yarddog73

10 game winless league run is the third worst in the past 20 years and it's still going. 10/11 season under Dickov we went 12 in the League without a win and the grim Kelly/Dunn run that went on for 11 winless in 15/16. We've been served up some right shite the last couple of decades but this latest run is right up there with the worst and the least expected, actually in 5th with games in hand with nine to play, awful. Not a chance I'm bothering to watch that shite tomorrow in the flesh.

That's the weird thing draws away at Dagenham and Halifax I'd happily take particularly within the away record as a whole this season so them sort of boos I just don't get. Booing players on needs calling out as that's about as useful to the team as that City fan who kept the ball from Modric missed penalty the other night leaving Silva stood there stewing for 30 seconds. They've been booed off a few times at home even at half time this season which I understand particularly when the desire and effort hasn't been there. It's not for me I just normally go early and the apathy of the last decade still exists for me, I find us almost comical to watch at home at times, it's literally like watching park football.

I wasn't too far away yet some still knocked my post. Only about 4% of our fans predicted we would finish as low as 10th, fair play to them as I actually voted we would go up as Champions Does anybody still see this season as progress, that was banded about on here a lot a couple of months ago but I don't hear it now.

They were shit long before the booing started. It's a bit of a chicken and egg situation so effort is probably needed on both parts, I've got to say though this group is the most detached I've ever seen from the fans and from the outside as has been mentioned it looks like it's full of over flated egos and bad attitudes which for an older group of players is just weird.

Right footed Defender Centrehalf Pub player Snails pace Sorry he fails the criteria, according to statbomb he needs three of the above.

Forgot to add that on top of the four right footed centrehalves we played across our back four last night we played another one in front of them in an holding midfield role so that's five players who effectively play the same position in the same team. Talking about McGahey it was painful watching him shuffle about like a three legged hippo last night, honestly if he's the answer we are fucked, Halifax were so much more dynamic and forward thinking on the ball and made our players look like sloths at times.

If Darren Royle wasn't related to a club legend he'd have been out on his ear months ago, he's clearly out of his depth and that's before you take in to account him undermining Shez to get his pal in the building at the start of the Rothwells tenure which to me will set us back 3 years, he's fucking useless and we are still no clearer what the 'plan' is. He's making the football decisions so the buck stops with him, even in the last transfer window we saw the same mistakes being made and personally I'm reluctant to pump money into something I just don't feel engaged in anymore, sad that really with the opportunity we've been given but the silence out of he club and the lack of communication on so many levels is piss poor. For me there's something fundamentally wrong with the way the business is being run day to day and until the culture changes around the place and plans are put in place for us to actually improve and progress then we will continue to struggle. No stats system in the world would allow us to play the best part of two seasons with no recognisable rightback whilst continuing to harvest the same footed centrehalf (we had four right footed centrehalves playing across the back four last night - quite astonishing really) or a plethora of strikers who get no service, recruitment is being overseen by fucking idiots and whoever is in charge of it should be first out of the door. At the moment we are indebted to the Rothwells money but that isn't infinite, we can't continue to run the business so poorly, it's actually amateur on so many levels and needs addressing, structurally we need an overhaul because nobody will buy in to this as it stands and trust me if this isn't resolved now it will roll in to next season. Unbelievably we still had something to play for last night but only 380 of 1900 fans who'd bought tickets initially could be arsed and that's with only two games to play and a play off place quite incredibly still up for grabs, if that didn't make the Rothwells sit up and think then I don't know what will. If I were them I'd rip it up and start again but unfortunately they are all in bed together when really they should be putting business before pleasure. It's a big mess and with every passing year a missed opportunity yet nothing is likely to change, apart from the crowds slowly declining - again.

I read that it was to ensure every player gets a three week break before season starts so yes that would be the reason.

He's been shit, we looked better without him for an hour and in comparison to Garner who I'm presuming had the same poor service he was miles behind, he's scored about 10 from open play so he's hardly pulling any trees up, we've also not won a game in the last eleven he's been involved in which is some record. The fact he thinks he can bitch at everyone all the time despite being absolutely shite himself pretty much sums him up for me.

Gardner can't play more than 60 minutes, oh wait new contract incoming......

People will have their reasons for going but it will take something for me to watch that lot again.

Running on empty 80% of our team, you'd of thought it was us who'd played our 3rd game in 5 days. Into time added on the time added on and some players couldn't even get in the box for the last punt and kept the keeper back, honestly they are fucking clueless. Get rid of the fucking lot of them. Shite.

We'll draw where we want, We'll draw where we want, We are Oldham Athletic and we'll draw where we want.

381 Tics, how sad.

Norwood on - Town score

Shite from 1 to 11, team full of round pegs in square holes and it's difficult to see who can help us going forward, be glad when seasons over. Looks about 400 Latics fans there tops which is well short of what some predicted. Apathy well and truly set in amongst the fanbase.

New keeper needed, fucking clown.

Norwood dropped about six week too late. Kitching in the skip where he belongs. Sachdev must have a game for Sheff Utd U21's tonight.

They threw the money at more strikers in Garner and Dallas which was totally unnecessary when we had obvious weaknesses elsewhere.

That's because they are starting 2 weeks later in mid August.

They had no reason to not turn up when Frank came home, none at all. They probably played in front of the best home atmosphere in a decade against Kidderminster and the day had a feel good factor about it, even when behind they were encouraged but didn't have it in them to show up, you wouldn't want some of them in the trenches with you that's for sure and that 'performance' has become a bit of a norm for this bunch. Give them an excuse and they'll hide behind it.

Yes it's all the fans fault

I see them world beaters Kidderminster are already relegated, all went South that day for me on Frank's return which was piss poor the great man and hasn't gotten any better since.

Doesn't help when you've got the manager and captain telling fans to fuck off because they get all sensitive when someone points out they've been fucking useless and cruising for the past couple of months, add Hudson and McGahey to those who've had spats with fans and it's not difficult to buy into the Micky Mellon bull that he knows what an 'Oldham Athletic' team looks like, stories about Norwood haven't gone down too well amongst the diehards as well so it's not difficult to see why there is disconnect, I suspect season ticket sales are piss poor and for me it's up to those at the club to attempt to get everyone back on board because the last two months has been car crash. I'm surprised they are taking the 700's down south because it's been awful and bad enough watching it from my living room.

Agreed although it doesn't make Couto are more viable selection as some are suggesting. Fylde away he was the worse player on the pitch by a country mile, an absolutely shocking performance he's replicated with regularity since Christmas.