who cares what they say any more-other than @TheBigDog

33 minutes ago, BP1960 said:

You're blocked.

They are mounting up aren't they?

1 hour ago, PeteG said:

There has clearly been a big investment in the infrastructure but is it all necessary at this level and was it put together at the request of Unsworth?

So did we need new floodlights? YES

So did we need a new pitch, bear in mind there is a need to accommodate The Roughyeds. YES.

Do we need upgraded Little Wembley and provide a community facility. YES.

Does Chapel Rd need upgrading. YES.

They are trying to bring the club up to a standard that supports a club in a higher league. A legacy that needed correcting after the shit show your lot left behind.

Really do you have to try to connect this to Unsworth? Any manager would be hoping/expecting these kind of improvements-as should the fanbase.

17 minutes ago, frizzell54 said:

He’s spent a season and a preseason bringing people in and getting one or two out.

It is what managers do.

18 minutes ago, frizzell54 said:

 

Who are the ones he wants out now?  Do you think he’s spoken to them, or are they all looking over their shoulders ?

No idea-just like you.

18 minutes ago, frizzell54 said:

He will then expect them to give their all to the team.

Why wouldn't they? They are professional footballers who deal with stuff like this every season. 

20 minutes ago, frizzell54 said:

Good management not.

Agenda.

3 minutes ago, Londonboy said:

Unsworth's doing a shit job end of and as soon as some on here smell the coffee the better.

So after yesterdays speech by Frank perhaps you should be taking him to Costa.

1 hour ago, BP1960 said:

For all the pre season promises we will be the fittest team in the league we look completely the opposite.

Freeman and Dickenson look miles off the pace.

 

 

Strange you highlight these 2 who actually have a reason for looking off the pace but your golden boy Sutton has been blowin for the last 10 mins + in the last 2 games yet he has age on his side.

2 minutes ago, yarddog73 said:

Nothing to do with that he dropped off a full 20 yards playing the two lads on who broke on us.

Tired players make tired decisions. Simple.

10 minutes ago, Londonboy said:

Outplayed again

No they weren't.

11 minutes ago, Londonboy said:

Never looked like winning

Yes they did.

11 minutes ago, Londonboy said:

Can't wait to hear him post match!

Who cares. It won't change anything.

1 minute ago, yarddog73 said:

how can Sutton be 20 yards behind the defensive line for their goal,

Because he is knackered-just like he was against Solihull in the last 10 mins. Isn't he one of the younger players in the squad?

2 minutes ago, mcfluff1985 said:

Not sure how you attributed that comment to me

I didn't it was to @yarddog73 as he acknowledges above but calls it his humour.

8 minutes ago, yarddog73 said:

Stick to the debate instead of coming across as a child.

 

Let me put this question to you then, which player has he improved on the training pitch?.

That is a bit rich coming from you. I tried to get a straight answer out of you the other night about midfield players and you did everything but provide an answer. Traffic cone springs to mind.

12 minutes ago, mcfluff1985 said:

Or maybe Unsworth has contributed to Willoughby looking a shell of the player I remember

I bet there isn't a Latics fan on here who can remember him playing against us last year. He even scored.

47 minutes ago, Littlemoor Lad said:

Ryan 'dodged a bullet' colclough

James 'wise choice' Berry

 

 

Littlemoor `Loves BP1960' Lad.