Latic76

What would we prefer: Play boring defensive football and endure a relegation battle or Play attacking attractive football and endure a relegation batter Bit of a no brainer so why doesnt LJ let the shackles off and let us go for it? We're in for a long hard season near the bottom either way (IMO).......

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The fact that Winchester is now our best player (or at least was on Sat) says it all really.

Knee jerk reaction = we're rubbish. Poor caliber of strikers / midfielders / defenders / goal keepers to chose from, with negative tactics. A question as I don't get to BP too much, what with living in Milton Keynes. From my eyes, the only viable way we can improve is to up the gate receipts to have a larger budget to attract the better players. Why would you play negative football and lose / draw more than you win at home? How would that increase the foot fall? I thought we were on to a winner last season given the style of play. Admittedly we lost more than we should have, but were the better team playing the better football more often than not. This to me, if persevered, would / could have added numbers to the gate as the entertainment would be more enjoyable / exciting. So my question is this. Why did the club change its ethos to negative football, lowering the gate and therefore the budget in the process and how, given the football knowledge the manager / coaching team / backroom staff etc have, honestly believe x10-x15 games of attractive football with slightly below average results is enough to rip it up and start over with boring football? If you take aside the Peterborough flook (lets be honest, it won't happen again in a decade), what were the outstanding performances of the new tactics? I honestly believe we would have finished 15th-18th last season if we had maintained the attractive football which is where we finished anyway. best this season = just about stay up with 3rd round FA Cup run. worst this season = relegated prediction = 19th-20th

I'm always puzzled when fans/pundits/etc criticise a teams performance after trying a new formation for the first time. If we're going to attempt 3-5-2 or any other formation, it needs to be worked over a long period of time. I know we'll prob stay up with it, but feck me it's boring watching 0-0s/1-0s/0-1s.......

I'm old enough to recall Gary Lineker being played out wide by Barcelona after Mr Venables left. He wasn't very good in that role....

Does anyone know how much we are making from selling our stadiums name over 5 years??

Does anyone know how much we are making from selling our stadiums name over 5 years??

If you were not playing regularly and therefore not progressing and 'earning' your money, surely being at that club is not a good idea and would suit all parties to go and play for a club who rates you enough to play you week in/out?? Surely that's the answer you seek?

IMO if Turner and JCH bang them in pre-season and into start of new campaign, one if not both will be sold end Aug..........

Not sure if anyone saw it this morning but on SSN the paper view chap confirmed Micah is defo leaving this summer. Didn't mention cash amount, merely that he's defo off. PS - RIP The Ultimate Warrior! We were pretty damn good when was doing his thing! #Nostalgia

All the above points and valid and correct. Yes - TTA didn't come to Oldham merely to purchase the land etc etc agree with all on here however, it all means nothing due to where we are which is this. A run down club that missed it's opportunity years back (IMO might I add) to grow and expand. For sure TTA and SC couldnt have forseen the economic downturn, they couldn't have foreseen furture plans at various sites be sharfted by the council. For me, they can / could foresee that pulling out with x1 of the TTA remaining would have a net result of poor budget = poor team = poor stadium up keep = poor attendance etc. With that becomes a rather large and unwanted snowball which keeps growing and growing. From what I've read of SC he's setting an unwanted expectation = League 2, maybe not this season but more than likely very soon if things carry on the way they are (which they will under the guidance of TTA) For me, if I was SC and was 'in love' with the club, I'd do as much advertising as humanly possible to sell up and pass on the batton to someone who can do more. This would be because he's a true fan, as he's said many a'time and genuiely wants Oldham to be a successful viable footbal club. Has this happened? I don't know, but I do know that SC and the rest are sitting on the ownership of our site which means at anypoint they can sell and make a bit of money back so the need isn't really there. In short - TTA & SC have taken us as far as they can, in all honesty they did that 2008/9, so please advertise advertise advertise / promote / promote / promote the sale of OAFC ASAP otherwise there will be nothing left. If only I could win a massive Euro Lotto jackpot................free season tickets for those that purchased the previous season, £1 per ticket to the rest for a couple of seasons to grow a fan base - make a trust fund for OAFC with interest going to club for running costs / transfer kitty etc............oh how I'd love to change it all...........blar blar blar