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35 minutes ago, latics22 said:

Nope not having it Iverson looks like a quality prospect

He can be a prospect and still have things to work on... if he starts to command his area properly I think he could be quite good. But there's a reason he's currently playing in League Two.

Thought we played well in the first-half and looked comfortably the better team. We were under the cosh a bit in the second-half until we scored our second, and from then on thought we'd be comfortable... until Coke inexplicably gave away a free-kick on the edge of our area and handed them the initiative. We were hanging on (panicking?) a bit after that really, but dug in quite well. Seemed able to handle their big lump up front quite easily until they brought on a second big lump and then we started to struggle. Suspect that's why Bunn brought Graham on - for a bit of extra height. Thought that was strange at the time, but in hindsight he did okay. Hunt struggled a bit after moving to the right-wing, though. The Miller substituton made sense as he offered something defensively from corners and free-kicks which  Baxter or Lang wouldn't have. His goal was a bonus.

The centre-halves, Taylor, Surridge and O'Grady were the picks of the bunch for me. Gardner was solid, but had his work cut out as Coke was quite poor again. Iversen concerns me a bit. He's a good shot-stopper, but he doesn't command his area at all. At 6'4'' he should really be coming and claiming crosses and corners but he seems rooted to his line which just invites pressure. Definitely something for him/Rhodes to work on.

All-in-all though, a decent performance, albeit against a pretty mediocre Macclesfield team. Good to get three points on the board, and pleased for Frankie to get his first win as a manager - he certainly seems to have the players behind him. Win one of the next two, and it's not a bad start, all things considered. Onwards and upwards!

5 minutes ago, Ryan said:

But doesn’t a capital injection from the owner count as ‘revenue’ with regards to SCMP?

 

Honestly not trying to be provocative here by the way.

Just now, Inspiral_Carpet said:

 

Again you are right.  As long as it isn’t repayable.

 

I think the point here though in his statement is the fact he’s had to stump up more money than expected paying creditors that weren’t declared by the previous regime.

 

Personally, the jury is out for me regarding AL.  He does some strange things.  But, maybe, just maybe, once the swamp is drained, he will invest more capital. 

Indeed. Don't think he really needs to justify not investing an unsustainable amount of capital to get around the salary cap.

His point is that to get the club's finances to a more sustainable level, the wage bill had to be slashed. He's using the EFL's guidance (55% of turnover) as a barometer for the size of wage bill that is sustainable for a club like ours. That seems perfectly rational to me.

9 minutes ago, Ryan said:

I’ll get shot down, but...

 

Seems disingenuous to cite FFP regulations as the reason for slashing the wage budget. They don’t apply at our level.

Not the same regulations as for the Premier League/Championship, no. But there are still financial fair play regulations.

In Leagues One and Two these come under the 'Salary Cost Management Protocol', or SCMP (catchy). In effect, a club in League Two is limited to spending a maximum of 55% of turnover on wages, and there are sanctions for clubs which breach the regulations. On League One this is 60%.

Further information can be found in Appendix 5 of the EFL Rules and Regulations, if you're interested. Entitled? ..."Financial Fair Play Regulations".

(Suspect you knew that already, though)

Actually thought he should have done better for both goals against Forest. But other than that looked pretty solid and commanding, and apparently had a good game in mid-week, so trust Rhodes' judgement. 

Reckon he'll be less entertaining than Placide, though... 

49 minutes ago, Kusunga_Is_God said:

 Not as shit as first thought but still lots of work to be done. They’ve battered us last 20

They brought on basically a whole new team, in fairness...

32 minutes ago, Ryan said:

Looks like a very good pitch at Sixfields, could suit us

It'll be nice for Byrne to sit down on as he watches the ball repeatedly sail over his head...

9 minutes ago, TheBigDog said:

 

 

Strange choice of words from Wellens post match:

“We had to play him (Benyu) because Fane is not available,” he said. “In terms of central midfield players, he was the only one available at the club”

If Fane was injured then Wellens would have used words indicating as much. ?

What's happened to Omrani and Maouche...?

14 minutes ago, League one forever said:

I desperately want to be wrong, and maybe I’m just preparing for the worst. 

 

But I still think we are done for. 

 

3 reasons. 

 

1. We are limping over the line, and desperation has kicked in. 

 

2. Dale are on a good run, and momentum is everything at this stage. 

 

3. Mentality.  Hill will be saying ‘what have you have got to lose?’ Ritchie will be saying, you don’t deserve to go down - just relax. One is hungry, one is complacent. 

They've got 7 points from their last 7 games, having played five of them at home... interesting definition of momentum.

Byrne dropped and Paddy Mc not even on the bench? Four forwards? Show of faith in Hamer to keep him in with Wilson on the bench?

Brave selection from Richie... let's hope it pays off.

 

On 18/04/2018 at 2:05 PM, palmer1 said:

 

We had a good run of form, we are now in a not so great run of form. That's football!

 

 

 

Form since the start of February really isn't that bad... 18 points from 12 league games; only 2 defeats. Replicate that over the season and that's 69 points. Though admittedly performances haven't been anywhere near the levels when Wellens first took over.

I think it'd be very unfair to sack him if we stayed up, especially given where we started from.

Controversial view, I know, but I didn't think we were that bad yesterday. Not great, admittedly, but we've won games playing worse.

Wigan are just a lot better than us.

3 minutes ago, Buckshawlatic said:

Referee explains - can’t say I’ve ever seen that before 

 

https://twitter.com/officialoafc/status/967382893080338432

Fair play to him for that. 

Holloway's a good player at this level.

Agreed. Not only is it annoying, it's also unsafe. If there was ever an emergency announcement, half the ground wouldn't be able to hear it...

Just now, rigsby said:

Fane cant control a ball.

Are we SERIOUSLY wanting fane in the team? Is this our level? A pro midfielder who really cannot control a football properly.

He's been comfortably our best player in the last two months...

8 hours ago, adamoafc said:

Since wellens took over;

 

Davies 3 goals 2 assists in 15 league games 

 

Holloway 1 goal 5 assists in 9 league games. 

 

Jack Byrne 2 goals 3 assists in 15 league games. 

Only started one of those 9 league games, too... played < 20 minutes in 6 of them!

Massively depends on which of the loan players we're able to keep. If we lose Bryan, Byrne and Doyle and don't replace them adequately I'd still be looking over my shoulder...

3 hours ago, Magister said:

Yes they are....they showed that Scunthope scored a third goal

They also conclusively show that grass is green and that we play in blue.

...like your point, however, neither of those things is relevant to my query about whether Duane Holmes was in an offside position.

57 minutes ago, losesome said:

No 3rd was ok. When Dumi tackled their guy it could have bounced anywhere but it went straight to their guy stood just onside and in ocean's of space.

Hope Wellens learns from today,  Don't know why he changed our midfield shape with Omrani but if didn't work.

Actually I meant later in the move. The ball comes in from Morris, their forward gets a touch on it and then it goes through to Holmes who puts it in... and who I thought at the time was offside - highlights aren't exactly conclusive though unfortunately!

First 40 minutes we were really poor. Next 50 we were alright, and a bit unlucky at the end not to draw.

Doyle had a poor game - should/could have scored two or three. Byrne was good second-half, Dummigan played well. Clarke completely at fault for their second, but made it up for it by scoring our first.

Didn't think Ruddy could do a lot with their goals, and was (one drop aside) fairly solid otherwise. Was the third offside?

Had to come to an end at some point - at least it was entertaining!

Bobby Reid (remember him?) is currently the top scorer in the Championship...

56 minutes ago, singe said:

Shez is 25/1 for Gillingham job. Just behind Walter Zenga, ubt same odds as Dean Holden....

I reckon he'll turn up at Bury.

1 hour ago, UsedtobeWozzer said:

I see today’s market mover is Alan Stubbs in to 5/1. Didn’t last long at Rovrum but decent job at Hibs from what I recall. Might help sort the defence out too.

Wouldn't be so sure... He lasted 14 games at Rotherham, winning 1, and conceding 37...

On 17/09/2017 at 0:45 PM, oafcprozac said:

So what's Ruddy done wrong exactly?

 

yes Wilson was shit, we replaced him. The elephant in the room remains, the fact that Clarke's legs have gone. He was awesome last season but Ripley was digging him out of the shit every week. This year he looks every bit the old man. He was awful for that second goal yestday but people focus on a kid in goal that looks decent and whether Gerrard is overweight or not. The problem in defence is our captain. Edmundson hasn't great either but he gets some slack he's a kid. I'd bring Stott in once he's fit. 

I'd say it was the other way round on many occasions...