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He did look like he gave up on trying to do anything with Pringle's equaliser the other week.

If he was a 5' 6" full back, would feeling ill be acceptable?

Perhaps understandably, had a shocking first ten minutes when he didn't seem to have any kind of control of the the ball but improved after that. Couple of good driving runs to relieve pressure so some promise but I suspect the rest of this season will be a bit of a learning curve at times as he adjusts to the quicker pace of the game.

He's never celebrated goals at any of his clubs. He's mentioned it in an interview that some people find it strange but that's just the way he is.

Or there's a reason why there's so much interest in this one.

As above. Apparently because he's not been paid. Perfectly normal at our club but possibly a shock for him.

We’ve had very few players that have demanded the ball as much as Byrne in recent seasons but plenty who have hidden from it when things have been tough. Can’t get my head around anyone that wouldn’t want to keep him around whether it’s Steve Eyre or anyone upset that he’s not writing out thank you notes as he leave the field (when every time I’ve seen him him he’s actually made a point of acknowledging the supporters). He can flick the V’s & throwing darts into the crowd as long as he makes us a better team.

We wouldn’t - it’s a great video. We’d look like we have a club & manager with good humour, whilst also flagging up that he’s ambitious for the club & he’s got a striker playing & scoring again.

Same category as us & in direct competition for the same players. They have access to the training facility at Carrington as well which may sway some although the more likely reason is that United/ City/ Blackburn didn't release anyone for us to sign as an u16. If the business model of the takeover is to bring in players from overseas to fill out the squad then it's probably more likely that the academy/ youth set up will get canned than beefed up.

They all look to be crashing with Ousmane Fane according to his Instagram.

Totally understand it and yet we have no idea how he would perform during recruitment (or even if that's relevant anymore) and I also look at the impact Hasselbaink made at Northampton. They were bottom when he came in, won the next two & were 2-0 up at Southend (so en route to the kind of recovery we've had) before being pegged back to 2-2. Since then, their record is P6 W0 D2 L4 and he's probably wondering how to turn them around again. I'd love us to have stumbled upon a good un in Wellens because an ex-player having an impact as a manager convinces you that "it's because 'he understands the club". As you say, he has always talked the talk in every media interview he's given so far but I have a niggling feeling that appointing RW would be a hopeful punt that the few 3 games can be extrapolated for longer & I'm not sure that whoever makes decisions theses days will go for it. I still think Correa.

Might try and get odds on Scholes with Micah Richards as assistant.

It shouldn’t but for plenty of scouts and coaches, it does (especially in youth football). That there is plenty of evidence of smaller players achieving great things is irrelevant to a coach that builds a squad to a set ‘player profile’.

If someone is interviewed & it goes public, they tend to go odds on. In contrast, 20/1 would indicate that he’s just had a “I hate Oldham” tatoo.

Even with three wins out of three and how impressive he's been in dealing with the media, I'm not sure that Wellens will be the one that determines what we do in the next transfer window. It still seems set up for Correa simply because he's long rumoured but I think they'll now feel compelled to keep Wellens involved somehow.

Correa as director of football & Wellens as first team/ head coach.

When Dunn came on at Walsall, I thought we’d signed a magician that would make a laughing stock of League One.

Beckford

It was 100% 3 at the back. The idea was for it to become a 4 when one of the wing backs pushed on triggering the back three & the opposite wing back to slide across

"hello" That's fair enough. After a certain point, I would only have noticed anyone if they appeared on their big screen alongside the latest scores.

I worry that it's true that we have to play him or pay him and that the comments are after trying to keep his head up. Might turn out to be OK in a few years but isn't ready for League One yet.

Zero chance of a resignation. Why would he just walk out on a job? I'm still in the camp of hoping that he turns this shit run around, mainly because he's still the best manager we've been able to recruit in the last few years.

Ruddy is no better than Wilson. Capable of making the occasional good stop but just as likely to make an error & commands very little. That's if we're OK with having to score 2 a game to get any points whilst he learns but I don't think we are. If we have to pay to bench him then we've been done. Apparently Placide likes to sweep behind the defence which is no bad thing when a couple of them seem to have lost their legs in the summer.

The keeper didn't exactly fill me with confidence yesterday. First game & all that but distribution not great; didn't seem to command much & when he did venture out of his 6 yard box looked jittery & generally fluffed what he was trying to do. Hopefully the arrangement with Wolves doesn't mean we're either forced to play him or pay a fee.

I'd tend to think that not everything he says comes off but much of it has some substance to it initially. I suspect that he has some connections to the club (probably agents) somewhere but that some things (like Doyle) pass him by. This article just seems to sum up the general rumour that had been flying around that this 'may' happen although there doesn't seem to be anything to suggest that it's imminent. Hopefully, the likes of Byrne & Bryan will carry on adding that bit of spark that we need to turn results around for Sheridan because I like the moody, shouty bastard.