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Same, think it’s Dallas on loan. Norwood Dallas should be a hell of a strike force tbf

Twitter rumours going crazy. Talk of a huge signing tomorrow. No idea what Mikes tweet means but I’m still thinking it will ‘just’ be Dallas on loan for the rest of the season. Would love Kanu but can’t see it

If he’s out of contract in the summer that would bring the asking price down massively, could still see them wanting early 6 figures. Very good player

Kanu would be a huge statement of intent, one I mentioned in summer to go for if we’re serious about promotion. Can’t see it though as much as I’d love it. The podcast guys said last week we had enquired though (apparently). Didn’t posh go in for him in summer and where told he’d cost a million quid? Can’t see it but it really would be a statement signing that.

Yeah I would get rid of all 9 mentioned. I actually quite like Hogan but he’s getting on and I think we can get better for what he’ll be earning. Fondop as well is a decent option from the bench but again, think we can get better. Of the contracted lads we don’t want - I could see teams taking a punt on Shelton and Kurt. I think Kurt will go this month tbh. Sheltons shite but has done ok elsewhere, it’s just whether another team would get close to his wage here. Could see us binning Reid off in summer, agreeing to a mutual pay out. Someone would sign him on a free, he has a decent goal record. Think we’re stuck with Ward and Nuttall. Normans signed until 2025 too I think? Reckon a team will take a punt on him, maybe even in Jan. One way or another I think a good 8-12 of the current squad won’t be an Oldham player come August 2024.

They should be in the Chaddy at the back, as far away as possible. Hartlepool brought a decent number and apparently made some noise. I was in the RRE and couldn’t hear a peep except a murmur when Mancini came on. Keeping them towards the back creates a good distance between them and their players. Get them out the way. Also lets roll with either the purple or tangarine kit at home for a bit, why not?

Yeah this is what I took from it, implying they will be real quality signings and said there would be a few of them. Stockton and Norwood (while I’m not sure how well it would/will work) is a frightening partnership for the NL if that was to come off. Half of L1 would take that as their forward line. I’m sure a couple of players will end up leaving to free up at least some of the wage budget. Exciting times though.

Thanks for that mate. it’s interesting to read and appreciate you looking. How do Hobson and Hogan rank up? Raglan hasn’t featured much until recently. Is there anything that by team ranks players at the one club i.e Oldhams best player based on all stats available is Norwood for example? Like an overall ranking of sorts?

Bit random but I remember a poster on here had access to Statsbomb through work which the club also use as a scouting tool for potential signings. If the poster sees this would you mind checking on where Hudson and Kitching rank in their positions across the league? Particularly Kitching. I can’t think of another left back so far who has looked better. Be interesting to see where a player like Sheron ranks among midfielders this season based on his stats, I seem to remember last season he was high.

Few rumblings Willoughby will be off and it will be a perm rather than a loan. Reckon we’ll bring in a RB on a perm and probably another striker. Especially if Willoughby and possibly Reid leave this month

Andy seemed to say that 1-2 players will be gone in the next week or 2, more so ITK rather than a rumour (or at least how I took it). Who we thinking? He said they have been involved with the first team recently. Maybe Willoughby out on loan somewhere? Hogan has been a name mentioned recently about leaving but I can’t see it given he’s an integral part of the back 3 we play every game now.

Hope the rumours of us bidding for Sinclair at Dale are true. He’s a good player. A young, quick, direct winger who knows where the net is.

Thought we looked miles ahead of them on boxing day. They looked like the worst team in the division in all honesty. We need to press from the off and get an early goal or 2. Their defence looked truly awful (23 for them is the worst I’ve seen in the league this season). Get at them from the off and we should get a dominant win. Norwood and Stones should be having a field day against that defence, as they did a few days ago. 4-1 the blues.

P.S lets not make this thread about Norwood. Jesus he’s scored 8 goals in his last 10 games in a side that create absolutely fuck all. He is far from the problem and is basically the reason we’re not fighting relegation right now. His all round game and body language isn’t great at times, who cares!? He’s paid a fortune to score goals and he scores goals in a side that is completely useless

What a team they are, I’d love for us to go and dominate teams with slick passing football like they did/do. Number 11 Wearne who came off the bench for them is some player. He’s got more goal contributions than any player in the league. We should be throwing any money we have at them to sign him. Us - absolute dogshit. 2nd half was a disgrace. McGahey is absolutely garbage. Lundstram doesn’t look right, he looks injured. Sheron I actually dont mind but he cant pass and you know, you need that in midfield. No good wingers what so ever. No right back. CB’s are shite bar Hobson. The Squads a mess Mellon has a hell of a job on his hands and barring an absolute catastrophe (say, bottom of the league 10 games into next season) I’d be giving him 4 windows (I know we don’t technically have windows in the NL but Jan 24 Summer 24 Jan 25 Summer 25) to sort this shit out. I expected Gateshead to be good and thought there is a good chance they may beat us, but that today was frightening and simply unacceptable

Wigan fans are NOT happy he’s here. Both Twitter and their forum is full of them saying they don’t want him to extend and want him in/around the first team at Wigan

That crossfield pass from Hobson to Kitching was a thing of beauty. It was absolutely perfect as Kitching also ran onto it

First half we weren’t great but neither where Solihull. Both teams where pretty poor first half. Second half Lundstram and Sheron played further up the pitch and it changed everything. I thought Stones was superb, bit wobbly first 10 but after that was a huge threat. He was so direct in his forward runs. Wigan fans want him back there in the squad, would be trying to extend his loan asap. Sheron really grew into the game, I’m becoming a big fan of his. His work rate is always outstanding, which is all we can ask really when a player is selected. When we went 1-0 down he was the one shouting to all of the players to step it up/games not over etc. His finishing seems to be really good too. If he could pass he’d be playing a couple of leagues higher. Norwood was so poor. He’s a great player particularly for this level but can be a frustrating watch at times. Good support and a great win. We MUST try and follow this up though next weekend. Huge game which will show us where we really are.

I can’t see any transfer movement until January and even then it won’t be wholesale, we have too many average players on long expensive contracts. Today was bad. We have a mentality issue when it comes to games we should be winning (or games we think we should be winning). We’re still 2-3 off even being a serious play off contender. With this bunch, we will always be inconsistent. The way Mellon seemingly wants us to play needs direct wingers who can cross. We don’t have it. We pass it side to side getting 30 yards from goal then struggle. The crossing today was a disgrace, so many trickling along the ground being cleared by the first man. Who out of the squad today would you have day 1 next season if we’re in the NL and the expectation is promotion? Hudson, Raglan, Kitching, Norwood, Lundstram, maybe Sheron? for me that’s it. Says a lot. Gardners our best midfielder but with his injury record I wouldn’t bother. Not sure on McGahey yet. Injured players Hobson I’d keep of course and then maybe Reid. His all round game isn’t great but he does pop up with goals and is a decent option from the bench. We need much better.

Not sure what to expect to be honest. We seem to be trying to keep the ball a lot more and build a possession based style but we have to take our chances unlike last weekend. Not sure on the team either as the rumour mill on Twitter reckons Reid is injured and Hope is on Int duty. If Reid is injured I would give Willoughby a go with Norwood. Know nothing about Woking other than they are in shocking form and just binned their manager. Will go 2-1 Latics Norwood and Hobson.

Haven’t listened to it all yet but have to say I disagree with Daves assessment of the first half and us not being able to make more than 2 or 3 passes. If anything we passed it to much, sometimes we would pass it 20 plus times to then just whip it into nobody. We did that over and over again. 2nd half was a big improvement. Eastleigh didn’t offer much either and certainly weren’t running through us over and over like Dave mentioned. Agree about the flat atmosphere overall though

Yeah I mean with what we currently have. I agree Reid does seem better as an impact player but with our current crop I’d run with him and Norwood as a front 2 for a few games

Stats argument aside I think we can all agree Norwood and Reid need to have a few games together to build a potential partnership. I wanted Willoughby to be given a crack with Norwood but Reid is scoring and seems to have a bit more about him from what we have seen so we should run with the 2 (Norwood and Reid) for a few games.

He isn’t going anywhere. He absolutely loves Mellon, He’s on almost 5k a week plus god knows what other bonuses and lives in Manchester on a guranteed 2 year deal with an option for a 3rd. While it’s frustrating for fans, until the team improves overall he can literally coast to 20 goals this season in play off hopeful side being paid shit loads down the road from home. He was bobbins yesterday but he’s still our top scorer and the most likely player to get a goal.