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It looks wrong because it is!!!!! It's Panicking.

I think your going a little over the top in your praise for Ricketts. Shez said from the beginning that he'd have to go looking for the ball a bit more due to a lack of creativity in this division, but right from the start you could see that he was never going to put a shift in! Like many players he was skillful, but he was also bone idle and gave an impression that he didn't really want to be here at all. If he had just had that little bit of Cooksey in him then he would probably still be in the premiership. Middlesborough, Leeds, Stoke, Cardiff, Burnley, Southend, Preston, and ourselves can't all be wrong......not to mention trials at Southampton and America!!!! The only reason he's at Walsall is because it's the last resort!!!!

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I would say to Sheff U...' Make us an offer ' and see where we go from there, if they want him that badly they might just make us a silly offer. If it ain't enough then tough and he stays here. Thing is I don't think we would miss him that much with the midfield players Shez has brought in this season. How about a cheeky swap for cash plus Chris Armstrong...just the type of left sided player we're after! This is another reason why we should offer Philliskirk a kings ransom when his contract nears it's end...I can't remember such a consistently rich vein of talent roll off the production line in all my time supporting this club.

I know it's unavoidable sometimes but this all-ticket business is getting a bit much. The ground holds about 10,000 and we've been allocated 3,200 which should be enough for a midweek game. With Rochdale's average crowd at under 3,000 under the circumstances even allowing for the ERNIE factor there shouldn't be a problem. This would be a good time to relax segregation and if we were to bring in excess of our allocation I'm sure we could be accomodated in other parts of the ground. We want the night to be a fitting tribute by both sets of fans but in my opinion making it all ticket for Oldham fans will definitely affect the turnout. £15 is also too much for a 1st round match unless £5 of it was to be donated to the fund or charity. Am I being unreasonable or what?

I'm bored.......Purely hypothetical........ but, IF as suggested we were to move towards or indeed into Tameside and IF a name change or adjustment were requested what could we cope with........? For me it would still have to have Oldham as the first part of any new name.......ideas anybody?

Oldham Borough perhaps but Tameside Athletic....No chance!!!!

This housing crisis is going to last a while longer yet and I can't see any development happening in the near future, however, I can't believe that they would abandon the Boundary Park site after all the trials and tribulations they've gone through, not to mention the huge expense so far in gaining planning permission. Having said that if Tameside council were to offer some help with funding, it could be a good move, as long as it's not too far out of the borough. It might also be a ploy, to shock Oldham Council into some sort of financial contribution!!! As for a name change that would involve anything other than Oldham in the title then I would be dead against it as I'm sure the vast majority of fans would be too!!!

R.I.P Ernie Cooksey. A role model for all future aspiring footballers. Condolenses to his family and friends at this sad time. God Bless!

Life can be so cruel, desperately sad news..my thoughts are with Ernie and his family.

Don't be too surprised to see Zola moving on from Crewe for big money in a year or so.....Gradi and co are renowned for producing quality strikers. Agreed, It's a lot to pay but the guy has potential, he's big and awkward, and if anybody can make a silk purse out of a sows ear then it's the Crewe backroom boys. They can't afford to waste money like that and although it seems like a crazy move I'll say £1m+ profit within 18months!!!

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Anybody have any idea about season ticket sales so far, you would think that the club would inform supporters of the amount sold to date. Think I read somewhere that we'd sold over 3000 at the end of the discount period. Anyone have any more info?

At £100 a time we'd have sold a lot more than you think. Remember that equates to £4.35 per game!!! I can only go to about 10 games a season because of work commitments and I would have definitely bought one. There are many people in a similar situation. I'll bet that the 16,000 who have bought tickets at Huddersfield don't go every week.

No way Hoolahan will be involved in any deal to come here...he's probably holding out for a bigger pay deal from Blackpool so there's no way we could compete and even if we could why would he want to drop down a division!!!

Just checked wikipedia....He was signed on Jan 31st, just 2 days after Gary McCallister took over as manager. Probably all sorted before he arrived but in how many proffessions could you get away with mistakes like that. He's effectively been a Leeds player for 4 months, if what's been stated on this site is true, and the fee was £,400,000, then that works out at about £28,000 a week including wages and they're letting him go for nowt...........unbelievable!!!!!!!

The chron says we are on a par with last seasons figures and Alan Hardy says he's also pleased with the sales so far. however I've just rang the ticket office and a girl from there said that the figures are dissapointing and that they havn't sold as many as last year. Who do you beleive? ........ By the way, she also said that the discount price will be valid until tomorrow lunchtime.

Should be interesting how that turns out as they have a tremendous record of churning out strikers. Let'see what Gradi and co can do with Zola. He'll probably be sold on for a couple of mill at the end of next season.

This Yantorno business is gettin borin now!!!!

Don't you remember.... Leeds went into administration...they nearly went bust. Without the points deduction they would have been runners-up! I wouldn't say they were quiet in the transfer market either! To name a few.......Constantine,Kilkenny,Huntingdon,Prutton,Johnson,Hughes,Weston,Sweeney, Michalik,Kenton,Elding, and Freedman(Loan) There...that's a full team. Just shows you can't always buy yourself out of trouble. What a shame!!!!

Keighan Parker and Grant Holt would probably be £3/4k a week in wages and they've hardly set the place alight at their respective clubs. Grant Holt has been leaving Forest nearly all season and Parker can play when he feels like it. If they were both the quality we were looking for why would their respective clubs be gettin rid. Trust Shez to make the right moves.....it's taken Forest three seasons to get out of this division and Leeds have been buying everybody in sight and look where it's got them.

I'm not talking about your comments I'm talking about comments by posters in general. I agree, we all have differing views. The player hasn't even been named officially so what have the club done wrong except wet your appetite!!!!

You know....there's no pleasing some of you lot. Chill out for goodness sake!!! If the club say nowt you moan...If they announce a possible deal that falls through you moan...they just can't bloody win!!!!! I enjoy the excitement of a transfer and today's waiting is all part of the anticipation of a close season. I'd much rather have the will he won't he saga than them say nowt for a week and then suddenly announce a signing!!!! This site has been in meltdown today and at least we've had something meaningful to discuss. He'll be signed tomorrow no doubt, and then we can all look forward to the next one!

Not the same cummins...wasn't that Warren Cummings from Bournemouth????