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I can't believe we've got a striker who's hit double figures by  OCTOBER. We've finally got the goal scorer we've desperately needed for about a decade 

I think the aggregate score to Dons at their place must be in the hundreds by now, hopefully we can go some way to evening it out on Saturday 

Taking ten points from Posh, Pompey, Blackburn and Bradford is ridiculous form really isn't it, I doubt we'll have a tougher run of games than that this season. If we beat the Franchise on Saturday i think i might haemorrhage 

I'm going to be more blunt actually because I can't stand him; Ollie Banks is shit. Properly shit. One of the worst players I've seen play for Latics, and a coward to boot. Why he's being brought up after we've won four on the trot without him I don't know

fuck off Banks 

Awesome performance, unfair to really pick anyone out today but i thought Davies, Gardner and Fane were immense today. I've not really read the whole thread but are people still really suggesting Banks the non-league player (well, pub league player) is better than Fane?

I haven't mentioned Byrne in that group because he's an absolute class above. What a joy to watch, the best player we've had in years

if Wellens doesn't get the job it's a travesty

Ridiculous, the best player we've had in a long time. The whole team was great today but he was head and shoulders above everyone on the field 

1 minute ago, lookersstandandy said:

 

...I think your post here sums the situation up perfectly well....

 

 

...but two games later and others would have you believe we've got the 2nd coming on our hands.... it's madness.

That's nonsense though, the only one using hyperbole here is you.

People are simply pointing out that it makes no sense to appoint one inexperienced manager with no track record to speak of over another who has come in, got a reaction from the players and a couple of results and already knows the club and players, just because the former has a 'higher profile', which as far as I'm aware counts for absolutely cock all when it comes to management 

Seriously, why does Scholes deserve the job over anyone, not just Wellens? Just on profile alone? When has that EVER worked at this level. 

So we get mentioned in the newspapers for a couple of weeks before people go back to forgetting Oldham Athletic even exist, woohoo

2 minutes ago, lookersstandandy said:

 

Its. Only. 3. Games.

 

Keep Wellens as assistant. Continuity assured. Scholes profile thrown into the mix too.

Thats three more games than Scholes

7 minutes ago, lookersstandandy said:

 

...this is kinda the point isn't it.... Sky, BBC, talkSport, they're all over it cos of who it is..... he can help to raise the profile of the club and as a result could be good for investment / attracting a better quality of player.... he could be absolute dross as well, it's a total gamble...

 

...what astounds me somewhat, is the absolute clamour for Wellens. Before the Peterborough game, people were scoffing at him being given the job, the cheap option, like Dean Holden, they shouted. He wins 3 [three] games and all of a sudden he's the fkin messiah. Think about that, 3 [three], not 300, or even 30. One, Two, Three. End.

 

People need to calm down. He's still just as much a risk as Scholes. They probably have the same qualification/credentials to be a manager..... neither is better, not worse than the other.... however one win hands down in terms of profile, which takes me back to my first sentence.... this is kinda the point isn't it.....

 

Personally, I'd happy with either..... and delighted with Scholes as manager and Wellens as assistant.

He's won three games in a row with a team that had previously won one all season (all whilst playing some brilliant football), has obviously got a reaction from the players and he already knows the club/players. I think the argument is that it's pretty redundant to give it to another inexperienced manager in Scholes just because he's a name 

 I seriously don't see what he'd bring to the table at all. If we're giving it to an inexperienced manager I'd like to see how Wellens does. If we're appointing someone on their name alone give it to see Seedorf, at least he's managed before and isn't a total charisma vacuum

If it means I never have to sit through his punditry again then I'm all for it. Just so long as he doesn't do interviews either

I thought Doyle and Gardner were our best players, and the other two lads in midfield also looked promising. It's no coincidence once Banks went off we looked better, he has to be the worst player in this entire division, an absolute wet blanket of a footballer. Gerrard can sling it too

Plenty off positives though. We might actually have a proper striker!!

oh, also one of the worst refereeing performances I've ever seen

This genuinely feels worse than the starts under Kelly and Robinson. At least under those two they had an idea of a formation. If there isn't big changes made before Thursday we're finally gonna get the fuck out of this division 

I don't understand how anyone could applaud that shite off today. That was one the most disgusting disgusting displays I've seen following this club for 20 years now (I'm 26). A spirited ten minute spell doesn't make up for the most gutless display I've ever watched supporting Latics. I not only paid £22 to watch that shit, I had to shell out another £20 in a black cab cause the fucking trains weren't running. Fuck off Latics

4 minutes ago, rigsby said:

I agree with you regarding Banks.

Who signed him? Thinking Shez, which again leads me to question his judgement of a footballer.

Robinson wasn't it? But Shez seems to rate him, which is worrying.

I didn't bother today, because no way am I paying £24 to watch a result I could've predicted days ago, or to watch any team in which Ollie fucking Banks is STILL getting a starting role.

 I'm going to Blackpool next week for some reason. I hope at least half of these '5 or 6 players' Shez was on about make an appearance 

Holloway is not worse than Banks, don't be silly. You'd be hard pushed to find a worse player than Banks in the entire division, he's a non league footballer. 

Gerrard isn't all that to be honest. I'd sooner have Wilson back there, or one of Stott or Edmondson

Just to add, I think Shez got it wrong. He should've gone 4-4-2 from the start, McLaughlin isn't the type of player that can play a free role/off the strikers. Once Gardner's available have him and Fane in the centre, McLaughlin and Tope on the flanks

Everyone bar the keeper, Fane, Duffus when he came on and possibly Hunt was garbage, and yet Ollie Banks still stands out like a festering turd. We've got a non-league midfielder starting games in the 3rd tier. It's troubling 

3 hours ago, BP1960 said:

Will we be saying this about Banks after he's gone?

 

No. Absolutely not. No. Noooooo

1 hour ago, Blue_Guru said:

Centre Midfield a burning issue...we could really do with flynn and banks off the books couldn't we...

I'll happily drive them wherever. And I can't drive

if Ollie Banks is anywhere near our first team next season I fear the worst 

Probably not the last 20 years, but Dieng was a massive loss last season. First choice in a play-off midfield while we had Ollie Banks spraying the ball into the 409 bus stop. Great 

68 people want to bring Taylor back, Jesus wept. An absolute waste of a shirt, it's a travesty that he's keeping Tope out of the team 

Personally I'd keep everyone but Taylor, Flynn, Banks and Reckord. Oh and Ngoo, obviously