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  1. 1 hour ago, jorvik_latic said:

     

    Nope. They are training up here on Saturday morning then flying down.

     

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42428288 

     

    Obviously you are correct that that is what the article says.

     

    But I can't see us having time to train on Saturday morning before taking a flight and still be at the ground well before kick off time.

    I assume they are taking a scheduled flight, given that Wellens said the reason they weren't flying back was that they couldn't get a return flight back on Saturday night In which case neither flight appears suitable. They wouldn't be able to train in the light before the 8.30 flight, and they wouldn't get to the ground at the time they're supposed to be there if they took the one that lands a 1.20pm

     

    I suspect the article is probably wrong and they are flying after training tomorrow.

     

     

  2. 11 hours ago, Smiler13 said:

    According to article on BBC Sport Ruddy was sent back to Wolves in November. 

    I'd heard something similar-  that he is still officially on loan with us until Jan because he can't return or go anywhere else outside the window. But an agreement was reached for him to go back on the basis that he wasn't going to be first choice here so Wolves felt it was better for him to be training with them rather than us. I think that if one of our keepers was injured we could get him back and play him until 1 January if we wanted.

  3. I sat in the stand behind the Latics bench at Doncaster. Queensy was sat in front of me. He didnt look too happy about being left out of the squad. Sat there playing games on his phone and barely glanced up at the football all first half. Then he left at half time.

    His interview in the program a few weeks ago suggested he wasn't too happy about being here. Quite negative about English football and how he wasn't particularly suited to it.

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    http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/oldham-athletic-travel-style-saturdays-954204

     

    We are  '"travelling in style" apparently.

    I'm not sure that getting a scheduled flight to Exeter, getting a coach on to Plymouth and  then getting the coach back to Oldham after the game would be my idea of travelling in style.

    It's not quite the same as Arsenal chartering a plane for an 11 minute flight to Norwich.

  5. 1 hour ago, 100milesaway said:

    Is it open to anyone, or just North stand seated fans?.

     

    12 minutes ago, leeslover said:

    All home fans. We aren't looking to push it at away fans at this stage.

     

    It's probably worth pointing out, for those who don't often venture around that side of the ground, that the unit fronts on to the car park so you won't need to go in to the ground first to access the bar.

     

  6. 26 minutes ago, Andy Perimeter West said:

    Could they get a tv up big screen and ifollow home and away games in the bar? 

     

    25 minutes ago, deyres42 said:

    Certainly not ifollow Westy.

     

    There must be a way to do it, even if not via ifollow. Wimbledon did it for their midweek away game against us last month. I think they charged £5 for entry with a pay bar and there were food options too.

    I reckon that sort of thing would be quite successful for far away midweek away games.

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  7. 58 minutes ago, Nohairdontcare said:

    The Irish Independent journalist who wrote the piece really knows his stuff - he's a Dundalk fan - so he'll know the ins and outs of the move. So yeah - looks like bye bye Byrne.

    The MEN OAFC twitter account is saying that the move for McEleney is not dependent on Byrne leaving and Wellens is still hoping  that Byrne might stay.

    He does sound like a like for like replacement though.

  8. 2 hours ago, Hands on said:

    If you were at the game you would have seen a crass error by Gerrard when he passed the ball back at speed when he had other options.  Byrne ticked Gerrard off and not Johny.

     

    It did however show how much our team has come to trust Johny.

     

    Ripley and Placide are different.  Ripley did very well as the last line of defence and saved us from relegation.  Placide is doing very well as the first line of attack and with his excellent defensive work as well he is putting us in line for our highest finish for some years.  Cometh the team cometh the goal keeper.  Both were/are fantastic at this level but Johny is what we need now.

     

    Agree with this. They are completely different players who worked in completely different circumstances, and it's almost unfair to compare them.

    I think Ripley is the better shot stopper (although Placide isn't bad) and clearly Placide is the better distributor.

    I think Ripley was better suited to the way we played last season (i.e. trying to nick a goal and then defending the box trying to hold on) but he would clearly struggle to play the role Wellens wants his keeper to play this season  (i.e. sweeper keeper/orchestrator of attacks) which Placide is  so comfortable with.

    Both are  the right keeper for the style of play during their time in the team.

     

     

  9. 33 minutes ago, singe said:

    Interesting article on the travails of the pitch, but also some little snippets of insight behind the scenes in amongst some of the more technical stuff.

    Our ptich gets a lot of attention, and chemicals! Hopefully the problems of the last few years are behind us.

     

    https://www.pitchcare.com/news-media/balancing-oldham-s-needs-with-finance.html

     

    Very informative article. 

    The fact that they have published such a detailed account of their ongoing work with the club today would appear, in my mind at least, to cast doubt on the claim made on here earlier this week that they have downed tools because the club owes them £30k

  10. Just now, opinions4u said:

     

    I assume the MEN have decided to do away with his new coverage for them after the demise of the Chron.

    Looks like he's no longer with the MEN as his twitter bio now states 'freelance reporter' instead of 'Oldham Athletic reporter for the MEN'.

    I did wonder how long they would persist with a  dedicated Latics reporter. The guy who did it before him covered other sports and teams as well and he now appears to have Latics  coverage back in his portfolio. I imagine it must have been frustrating for him too, as there was never going to be a demand for a back page article on Latics everyday in the MEN as there was in the Chron..

     

    On the plus side, it looks like Latics coverage in the Oldham Times has increased a bit recently and there is the prospect of more coverage when the Chron returns.

  11. 1 hour ago, HarryBosch said:

     

    Has it been confirmed people from the Serious Fraud Office were with them? 

    This was in the Mail article. 

     

    If true then they obviously suspect the club of doing something fraudulent rather than  just paying them late.

    I just can't see the club staff being involved in some sort of sophisticated fraud. 

    Potentially something to do with queries about how the foreign lads are being? It has been suggested before that some of these are on a decent wedge and have a different payment arrangement to other staff.

     

    I was reading the Rick Holden book on 14 great Latics games on a plane last night. In it he suggests that it was common knowledge during the cup run season that officially reported attendances were significantly below actual attendances. I suppose there is a chance they are looking in to something like that, but it doesn't seem likely to me given how low attendances have been in the last few years.

  12. They've just published the second part of the Wellens press conference (where the journalists ask the quetions) from yesterday. He said one of the loan players has been refused permission to play by his club, but wouldn't say which one, as he wants to keep Carlisle guessing.

     

    Also said he hopes to have an assitant in place for the Rochdale game. He said it is dependent on if the finances will be in place to do it, so I suppose it may be linked to the takeover going through.

  13. 1 hour ago, jorvik_latic said:

     

    Do we know that Placide won't be back? Have I missed something?

    On ifollow Wellens said he wasnt back yet and he'd told him to take as much time as he needs. Didn't say he definitely won't be back for Saturday, but I got the impression he isn't expecting him to play.

  14. 1 minute ago, unsworthlatic said:

     

    That would suit me down to the ground! Just saw something on a Haiti football website that they may be playing Macedonia, hope not! As for Byrne hope he doesn't get put on the standby list once again but either way should be fine for the game! Curacao I couldn't find a fixture for, looks like the game may go ahead then! 


    Although saw something extremely surprising that ROI are keeping tabs on Eoin Doyle following recent form.

    In his post match interview the other night Richie talked about the players giving one last push on Saturday before there are 3 weeks without a league game, giving him an opportunity to give squad players a run out in the cup games. Sounds like he is expecting the game to be off.

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