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1 minute ago, Littlemoor Lad said:

Why do we pay a licence?

Don't you centurions get it free?

BBC comms gone off?

It's not like it's any surprise though, is it? Disparity in wages has been a thing in dressing rooms since the dawn of time. If anything it should be a motivator for those at the bottom of the pile - "fucking hell he's shit and still earns six times what I do - I'm going to pull my tripe out ahead of negotiations about my next contract, if they're willing to pay him that they can do the same for me".

3 hours ago, redlion said:

I see the club is advertising for raffle ticket sellers. Is this a way of getting rid of unwanted players ? 

Shelton had a trial but kept passing the purchased tickets to the wrong person.

Gardner had a go, but kept trying to give them to the advertising hoardings.

10 hours ago, Pidge said:

The highlights view was the same as mine on the day.  They both seem to get to the ball at the same time.  The ball bounces away as if there was some contact from the defender. It is debatable and I’m not sure how you or the ref could be sure.

I sit bang in line with it - it was a clumsy tackle, he went right through him. Pen for me.

A carrier pigeon shat the following missive into my lap this lunchtime...

Greetings fellow prediction league monkeys!

It’s not like me to provide a running commentary on my predicting brilliance, but I became aware recently that I’d gone top of the league. 

To be honest, I don’t normally look at the standings until March, when they actually start to matter, but I’m happy to make an exception. 

I haven’t really taken much of an interest in the league and frequently miss games. This is the benefit of partial retirement. When you’ve won all there is to win in the game, you can afford to relax a bit and pick and choose when you can be bothered. 

It’s good to see the likes of @rudemedic, the Amir of Average, in the upper echelons of the table before his annual regression to the mean.

@disjointed continues to underwhelm. I wonder whether he’ll ever predict more than two goals for someone. 

And then you look further down the leagues (if you can stomach it) to see some real stinkers. @DavidCollinge, my fellow occupier of the High Plateau of amateur and professional titles, is now plying his trade in the Championship, which I find disgusting. Is this how we treat predicting royalty? Put them in with serial failures like @JoeP and @Stevie_J? Makes my tits itch so it does.

They’ll come for me one day, but as long as I keep predicting about one in every three games, I’ll be there or thereabouts at the top of the Premier League. 

I’ll write again at the business end of the season, with the disappointing news that I’m keeping the money and Dr Kershaw’s can sling it. 

@24hoursfromtulsehill

28 minutes ago, TheBigDog said:

I had hoped that Lundstram would be that player but on the evidence so far he isn’t 

Dan Ward that, isn't it?

1 hour ago, disjointed said:

As an aside what did the silhouette of the soldier against the white backdrop look like? As part of the background I wasn't in a position to see it. 

48 minutes ago, Charles or Eddie said:

Dave challinor would be next choice of oldham manager for me

 Think he's really progressive and would help stamp an identity to the club and the town

Do fuck off

I suspect BP is Leonardo Di Caprio in disguise. Players get to the age of 25 and he wants to release them.

Green injured?

18 minutes ago, daniel said:

Is it confirmed that Sheron is free to play then? I’ve pulled him from my lineup prediction on fanhub as thought he was banned. I’ll put him back in if he’s allowed to play in FA cup.

Real prediction things ignore cup games.

4 minutes ago, Andyt84 said:

Pointless waste of money signing. 

Unless they sell Norman. But then we're back down to two and Steve will be sad.

Goalkeeping Coach Steve Collis added that he believes Dan can enhance the group of 'keepers at Latics.

"I think it's important to have three quality 'keepers on our books, who will push each other and that's what Dan will help us do."

Added the third keeper

21 minutes ago, Dave_Og said:

In 1918 Vulcan Motors bought Southport FC and renamed the club Southport Vulcan, thus becoming the first club in the world to have a commercial entity as part of its name. 

Bayer Leverkusen?

11 hours ago, rudemedic said:

Did they become Leigh RMI? As the RMI was for Railway Mechanics Institute wasn't it.

 

Yes, 1995. A new team was formed under the Horwich RMI name which is still going - down in the Manchester League with my (other) boys.

https://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/2023/october/31102023-loan-watch/

37 minutes ago, TheBigDog said:

Which game?

York

1 hour ago, nzlatic said:

It'd be interesting to see some stats on teams coming straight back down but I'd hazard a guess that there aren't many at all.

Don't think there have been any, at least since 2up/2down was introduced

NFL has it bang on

https://www.nfl.com/playerhealthandsafety/health-and-wellness/player-care/concussion-protocol-return-to-participation-protocol

https://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/2023/october/27102023-meet-the-manager/

19 minutes ago, Monty Burns said:

l still think that guy is Freeman and we need a CM. Freeman six month deal wasnt it? so Eminem will either get the man playing soon or use his wage elsewhere. l want him with us tho. fit and playin l mean.

Freeman is here till Feb (exact date unspecified)

Anyone else reporting Mike Halliwell, Barry Owen, and Pete Gladwell as being in these images?

4 minutes ago, Hemel latic said:

Dredged up from the murky depths of memory. I often think that some of those players that seemed a bit meh back then would be tearing up a whole forest if we had them in our current team.

Three or four divisions lower? You'd hope so.