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The rarely mentioned Dan Gardner.

It must be extremely infuriating for BP though, he's banged this drum for a while, he's made the club aware of him, and now it seems Dan Gardner is making the strides BP expected of him, he has the limelight of the FA Cup as well, and low and behold, someone will pick him up and he'll go on and fulfill his potential elsewhere.

No there were no words of wisdom this week unfortunately.

And i'd never noticed the right boob being bigger before, now I need to go and research other pictures of her and see why i'd never noticed this.

Back in 2.

Reading The Sun as we speak on the toilet.

 

"But it appears talks aimed at acquiring Oldham Athletic FC and then beginning a groundshare with third-tier Rugby League side Oldham Roughyeds have stalled..."

How fit is Hollie, 23, from Manchester?!?!?!?!

Christ if I was LJ I wouldn't brag too much about our win ratio of 4 in 14!! Admittedly it's better than Bristol's but if they beat us ( and I reckon that's nailed on ) and then win their game in hand they will go above us in the table.

I read it as his win ratio from when he played for them, could be worng though and I agree bragging about 4/14 aint to clever.

 

Have you lived in Barrow-In-Furness?

You my friend are a moron, my mothers side of the family originate from Barrow and I don't appreciate your negative comments to the place.

No a GK's job is to stop the ball going in the net, he goes to punch a ball away that he needed to deal with, that cross had defender OG written all over it. Probably because of the conditions he doesn't punch it as he would like, but still gets some power behind it, unfortunately for him the ball hits one of their players ricochets past Oxley and the same player has a tap in.

 

You could argue that Oxley should catch it, but in those conditions he probably chose the correct option, especially considering the bounce the ball took just before it got to him.

True, I just feel total unease with him, he seems to need a right good rocket, he spends most of his time and effort pouting.

If GK's were judged on pouting, i'd have him as England's no 1 at the WC.

Having said that, WHAT A SAVE he made against Carlisle when Miller nearly equalised, I stood and applauded that, he has some talents, but it can't be denied that he's pushed a fair few limp wristers back out into the danger area this season.

We don't half overthink tactics and formations, you can play 442 quite easily, seen as its all kids are brought up with, it should be second nature to them.

I think most people now agreee David from Emmerdale (Oxley), who has never been seen in the same room as David (just a thought) SHOULD BE DROPPED, AND SENT BACK TO YORKSHIRE to either play for his Yorkshire team or go and 'act' on Emmers.

FACT!!!!!!!!

From that I think some of the criticism towards Oxley for their 1st is more than a bit harsh.

Pitty the 2nd goal thy they not show the mistake that lead to Wolves getting possession when we where attacking on the wing. Agree about the stick Oxley has got.

Really, ball comes across, GK's job is to keep hold of the ball, he pushes it straight to the one player who can score against us, just like he did at Rotherham etc. Very poor.

I don't really rate Philliskirk, i've seen him a few times and I don't get it...

I would say our attacking threat would arrive down the wings, firstly and mainly in fact through Mills, then through Dayton (he'd need instructing of course to get down the bloody wing), get a load of balls in the box and have two poachers in Rooney and Charlie who will put chances from 6 yards away more often than not, then if the opposition nulify that threat, Grounds and Lanzoni should be offering the overlap, this gives us another dimension, and as we'd be attacking in numbers the reassurance of Smith and Wes tracking back, would enable us to have sufficient temporary cover on the counter.

When I watched Smith last season when he first came in on loan, I thought he was quality, and he looked to get forward at every opportunity, everyone was delighted with what they saw, now Johnson has turned him into Furman. Take the shackles from him and he'd be the attacking midfielder we crave.

FFS stupid internet. typed out quite a detailed response on all the teams in S.A who failed to beat Europeans in all them years listed above. Notably Chile on home soil losing to the W.Germans in 1962, whilst we were out there we also beat the Argies that year.

 

Also in 1930 Yugoslavia beats both Brazil and Bolivia (Who were practically playing at home ;) ) and Romania gave Peru a lesson, as did the USA to Paraguay.

 

1950 on home soil Brazil failed to beat Switzerland and we beat Chile, Paraguay lost to USA and drew with Sweden.

 

1970 was in North America but Brazil won every game that year.

 

1978 in Argentina, Italy beat them in the group stages 1-0, Argentina who won it was still taken to extra time by Holland. Brazil only got a draw from Sweden and Spain. Holland drew with Peru, who also got knocked out of the group stages in a 1-0 defeat to Poland.

 

Again, 1986 was in N.America again but Argentina was held to a draw by Italy again.

 

1994 in N.A - Brazil only drew with Sweden in the group stages although notably the argies got spanked by Bulgaria and knocked out by Romania ;) but other than Brazil having to win the final on penalties they didnt lose a game either.

 

2002 - Brazil cruised this WC.

 

BUT, would you say any of the South Americans would say because the tournament is in Europe they dont expect to beat any of us lot?

 

1934 Italy - won by Italy

1938 France - won by Italy

1954 Switzerland - won by W.Germany

1958 Sweden - won by Brazil

1966 England - won by England

1974 W.Germany - won by W.Germany

1982 Spain - won by Italy

1990 Italy - won by W.Germany

1998 France - won by France

2006 Germany - won by Italy.

 

So there has only been one instance that a S.A team have won it in Europe but we have held 2 more WC's than anywhere else in the world. I dont think theres much of an arguement in this.

That's fantastic, cheers for that. The more I think about it, the more I want to be in a group with a Colombia or Uruguay, will make it much more interesting. And let's see how Cahill and Jagielka (Who's partnership is blossoming) get on against Falcao or Cavani. They play Suarez enough in the prem, who is arguably the same as the afore mentioned two, whey couldn't they perfom again them also, would silence a few of the critics, anyway as long as we don't re-call John Poison Terry i'll be happy...

-----------------------Oxley----------------------

 

------Kusunga---Tarkowski---Grounds------

 

-------------Wes---Mellor---Smith--------------

 

--------------Dayton------Philliskirk------------

 

--------------Rooney---MacDonald------------

 

Sick of wingers now, never seem to work.

 

Pains me to leave out Montano but I don't think he does enough in most games. At least Dayton troubles the keeper at least once a game and I like his movement.

 

When we're playing a lesser team at home I'd take out Wes and put in Montano though.

i'm glad you're not the manager, county primary school stuff that.

Rachubka (Oxley is garbage, he's too busy learning his lines as David in Emmerdale, although at least he's getting to bang Alesha)

Lanzoni

Kasunga

Tarky

Grounds

Dayton

Smith

Wes

Mills

Rooney

MacDonald

Mate the police and the stewards from G4S??? were complete wankers all day, it resembled Belfast when we left the Bridge inn to get the train, I recognise some of the numpties when i'm at games, and I reckon any Oldham "mob" was no more than 10 in number, no need for the police to have such a presence, still anything to control us eh and all football fans are scum. Luckily we arrived in Rovrum early early doors so avoided being kettled.

Every World Cup hosted outside of European time zones has been won by a South American country. Spain's 2010 win in South Africa is the only time a European nation has won outside of Europe.

 

1930: Uruguay - won by Uruguay

1950: Brazil - won by Uruguay

1962: Chile - won by Brazil

1970: Mexico - won by Brazil

1978: Argentina - won by Argentina

1986: Mexico - won by Argentina

1994: USA - won by Brazil

2002: Japan - won by Brazil

Fair enough, when I get chance i'll have a look IF those South American winners did indeed lose at all on their way to winning, and in that time did they lose to a European side because that's more relevant to my point than who won it, I was saying we can beat a South American team any day of the week and that we shouldn't be scared of playing them, I didn't say we'd win the tournament in South America.

I think hes referring to the temperatures/conditions etc in South America rather than distance from home.

Fair enough, I do see the point there. Can't wait for the groups to be drawn, so we can dream/moan/predict every scenario, love a WC me.

We will struggle against any South American side there.

We've got no chance.

 

As a team were nowhere near as good as Brazil, Italy, Germany, Spain, Holland, Argentina, Uruguay. And Argentina & Uruguay are practically at home aswell as Brazil.

 

But, you never know......

I think Hodgson could do what a similarly much maligned Bobby Robson did in 1990.

Always makes me chuckle this. How the devil are Argentina and Uruguay "Practically" at home? A quick google search tells me that Montevideo to Rio De Janeiro is 1,474 miles, in terms of Europe, that's similar to England playing in Ukraine.

Similarly, Buenos Aries is 1,656 miles from Rio, that's like England playing in Bulgaria. If a WC was in Bulgaria or Ukraine would the South American's be saying.... "We'll struggle against any European side there." Or would we hear "and England and France are practically at home as well as Ukraine"

I think he's saying the systems that daft that after two wins you jump a stupid amount of places and likewise if you lose a couple.

Its a WC your gonna play tough teams, thats part of the fun of watching it, we drew Trinidad and Tobago in 06 and very nearly drew, we did in fact draw with Algeria in 2010. People were buzzing at drawing those teams, we were totally unconvincing.

2002 we drew Argentina, oh :censored: everyone thought, we won 1-0 and were class.

You look at the World Rankings and you see Uruguay in the top 8, I wouldn't be scared of playing them. Likewise, in 2002 we weren't seeded, the Argies were, we beat them and both us and Sweden went through. I don't really care for the seeds, again if you look at 2012, we had such a tough group in France, Sweden and Ukraine it's hard to say who were the seeds, and guess what we won the group. It didn't really help us.

I'm looking forward to drawing the Argies or Colombia or Belgium as the seeds and then Burkina Faso and Honduras.

I just put the little man on streetview on Google Maps to look at these pubs as I aint been Brentford for donkeys so couldn't reall remember them, and when I got to the Princess Royal, it has a board up above the pub and it says next fixture Oldham Athletic, it's a sign...

Everyone on here is a :censored: and I hate you all

zzzz

Been on all season.

I miss "Bullet in the Gun" which we used to come out to round the Millennium, it used to get me proper fired up.

There's a bullet in the gun,

there's a fire in us heart

you can move all mountains that satnd in your path.

Till the end of all time

i'll be by yourside

it was like words that could resonate with the players too, standing side by side in battle.

I'll probs do the same things I would on a normal away day but without the footy. I hope the missus doesn't mind cleaning my soiled undies again.

Good to see you back bro. I for one really enjoy your reports etc.

I know I know its a bit but i do.

Great result, Schmeltz loves a slice doesn't he, but top finish from Wes.

Makes you wonder why LJ got the job, when their was a much better option eh.

I think he either reads this message board and realised I know what i'm talking about or the penny finally droppe accidentally, either way its a poitive sign seeing the line up evolve into one that is more suitable to the players/system we have.

Been asking for "Rachy Chubs" to replace Oxley for weeks, not convinced by Oxley at all, he'd look more at home in Emmerdale, in fact doesn't he play the part of David in Emmerdale? Come to think of it have you ever seen Mark Oxley and David from Emmerdale in the same room?

Anyway Mills to Left Wing against Orient was another thing i'd been banging on about for weeks, and also moving Grounds back to his natural position of Left Back.

And to top the puzzle off, putting two Centre halves in at yes, you guessed it Centre Half. This team is the one I asked for a couple of weeks back.

Posted 25 September 2013 - 08:29 AM