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7 minutes ago, BP1960 said:

Why doesn't it say if any of those out of contract have been offer new ones?

Because they haven't presumably.

McGahey must be a stone cold psycho/glutton for punishment, why else would you want to stay at a place you have been abused for three years...?

One step backwards, two steps forward it shall have to be.

18 minutes ago, BP1960 said:

 

Who was the manager who got him playing well at Port Vale?

Askey and Clarke.

You aren't getting game changers on one year contracts so let's put that red herring back in the sea.

1 hour ago, League one forever said:

You don’t, Eyrsey is making things up again. He talked to OASF (once) and to hear the full interview you need to be a OASF member - which is really steep at a £1 a month. . . 

Is it not a monthly thing?

1 hour ago, oafc1955 said:

After Mellon’s comments post game on Saturday, bearing in mind what he said, surely there has to be a statement of some sort from the board.

We haven’t heard a whisper from DR at all and it’s about time he put fans in the picture and outlined the club’s direction/plan going forward!

A positive spin regarding next season has to be forthcoming as Mellon’s comments will no doubt have had an extremely negative effect on future season ticket sales and renewals.

Supporters around me on Saturday were generally about 50/50 on the possibility of renewing. If that’s the general feeling then a drop of even 25% would be pretty catastrophic and hinder our chances massively!

You can hear from Royle every month if you are happy to pay for the privilege.

Wealdstone site have it as 6082.

https://www.wealdstone-fc.com/post/report-oldham-athletic-2-3-wealdstone

8 minutes ago, LightDN123 said:

These players can’t be as bad as he makes out, can they? 
 

Surely we are just 4/5 players away from a decent side at this level? 
 

We are clearly lacking in some areas, but we have decent enough players to be competitive in this league. 
 

Something bigger is going on and I think bigger players such as Norwood and Conlon have had their heads turned and Mellon is giving up. 

Indeed, there's no way Barnet/Bromley have more quality overall.

Cue the "They've had their manager for longer" disciples.

13 minutes ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

What could he have said under the circumstances? DU got rinsed, and rightly so, for rolling his turd in glitter by patronising and gaslighting supporters in his pressers.

 

MM inherited a massively imbalanced squad, much worse than he understood when he took on the roll. It needs a lot of work doing to it. He’s going to have to be cute in the market and wheel and deal to get a team that resembles one that fans want to see.

 

There isn’t no middle ground here. The positivity I see is that it will get better, once people accept the situation for what it is. 

Is it massively imbalanced though? Other than a right back and a left midfielder we seem pretty well stocked.

He is going to make his remaining supporters look very silly indeed if he is allowed to continue in the role.

I'm surprised they allowed that interview to be aired in all honesty.

15 minutes ago, OneSizeFitz said:

 

After harping on about us needing a young progressive manager with fresh ideas for the last six months, those are interesting suggestions...

 

1,500 games managed between them, and one of them's been working in the same job (with his dad as chairman) for 15 years. 

Adams was one who came to mind as being a realistic option rather than someone who I would want.

Didn't realise Weaver was quite as old as that tbh, thought he was early 40s but he ticks plenty of boxes.

13 minutes ago, spanishfly said:

From what I can glean Frank should be viewed more as a philanthropist for the Latics and the town of Oldham rather than someone out to make money. We have an awful lot to thank him for and he should be the last person to come under scrutiny in my view. It may be however that he has to take a long, hard look at who he is entrusting the football decisions to. If the wages being paid to some of the players are anywhere near as rumoured, that's almost criminal. That's where the focus should be. Who has sanctioned the wasting of Frank's money?

Has it been wasted or just not utilised properly yet?

5 minutes ago, JoeP said:

 

Echo this.

 

DR might be a nice person, but he's either directly responsible or has employed the wrong people to oversee recruitment.  How can the money we've spent result in such a lack of competency in the team?

 

I'd love to know what the "other stuff" is.

 

I don't know if it is "impossible" or just impossible for him..

Without any meat on the bone we can only speculate.

Has he been told Reid has to stay involved with the first team to avoid negative headlines? Some interesting rumours about Norwood earlier, has that had an effect?

A rousing rally call to send us into the summer full of optimism.

15 minutes ago, Inspectormorose. said:

I watched the first 15 seconds... Knackered against a team of semi pros... Fuck... Right... Off

They did finish another game about 10 minutes earlier to be fair.

Murray, no, absolutely not.

Derek Adams came to mind but possibly too similar in character to Mellon.

Lot of respect for the job Simon Weaver has done at Harrogate, he would probably be my number one choice.

Don't know enough about the lower leagues to know who is up and coming or who is ready to step out of the academies.

2 minutes ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

 

Problem is, none of us know how the dressing room actually is or who is the root cause within it. We pick up on elements from watching from afar on a Saturday, that's all.

 

I just can't see any manager turning it around quickly with so many underperforming and disinterested players on the books until at least 2025. 

Equally we have no idea if players are disinterested or not.

4 minutes ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

 

He has to hold his hands up with certain decisions he's made, but the rot runs much, much deeper than him. This is the point I suppose I'm really getting at.

 

As it turned out in the end, whichever formations, gameplans and team selections he tried, the players by and large were incapable of executing any one of them.

There was a gameplan?

1 minute ago, Guy Branston Pickle said:

Always works for us this. We've been doing the same thing for 30 years, but it will definitely work this time 

You can't just keep a dud in charge on that basis though.

To be fair to them today they've had no preparation time so I wouldn't be too critical.

He has to go, such a dropoff under a manager of his experience is too alarming to just be brushed under the carpet.

3 wins in 18.

Was anyone beating a path to his door last summer? Presumably his name was touted around to more than just us.