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SC is picking a new manager not for himself but the clubs new owners (deal lined up and pen goes to paper after the everton game).. the manager is Sammy Lee and the new owners are a newly founded company which is own by the Vaughan family.. i.e Stephen Vaughan the the fraudster that bankrupted Chester City

i cant say to much about the source of this information but he is a scout with close links to latics and has never been wrong with his info before

Paul Jewell ?

I feel like a hypocrite saying this when I want Megson (not the best personality) to take the job, but I don't think I could take Westley being our manager. Him and Steve Evans I could never support.

you support the club not the manager

seen somewhere that SC had 20 managers show interest in the job once the news about PD went public

found a list of managers link to the job on http://www.thesackrace.com/job-centre

Nick Barmby Blackpool, Oldham Athletic

Phil Brown - Blackpool, Huddersfield Town, Notts County, Oldham Athletic, Stoke City, West Ham United

Owen Coyle - Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackpool, Celtic, Everton, Fulham,Huddersfield Town, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United,Notts County, Oldham Athletic, Republic Of Ireland, Stoke City,Tottenham Hotspur

Alan Curbishley - Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackpool, Celtic, Everton, Fulham,Huddersfield Town, Manchester United, Oldham Athletic, Republic Of Ireland, Stoke City, West Ham United

Billy Davies - Blackpool, Celtic, Everton, Huddersfield Town, Oldham Athletic,Rangers, Stoke City, West Ham

Iain Dowie - Huddersfield Town, Oldham Athletic, Stoke City, West Ham United

Peter Houston - Blackpool, Huddersfield Town, Oldham Athletic

Paul Ince - Blackpool, Everton, Huddersfield Town, Manchester United, Notts County, Oldham Athletic, West Ham United

Alan Irvine - Notts County, Oldham Athletic

Steve Kean - Huddersfield Town, Oldham Athletic

Paul Jewell - Huddersfield Town, Oldham Athletic

Derek McInnes - Celtic, Oldham Athletic, Rangers

Gary Megson - Huddersfield Town, Notts County, Oldham Athletic, Stoke City, West Ham United

Micky Mellon - Blackpool, Huddersfield Town, Oldham Athletic

out of that list Jewell, Megson, Dowie seem realistic possibilities that id be happy with

Stopped reading when you listed Peter Reid as a manager with a tactical mind

Looks like same again for everton game. There's already talk on their forum of coming down to BP to get tickets in the home end as they do their allocation on how many aways you've been to ect.

There was loads of Everton fans in the home ends at Bolton in the last round

"There could be trouble a head"

@CarlosMarsden: A target has fallen through for #oafc sadly. Can't say who but a pity. Still time yet though.

Vassell move off

Wabara was a cut above this division, we will miss what he had to offer going forward, that being said with a few more games under his belt brown will perfect for stopping the crosses coming in but we will have to rely on the midfielders to do the work on the planks... We need to get the goals in early as possible and defend the lead to avoid the drop to league2

Vassell was who I was told and who I was hinting at... Just hope we not spending a packet on his wages

You have to be willing to pass around so everyone else can have a go

Someone who has links with PD

Ex England international so I've heard ;)

Loved Paul Murray when he was last with us, didn't want him to leave, as you can see from the links already posted he is a true professional and is surely a good signing even if he is going to be a squad player, he might be the kind of player we need to get other players to keep a level head when we are (dare I say it) "defending a lead"

Tuesday night v Yeovil is a night when Everton aren't playing so I'd expect a large Everton contingent to come to collect vouchers.

 

Why don't we do this voucher scheme for the Saturday game versus MK Dons? Everton are at home on the same day therefore most away day fans will be there instead of BP so we could reduce the amount of Everton fans buying in the home end and allow more Latics fans to get tickets.

i very much doubt thousands of evertonians will be turning up on a tuesday night to get vouchers to que up outside bp midweek for home end tickets... use your head

There will be also probably be a fine for the flare that was lobbed on the pitch, but the atmosphere was worth any fine anyway.

them bloody athletico ultras

i would love grayson at latics but i seriously doubt there is enough money in the pot to part ways with dickov and pay the kind of wages grayson would want, if i come in to a large lottery win tonight, i would be tempted to fund this venture thou

 

 

Go to an FC United match, seriously. See the power of working-class football fans.

i support oldham... why would i want to do to an fcum match or even emulate disgruntled united fans pretending to be foreigners with there ultra crap

Sing and chant but don't call yourself or act like Ultras. Leave that to the Italians.

what this gent said.. this is england.. we not part of this European football culture we never have been.. there is nothing more cringeworthy than watching english fans emulating foreign fans... perfect example of this "the poznan"

sign your hearts out by all means but leave the organised drumming, balloons, colour shows etc out.. it really is pathetic...

i admire your determination to get some much need atmosphere back to bp but ultra is not the way

http://www.youtube.c...ed/cXQYvgyAo00

a stabvest

is true a droylsden based latics fan got caught up in this.... short fella?

 

Love it. Would definitely buy this one and the club should make this the next home kit.

nice work shame about the pig ugly badge

So a Prem side like City, a well supported Championship side like Huddersfield, a conference side we haven't played in a while like York weren't good enough?

i would of sooner played them in the isle of man

Long time visitor, first time poster.

 

A brief assessment of recent performances:

 

Although recent results have, undeniably, been dire, I'm of the opinion that Dickov is still the right man for the job. Recent performances have merited more than the 1 point we've gained in the last seven games:

 

- Oldham 0 - 2 Swindon. A fair result, I felt. Outclassed. No complaints.

- Yeovil 4 - 1 Oldham. Again, a very poor result, but flattered Yeovil.

- Oldham 1 - 2 Doncaster. Unfortunate, deserved a point.

- Oldham 1 - 2 Crewe. Very unfortunate, deserved a win.

- Scunthorpe 2 - 2 Oldham. A good point, given the circumstances. Showed good character from 2 - 0 down, and had Wes not been sent off, could well have gone on to win the game.

- Oldham 0 - 2 Brentford. Slightly unfortunate, could well have scraped a point.

- Coventry 2 - 1 Oldham. One minute away from a point at the Ricoh? Unlucky.

 

Admittedly, this still isn't great. But it isn't sacking form. And let's not forget the cup-run.

 

Dickov as a manager:

 

Positives:

 

- His effort, passion and desperation for the club to succeed are irrefutable.

- His ability to attract players to the club is equally so.

- His man-management appears excellent; the players really do seem to rate him.

- He seems very highly-regarded within the game.

- His rapport with the fans/handling of the media is also impressive. This shouldn't be underestimated (...Penney?).

 

Negatives:

 

- Tactical naïvety.

- An unwillingness to shake things up a bit when they're not going well. A lack of a Plan B.

 

In my eyes, the latter two could be solved with the addition of an experienced, wise head to the backroom staff (Sammy McIlroy 'd been on my shortlist). Dickov is FAR from the finished article, but he deserves to be given the opportunity to fix things. The club needs stability; Rome wasn't built in a day. I firmly believe that we're not far from finding the right formula. Fans of this club seem to have somewhat unrealistic expectations. Let's face it, we are, based on attendances and finance, about where we should be. The idea that we should be higher up the league is the conception of nostalgia and an opinion that the current bunch of players are under-performing. It's time we stopped living in the past, and engaged in some realism. Would we have been able to attract these players without Dickov? Baxter springs to mind.

 

I don't think we'll go down this year; our recent perfomances really haven't been that bad, and there ARE four worse teams than us in this league. Let's give Paul a chance, assisted by an experienced number two, until the end of the season and then take stock. The last thing we need is fans getting on the gaffer's back; he's doing his best. This sort of discontent inevitably filters through to the players, and isn't a mindset conducive to dragging ourselves out of a relegation dogfight. So, let's get behind the lads, and the manager and pull ourselves out of this mess.

 

KTF.

excellent analogy

i don't care whether its inspired by Wordsworth or a clever ploy for future investment.... its dreadful