Gary1906

Letting Clarke go out on loan was a big mistake. Alright he hasn’t looked as good as last season but he would be good cover in the event of injuries - like now! He’s a fantastic pro, he’s the archetypal club captain, and he should have been a certainty for a place on the coaching staff when his playing days are finally over. We look like we desperately need a defensive coach, surely he could be useful to us while he’s under contract and Latics are paying his wages.

Need to check your facts. Clarke has got 3 this season for us. Against M.K. Dons (away), Carlisle (away), Scunthorpe (home). ?️

I agree. Could hardly score less!! i don’t want to knock him because he does hold up the ball pretty well, he gets some great ‘flick ons’ and he’s been very influential when coming on as an impact sub, but he really does need to start shooting more often if he’s playing up front, otherwise he will only ever merit being a sub for me. Its ok RW saying that Holloway and Davies are too similar, but there’s one big difference. Look at the goal tally. There’s only one of them actually looking to score a goal.

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Let’s hope so. That would be a very positive move.

I get that, but unless the players lined up are of Eoin Doyle quality why would Davies be on the fringes? He’s scored 13 goals so far this season. We need players like him in the team. Latics will probably get next to nothing for him money wise, so I’d keep him for the rest of the season and if we get a good replacement in they could let him go in the summer. Seems silly to offload one of our leading goalscorers given where we are in the League right now.

What a load of nonsense! Strikers ARE about scoring goals. If Davies goes and Holloway comes in we will be hearing ‘Oldham Nil’ a lot more often. Still if you want a so-called forward with a strike rate of 1 in 10 then good luck. Davies will be missed if he goes, mark my words.

Agreed ?

I’m optimistic too, I think it could be exciting times ahead. New influx of cash, a bright young manager, playing a brand of football which is really good to watch. Taking the Davies situation on its own though, IMO they should be keeping him. We need goals in the second half of the season and he’s delivering. Even RW said himself that “he’s in a rich vein of form”. Why sell him, especially as they’re unlikely to get a big fee given his age.

I cannot see the sense in selling Davies. I said last week that this season we’ve had 2 strikers who have both scored goals. Something we haven’t had for years! Admittedly one of them was only on loan and he’s unavailable due to unfortunate circumstances, but Davies is ours AND he’s scoring goals for fun. You can guarantee that if he goes it will be for a nominal fee, because Latics always seem to have their head turned by a bit of money, but how many goals is Holloway going to get? How many would Jonson Clarke-Harris get if he is to be his replacement? Impossible to say, but their respective goal scoring records are pretty abysmal I would say for so called strikers. The only way that it could be in any way a good move is that if it’s the only way to finance a permanent move for Doyle. After all, he’s the only player to have scored more goals for Latics this season than Davies, and the only one likely to I would say.

Ha Ha hilarious!! You might throw your principles out of the window if we get to Wembley! Unbelievable!!!! ?????

I agree. It’s ‘cutting off your nose to spite your face’. Can’t see the sense in that myself. Latics are desperate for whatever money they can get through the turnstiles. Support your team and get over yourselves. Nothing to do with being a ‘super fan’, it’s just supporting your club.

So are you saying that if we did manage to get to Wembley and played someone like Bury for example, you wouldn’t go, because of your principles re this competition? But if ‘b teams’ were allowed in the Football League you’d only boycott those games? Apologies if I’ve misunderstood but if I’m right it all sounds a bit silly and futile. In any event, what will happen will happen. Do you cut off your nose to spite your face and stop watching Latics because you disagree with how the Football League is run?

Yeah coz that’s really going to happen isn’t it! Blimey what are you on????

Ha Ha, it will probably be off anyway. Frozen pitch. Brrrrrr

Argument? There’s no argument. It’s a home match for Latics. If you’re a Latics fan and you can get there you should go. It’s about supporting your team, irrespective of what you think of the competition.

Yawn!!!

Is it not a Latics home game then?

Whether you’re a fan of the competition or you think it’s a waste of time, the question is are you a Latics fan and supporter of the club? Of course you should go to the match. Its a Latics home game. End of!! £10 for Adults, £5 Concessionary. Hardly rip off prices. COYB

Perfectly put. ??

Ha Ha don’t count me in that. Holloway is good at winning headers and holding the ball up, and he’s been very useful as an impact sub in 2 or 3 games this season, but his goalscoring record is abysmal. My point has been that Davies has scored 10 goals already this season and it makes no sense to me at all to let him go if JCH is to be his replacement because a front two of JCH and Holloway would be disastrous looking at their previous goal tallies. Keep Davies and bring someone like JCH in as support, that’s a much better proposition especially if they can hold on and still have Doyle back as well once he recovers.

Injury or no injury. 7 in 45 when he was here last, and 9 in 69 at Rotherham doesn’t sound like the sort of goal return that we need. I’ll have him as well as Davies but not instead of.

What he didn’t have - and looks like he still doesn’t have - is good goalscoring ability!

Point taken re his goalscoring record this season, but at least that can be classed as good current form, whereas JCH does not have those figures against his name this season, and we are going to need goals. I’d stick with Davies personally and try to get somebody in alongside him.

Cheers for that. I’ll look out for it. ?