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Damn fine idea.

Sponsor a lick of paint around the ground, which = a lot of licks, which in turn = lots of money coming in = genius.

Well done County. You have done football a BIG favour.

justice has been served. Well done County.

You been drinking Monty ?

That's the one. It was lovely.

Let us know, when the penny drops.

But when we played in blue and orange, it looked great, blue and tangarine doesn't.

See, there you go again.

Ah yes, best to never get upset, or uptight, about anything that you have no jurisdiction over. Take a long relaxed break in a darkened room. Your welcome.

One thing for sure, the players are pulling their tripe out for Rhino. So the players are pretty sure that something decent is about to happen.

And that's why we should be offering their manager a job.

Same here.

Me to !!!!!

Well that was dreadful. This season will go down in my history of watching Latics, as the most boring ever. The enthusiasm, and life seems to have been sucked out of the fans. The atmosphere in the ground is dead, and all in all it's not a very pleasant experience. And that being after a 2 nil win. I have seen every Saturday home game this season, and I have yet to see us play well. Today was like watching two amateur teams, and was very poor fare. I thought Yardy was very strong, and looks a great prospect. Sutton looks to be improving after his recent bad luck with injuries, and should get better and better. Sheron looks decent for this level, and is our only player looking to get a tackle in. The rest look poor, and we will need a massive influx of new players to have any chance of challenging near the top.

We will be, if you live long enough.

Was that the second half.

You all right Harry ? We could send someone round to offer you help if you like.

Yes, the doorman and Mr Cut-rough were later seen on Onchan head. They were accompanied by friends carrying boxes containing pistols. However the contest could go no further. It turned out, that protocol had not been followed as none of the contestants had formally slapped the other one across the chops with a leather glove. So no contest was declared.

Unsworth must have had the longest honeymoon period of any manager in history. He came in with everyone's backing, albeit after a very poor selection process that looked amateurish, and not something that befits a multi-million pound business run by a a sensible local man. Unsworth record so far is shockingly bad, 5 months in, and after wheeling and dealing lots and lots of players, we have made zero improvements on the pitch. In fact we actually look worse now than we did when the manager took over. He swops, drops and chops different players at will. Signs new players then doesn't play them. Players come and go, with never a word as to why, did they not fit the bill, did they have a bad attitude, did their parent clubs end the agreements, or was it some other reason ? I would feel easier about the comings and goings if I actually knew what was going on. And on the pitch, nothing changes no matter who plays, and in what position, we look just as inept week in and week out. We have no fluidity from the back to midfield, and simply no connection from midfield to forward players. Since the manager came in the only pattern of our play that is consistent, is that we just keep playing the same way, and it's simply not good enough. In every game this season, which includes 2 against lower league opposition ( both of which we won via the lottery of penalty shoot outs ) we have been overrun in midfield, and outplayed all over the pitch. We look really really poor, and can any of us see where the next win is going to come from ? It's not bad luck, it's bad management. From Unsworth upwards we have made very poor decisions. Someone must stand up and accept that fact. Who would have thought that after the euphoria of the Dorking game, and the whole town alive and backing the new owners and the team that 5 months on crowds would have dwindled, and we would have so much unrest and fear of yet another relegation. Something needs to change quickly.

He was when he was here before.

They say that things change quickly in football. They certainly have for us, and the they have changed for the worse. It's difficult to see when we may turn the corner. On FCFs arrival, the whole place was lifted, and whilst I never expected for us to be challenging for promotion, I never expected the further decline that we are experiencing. The million dollar question is, what can be done to arrest the slide?. It's as yet unclear, as to how much money FCF wants to throw at this, what is clear, is that if Frank wants the club to prosper, and return to our former glory the present squad is totally, and almost completely inadequate. For us to move forward, a playing staff of way better players is needed urgently, and as I'm sure we are all aware, this will cost, and it will cost LOTS. In recent years we have been left behind by clubs such as, Burton, Fleetwood, Accrington, Forest green, Morecambe, Salford, Barrow, Harrogate, Sutton, Crawley. And there are many other clubs in way better shape than us. Yet none of the above have the history, or more importantly, the fan base, that we have. And because of criminal neglect, and the utter greed of different owners, we have been in freefall for many years. We must not let the recent takeover, and renewed enthusiasm of our fans go to waste. The owner, the board of directors and the managed need to get their heads together, come up with a plan, then let the fans know what that plan is. If nothing is said nor done very soon, we are going to be in a great deal of trouble. Already fans are dissatisfied, and can't understand why we still appear to be going backwards, instead of storming forward on a wave of more fans through the gate, more optimism, better results and hope for the future. We need to turn the corner, and we need to do it with great haste.

The keeper is the least of our problems.

Looks like we have a long way to go before we have a proper team to watch. Saturday was dreadful, and it sounded like tonight was little different. We have no quality in the squad at all. It is going to be a very long season .

Mmmm, maybe nobody went to the game !!!