maximus1267

Away at Ashton Utd Tue 16th July...

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Severe lack of consistency and off the field chaos by those who supposedly have the best interest of the club in their hands have meant our season has been stop and start all season. Bunn should never have been sacked, I am sure we would have been at least play offs. Scholes, no comment. Wild has been great stepping in but he is scared to lose, his main concern seems to be keeping a clean sheet, that's all well and good but it won't get you promoted any time soon. A forward threat with goals is the best way to win games and we have players capable of doing this. We take one step forward and then two steps back, we will beat Newport guaranteed !! Disappointing season on and off the pitch. Fans deserve better. Al and Bro, you better get a plan sorted for next season and quick because things need to change. If you can't take us forward at least show us some respect and tell us, and then put the club up for sale and do one !!!

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I would have said nearer 10k....

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Double trouble definitely, not sure which one is really pulling the strings but i am beginning to think its not AL.

Forgot to add, Mo was the reason Rhodes went.

I had an interesting chat today with my sisters husband who is Chairman of a non league club, I won't say who with, sorry. He has never had anything good to say about our Chairman and his ways of running a football club and management of people. Today he told me he had meeting with a former director of ours this week and after they concluded their business they discussed Latics. The ex director told my Bro-in law that AL's brother Mo is a big problem within the club, not a nice guy and and he is more or less running the club as AL is often out of the country, Mo spends most of his time here. He say's AL is a nicer fella than Mo ( I have spent one occasion in his company and I agree, Mo is quite aloof ) I know this isn't anything ground breaking but I find it interesting, maybe AL's problem is his own Brother, maybe AL doesn't interfere but his Brother does. AL should be stronger and control his brother if this is the case. This may be interesting, it may not but i thought i'd put it out there.

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May as well stick with Wild... he has been the only stable thing this season........ AL seems to get a tune out of him and the players seem to work for Wild. It's a gamble but so is any other manager coming in, only Wild appears to operate to AL's liking thus giving a chance of stability whilst the clown is still here.

We all have different opinions and without knowing the true facts regarding everything that has been said and done, most things on this board are hearsay, assumptions, made up, wrote to wind up certain individuals or Chinese whispers, the truth probably constitutes a tiny percentage of what is wrote on these matters behind the scenes. The rot started to set in after our relegation from the PL, we were a well respected club with the term family club always used to describe us. We have spiraled out of control ever since and we are not alone, lower league football is in trouble, the game has got too big for the majority of clubs and even those with long respected standings and histories are struggling to survive but things can change quickly in football, look at Bournemouth and how the tides have turned if you compare our two clubs. I can't see a bright future for us with this guy in charge, opinions on Scholes differ and have changed since his departure. He was in my opinion preparing to build a team for next year, I am sure of this. We have all wanted Frank Bunn & Andy Rhodes to speak out and spill the beans but they are not in the same position as Scholes. He didn't need the job, he wanted it but I had a feeling if the owner meddled Scholes would just quit. Difference is, he has been willing to spill some beans on the state of the club and the interference from the owner. Could Scholes have stayed longer and told AL to back off yes he could but he knows much more than any of us about what is really going on, Scholes isn't the bad guy here, AL is. I know people who think AL is a nut job and has no idea what he is doing or how to behave in business and more so in football ownership in this country. He needs yes men to work under him and that is how some bosses conduct their business in all walks of life. Scholes would not be a yes man to him. Pete Wild is different, he need some form of security, he won't rock the boat or it would mean his demise also. He does seem to get a tune out of the team but is he really in charge, I wonder !! Our club needs a strong character running the team affairs but this type of character will not last under the restrictions or behavior of AL. Pete Wild may get the job, but his job security will turn from secure to extremely high risk. He is a fan and you can see he cares, the difference for him now is, he would get a job elsewhere in football if it turns out bad for him here because he has become a known name this season so that is a plus for him. AL appears to be the bad egg in our club, evidence is now leading me to believe this after I was willing to give the guy time. Scholes like him or loathe him should have been stronger but he didn't need the hassle, weak or very clever of him to walk so soon, I don't know and I won't judge him. Football is a mess, I work with an ex Premier league player who in his peak was earning over £20K per week, he now earns less than me but he his happy out of the game, he hates football and the state of it now. He could have stayed in the game but chose to distance himself from it. People like AL are one of the reasons football is dying at lower level, a big time charlie way out of his depth and not willing to listen to good people around him, the once community and family club will no longer be that if he remains to act and run the club in his manner.

We all said scholes wouldn't and doesn't need to take crap off AL..... well he walked and now he's talked.... Shameful by the owner...... Very sad to see what appears to be such a poisonous character in charge of our club.

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Removed as I had already predicted

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I've never had any real issues with it