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? Surely a man of your cerebral nature can discern the difference between a statement and a plan?

I’m bored of statements..... I want to know what the Plan is;

Is Clarke better / fit yet....?

Is he still at Carlisle?

Ok. I’m not letting that one go. We did not outplay Walsall one bit that day. Romain Sawyers absolutely bossed it. They coulda been outta sight at HT. We had 1 second half spell when Jake Cassidy swung in a hit& hope cross that Forte finished well. That was it. We were lucky to get a draw.

While accepting the gesture is a good one, even the most ardently optimistic amongst us, must concede there is something a little sad about that fact we don't own the stand we've named after him?

Agreed. I liked his early ones..... but I'd love to address him after this one, with the following; 1. A 1-2 home defeat at home to MK franchise is never going to be ok. 2. A draw at Forest Green in a league game is a minimum requirement. 3. A game against Derby County is just another game. There is nothing fkin 'Wow; about playing Derby County when you support Oldham Athletic, Frankie! 4. The fact you've only got 15 players to choose from is the fault of our owner and you (!) Play Jack Byrne FFS!!!!

@singe & @Brisbaneblue, please read the following post;

....esp when we had 5 in midfield..... there were times when they walked straight through us.....! This is the bit that Gardner, Bunn & Lemsagam need to understand. 7 players missing or not, If you set up 4-5-1 at Forest fkin Green and are then 2nd best for much of the 1st half..... you're gonna get booed off [and no I didn't boo]. Our supporter base [quite understandably] expects better than that.

I don't get this thing people have with loanees that are no better than what we already have. Doyle > Holloway Graham = Edmundson

I went to the game on Satdi..... I don't doubt he has the potential, for a 17yo boy he was/is capable of competing with men.... but - unsurprisingly for a 17yo - he was caught out of position a few times, mistimed & lost headers, one of which led to their goal...... and so bright spark or not, if he plays 30 odd games for us this year, we've absolutely no chance of threatening the top 7 in this league. If, when Clarke is back (assuming he's not on loan a Accrington, as unsubstantiated rumours on Twitter would have you believe) Bunn plays Clarke & Graham, instead of Clarke & Edmundson (our own player) then I'll be seriously disappointed.

Latics 2 Macc 1 [HT 1-1] Surridge 4,012

.....if relegation hadn’t sunk in yet. Hello.

Wonder if that means he can't play against us?

Have you banged your head?

FGR 2 Latics 2 [HT 1-0] Baxter 3,699

6th Dec 1986. Latics 3 Shrewsbury Town 0. My dad - born in Middleton - had riden his bike to BP as a young kid and watched Latics in the late 50’s & early 60’s & could recall Eric Gemmill. Sadly, my dad became a City fan from the mid 60’s onward and was a season ticket holder at Maine Road for the best part of 2 decades. As a boy in the early 80’s I had City kits - pictures still exist of me in them. As I got more into football - bearing in mind you could barely find a live game on telly during the 80’s - I asked him to take me to Maine Road. He procrastinated. I’ve no idea why really, the fact City weren’t any good in he post Summerbee, Bell, Lee era - my dad’s favourite team. Football hooliganism in the early 80’s. I’ve asked him since and I never really get a straight answer, as I know he regretted it. Anyway, he took me to our local club Droylsden, before places like Mossley, Stalybridge Celtic, Curzon Ashton, Ashton United.... before Spotland & then Gigg Lane. They were all days out and I recall having a good time. Then, one fateful Saturday, he decided to try Boundary Park. I recall him parking up in the car park on the broadway side of the ground. We walked around the back of the Chaddy End. I could feel the atmosphere coming off the covered terrace & I recall the tannoy system blaring out music. To this day, if I think of or hear; Respectible by Mel & Kim, The only way is up by Yazz & the plastic population or Walk the dinosaur by Was not Was, I can be transported to the same walk around the back of the Chaddy End, seeing people laughing & joking as they spilled out of the Clayton Arms. Players or Management walking from the Players car park begind the Chaddy End to the Players entrance, while signing autographs & chatting to supporters. No-one carried cameras in those days, let alone demeaned themselves with a selfie. It’s a very warm and comforting memory. Once inside BP - standing on the Chaddy End terrace - it just felt different. Electric almost. Pipe smoke and Bovril smells that were welcoming, like in a cosy living room. Having my hair ruffled by friendly strangers. The singing corner in the top left as you look and the stand, the top right from within in. The person with the air horn, followed by the deafening chant of “OLD-HAM”. The pitch - the plastic - looked different too. More modern and space age, not these mud baths I’d seen before. It alllowed for slick passing football. Latics were awesome. I’d never seen a side so good. Andy Goram, Denis Irwin, Tony Henry, Roger Palmer - who scored that day with backpost (obviously) volley from a left wing cross. “Oooh Roger Palmer”. They also wore this beautiful electric blue kit with a horizontal white stripe across the middle and some red piping either side of it. I wanted it. It was the first time I’d fallen in love for sure. Throughout the remainder of that season - the season Latics were the 1st club to finish 3rd in the 2nd tier and not get promoted to the 1st - my dad tried to get me to go to Maine Road. I refused. I want to go to Boundary Park I’d say, I’m a Latics fan now. As soon as the 1987-88 fixtures were out, I was onto them. I raced in to my dad and said, “I want to go to Maine Road. I want to go on the 17th December please”. By then my dad knew the score. We sat in the Platt Lane End. The result that day, City 1 Latics 2 (Tommy Wright 2).

GravityGrave does this every year doesn’t he?

Excellent, make sure you get your MK prediction in before 2:50pm tomorrow. Welcome aboard.

I'm embarrassed for him, @24hoursfromtulsehill

Latics 2 Milton Keynes FC 2 [HT 0-1] Miller 4,190

As things stand, we have; 50 signed up Predictors. 34 have already Predicted MK Dons (h) 10 wins, 17 draws, 7 losses at FT 8 winning, 15 drawing and 11 losing at HT 9 Predictors think Surridge will score Latics' first goal. 5 predictors have gone with a defender. 6 Predictors think Latics won't score at all. 7 Predictors think Latics will keep a clean sheet. The max attendance prediction is 4,666, the min 3,342. Average 4,060. What do you Predict? You've still got time to sign up; Pay the £10 entrance fee via PayPal to stevie_j@owtb.co.uk (Please note the underscore) with your OWTB username in the comments box, then place your Prediction in the MK Dons (h) thread;

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@HarryBosch, I feel you might be able to find the most suitable words in which to retort.....?