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    Controversial I know but...................

    in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum

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    ...I thought we were excellent today, played some great flowing football against a resolute ten man Rochdale defence !!

     

    Our only real issues were the fact we wanted to walk the ball into the net and we gifted them two goals. We used the flanks well, played it through the middle and kept possesion for long periods.

     

    I thought the referee let play go for both sides, there were numerous opportunities for him to blow up for fouls but he let it go and when he did blow, kept his cards in his pocket. Not sure that the red card was that bad but he obviously did, I'm sure the highlights will put the record straight!!

     

    Thoroughly enjoyable derby game just a pity we didn't get the result we deserved :grin:

    i rarely post here but i thought the second half performance was excellent

     

    oldham produced very little in the first half while dale had lots of the ball in our half

     

    the second saw us in some great positions, having all of the possession and territory but really not testing the dale keeper at all. they produced next to nothing and got very lucky with two very very soft goals

     

    the ref didnt help but i dont think he was as bad as some people are making out

     

    on another day we win this game comfortably, we'll pick up and move on and if we continue to play like that and put teams under that sort of pressure we'll win lots of games between now and the end of the season

    Youth

    in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum

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    Bit of a match report. (I'm sober unlike OS). Newcastle were well deserved winners. Apart from the spell around when we scored and after they scored what turned out to be the winner, they were on top. Our goalie didn't have to make too many saves as we defended like Champions with two clear banks of four and often the midfield was supplemented by one of the forwards (we cleared it off the line at least once). They had far the better quality with at least 5/6 players who will go on to make it as a pro (although a few will be more at our level). LuaLua's cousin played on the wing for them and he would get in our first team now and Ameobi's brother looked quite good but I think he needs to work on his fitness. The best player on the park was their number 4 who sat in front of their back four all game doing a lot of good defensive work but he had a great game distribution wise as well (definately someone to watch out for). I think it was probably the way we were playing but a lot of tactics (certainly in the first half) were hoofball to our front two (Tom Eaves and Ryan Brooke) who had a clear height advantage (we were much the bigger side- something I can't remember us being for a while). I won't see a better goal from an Oldham player this season Brooke beat a couple of men then hit an absolute screamer from 30 yards which Shay Given wouldn't have saved (his young understudy got no where near it). Our best player was the number 11 (left wing) who was very quick and had a few neat tricks, (not Bembo-Lita).

     

    However realistically our best player was wearing black tonight the ref gave everything our way, they had at least 4 decent penalty shouts, 2 of which were absolute stone-wall and 1 of those would have probably been a red card (our number 5 who did well against good oppositon pulled back their centre-forward when he was through on goal). Our number 4 was lucky to be on the field he should have probably have had a yellow card before an absolutely dreadful challenge which was late, from behind and above ball height and should have probably been a straight red. (The Oldham fan contingent were chanting 'On, On, On' at this point). Both teams had a goal disallowed for offside but I couldn't tell you if they were or not.

     

    The youngsters did well though and can be proud of their efforts. Newcastle youth team are top of their league and I think they have won all their games so they are a good youth side. I don't think they played as well as they have done, but our lads stopped them playing a lot and did what they had to do well.

     

    Plus if you think the chavs/scallies are bad in the RRE you should see the ones who go to Newcastle youth games, including the one lad (who was probably about 16) and his cronies who sat in front of us just because we were Oldham fans who spent all his time either giving us abuse for being :censored: (it was 1-1) or with his hand down his trousers (like he had some form of STI) or both. There were a few plastic bottles being thrown in our direction (probably more aimed at OS than geordie blue or myself) but these missed us and hit the poor kid in front of me (who was only about 6) and who wisely moved not long after.

     

    Overall despite being the worse side our lads did well and can be very very proud of themselves.

     

    PS If someone who went has a team sheet they can fill in the names where I only have numbers.

     

    aye that was a great laugh

     

    enjoyed the game, some good banter, and some not so good banter

    OS was clearly of his face...abusing the linesman at every opportunity but at least giving him a good reception when he disallowed their goal!

     

    as you say newcastle were by far the better team, and due to the ref's inability to give pens they should have been well ahead, but we stuck at it, and if our shooting had been a bit better we could have snatched it

     

    Phil Mcgrath had a quality game, some great runs and neat skills, looks like one for the future, and brooke's goal was class...20 yard screamer!!

     

    shame about the last minute offside goal...would have been class

    fa youth cup in geordie land

    in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum

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    For pubs, the ground is in the City centre so there are absolutely bazillions to choose from.

     

    If people are coming up/down by train then something nearer the station might be in order. Centurion is decent (in the train station) and The Forth Hotel. Nearer the ground Tilley's Bar is probably (definately) the best one, especially if anyone likes the odd real ale or two. More regular visitors than myself to the smoke might know of better ones to meet up at though.

     

    Centurion: http://www.centurion-newcastle.co.uk/bar.asp

    Tilley's Bar: http://www.theheadofsteam.co.uk/default.aspx?tabid=10303

     

    aye the head of steam is a cracking place...right near the train station too...the strawberry is a good pub as well and should be fine for a game like this

    newest member!

    in Threads Worth Keeping

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    Hi everyone!

     

    first things first...i am a city fan...tho i follow oldham as my second team...as jsslatic will confirm...i hope!

     

    going to the game tonight...and looking forward to a good performance and a resounding win

     

    see a few of you tonight!!

     

    *awaits the obvious scott vernon jokes*

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