Gemma06

Being a winger is all about being able to run fast apparently not providing a decent cross. And when our other players dont attack the balls that are put into the box thats Lids fault too. Basically everything that goes wrong is all down to Lids not being able to run very fast. I love that everyone has been praising Shez for months about his new signings, the fairly decent pre-season we've had but then he says something they dont like and now he knows nothing about football and we should listen to the commentator not Shez about how well players have played

I would think the offers are for Taylor, Eardley, Smalley and probably Davies. I wouldnt sell Eardley or Smalley i think they will both go on to play at a higher level, hopefully with us. I can't see why people think Lomax is as good as Eardley, Lomax is decent enough at this level but Eardley has so much more in his game. If we get a decent offer in for Davies i think they would be tempted to accept, we have cover in the squad now and have a couple more decent strikers coming through in the youth team i belieive. I wouldnt be devestated if we cashed in on Taylor, there just isnt enough end product from him for me - whether he be playing on the right or left. I think at least one player will definately be sold before the season starts will be interesting to see who they decide to let go.

I know they were, thats what i just said, but as i have pointed out in my opinion i would still have those players in my team.

Sheridan was always past his best when he was playing for, and Lids for that matter, thats why they were playing us. Lee Duxbury is my favourite ever latics player, even after seeing Roger Palmer, Earl Barrett and all the other greats from our 'glory years' so thats why i went for him, that season was his last and his legs had gone a bit but when he did play that season he was fantastic as Dowie numerous times that season.

I didnt think Hughes and Wijnard would play very well together and i prefer Andrews over Davies (though i think he will improve this season) and i have only seen O'Grady play for us in one friendly so can't really form an opinion on him yet Anyway as my team selection has gone down so well back to work for me!

As they were in 02/03 i would have them in before any of the others, though i wasn't sure between Shez and Murray or even a 5 in midfield but as i only thought about it for about 5 minutes to pass some time at work whilst listeneing to a customer complain on the phone to me i didnt really take it all that seriously, it was just a lighthearted post The team i just put up it was a choice of Lids or Low and i have never rated Low, Lids is a ten times better player than Low in my opinion. As for Lids starting this season yes i do think he should start games, not all but some, he and Smalley are both good enough to and both bring different things to the team and i think its excellent that we have those two fighting for a starting spot. I think Lids will start more games than many people are expecting. We'll find out soon enough. What people forget, and someone mentioned it on another thread, when Lids player last season he (and others as well) was still putting decent balls into the box but no-one was getting on the end of them. I quite liked Andrews and he has improved since he left us from what i've seen. Its all about opinions though isn't it, everyone has different ideas of who the best and worst players are

Pogliacomi - Crossley Miskelly - Fleming Hill - Gregan Hall - Hazell Beharall - Stam Holden - Thompson Clegg - Eardley Armstrong - Lomax Haining D Sheridan - Allott J Sheridan - Lee Appleby - Maher Murray - Whitaker Low - Liddell Eyres - Taylor Baudet - Smalley Duxbury - Stephens Eyre Carss Corazzin - Hughes Andrews - Davies Killen - O'Grady Wijnhard - Alessandra Vernon My team would be Crossley Eardley Hall Hill Armstrong Liddell Duxbury J.Sheridan Eyres Wijnard Andrews bench Pogs Hughes Murray Smalley Gregan

Assuming we don't sign anyone else and i'm only going off the game last night for our new signings i'd go for GK Crossley RB Eardley CB Gregan CB Stam LB Lomax RW Lids/Smalley CM Allott CM Maher LW Philips/Taylor CF Davies CF Hughes Bench: Fleming Hazell Lids/Smalley O'Grady Whitaker/Lee I've gone for Davies and Hughes up front but i'm still not sure if they can forge a good partnership, Davies and O'Grady seemed to link up much better last night than when i've seen Davies and Hughes play up front together. At least we have a few decent players to choose from this season

i would think the money is just to cover the cost of the coach, i doubt they will be looking to make a profit from it

If you want to think its me then go ahead

I'm sure there are more people than me who support oldham who are called Gemma

If your referring to me i dont post on the bbc message boards

I dont think it is no but its down to the club to decide if we get an offer for him what they think is a decent price. They didnt make an offer and were only looking at him if he was available on a free so the £100k quoted in the paper was rubbish anyway.

What if he leaves on a free at the end of the season, the club can't just keep losing money. As i said earlier it would be great if he stays but if we get a decent offer then i let him go and move on. We have other decent players and there are plenty of players available, none of our players are irreplaceable.

I agree, he's a decent enough player but he isn't the world beater some fans make out. If he stays then fantastic but he if doesn't the team will survive and i would still expect us to challenge for promotion next season

I thought Burnley had decided against a drummer? I'm sure they did a poll and most people voted against so they decided not to have one In fact they did - http://www.burnleyfootballclub.premiumtv.c...1297433,00.html Have they changed their mind now? If so my mate whos a season ticket holder there will be less than impressed he hated ours when i dragged him to a couple of games last season

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/euro2008/2008/0...s_you_with.html Theres a clip of it on the bbc, they had it as no.2 in an top ten goals in the euro's. He was a fantastic player but he really needs some help now, he's been released from hospital again, i wonder how long until he ends up back there. The best football player i have ever seen

I agree that Smalley has the potential to be the better player. I'm not Taylors biggest fan but at this level he will cause defenders problems with his pace, i think if he moves up a division he will struggle though. He is a winger and he can't cross particularly well and if it was anyone other than Taylor then people would be booing him on a regular basis. He's quick and can run past a defender but there is hardly ever an end product, if he can improve on that then he will be an excellent player but i can't see that happening. He's a latics fan who tries hard and his pace makes him exciting to watch, thats why people like him, but i don't think he is going to improve anymore so if we get a decent offer then sell him so we can bring in a decent left winger and left back. The club will have an amount in mind - for all the players not just Taylor - and if anyone bids that much then they will be gone. If we do sell him then i don't think it will effect the team that much, we have plenty of cover on the right and with the money we get for him we should be able to bring in a decent left winger and maybe a young kid with potential as cover and we have Smalley/O'grady and probable Davies as well who can cover on the left.

So he doesn't like sitting next to the drum and so moves somewhere else where it won't be quite as loud, seems pretty sensible to me. If you don't want to be sat near a drum then move, just because some people don't like it doesn't mean it should be banned or they should be able to tell him where to sit. Some people don't like people standing up during a game but dare say anything to them (and im sure they include some people of here who keep moaning at the drummer) and all you get is a mouthful of abuse back. Not everyone is going to agree about everything, but the club say its ok for him to bring a drum next season and keep arguing about it isn't going to change that.

The problem the big clubs like Leeds, Forest, City, Wednesday, Leicester have in this league is every game they play in is the other teams biggest game of the season, the players are all up for it and there is normally a bigger crowd that gets behind the them. It normally takes them a few years to get settled to the style of play in league 1 before they manage to get promoted. Our best chance was the Dowie season when we got into the playoffs, with the players we had and the money he had to spend we should have gone up automatically, unnfortunately it didn't work out. We have a decent chance next season of getting in the playoffs, we have some excellent young players coming through who gained experience last season and we also have the likes of Chalmers, Black and even younger kids like Bembo-Leto coming through as well. If Shez finds the right players to compliment what we already have then who knows next season could be our year. We've already signed 3 young players who will be fighting for a place in the starting 11 a couple more players and we have a strong squad next season The Championship has got much stronger the last few years and now with all the money the teams relegated from the premiership get it is going to make it even harder to compete. If we do go up i think we will struggle to stay there

Would be very impressed if we managed to get him on loan, though i can't see him dropping below championship level

I meant just the initial transfer fee. Say they agreed £10m transfer fee plus extras for appearances/winning the league or whatever, but city got that initial £10m over 3 years we would still be entitled to get our £2m straight away

Is it definate they come in installments? Even if City get their payments in installments the transfer fee is a set amount and we get 20% of that, just because they get theirs over a few years that doesn't make it certain that we will unless it was written into the contract. Or have i missed something?

I'm not saying they shouldn't be punished, of course they should, i just don't get why the justice system should be different for different people. I'm not normally a wooly liberal politically correct person by the way who jumps down everyones throat as soon as they say something that may offend someone somewhere the world, it's just i don't understand why people assume celebrities should be a role model to everyone and behave perfectly, many of them don't want their every move reported on in the tabloid press. I did some volountary work briefly with kids who had been in trouble with the police and stuff and the amount of parent who blamed celebrities for their kids crimes was unbelievable, they never taught them right from wrong, told them they didnt have to go to school and told them that when they stole cars, beat people up or whatever it was they had done it wasn't their fault. It's just a little thing that annoys me i suppose so i'll shut up going on about it now

Harley is a good player but he left Burnley because he wanted more money i doubt we can pay more than an established championship club.