Ketsbaia

Sorry, I must be missing something.

Didn't rivals die, like, years ago?

I'm guessing, obviously, but given the article is a pre-cursor to ManUre's excellent defeat in the CL final, the journo is trying to paint a picture of nailed-on loyalty to the scum from one of their longest-serving players. Reading the article again, the mention of Latics is really oddly placed and it kinda looks like it's been shoe-horned in. My guess is that the journo wrote it without that reference and the editor made him put something in about Latics, presumably because he'd read the 442 article/internet, etc. and knew about his Latics-supporting past. People make up quotes all the time - it's pretty much standard practice in journalism as people rarely say anything quite as coherent in real life as they do in interviews. Sometimes, these quotes are cleared with the source, but not always. I can't see Scholes being too upset either way at the comemnt attributed to him, tbh. Let's face it - it's way more interesting to us than it is to him.

I never said the club was apathetic. You said the town was apathetic about the club, and I compared this supposedly insurmountable apathy with the situations in other towns when their particular clubs were in the doldrums.

Yeah, but what you've failed to account for is the fact that Oldham's public is way more apathetic than any of these other Lancastrian towns' pathetic apathetics.

Surely you mean to be fair to Scholes?

 

Maybe one day we'll play in an up-to-date stadium as well.

Well, someone's making something up, 'cos it wasn't exactly difficult to get hold of United tickets 20 years ago.

Good non-sequitor, btw.

To be fair to the reporter, he could quite easily have invented that bit so the rest of the article made sense.

Nice to see they admit they got it wrong over Ronnie.

He's gone. Get over it. ;)

 

I'm ok cheers - looking forward to the start of the season (even after all the disappointment of last season)!

 

No doubt see you at Orient!

Get yourself on the early train and make a day of it.

(See you in the Doric Arch, no doubt).

Merging with Rochdale?

Be terrific if we wrapped up this deal...

I'm still waiting for my Sponsor a Seat certificate. Now there's a piece of memorabilia...

Gutted, move down to London late-September, and three of the games in the capital are in bloody August!

Ooh, that's poor timing.

Can't complain about that made my day. first three away games are in London.

Yeah, this.

I like the way they've loaded all the southern away games in the first part of the season. Looks like I'll be chalking up some mileage.

Not if you rub in peak oil.

True, true.

I'm not kidding - it's actually the third time I've seen him in Clarksfield.

 

Regarding his fetching T-Shirt......there could be a new OWTB range. "I Am Senor" could be one, with a ladies equivalent of "Watch Out, Leeslover's About".

And, of course, CJ's own: "'ere, Scholesy... in here, sunshine."

Zero and zero+1.

Surely that means there's more chance of him joining us, then?

There's more chance of him actually doing that than signing for Latics.

What are the respective odds, then?

to be writing off signings before they've even kicked a ball in a Latics shirt is par for the course round these parts.

Corrected.

Got a job offer at lunchtime, so will be renewing after all.

 

Get in!!!!

 

Derek.

Glad to hear it, squire.

I would bet more than I do Kets.

 

Derek.

Me too, unfortunately.

Might be interested in that Exeter awayday... fingers crossed it's on a weekend.

Having discussed our away games for next year this got me thinking of the current 92 clubs I only have 8 left to complete the entire set of watching Latics in a competetive game

All very well, titch, but how many do you actually remember?

Number 12 - Paul Heaton

Currently singing with The Beautiful South at the moment.

If we sign Steed will we be able to 'avenge' last season's capitulation?

Not bad as an opening Gambit.

Happy birthday, squire.

A story about two Carrs? That really takes the biscuit.