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Peaking at right time????

I was at the game today lads and it was not a bad performance. Should have been more but for some poor decision making up front in key moment. Happy to say though we got the rub of the green today. Last season 7th placed carlisle finished on 70 points, fair to say that 71 points could, and should, get us in the play-offs. We are on 43points, leaving us with 28 points to accumulate with 15 games remaining. play-offs still just on but we desperatly need a win next saturday to keep the momentum going.

Doncaster Rovers' League One encounter against Leeds United has been postponed. Temperatures of up to -5 degrees has left the Keepmoat Stadium's pitch completely frozen and in an unsuitable condition to have a match played upon it. Referee Andre Mariner inspected the pitch at 9:15am and almost immediately stated that the game would have to be called off.

5 out of the next 7 games are at home, including Tranmere at home who are 6th. Realistically, we need to be to be within a win of the top six after this run of games.

sorry winner

ok lets be realisitc. We are 8 points of the play-offs with 2 games in hand and our form is patchy. Realisticly, the play-offs are going to be difficult. However, the way people are talking it is an impossibility. I bet if we beat yeovil and tranmere lose then people will say the play-offs will be back on again. Like before the bristol rovers equaliser the play-offs were still on. What I am trying to say is people swing from one extreme to the other for my liking.

Agre we don't look like play-off contenders and we are 8 points off the pace but for people to be giving up in February is a joke really. All it takes is afew wins and we could be up there. Although, have to admit I just wouldn't fancy us in the play-offs, nevermind if we somehow managed to get up.

What an absolute numpty!!! Seems pleased with what he did.

12 goals this season from a young striker, with 17 games still to go. On target for 20 goals for the season. This is something that has only been achieved once in the last 20 years. Give the guy an effing chance!!!!!!

I think we can still do it. However, the next few games are crucial to cement our place in the top half of the table. Lose on Tuesday and we could be back down to 14th. That is how close it is!

Hi Barry, Question, how frustrating is it for you, and the club in general, when players agree to join the club in principle, only to back out at the very last chance? Must leave a sour taste in your mouth!

call up swansea football club and explain the scenario and see what they say is my advice

Don't let one silly coment stop you posting on here mate, agree with your comment by the way.

Just been on a few hull city websites and the general consensous is surprise that he has been allowed to leave and would be a good edition for any league 1 team. I happy, helps to ease the left-sided problem we have plus brings in some experience into our team (27 I think).

Wouldn't say no to what mate Just messing with you

I don't think you quite understand the culture of the transfer market. Players won't sign untill the last days, hours, minute in order to aquire the very best deal. Can't blame shex on this sorry.

Don't think it is for you to say what people can and can't do tbh. I applaude anyone that gets behind the team. Better than the moaning and abusing of the players that seems to have been come the norm now.

sorry mate, just clicked reply to the last message and typed away.

Nobody said it was the fans fault that we are playing rubbish but that the fans support and general getting behind the team is a contributatory factor. You can't disprove this point over one game, same as you can't prove it when the supporters got behind us at Everton when we produced a superhuman performance Slagging the team off does not help the players. My point is if you (not you but fans in general) don't have anything encouraging to say about the teams performance then it is best to say nothing at all.

Hey chaps, Just scim read your discussion and one things comes to mind. You seem to be giving alot free publicity to all the idiots on both teams who caused the trouble yesterday. I'm sure if any of the idiots from yesterday have signed up to this sight they must be laughing their heads off. Anyway, just trying to play peacemaker, come on lads more important things to talk about like football.

Ricketts on loan, Hughes suspended, wolfy and smalley to inexperienced, Davies out of form and picks the wrong options, journeymen of the championship not willing to come to the club. I think we all know this!!!! Not really the managers fault and certainly not the owners fault. How about blaming the players? Think shez might need to swallow some pride and put ricketts back in the team when his loan spell comes to an end. Agree though absolutely no cutting edge and creativity and very easy to read as a team.

Saw a policewomen on a horse cantering after a guy who slipped her grasp. He just legged up sheepfoot lane without stopping.

Ok, but judging my your picture you look way to young to have been around in the 50's, or am I mising something!!!

Here is some nostalgia for you diego. When I was a kid me and a few friends use to spend the whole of the 6 weeks holidays collecting wood for a huge bonfire we organised with our parents every year. Every year we would ask at latics if they had any spare wood they wanted to get rid of. Most years the answer would be yes and usually me and 2 other mates would spend the best part of a week shifting these huges crates (well they were huge to us as 9 years olds) from latics to the valley adjacent to the car park were we had the bomfire. As a favour for helping them get rid of all this stuff Harry (the old groundsmen when the pitch was plastic) let us on the pitch for a game of football. And me being a goalie have made plenty a save at the chaddie end goals, just without the crowd, lol. Best memory ever!!!

Agree 100% I am the same age as you and have witnessed all you said above. The sad truth is is my passion for football is dieing a slow death too. Each season I find it increasingly more difficult to summon the enthusiasm for football, and unfortunatly to support oldham. Like you said there was always the hope that alittle club like oldham come some day make it big again. In this day and age,however, I don't think there is even the slightest chance of us being great again. Don't get me wrong part of the appeal of supporting the latics is the excitment of being the underdog. However, when you see the hope of creating something truly spectacular again become all but an impossibility, I do despair. Another bone of contention is the roundabout of players coming and going. I bet even with the best will in the world: we will see half a dozen debutants starting the first game of next season. Consequently, the team will take another half a season (or longer) to gel. And then to make matters worse because we can't afford to buy outright all of our players, some greedy so and sos will use us a shop window to leave for more money (don't entirely blame the players on this point). The season after next will be the same and so the roundabout begins again. Can't wait for tomorrow though!