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I understand your original post Lags and i suspect that in the grand scheme of things, many of the issues you raise are legitimately answered by your reference to the 'gang' mentality. It's not pleasant in any way. You know that until very recently, i have lived my life reasonably highly in the corporate world, so i draw your attention to the line below that you used as part of your justification for raising the question. BO freely admits that under such circumstances he could, maybe should have resigned. BO had one option only (resignation), once he acknowledged Corney wasn't being open about financial 'goings-on' in the last two years (that strongly suggests that financial disclosure practice changed). It's a BS excuse to suggest he wanted to stay on the inside to work out what was happening. As a Director, that is bordering on illegal but is without doubt complete incompetence. Maybe he didn't understand his Director responsibilities but it was and is, his duty to understand those responsibilities, preferably before he took office.

I post very rarely these days, having learned that it is far too easy to make a tit of oneself by typing what you think is sense, to an audience that is likely anything but the mirror you think you are relating to. Overly simplified, there are usually seven or eight types of supporter depending on age, length of time supporting, mental maturity and the positive and negative outlooks among us. What strikes me as odd over the past twenty four hours or so is how many people seemingly defy their attitude toward players and club in comparison to their behaviour yesterday afternoon. There was a unity among all in the stands....a feel good factor the likes of which i've not seen for a while. There was certainly a connection to the players and staff throughout and particularly at the end of the game. A huge number stayed on after the final whistle for quite a while, and the bond between fans and players was evident. I'm among the first to admit that we were lucky to get away with 2-0. I'll take issue wuith those who complain we were overrun in the second half, because i believe if we'd gone in 0-0 at HT, we would have adopted different tactics after the break than we ultimately did, having gone in with a lead that yes, flattered us a bit. Despite how it turned out, we take the win and move on, just as we would were it a defeat....but i have to say i saw not one angry man or woman leaving the stadium yesterday....just a jubilant bunch and yes, a few, myself included who were discussing with others the fact that Morecambe were a tad unlucky to come away with nowt. How it is then, that so many are suddenly aghast at how poor we are, both as a team and as a club. After such a terrific day out and such a feeling of euphoria and unity at the end, this message board today is somewhat baffling. It's almost as if the drive home passed through some sort of barrier whereupon the feel good factor was washed away by the reality of returning to Oldham. It comes across to me as some strange denial whereby people are embarrassed to have had a good time yesterday!

30 left when my lad picked his up at 2:30 today

Really know your music then!

Shows what the 'big day out' for the fans can do to the team on the day. Four days later and 6,000 travelled to Everton to see another big win. Swansea, Huddersfield, Brighton and Bournemouth were all in League one that season, it's what keeps us dreaming......and on the other hand, so were Tranmere.

A bit random i know, but do we actually pay any of the four muppets who come onto the pitch at HT with the forks? I loathe to call them groundstaff because they look like they don't know a pitch from a piss. One was wandering round staring at his phone half the time, another was entertaining himself waving at friends in the crowd and the other two looked as interested as Davis in a Thursday night testimonial at Rawtenstall. The pitch IS a bit of a mess and it WOULD have been useful to have groundstaff preparing and maintaining for the second half, especially in the half we were attacking. Fucking wasters!

We were just around the corner from the truck plant, on Colchester Road

Used to drive through that junction twice a day every day. Lived in Camberwell, worked in Kilsyth

Where in Melbourne are you Ex-pat?

No thanks pal...i'd sooner stay in the real world...

PC Personal Computer PC Politically Correct Pun...wake up PC wankers! Holier than thou, PC wankers....

Yep, like i said..... There are way too many PC wankers (pun intended) waiting to jump on the first 'holier than thou' bandwagon on every internet forum in the world. Get a :censored:ing life or grow up, whichever comes first. As a side issue Isn't it queer how some people refer to gay folk.....oh :censored:, I can't say that!

Fair enough on the population....should have done some research....on the rest...yeah, i'm right.

As i have a life, i've only just seen this thread. A dose of reality is required. The chants are not able to be deemed racist. You may.....or may not....... agree with such chants, but using words that are short form for a nationality (however distasteful they may seem to you) does not make someone uttering them a racist. The word 'Paki' apart from being a short form of the word Pakistani, is a word often used by the Pakistani community, such as in 'Paki power' Before any of the do-gooders swoon with abhorrence....i personally don't like it....but....it CANNOT be deemed racist without further context. I could go on and on with hundreds of examples but i'll leave you with just one question to consider before you hit the keyboard with your 'defenders of the earth' rhetoric. Most of you will have at some time or other joined in with this one..... Should everyone who sings "We all hate Leeds" (and its various other forms) be charged with hate crimes? There are way too many PC wankers (pun intended) waiting to jump on the first 'holier than thou' bandwagon on every internet forum in the world. Get a :censored:ing life or grow up, whichever comes first. For those who need to know, the vast majority of the Asian population in Rochdale is in fact Bangladeshi, as it is in Oldham

Build a new stand and have it useable on match days Stock sufficient refreshments for those that go Pour a few beers ahead of the half time rush Play at home like you're actually playing at home

You should try to get an mp3 recording of Stuart Pike's commentary for Piccadilly radio. Haven't heard it for a long time but it was a priceless piece of radio history. If you've never heard it....listen to the link. Still makes my hairs stand on end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joNEIzXem8g

Just watched the FA Cup final after somehow managing to escape the news while out for a meal.......possibly the most one sided thrashing i can remember. Villa weren't actually all that bad.....just nowhere near good enough. It was like watching a premier league outfit against a good championship team. Shows how far we have to go to even get close.

Stipe Tripe.......he could never leave an argument!

Geeeeeezzzz.....this, and several other threads of late have descended into previously semi reasonable people (admittedly some of whom regularly fall into the keyboard warrior bracket) becoming complete parodies of themselves in the fight to establish whose balls are bigger than whose. This is a complete and utter storm in a teacup, fuelling the mightier than thou typists into making fools of themselves on a scale bigger than Ben Hur. You :censored:ing wankers......let it drop and get on with being a Latics fan!!

Spot on Pukka

It's quite simple. We had a perfectly apt slogan, and now the players clearly can't adapt to the new one. KTF

It was around WAY before Big Joe's day....I remember it in the early seventies.

They played some great stuff in the second half of the season. I reckon the standard is higher than League 1 at the top end (though not quite championship standard) and and about League 1 standard at the lower end. Most Aussie teams like to play it on the ground and fizz it around quite a bit with good ball skills. It won't be a walk in the park!

Remember it quite well. There was a pitch invasion at half time where a number of 'us' ran the length of the field to the temporary stand. Before the game had restarted for the second half, a fire was lit underneath but was quickly extinguished. The Yelloways coach I was on got bricked leaving the car park.

Exactly the same form as us over the last six games! W1 D2 L3 GD -4