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You're not telling me he meant for the ball to do that.... Great strike but he just hit it FFS!

But he definitely meant to shoot.

ST holder on holiday in New Zealand - first I missed Anfield and now this! Would love to hear the goal commentary. If it can be made available on the fishul for all to hear, all the better!

On the bench for me. Let's not forget he's still a young lad so no need to write him off just yet. He's certainly got potential. Reminds me of Dale Stephens a little bit, who needed a loan spell at a lower club before progressing.

Bit silly to suggest he should start because its "his turn" or because of who his dad is though.

The selection is a no brainer - Wes and Smith.

I can't bloody believe this has happened again, though I'm delighted it has. 2 years ago I went on holiday to New Zealand and missed the 3rd round (followed it in a McDonalds on the only free wifi I could find). I loved the country so much that I'm taking another trip there and missing Anfield again!

My only visit to Anfield will remain the 1996 Merlin Premier League sticker swap-shop.

They all need game time. I'm not sure what Mellor and Winchester's best positions are (let LJ worry about that) but I'd rather see Mellor at left back than Plummer, who doesn't look any better.

Game time at left back, even if its not his preferred position, will be beneficial. Can loaning clubs include a "must play" clause in loan deals?

Great draw and incentive to beat Mansfield.

Only United or Arsenal away would be a bigger pay day I think.

Personally, I like being able to drown my sorrows/have a celebratory drink (delete as appropriate) on a Saturday night after the game. It'd be a lot less fun on a Sunday night with work the next day.

Argh, I really wanted to go to this. My last game before flying to New Zealand for 6 weeks on the 27th.

Maybe I'll just stay home and pack instead.

The original poster has compelled me to write an email to Simon Corney on the subject of the Rochdale Road end.

 

Does anyone know if his email address is available? Or if there's anyone who you can email on his behalf?

I might be mistaken but didn't they put this out to "consultation" a few years ago and fans didn't want to move because the Chaddy is the traditional home end?

We should switch ends. The only benefit to having away fans in the RRE is that we can cash in if there's a large number of them (e.g. Liverpool). We could always revert for large cup games.

What was Schmeltz up to? I must have missed it at the time - was he winding up their players?

I voted Philliskirk, but honourable mentions for Rodgers and JCH, and dare I say it even Dayton! Rare off day for Grounds, I'm glad that happened in the cup against a poor side rather than the league

I also voted Philliskirk bug agree Dayton deserves a mention. He was involved in a lot of our forward play and took his goal well. Good performance.

Top performance from Philli. He's not the footballer Baxter was but if he keeps it up he could well prove to be more effective in our team at this level.

Rodgers I thought he had an ok game. Certainly a tidy footballer but I didn't notice him very much in the first half. Only when we had an extra man did he have the space he needed.

He reminds me of Dale Stephens a bit (though not at that level yet).

Personally I am pleased that the game has been rearranged as I was having to miss this game due to work and if I am not working on the rearranged date Playershare should benefit slightly

I'm pleased too - I've got a wedding this weekend so the postponement is ideal.

I don't know what some of our fans want. I honestly think they get perverse pleasure out of seeing us perform badly.

There was a total moron in the main stand lower who had a go at Carl Winchester every time he got the ball and tried arguing at half time that he was having a bad game.

On a simplistic level, i thought this government was trying to cut the number of custodial sentances (cost-cutting dressed up as liberal thinking). Yet here we have someone who, although he undoubtedly deserves to be punshed, is going to prison for at least 8 weeks over a comparatively low level fraud case. How much has it cost to put him up at Her Majesty's pleasure?

It's a bit over the top. That old couple in Salford who held a young deaf and dumb girl as a slave for 10 years got 13 and 5 years. I know they're old, but ffs what they did was obscene beyond belief. i mean, 5 years!!!! I'm not comparing the cases, but pointing out that sometimes sentancing is a little bizzare.

A quick google reveals the average cost of keeping a prisoner inside is £35-40k. So assuming he serves 8 weeks, the cost is approx £5-6k.

Wes has been immense these last two games, lets hope he can keep it going.

Hang on, someone took us to 4th in the top flight and he isn't already in the top 9?

Does anybody know if we need to buy a ticket in advance to get the £4 ST price? Or can we take our books to Deepdale?

I was certainly disappointed with a point today. Based on their performance this afternoon, Leyton Orient are more likely to be this season's Tranmere than this season's Yeovil (comparing to last season).

Rooney is being unfairly criticised - we stopped playing football after he came on and used him as a target man. That being said, Charlie McDonald and Danny Philliskirk look to be a good pairing.

Dayton I thought was excellent, especially in the first half. Agree with all the praise for Wes - superb and should have had the MoM.

I'm off to ask the Spanish waiter if I can get a decaf non-fat iced latte.

Wouldn't you prefer a non-fat half-caf. soy mocha frappucino?

I miss one home game and Billy is kicking off?! Can someone fill me in?

Gutted I'm missing the game today. Though I'm on Maui so every cloud...

If we get promoted, I'LL eat your arse...

Oooh, that's a bit Miley Cyrus.

On fishul now (though not on the home page):

http://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/article/20130829-joseleaves-1023383.aspx

Gutted if its true but at least I didn't get his name on the back of my £20 shirt!