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3 hours ago, Worcester Owl said:

That is such a pathetically easy, keyboard-warrior comment to make.

 

I don't know whether FB is the right man for the job or not - perhaps not, given results/performances to date. I do know that, for whatever reason, he applied for the job three times before finally getting it. That at least shows a measure of determination and, surely, love for the club (why the hell else would you apply to our club at this time?).

 

Easy to type venom from a distance and not give a damn what happens to your target. I suspect he will get the chop, but the guy holding what's left of the purse strings will still be there - then what?

 

Maybe one or two people on here could just reflect that FB was a good player for us, whose career was ended before its time, and who was man enough to take on what must be one of the worst jobs in the FL right now (a golden job, as somebody laughably termed it). Show the guy some backing and respect, for whatever time he has left in the job, please.

I agree that the man deserves respect. 

But I’d question the notion of him or anyone else in the frame for his job as having “a love for the club”. 

I think the only ones who love the club now are the supporters, and it’s a love/hate relationship for many of them. 

Frankie has had a shot at being the gaffer in absurdly difficult circumstances. 

It’s not working with him. I don’t expect it to work with anyone else any time soon. 

I think we’re so banjaxed right now that you can manage us for any length of time without your reputation being damaged - the club has basically lost its reputation. It’s history. 

But back to my original point - I dont think there is love for the club among anyone except the supporters. 

It’s an ugly stepping stone for everyone else. 

I don’t need Latics Player anymore. 

I just see the match in its entirety by looking at how haunted Frankie looks in the post match interview. 

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5 hours ago, peanuts said:

think mr Keegan tops the list 

I doubt that. 

Keegan has highlighted the problems Bunn has had to work with. If anything he is helping salvage what reputation Bunn has by pointing out the difficulty of circumstances at the club. 

I’m guessing AL’s brother might be one. 

1 hour ago, L1onheartNew said:

 

Ruination is a brilliant word. Almost as good as winningest. Not quite but almost. Its taking ruin to a whole new level.

Has a few pints on me when posting - I stand over the overall sentiment though! 

41 minutes ago, Stainrod said:

How about a new manager lined up with FB sidelined to assistant? Rhodes making way to enable this?

Eh, no. 

Sorry to be flippant but Bunn’s mate has just been turfed out. Remember all Bunn’s talk about needing the right people at the club? Rhodes was one of the right people. And he’s gone. 

I would wager that there’s no successor lined up. AL’s just a complete arse, and an arse that has flagged more crap to come in the near future. 

That future that he claims to be comittted to is fantasy. There’s the obvious digs at the shit he has been landed with - so his due diligence was about as good as any fit and proper test. 

AL is a shyster. All the evidence points to that. 

Anyone who had/has even the slightest whiff of insider knowledge should know that. It’s obvious without insider knowledge. 

And he’s an ego fuelled buffoon fraudster. The worst and most dangerous kind. 

What a crock of shit from AL. 

“Togetherness” my arse. 

If he could sack the fans he would. 

I don’t believe a word that comes out of his mouth. He’s going to be the ruination of us. 

Sad times. 

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Latics 1 - 1 Cheltenham

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Latics 1 - 2 Port Vale

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AL likes playing 'Football Club Owner' except the problem is that it's not a game, he's attempting to play it with us, and he's terrible at it.

And worst of all, I don't believe that he has a pot to piss in. 

There isn't a club statement wording that'll come close to convince me of anything otherwise any time soon.

It was only a matter of time before this happened again.

All the signs were there that we were still in trouble. It had been well flagged by a few posters on here. 

It's depressing - but certainly not surprising. 

There'll probably be the usual misdirected abuse aimed at Mike Keegan now and questions about what the trust actually do...

Then the draws will probably turn into defeats. 

Latics 0 - 2 Carlisle

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MANSFIELD 1 - 2 LATICS 

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The great Denis Irwin back in action this afternoon at the Liam Miller fundraiser match in Cork... 

And he scores a penalty.

Swindon 0 - 1 Latics

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On 11/10/2017 at 12:50 PM, JoeP said:

 

The turning point was Wembley (for no particular reason, the individual blame has shifted for me recently from Mark Hughes to Graeme Sharp, for missing a sitter at 1-0).

 

We'd been on great for up until the Hughes equaliser and then didn't win another game that season after it. Being so close destroyed our belief. Regardless of what happened before it, we'd have stayed up if that hadn't gone in.

All these years later and it still pains me to think about all this. 

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On 9/9/2018 at 11:51 AM, yarddog73 said:

For all Byrnes failings I do honestly think we'd be top of the league right now if we had the player from the start of last season in the squad, but there in lies the problem. 

He'd probably get a call up to the Ireland squad - given the turmoil and fighting going on behind the scenes with Ireland at the moment he'd probably be a calming influence!

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He’s “broken down”???

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7 hours ago, League one forever said:

What concerns you about the owner specifically?

 

He made mistakes last year. No question. 

 

But I think he’s gone a long this year to right his own mistakes. The PR is much better, and there seems to be a real concerted effort on and off the pitch to pull together. IMO that’s showing on the pitch. Performances are getting gradually better and we look to have a real spirit in the group. 

 

We aren’t with out worries, but things are a lot rosier than May. 

Well, the upshot is a mix of what we’ve seen of him in the past year and gut instinct that makes me wary of AL. 

Slowest reaction to a new squad member in the history of this site?