Nigel D Lenegan

I know it has been said already, but I think PD is the man - but he needs some wise help and advice because he is in management terms very very inexperienced. Their is a famous saying that you cant polish a turd, and being honest, just like most of the clubs the size of Oldham are generally crap. We are very fortunate to have SC and his money because without this we would be even worse. So being manager of OAFC is never going to be easy, and even less so if the manager is inexperienced, and many fans accept this. I for 1 would support them if they played in the Oldham Sunday league, so my expectations are not high at all - dont get me wrong, I love the idea of playing in higher divisions than league 1. What I do want to see however is fight and commitment to the cause, from players who want to play for the club - not just for the money, and I believe this is what PD wants too, and by the way, when we play this way we also tend to play well which is a bonus. Footballers at OAFC level still believe that they are superstars and get well paid for it considering what jobs they would get outside football, so its this attitude which needs to change. So getting league 1 players who believe they are better than OAFC to put in a shift cannot be easy, even getting them to do the simple things seems almost impossible sometimes.. So we need players with a guts and capability as the backbone and a couple of gifted ones too if we can get them - which is what I think PD is trying to do - because to me this is the only way to survive. As fans we should back the decisions made by SC and PD but be clear on our expectations too. In simple terms, keep PD but get an experienced head alongside him, who is an Oldham supporter (someone like big Joe..)