BigJoeFan

With the news breaking that seemingly Ian Baraclough will be leaving Latics after the Wimbledon game, would anybody else like to see Peter Clarke groomed by John Sheridan as a future Latics Coach or even Manager, I read recently that he is keen on staying in the game in some coaching capacity when he does eventually retire from playing. He certainly displays All the role model attributes whenever he plays i.e. Fierce Determination, Professional discipline, Total dedication, Respected, etc, etc, all qualities that I for one think are essential first and foremost in the makeup of a successful future Manager/Coach in the modern game.  Does anyone on here know if he has even done his FA badges yet, I think most Interested  36 year old players usually have ?   He certainly seems to have a very good working rapport with Sheridan who is certainly a very similar character as well.  Thoughts please. ?      

Pretty sure Giggs said Earl Barrett was the best defender he had faced in that era.

Just rang Shrewsbury town fc the game has been called OFF.

I am pretty sure at the last fans forum at Royton Band club, Simon Corney said the new stand would start being built before the end of this season, in this latest video he is now saying June/July can anyone confirm please ???

Opinions4u, I was talking to our no7 John Pritchards father before the game at B.P. he was saying that after being released by Manchester Utd where he had been for the last 10 yrs mainly as a prolific Striker, he had about 20 clubs interested in signing him, but after speaking to T Philliskirk, M.Priest, & Paul Dickov who really impressed them, they decided OAFC just felt like the right club to hopefully progress at, and up to now he is loving it here. Certainly looks a good prospect from what ive seen of him in our youth team games this season.

I can confirm it is NOT the spanish version.

Please push the boat out to sign this lad up long term asap, forget the current 4 month deal, think, weve got to speculate to accumalate, Jose Baxter has the football brain, and natural talent the majority of players at our level can only dream about. I think in the coming months, he could attract a lot of attention from the scouting fraternity, especially once he gets a prolonged run of games under his belt and his general fitness, and match sharpness improves. Does anybody else see the potential for a big, investment profit on him, say in a year or two ???

Does anyone know if there is going to be a pitch inspection due to all this heavy rain or not, looks like its here all day and night ???

He played in the game on tues against Newcastle, he did ok and scored our goal. Good luck to him at OAFC and hope he gets off to a flyer at MK Dons, IF selected.

David Shaw, nicknamed the roadrunner.

Very best wishes for a speedy recovery Barry, from a fellow Latics fan.

Pistonbroke, how about Sean Gregan or maybe Richard Jobson.

Someone, usually reliable, has posted on the OAFC Ezine message board, that there was a meeting yesterday afternoon at Boundary park, where Simon Corney told Lee Dux. and Tony Philiskirk, that there would be NO FUNDS available next year for Reserve and Youth Team Development, apparently Dux stormed out and Tony Phil. was absolutely fuming, as you would expect. Really hope this is not true. Can anybody on HERE get any info. to confirm or deny, Please.

Hope to be at Silsden friday night Gary if things go to plan, might try a pre-match pint in that club.

Do not want to give to much away for obvious reasons, but the no 31 is a 6ft 4ins German Goalkeeper, so we can at least rule out the names that have been mentioned so far, ie Tony Warner, etc.

Apparently it was for a head butt, very foolish, wish our lads would cut out the indiscipline and concentrate on their football more.

Looks like our centre back Matt. D. Carr could miss the game against Man. City now, as he was sent off for violent conduct against Preston on Saturday at Chapel Rd. Think its an automatic three match ban for the lad, a real sickner to round off a bad day as we also lost the game 3 - 1