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Who`s this Micah Ricahards we are all speaking off?

This community guy, I'm guessing his role is to improve the image of OAFC in the community, generating more public interest in the team, getting more bums on seats?

No, thats the marketing departments job.

And just when you think things can`t get anymore pathetic .... this thread comes along!

The changes to the team. Flahavan was excellent, won us the game. Guy won the penalty. Performance wasn't great but it was enough.

Wouldn`t really call it a gamble. We were poor on Saturday, and a couple of changes were needed. How did Guy look?

Gambles paid off for Penney

What gamble?

Like the most fickle of football fans, I’ve changed my mind about getting rid of Dave Penney.

 

I'm actually starting to see a few positives in Penney's work here. While Latics teams under say Sheridan would go and get a result at places like Elland Road, the same side would then more than likely go and lose a game like tonight’s. We seem to be picking up points in games where we "should" be doing so under Penney. If we go on a bit of a run now and get a few wins from the remaining games, I'd go as far as saying Penney might have cracked the "all we need to do is turn up" attitude that have spoiled past seasons.

 

If Penney can build a decent squad over the summer and believe his teams can go and have a go at the likes of Leeds and Norwich , who knows? Maybe we've made the right appointment!

Totally agree. At the end of the day due to our nightmare run of fixture postponments we were in a false position, had we been down there with equal games played id have been worried. We had to pick up points in March, and so far we have. Saturday was disapointing, but theres not much DP could do about either goal really. Today hes made the changes that were needed, and on a very difficult pitch and against a side who aren`t doing to bad of late, weve got a big win!

KeepTheFaith ..

Gordon and Roy on LW said it was an awful game to watch

On that pitch .. and at this stage of the season 3 points is the same wether its a great game to watch or not.

Although Dowie did well, imo a big portion of the good work done during his time here was masterminded by Harbin. Add to that for the vast majority of Dowies spell here he had a much larger budget than Penneys, hardly a fair, or realistic question tbh.

Fair play to him, changes were needed, and he`s made them. So far it`s doing the trick.

jason Price,Kevin Betsy,Craig Davies ,Steven Kabba ,Brett Ormerod ,Aaron Wilbraham,Neal Trotman all x latics scored yesterday

And??

At the end of the day, is singing such negative songs, added to the constant boo-ing really going to help? Is it really the way to help the lads pick up vital points? Is it really suddenly going to make Corney etc realise the fans feelings? Does it actually achieve anything (apart from negatives)? Answer = No. You pay your money, then your entitled to an opinion, i respect that .. but i cant see what good any of it does tbh.

Because you're looking from a Latics view point.

 

If you were a Stockport fan, a Leyton Orient fan, whatever, you would sit watching Soccer Saturday doing the exact same thing... it's simply because (I assume) you can't list the last ten strikers to play for Orient like you can for Latics.

Exactly.

I`m guessing the guys you spoke to were merely the security guards, who tbh wont give a toss. Ring the office Monday, or pop down and have a word with the lads that are in and run the facility. Would have thought theyd be alot more useful mate.

More fool the ones who missed it, 2 good goals.

And you know the reasons as to why people missed the game do you? Hardly a fool if youve got a decent reason, rather than just not being bothered to go.

Bad timing- can't see many people agreeing with firing Penney

Dont agree with sacking him full-stop! And thats not because weve won tonight, ive said it all season.

there will be one who will complain about somthing ,ie no pies etc

The synthetic grass? Oh .. already been done.

great win for latics ,we are on a move up the league

No Penney out tonight then? Oh, what a surprise.

Heres me thinking we`d won tonight .......

I suppose its being negative and overly critical to ask why ? if we are "breaking ground in the spring" on our new stadium... oh wait...

 

No plans on moving anytime soon then...

Yes because putting in alittle synthetic grass will signal the end to any hopes of moving stadium ........

It`s not as if weve done some major work now is it. In the short-term it looks pretty tidy, and can hopefully bring in alittle extra revenue.

I was told it looked naff and it does - i can kind of see why they have done it but i wonder whats its cost

I think it looks quite decent tbh. Alot better than just having aload of sand and mud along the line. As for costing it seems to make sense, as it says it costs less to maintain aswell as offering decent advertising revenues. It`s a decent idea if you ask me.

They could have coloured it to mix in with the other turf then it might look half decent

at times the only thing you can do when you read some comments on here is laugh! O dear.

Do the top premier league players go out and get bladdered during mid-season? No

o dear.

why don't you pick the phone up and call the ticket office,considering we haven't sold out for any games this season and we pull about 4000 thousand if were lucky at home,then take into fact league 2 is not too far away i reckon fecking loads of tickets are left.

Add to that the £27 to get in!!

Yes. Performances are improving and the team seem more together these days! After we get Leeds and Norwich out of the way weve got the likes of Exeter, Orient, Wycombe Brighton, Southend, Gillingham and Yeovil to come. I`m confident from those games alone we can get enough points to stay up!

I've no problem going down and helping out (Which I'll do), but I can't see that I'll learn anything.

Having spent a good deal of my working life in transport, I already know how to fold and roll large canvas sheets, which is pretty much all that will be going on.

 

Please don't fool people into thinking they'll learn about thermal physics and agrostology by turning up, when all they'll be needed for is a bit of muscle

The learn something bit was put in with just a tiny bit of sarcasm, obviously missed.

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Fingers crossed for them!