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If the Athleticos gave up, then Frank must be worried, given they are one of the reasons he made the move to purchase the club. We are not privileged to what goes on in the boardroom but hopefully the board are reminding Unsworth of how much he is costing and how quickly he needs to deliver. I don't buy into this "Our club is too big..blah, blah". I have been hearing this for almost the last 30 years and it's a nonsense but I am finding it extremely difficult to enthuse any more and justify the amount of emotion I am investing into it. I can't actually go to many games these days and I have to rely on a close friend's collaboration to put things in place but even he has had enough. I'd like to feel we are now at the lowest ebb with an upward trajectory on the cards, some passion, some excitement, some belief...some true Oldham Athletic to grab hold of. Given a choice, which manager do I wish we still had? Iain Dowie, definitely, Lee Johnson, definitely maybe. Over to you, Mr Unsworth.

Well, maybe they should pull their fucking fingers out then. I suspect he wants rid of the majority he inherited.

It's BPs opinion and like the rest of he is entitled to it, even if I do feel like the needle's stuck, sometimes. Besides, the gist of it is right, we must have a huge backroom for a non-league outfit and the squad is definitely bloated beyond necessary.

Some of the comments on here are like Unsworth's tactics. They never fucking change no matter who comes in. Yeah, we want to get results, get up the league so what's wrong with bringing players in on initial one month loans if they add to the quality and the results?

Whoever he is, he talks a pile of crap.

Scunthorpe back on the way down as Torquay make it six to jump-start their promotion push. County held by Bromley, Hollywood Wrexham take advantage as do Chesterfield. Hotting up at the top. Meanwhile Latics twiddle their thumbs.

Just ignore me, I'm in one of those fickle moods [whisky induced]. I agree on the whole, especially if Unsworth continues to strengthen the squad.

16 games in, we are a third of the way through. Points required...like now! Our next league game will see us two in hand over many but possibly bottom four. Player mentality cannot be weak any more.

Bromley have equalised against County, so the tension is certainly building! I have to admire your optimism, though.

The devastation to morale and the fan base would be irreparable, I think. We can't let it happen again. Meanwhile, Torquay go 5-0 up.

Torquay 3-0 up against Aldershit. Wrexham, County winning, predictably. Latics now sitting three points off the bottom. Scary stuff.

Were we not asking for competent wing-backs? If Kitching can fulfil this role effectively then we could be on the way to getting decent service to the strikers. Hopefully more to come in and some deadwood cut from the tree. Unsworth said he would bring players in and he has.

Exactly. They need telling straight and really, they should already know it. Do the culprits think the fans are booing because they are being unfair to the players..expecting too much? I know clubs have win bonuses in place [not sure if ours has] so imagine if there could be such a thing as a loss-deficit payment.

Tell me I'm wrong but the gist I get from that post is it's the fans. Can't be the managers or the board, as they have all changed..some more than others.

I swear your jokes are getting worse, BP. Looks a good prospect. Maybe Unsworth has an eye on him already.

But we know DU doesn't have any non-league experience and whose to say an experienced non-league manger will get anything out of this current crock of shite we have as our team right now? He's putting pieces in where they don't fit because he hasn't got any pieces that do fit to make a whole. Come on BP, do you want him out and if so, who do you want in?

They may be "poor" but they are better than Latics, evidently. Let's face it, this time next season, with a settled squad of competent players, Latics could be dancing around the poor fuckers who have just been relegated from the league in the same way other teams are currently doing with us.

Oh FFS, it really is getting toxic from some on here. Let's sack the manager and go through the same shit again..and again..and again. That display today was fucking embarrassing from the majority of the team, despite set-up and tactics, the movement off the ball, the passing, the awareness was just plain fucking amateur. Halifax are shit, yet they looked like goddamn Brazil compared to Latics. Their fans must have been pissing their sides at our so-called team. Abraham was the stand-out for me, he was energetic, pacey and aware off the ball and unlucky not to score. Hopefully Unsworth's "major surgery" involves more like him. If Rothwell was sat in the stands and wasn't driven to get the cheque book out, then we really are in the shit. I don't know how the finances currently stand but at least half the squad needs to fuck off. Fondop, Tollit [with a caveat that he works harder], Hope, Hogan, Abraham...possibly Sheron..Okagbue, Carragher, Angol, not sure about Norman, he looks a bit dodgy at times...the rest can go. So yes, we need about ten players in.

He has to want to come to Oldham first, BP. It's obviously a sticking point.

Notts County have also been in this league for three years, not three months.

Jealousy? Seriously, Vaughan mustn't be capable of playing in the current system to any effective use. It doesn't matter what we say or think as fans because we don't get to see him in training every day. Maybe a player for the future of the club, if the playing staff and tactics go through the change we all want. He'll probably be gone by then.

I think that has been answered already, by Unsworth in his interview and by what we all know about the players.

I just watched the interview and he looks as dejected as all of us feel and, like the rest of us, he knew this was coming. To me, and it's all subjective, Unsworth wants rid of the squad..maybe all of them, I don't know but I get the impression he has had it with these players and using the word "inherited" tells me he has no connection with them. I feel we have an enviable set-up in place for this division and it is not working because the players are either too inept, don't give a shit or both. I don't think the booing of the fans will affect all of them, maybe some of them but not the thick-skinned ones who are just taking the wages. They will not give a flying fuck and they need to be gone. Like he said, they are soft, looking for a comfort zone and should go. How the fuck does a manager work with a squad of players with that attitude? I don't like the defensive tactics, I now also believe lining them up different won't make an ounce of improvement. He should try it but I think it will still bring about the same result because the players are not good enough. It's a fucking mess, we know it, Unsworth knows it and no doubt everyone concerned knows it. It's alright calling for Rothwell to splash-the-cash but any targets have to want to come to Oldham Athletic, they can't be forced to come. Once again, it's become about avoiding relegation. These players didn't perform for Sheridan, they're not performing for Unsworth, we could have Guardiola in charge and fuck all would change. Only a handful have any credit to their name, the rest can get the fuck out for me.

This forum is known about, so it wouldn't surprise me but our opinions aren't going to change anything.

The way things are going, this is going to be a total whitewash.