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    in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum

    Posted · Edited by pk200

    Been a fan since 1955. few breaks in attendance when I was playing or working but always a fan even in relection application years.if we go down then thats me finished I'll support Macclesfield rather than travel 50 mile round trip every home match and I'm afraid age is against me these days. p.s Forgot too add I speak for more than myself.

    Conspiracy theory.

    in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum

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    Talking to fans (home and away matches) I guess that at least 10% of them no longer live in oldham.

     

    Whether it be Corney, Blitz, Gazal or a White Knight riding into town you are delusional if you think they are doing it for us lot. There are no disgruntled masses, Latics fans represent only about 3% of the towns population. About another 3% have already gone. They have done what most people do with a poor product – withdrawn their patronage. That’s how business works and most of the fans left understand that. Who supports a business offering a poor product?

    There’s a hard-core of ‘fans’ who seem to have a misguided sense of entitlement to investment and success. Can anyone identify another business that operates on opening hours of 90hrs per annum, 1.7hrs per week for their main revenue stream? Merchandising and Sponsorship will be negatively effected by a drop in core support.

    Hypothetically; White Knight rides into town. First job is, shall we say, an experienced manager. There are dozens of those on theMagic Roundabout but most of them have been tossed there. Money is no object so let’s look at those in the Football League, no need for the fans to worry about the risk. There seems to be a problem there too, rapid turnover due to failure. Only 27 managers out of 98 have manged to stay put over 2 years and only 8 have made it beyond 3 years. Of course they have not all been fired, some of them are newbies, but better not go down that road.

    Here’s a question for the blind rabbit; ‘how would you decide the next manager and who?’

    Even the blind rabbit uses hind sight to realise when the wrong man has been appointed – with the exception of Kelly, of course – it only took Corney 7 games or so.

    Hindsight, where would we all be if foresight was reliable? Queuing up to fund the club would be my guess.

    A very large majority of the town don’t care what happens to Oldham Athletic. Don’t expect too much from strangers.

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