Hands on

Nice to know we have someone to step in come the sackings.

We have all been to friendly games when only the main stand and the away stand were opened so I see nothing strange in the arrangement for Saturday against Rochdale. I assume that either Marco approached the purportedly fan led group with a view to opening it for the games or the purportedly fan led group approached Marco. They can't agree how to split any receipts and we get the Marco missive. As long as the Royle stand is open at the start of the season I can't see a problem unless Marco is using this storm to try and negotiate a better deal with the purportedly fan led group than he had last year. Think I'll have a cup of tea and then go and collect my season ticket for the Royle Stand.

The answer lies in the soil - undersoil heating.

Concerned to see Sefil wearing the number 4 shirt Vera the 9.

Might I remind everyone that despite the hard work and commitment of the ground staff the most important influence on the state of the pitch is the weather, Putting the covers on always makes a mess of it. Rain doesn't help but fortunately this year January was unusually dry.

Sport2jlt organise football training camps. Am I making an accusation?

A ten goal a season striker is worth his weight in silver and our current striking partnership are worth their weight in manure.

Well Marco and Mo have got themselves a coach. I suspect he would do well working with the academy players as he has been there and done that. I'm a little concerned that what we now have will not manage the team effectively. English is not his problem Marco and Mo are.

I wonder what sort of player people think a badly organised under funded relegation bound team like ours can get. Of course Fane was not destined for the Premiership but I agree that had he played those three games we would probably have waited another season before Marco relegated us to league 2.

Isn't there some duplicity on the payment of players in the premiership when those players take part in matches overseas? One could in these circumstances see the payments being made from offshore sources to avoid the bother of the money laundering regulations. You might even offer fans packages payable in sterling in the UK for 'services' that are performed abroad and paid for abroad. Every little helps!

I wonder what LB will think on Monday when he looks round the training ground and sees just 14 players.

I wonder if all the players and staff have passports.

No! It’s because they are Internationalists rather than inward looking protectionist shite.

Animal farm!

Hamer centre back?

Homegrown does not mean English. In another few years it might mean British. However the qualification still allows us to have 66% who are not homegrown so not a problem for Marco (grown very mush abroad in style and honesty) and Mo ( don't know anything about him). Looking forward to see the accounts at the ned of June!

Let us not waste our time on this. It will be what Marco and Mo want it to be.

When Marco says he is looking forward to working alongside him does he mean on the touch line? At least the coach won't have a problem getting the team to away games. I believe only a third have to be home grown but that doesn't mean English. So for example with 6 french grown, 6 arab grown and with irish, welsh and scots grown in England (or any nationality grown here) we could indeed have no English players in our match day squad.

With a start date of 1st July does that mean no signings until then or now Marco and Mo have their coach will they build the team without him. I suspect football in the gulf is a light year away from elf division 4. Could be wonderful - Banide’s Blue and White Army. Could be what we expect - TWT

I think Marco is looking for someone who has a surname that goes with blue and white army. Insisting on interviewing a BAME applicant is only the first step. Why not insist on a LGBTQ+ candidate or a deluded person who believes in one of the 'gods' or heaven forfend a women. Actually there are some well qualified women out there so why not? Tick tock!

We have been here before with Corney waiting and waiting in the hope players will take less money. I thought we had an option on Mouse but have offered him less money to stay on hence the delay. Having said he will not sign players until he has a head coach I'm not surprised he is delaying finding somebody. The odds for relegation and promotion suggest we will finish 15th. Looking optimistic as time drags by.

The organisational effectiveness of OAFC is going to be based on a Head Coach so like many things Marco has also made this tread redundant.

Expect nothing ..

When 650 brave the journey to Exeter you would expect to see some desire to win the game. Can’t argue with first half where two poor teams did little. A game where a draw did nothing for either side with a result earned by Exeter who started 2nd half brighter making positive substitutions. Wild, if it was him, got the timing and changes all wrong. Out with a whimper- it is the hope that kills you. I wish I could throw this habit away!

We have three must win games. I’m here for the first and can take in the second on my way home. It is Northampton that bother me. The beer in Cheddar is flat and lacks variety at £4.35 for a bog standard pint but the Blues (and tangerine)!!!!!!!!