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I think that says all you need to know about the dressing room atmosphere. Not looking at the perspective of the fan, just looking inward and creating an us against them divide. He could have ignored you or applauded (disingenuously), but he chose to engage in a confrontational way... We're Oldham Athletic. We've not won a cup or promotion for 33 years. Unfortunately you have to be strong enough to carry that burden when you sign for/ buy the club. There needs to be some understanding of that there.

He said that after the game we won?

I wanted Mellon to get longer than Unsworth did just because of his previous record, but he comes across as completely fed-up in interviews and the players don't seem to be playing for him. How can the players not be up for winning just these three games to get us back into the play-off mix, after a season of mediocrity? Have some professional pride. I think Mellon might be an issue, but I'm certain the players are. Don't offer a single new contract and try and shift on anyone else we can and rebuild from scratch.

Sounds much the same as usual at the Goals centre in Oxford, according to Twitter. They don't look arsed, apparently. Even if they hate the fans, manager and club in general, why don't they want to do it for themselves? It's like 3, possibly 6 games, then they can vanish for the summer. Weird..

I was there and he scored but definitely didn't get a hattrick... ... Henry and Sharp got the others

No. Sharp did against Luton. That's the only one, I think.

Saturday against West Ham, Tuesday against Sheff Utd, Thursday against Spurs and then Norwich on the Saturday says Wiki. I remember vague rumblings of injustice at it, but in reality we were just demoralised after THAT goal... which happened 30 years ago tomorrow!

Was it not something similar in '94 too? We lost to Spurs on a Thursday and drew with Norwich on the Saturday and got relegated. Penalised for FA Cup run. And a shit pitch. We ain't got no dogs in the fight here. No chance of making the play-offs. Lets not worry about who plays who when. We've got bigger issues!

I wish we could do this for every game. The jeopardy of when and where the games are going to be played make things a hell of a lot more exciting. Maybe we could even introduce no one knowing who they're going to play! There's mileage in this... .. literally and metaphorically.

It isn't like the Wellens situation. He (and all managers under the Lemsegams) were being forced to play certain players and there was dressing room interference from those halfwits. The situation was untenable. This is the complete opposite. Everything is in place, it would seem. I understood why Wellens gave up. I wouldn't have a clue why Mellon might have given up..

As I say, I think it will be more of the same next season. Loads of these players are contracted until the end of 2025. Would a new manager make a difference? I actually think we'll be a better team simply by not offering any new contracts and doing nothing else. It can't be good for team spirit having so many players knocking about who aren't wanted..

The problem is it's still largely "Unsworth's shit" until the end of next season, unless we can find some gullible clubs to take a few of them off our hands (which is at the point they turn into world-beaters, probably..). Mellon needs more time to sort us out. If not, it'll just be a different manager with the same players and probably the same outcome. It'll be more of the same next season I fear, whoever the manager is. Then a summer of rebuilding. Then a season to gel, with the prospect of getting up the season after. Could take a while, this...

I'm no Norwood fan, but it's a reasonable return. If the "recruitment department" thought spunking all that money on him would guarantee 30 goals from him, they really have mis-judged it...

He was good at getting yellow cards and did a job against Blackburn, where his only job was to pass the ball 2 yards to Byrne. I don't get why he seems to be a constant point of reference. Is it because he's got a funny sounding name? Or his distinctive gangly running style? He was rubbish and we never need a player like him again!

Harsh on Sheron, that. No one deserves that level of abuse.

I'm not sure what you're basing that on..

Can someone summarise what happened with Royle at Wigan? Did he come out of that whole thing well?

He needs the summer to put his own stamp on the team... Like many others were for ages with Unsworth, I think we should stick with him, but wouldn't be arsed if he left...

#incrementalimprovement That is a seriously depressing stat for the season. "On the verge of the play-offs" for a lot of it, but in reality no better than last year's failure.

Whistle goes. 2 seconds later their player has a shot. No booking. Terrible.

Another side who play better football than we do..

It's like it's their big day at Boundary Park too..

If he thought he was going to be surrounded by players with high standards, he really did make a mistake dropping to the National League. Still in spite of that, I'm sure he's rolled his sleeves up, got on with it, encouraged his lesser team-mates and been a good senior player to have around the place...

He is an issue if he's being "a bully" (Latics phone-in, Wednesday) and we're spunking a significant amount of our budget on a player, rather than a team...

Shhh! Don't tell anyone or it might come back!