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A relative of mine drives a minibus and is bringing to todays game a party of people who have flown in from the middle east...........interesting......i know where they are staying but for obvious reasons i dont want disclose this information.

The Arabs have landed................allegedlly.......

I must say maddog has just bought some lovely shoes for her outfit.....can't wait to see what the rest of her outfit is....

oooooo...its so exciting.......football????...what football.....there is a footy game on too...ye gods!!!...I was hoping for a good day out...tut....

I canna wait....

I heard the "twit twoo" from the big owl himself..... it's looking good that he will return for Sat home game.

Is this a good omen?.....is it a sign we need?....could our fortunes be on the bloomin up....?...a home win....aagghh!!!! my brain canna cope......

"C'mon chaddy get the lads sorted and give us a win....."

??????????

 

First sign up Joe

 

Team from Littlewoods Cup Final

 

Andy Rhodes - Signed from 4th Division Doncaster Rovers under £100k from Linighan's fee

Denis Irwin - Freebie after becoming surplus at Leeds

Paul Warhusrt - £10k from City's reserves

Earl Barrett - £35k from City's reserves

Andy Barlow - Latics Trainee

Neil Adams - £100k from Everton

Nick Henry - Latics Trainee

Mike Milligan - Latics Trainee

Rick Holden - Journeyman winger picked up for £165k after we made a nice bit of bunce off Tommy Wright

Andy Ritchie - Bought with the money received from the Kevin Moore and Ron Futcher Transfers

Frank Bunn - Bought out of the Andy Goram windfall

 

 

Championship winning team v Sheff Wed

 

Jon Hallworth - Ipswich's number 2 - cost £125k taken out of the Mike Flynn money

Gunnar Halle - Decent fee paid as the good times were rolling - £180k

Richard Jobson - Ditto ok, ok, - £460k (But from the Milligan and Irwin monies £1.625m)

Earl Barrett - Peanuts from City

Andy Barlow - Trainee

Neil Adams - £100k

Nick Henry - Trainee

Paul Bernard - Trainee

Rick Holden - £165k

Ian Marshall - £100k bought with funds from the Linighan transfer

Paul Moulden - Purchased with the Cup run money

 

Subs: Neil Redfearn - £100k + from Watford

 

What I am trying to show is that Joe often had to sell his best players and those he replaced them with were often met by people reading the back of the Chron and muttering "Who the frig is he?" He knows what it takes to dismantle a side and if sacrificing Taylor and Eardley is needed to allow Joe the scope to bring in the type of player he knows will do a job and get us the results we want - I say go for it! Yeah he had more money back then, but League One is very much a wheeler and dealers market, something Joe has proved he can do in EVERY job he's had, he cleared out wholesale at Everton and City and got his rewards and got a team of kids and veterans at Ipswich into the play-offs twice after having to bin the big names or sell them for what they could.

 

Would Gannon et al have the nouse to do this? Ronnie tried and failed miserably.

 

Cash in Taylor and Eardley, give Joe a substantial budget and we'll have a bloody good chance imo.

aww bless...good old days....what a trip done memory lane reading the above....and all took great pride in putting on a latics shirt and getting stuck in...

yes but my man boobs look even better....sexy...grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr........lol.....can't wait...the fag does it for me...yes the one in your mouth...tut....lol

As good as his goal was on Saturday it was against a doomed team of kids - if he gets into double figures next year I'll be very surprised.....nay i'll bare my arse!

excellent something to look forward to next season....lol...are you going to be brave enough and say where and when???

4-0 oldham

Wooo......you go for it..like it...whose gonna score then?>

2-1 latics. Going to have a fiver on a latics win.

Excellent!!!....like the positiveness..bring it on...

Great idea - why don't we start a thread for predicting results of Latics games?

 

Even better, how about predicting crowd and first goalscorer too?!!

Okay - you can guess at those two.....then again the way this is reading it maybe just you and me at BP!!!

4-4 draw on both games with us scoring in 92nd n 93rd min

Aww babe you are always positive..you have not learnt the hard lessons of being a latic fanatic yet.....keep trying...but I like the positiveness....

I hope everyone has their outfits ready?

 

There has been a lot of people asking about this one, but i will have to work it on a first come first served basis, ill be at the games for deposits which will secure your seat!

Excellent idea as you were still out of pocket from those no -shows from the trip to carlise..we'll have our dosh ready..I've got a reciept/duplicated carbon book you can have if you wanna log whose paid and their deposits. Let me know if you need it - T

Okay - whose gonna be brave enough and give us a score prediction for Saturdays game?

me.....2-0 to latics, on a sunny day. I will be in the RRE with my factor 2000 sun lotion as I got burnt at the last home game in there. My only highlight of the day really...lol

C'mon whose gonna be next?...

Lets hope it doesn't come to an sort of negative reaction from the fans on Saturdays game.

I hoping that a JR rollicking after the brighton game was enough for some players to take a good look at themselves, what they have put into a season and whether they have the guts to fight for latics next season.

Wanna predict the score?

I dont believe the story for a second but if it is true we are going to end being Citys reserve side? no thanks id rather have TTA and keep our identity

I concur...don't like the thought of city being able to come in and pinch some (hopefully) talent to keep their premiership alive....or even of they have a run of injuries - who are they gonna call????? - latics!!!...pinch from us?...We would be stuck in this division for many seasons to come....nope it ain't right.....

"latics sign new midfielders.........guaranteed to give us a bit more bite!"

oi when did the piccie change...blooming server... had the two puppies on earlier

how about......."Ian Marshall returns......or maybe Mike Milligan returns...."

awww...its was a good game.....sunny too....best fighting spirit seen custer's last stand...

its a funny owd game football......

Hopefully, Sat's team will show the same spirit (minus wooden leg, pistols and knives.....)

"Get off the pitch you gutless tossers". Not sure how you would get that into a chant though.

 

Who would still be there to watch it anyway?

How about adding....." were playing in Blue and get a bloody tackle in too...""" hey, it could work...anyone want to add the next line?

Bugger!!!....I don't know....Taylor out and Chaddy to return.....???

I am hoping for a bit more fighting spirit last home game of the season. Got a feeling its gonna be make or break for a few fans if they return next season...

"C'mon Oldham gives us a win..."

In short, we need a miracle.

Can we not order one off ebay??? - seriously, its all true, the fight has gone...we can't find a tackle unless its in our own penalty box, midfield???? - has been absent for awhile andd some of our players went colour blind on Monday and forgot what colour shirt we were playing in...oh yes....the joys of being a latic fanatic...

Any chance that an Oldham team will show???????

Get it on order now!!!!.....its the only rise this team is gonna get for the rest of the season, even if they are going to be horizontal.......in fact....give to the fans too....we need to be stimulated...hell!!! Anyone in for a smash and grab raid at the Royal oldham Hospital before hand????.......God knows we deserve it, well aren't we still one of the highest grounds in the footy league to justify the medication?...lol

its only coz season tickets were 20 quid cheaper in there hopefully when the redevelopment is complete everyone will return to the chaddy end and it will sing once again. the cheaper season tickets has ruined the match day atmosphere and possibly affected the performances on the pitch. in the second half of games the chaddy end used to be on its feet every attck eggin on the team but now there is little or no encouragement. has to change but with more empty seats than taken seats it will be a while before that happens. as a chaddy ender i hope the season tickets are the same price in both stands and hope every one who left for the roccy road end come back to recreate the atmosphere that the chaddy end is capable of

Thanks Dave, that explains it...betcha starting to feel all alone in the chaddy

Depends on how much resuss we need.....hell, at least we are not last anyway....but a win would be nice...oh the joys of being a latic fanatic......we know pain.....

I'd rather Leeds have won than Tranmere who'd of gone 5 clear of Scunny.

 

Leeds were pretty much guarenteed a playoff spot before today so there's no harm in them getting one over the dippers.

Shame about Dale though...whats going on??????...maybe we should all stick to killer...lol

Just started to return back to BP but have noticed that the "Chaddy end" has lost its singing voice and the "Dale end" has it now (what a shocker)....end of an era perhaps?....comments please?