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2 hours ago, TheBigDog said:

 

1578 sold as of yesterday. 

Na, that was the day before. No sales update after yesterday’s game

Fuck me. No wonder we only have crowds of 4000... every fucker has immigrated. Brilliant to hear we have Oldham everywhere though!

You’re putting Wellens and Taylor in the same category as Peter Clarke?!? Wow. 

Taylor, ye, great player in his first stint. Awful attitude second stint.

Wellens, again, great player. But a bit of a wanker.

Hasn’t Nicky Butt just moved into that huge mansion on the entrance road to Delph? Previously owned by the Housing Units fella... not that it matters, but ideal job right on his and scholes’ doorstep. They both played for Boundary Park together aswell, tenuous link

1 minute ago, simplythemostimportantkick said:

Hang on, confusing this forum. Does it keep you going or kill you ? It can’t do both can it ?

It definitely does both

3 minutes ago, fleetwood Blue said:

I expected Fulham to smash us and went to enjoy the day and visit a new ground, Donny is about as repetitive as we could get as we have played them 2535 times in the last 8 years..The game doesnt have the same feel as the Fulham one and the excitement isnt there this time for me, just hope we are competitive and still in the game by 60 mins to give us a chance..

 

Agree. On this, do you think the familiarity of the fixture will affect our atmosphere? As in, we were mint against Fulham and the best I’ve been involved in with Latics but doubt we’ll be up for it just as much with it being Donny? Even though by league and form we’re underdogs massively, I don’t think our away following will feel and sound as though we’re underdogs

I think we’re in for a tonking, unfortunately. But it’s the hope that keeps you going! I’ll be thinking we can nab a 2-1 away win come Saturday. 

Agree totally LightDN, billy has provided an  excellent service for the many (sic) - but the few (one person, from what I can see) has done what he usually does and takes the differing opinion, and likes to be awkward. There’s always a place for people like Deyres but tonight you’ve been insufferable... and I disagree that Billy should not post on here. I mean if I was him I wouldn’t, going above and beyond what he needs to do, but feel free to continue maybe just ingore the quite obvious fishing, you know who to look out for now. There’s only one. On both platforms, Deyres and RickyLeese.

54 minutes ago, josh_latics said:

If anybody has a spare standing for tomorrow, I'll take it off your hands!

50 being held at the ticket office available for fans apparently 

Hope you’re getting paid overtime pal.

3 minutes ago, OAFCBilly said:

 

Minute by minute update is done to build anticipation, and so that those that are on the fence about going might see the updates and choose to go because everyone else is

 

Its also just good customer service and generates a bit of positivity

 

The way I see it, doing a tweet that takes 30 seconds and gets a lot of retweets (thus a wider outreach) is worth it, even if some see obsessing over attendance (we’re not) “cringey”

Na, not you fella. Daily is fine... and don’t actually mind it.

The ones inbetween where people are getting worked up about it all, demanding more tickets before we’ve even sold half the allocation and worrying if they’ll be able to get hold of one like they’re gold dust or summet. Daily updates is decent and information from ticket office very easy to get hold of nowadays. 

Oh and then on a day you don’t update, presumably because we’ve hardly sold many more than the previous day, everyone gets in a panic chill out fellas 

5 hours ago, HarryBosch said:

Picked mine up earlier. 

 

Can't tell you how many we've now sold as I didn't ask due to not being an attendance nonce  

 

 

You was itching to ask. 

I’ve never asked, but it’s not even necessary nowadays with the minute by minute update ffs. Good following going down though by the looks of it, as usual.

Our away support was fantastic before that group of his. 

Our away support is fantastic now.

Our away support will be fantastic long after them lot have stopped going. 

Sorry, not buying it, that the group with a drum add anything that wouldn’t have been there anyway, certainly at away games where our support has always tended to be brilliant.

4 hours ago, jorvik_latic said:

 

I still think it’ll be close. Even at a tenner. 

I’d be happy with 1500+ anyway, but I think it’ll be quite a few more... loads I know are going that usually pick and choose. 

36 minutes ago, TheBigDog said:

Get to The Crabtree pub with it’s riverside garden and catch them as they motor by

I like the sound of that. What time will they be due to get past there (roughly obviously)

We need someone to take one for the team and get some pictures from off the boat, along the Thames... pictures on board won’t be half as good as pictures of you all in your colours from a distance etc.

I love song threads. You put yourself in the firing line by coming up with a suggestion and rightly so, about 95% of them get told to get out more and find a woman I can’t remember a time somebody has posted some song lyrics and everybody has been in agreement..

Sorted now. Mods feel free to close thread. Thanks

12 minutes ago, HallamBlue said:

It baffles most normal thinking people.  The mode of splitting the space into affordable "Sum of the parts" type units like Hollinwood Business Centre would have worked. Business Hub start up etc with larger facilities on tap. But units to suit the design types, soliciors etc as parking good and access to M60 excellent but about as much vision as a blind man. Even a self storage type business which are appearing exponentially an option. Leaving a new building empty is criminal in oh so many ways. 

 

I am out of touch re taxation etc but if the building theoretically losing 75k per can they offset that against other activity.  Also do they pay any rates/Council Tax if empty over a 6 month period as that would be substantial. Leaving it unfinished a tactic? 

Mind boggling. I genuinely can’t believe these three made a vast amount of money through business.

Its an attractive proposition for many small unit companies similar to those you’ve named above, if the rates were reasonable. Surely they could have negotiated a deal with around 4 or 5 tenants - they must have made huge errors in who they drafted in to secure business. 

Theres so much scope at Oldham in the way of stadia utilisation, but nothing is done. Criminal, like you say. 

Amateur hour just like many things at our club during their tenure.

On 13/06/2018 at 9:13 PM, ajjovek said:

 

It’s more likely to appeal to a convenience store or Papa John’s pizza delivery place... something completely unrelated to football.

 

£75k is crazy money though. I’m not sure on the square footage but would guess that it should command a rent of 30% of that at best. Plus a rent free period usually offered as standard.

 

Assuming the space doesn’t have toilets or water, waste and drainage then this would be the first thing to get costed up rather than worry about the amount of rent. And instead of rent, look at offering a turnover rent - ie a percentage of the turnover rather than a fixed rent. 

It baffles me, that these so called businessmen haven’t explored these opportunities already. Like you say, the space would be perfect for a papa johns type delivery space similar to the ilk below your Tesco superstores. 

One of my lecturers and co founders at uni stated that the club had a great opportunity with this new stand, and he was drafted in as an advisory - Simon corney wasn’t willing to take any of that advice on board and you can see the results now. Empty spaces everywhere. 

15 minutes ago, Clifford said:

 

On what planet do you ensure this? If our new supreme leader says he is off, ceases paying the bills with the club having little or no assets please inform me how you will ensure the club exists? There is little or nothing that could be done. No assets to secure funding to. It's laughable to suggest the trust carries such importance. The trust exists because we all gave a load of money when the shit hit the fan and for that money we have seen Barry and no someone other 'fan' sat at home games having a jolly and little else.

 

The more I read the more I see it as a little club for a few super fans to get a bit of info and a pat on the back. If the trust rep on the board is or becomes an employee of the club it is a disgrace. 

How is it a club for super fans?!?! They have literally told you to come on board, help, share ideas etc - it’s not exclusive ffs. 

Carry on as you are trust, let us know if Brooke does take the job, then we can look to put someone else in his position. 

It’s Baxter isn’t it... weird that everybody’s beating around the bush about it. 

Couldn’t care one iota about him. 

On 22/05/2018 at 7:41 AM, oafcmetty said:

I thought Crewe were known for sticking it in the kids?

 

(too soon?)

I’m shocked this hasn’t got a downboat. Hats off to you, sir.

Yep.. the nose for me too. I mean I don’t know him that well but I never remembered him having a massive conk.