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On 4/26/2024 at 10:04 PM, BradKnowles1 said:

I reckon he will end up in league one 

Wasn’t impressed with him today. 

3 hours ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

Really not arsed who goes up. I’m not in a rush to go back to either club.

 

thought Alty looked tidy for a period in the first half but they were simply outmuscled by Bromley, who ultimately had more nous. It’ll cost Bromley a lot of money having to rip up that 4G pitch of theirs. Do they have to do that and relay a new one over the summer if they win the final?

Yep. And then if they get relegated 2 years later a la Sutton - back to square one with no income from the pitch.

DP.

This thread has taken a massive turn for the better!

@AckeyIsnt the one you locked just the new version of this that gets updated through the season and is quite useful?

10 hours ago, League one forever said:

 

Another big call you’ve got wrong. 

 

Meanwhile - I’m spot on.

 

 

I mean, i said it first like.

3 minutes ago, JoeP said:

 

Something like this is what I thought we were getting today - was the intention of what we've put out supposed to just confirm what we already know? 

 

The key part of communication is communicating. If we're being asked to fill in the blanks, then our statement hasn't done it's job. 

 

I know we fans have a reputation for moaning too much but come on, lads and lasses - basics...

Seems to me as if we are waiting to see if we can get rid of some of the contracted players first. e.g. If we get rid of Nuttall/Reid/Willoughby we would offer Fondop a contract. Similarly if we get rid of Shelton/Ward we might offer Gardner one etc. They cant say that in any statement obviously.

12 hours ago, PartTimeLatic said:

He put his brother in charge of all footballing matters and, despite repeated failings in the transfer window, never ever got rid of him.

He brought in swathes of random French third/fourth tier players with the hopes of flipping them for profit because their agents were his mates or potentially even himself, so there was little to no scouting done on the quality of these players.

 

He stuck Queensy Menig on £15k per week or something ridiculous in League One.

 

He went into the dressing room on multiple occasions to berate players, completely undermining any manager in place at the time.

He stuck his mate, Selim, in charge of the club for two months.

 

He repeatedly lied to fans, promising five year plans and detailed strategies of things he would change at the club and never delivered.

 

He was at the club for four and a half years and hired 11 managers in that time, so either his recruitment process was shite or his patience was shite.

 

He kept Barry Owen employed for the majority of his time at the club, despite Owen being at the scene of the crime for the previous regime's disastrous end.

 

The Abdallah timeline is here for you to remind yourself.

 

I do genuinely believe that he bought a club that was in a far worse condition than he anticipated when he took over, which was probably partially due to a lack of due diligence on his part but also due to the previous owners hiding certain things to ensure a sale could happen. But Abdallah wasn't just some unfortunate guy who took over a mess that nobody could make work - he was a fucking idiot who was as instrumental in Oldham's decline into the National League as anybody else, perhaps more so in many ways.

 

Frank has taken the club over in a far worse state, because it's got both the damage of the pre-Abdallah era and also the Abdallah era itself to repair, and has shown himself to be a competent businessman by making Oldham a sustainable business in the space of two years. Fans have returned in droves because an owner they like and respect, a man from the local area who loves Oldham, in charge, who we can see demonstrably has a long term vision of how to keep the club afloat. Abdallah had the club on the brink of insolvency on multiple occasions.

Agree with this other than Frank turning it into a sustainable business! Maybe in the future but it ain't now.

1 minute ago, BP1960 said:

 

He's still lightweight, but certainly toughened up.

His forays down the flank were reminiscent of Andy Barlow and he did OK.

Most impressive was he can actually pass a ball, although I can see that wouldn't be an MM priority.

 

Would like to see him given a go in these last two games. Surely better than knees up Kitching.

On 4/7/2024 at 8:12 PM, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

 

If they bring back Fish n Chip crisps with a wagon wheel chaser, I'm balls deep into this outrageous crackpot idea!

And KLIX chewing gum

9 minutes ago, BradKnowles1 said:

It really shows how bad we have been this season with Southend now above us. All their off field problems still a winding up petition no squad for most of the season. We need to cut the excuses now about rebuilding and it takes time. Time to start delivering 

And Solihull’s situation. Hardly any players and picked up plenty of points recently. 

Im surprised Shelton hasn't been considered at right back. Surely a better option than McGahey

38 minutes ago, BP1960 said:

Did it cross anyone else's mind an 'Adam Rooney' moment when Norwood was shoved out on the right wing?

Happened last week too when he was shoved to the left

Just now, daniel said:

Obviously a lot has to happen but they’ve moved the play off final date by a day to the Sunday due to strikes, which has pissed me right off as I purposely booked my holiday for that date just in case we were in the final on the Saturday.  

FFS!

Three away wins required tonight..

Corey Whiteley would be fantastic but not sure he'd move up north.

2 hours ago, yarddog73 said:

Didn't look too much of him size wise but he had heart, popped up in both boxes and could play a bit as well and was brave on the ball.

 

Surely a team with our budget can find a couple of players like him who keep the midfield ticking over or at least make it competitive. 

 

Our midfield other than Sheron actually look like they don't want to be here, what changed from the week before?

 

Our squad was badly exposed yesterday, throwing on four strikers at the end if you count Hope with nobody who can find a pass behind was stupid, Walker was disappointing but he's probably seen his arse as he's been given zero opportunity until yesterday - despite previously playing well. Conlon was rightly pulled and could have been after half hour but he's the only one capable of controlling a game in there, Gardner looks like he's going through the motions for us and looks ready for the knackers yard and other than that we've little to offer. McGahey is doing his best but he's played in half a dozen positions since Christmas and looks exposed in every one. 

 

Finally and this will be controversial, these same players didn't down tools as often as this for Unsworth, it's almost every other game now under Mellon and I'm scratching my head as to why, are the players picking and choosing when they want to play or has Mellon lost parts of the dressing room? He's banished around a third of the contracted players and left himself with the ones he can 'trust' but they are making him and Brabin look like a cunt - or does the problem still exist in that group?.

 

Honestly after yesterday I'd be happy if I didn't see 90% of that group again and you can probably start to count the manager in that now, where are we going with it?, it's turgid, tedious, uninspiring. What are they doing on the training ground? Where are the youth players coming through? That's ground to a halt in favour of 35 year old journeyman. Since Murray's been involved in training we've turned in to the most negative, boring team I've ever seen, we have a team now that would make Ronnie Moore's look like prime Brazil. 

Ah right its Murray's fault now

38 minutes ago, OldhamAthlete said:

Subject to a 3.30 pitch inspection. 

No chance then

14 minutes ago, Dave_Og said:

 

Well I definitely support my local pub!   I'm sort of intrigued as to how Steve Coogan came to decide that Partridge comes from Norwich. That polarises opinion round here (I'm not far from Norwich) with some people loving the locality being highlighted and others thinking he's just taking the piss out of what is often termed 'Normal for Norfolk'.

Worked out well for the Linton Travel Tavern

17 minutes ago, Only Blue said:

I thought you might have picked up on me saying the pub, my attempt at humour,  but probably too early (or not funny) 

 

I have gone out and watched a local band before actually hearing them just because they were local and then through that grown to like them.

 

Although I do think locality can help when it comes to humour as I find Peter Kay, Jason Manford etc. way funnier than any cockney comic. Stuff they say resonates with locality eg big light , gravy on your chips....

Exception to this rule for me is Micky Flanagan - until his latest gig.

Love it - anyone on here admitting to being any of those contributors? Aside from Dave O obviously.

3 hours ago, deyres42 said:

He had time to get two strikers that arguably weren't needed so again I just can’t buy into that line of defence.

This is just utter bollocks. I'll point you at the Boreham Wood, Maidenhead and Eastleigh games

1 minute ago, GKing521 said:

This lot are a bunch of thugs and will bully us.

Just not true - have you seen them play??

48 minutes ago, Hemel latic said:

They are a big strong team but it would be a mistake to think they're devoid of skill. Although I don't want to see hoof ball I think Fondop has to start to at least allow for targeted long balls into the front two and his arial presence will be useful in our own box too. If we don't play Mike then anything pumped long will just come straight back at us, Webster et al are monsters in the air. Aim has to be play through the lines but Fondop can do that too, unleash Norwood in the second half.  

This is a bad idea - get it on the deck and play in behind Webster

8 minutes ago, TheBigDog said:

Halifax boss, Chris Millington, after their defeat to Bromley at the weekend:

"They got the ball forward quickly and go back to front quickly. Then they hit you with the physicality of their team. It is a successful system and today they did what they do better than what we do"

 

They did have defender Topalloj sent off for dissent, so he will be out tonight.

One of the best players so thats a bonus. Was at that game on Saturday - we need to keep Whiteley and Krauhaus quiet but other than that there is nothing to fear.