Chris Richard

In some games he looks like a Championship player, but the key for me is playing with an experienced centre back partner and/or keeper. Why he looked brilliant with Lockwood and Elokobi or with Rachubka behind him. The only upturn in form he's had this year is alongside Brian Wilson, albeit temporary.

This is all most true, sir. He does need an experienced hand in there with him and he sometimes looks our best defender on his day. But he sometimes looks and acts disinterested. It's all about which James Wilson turns up on a Saturday. I worry that his disinterested side mentally, is focused on playing for his new club in January.

We won't be bottom. We probably won't even be in the bottom 4.

 

I heard a whisper the other day that James Wilson could be on his way out in Jan. Last year, it'd have been a blow. Not this year.

 

Dunn will be here until the end of the season at the very least...

Wilson has wanted away since Johnson left and his run in with supporters will have added to that so yeah, can see that coming true.

Now someone on Twitter saying ched Evans father in law is buying us... And Evans is our player. Hahahaha! Couldn't make this stuff up.

Ha ha. I think sombody has...

dean hutchings ‏@dean_hutchings

Urging all #oafc fans to turn on Dunn and the team next week boo them from the off and get on their backs

LOL. Achieving what exactly?

1) Can't see that being the case

2) Kelly, Murphy, Jones

3) Most definitely.

Since we've opted out of all cups, I have no doubt that our more salable players will be gone in January. I'm dreading what we'll end up with in those players places.

Fu king jo ke.

Is it a graph showing Lee Croft's weight fluctuation over a season?

We may be low on cash because of Dunn and Holden but I can't even blame them for players not getting paid, what I wouldn't mind knowing is, its been reported that Dunn had to inform the players they were not going to be paid, if true is that really under his remit?

Maybe not but I guess he is the manager, the guy in the firing line. It would be my boss to tell us if we weren't going to be paid on time. Not the owner of the company.

 

You've gone a bit left field on the spelling but up boat for use of the word gumption.

Thank you sir, I shall practice for homework.

8 can't see him being sacked. Corney doesn't have the gumpshion to sack another manager. Best we can hope for is an experienced number 2.

Julie Walters?

Bit old for me and not my type.

Who the he'll am I thinking of then?!!

Off seeing Lancashire hotpots tonight for Lancashire day!

Similar mould player wise to Amari Morgan-Smith.

Experienced head in midfield, will do us the power of good. Eyres and Shez came in at similar ages. Legs aren't everything if you can ping it around the park from the centre.

I can't believe how easily our heads went today. We had a very short decent spell in the second half but that was it. Heads dropped and to be fair we as fans weren't even on their backs. Management must be running out of people to blame.

The frustration is there. We are not cutting it 0laying 1 upfront. Hoof ball isn't ever going to work with a 5ft 8 ish striker who can't head a ball. Rasulo can't do everything on his own. Mills needs to look up at what he has in front of him before hoofing it anywhere. Dummighan was decent but that nearly wasn't good enough. We need a better get plan.

I'm too angry to post anything profound other than 'LOUD NOISES!'

Friday night teas on knees was considered a treat in our house when I was a kid........... bloody mollycoddled footballers

There's a Monty Python sketch in there somewhere...

Just what we needed. It's a long way from perfect but it's a start. Sounded like we played well. Just need to batter Mansfield and things are starting to look a little brighter. Chuck Cassidy back in the mix and the green shoots are emerging.

Who was the club's first ever loanee, and what year?

 

Gary Harkins.

First I remember was Paul Beavers.

Looking at their form, they seem to score plenty but concede a few too. Wouldn't be suprised if we did what we did against Gillingham. Then again could be a scrappy 1-1 which has been our favourite score line this season. Depends on how DD sets out his stall and who we have back.

It is a vicious circle as someone has already posted. Poor performance on the pitch at home breeds negativity in the stands. I sit in the RRE and before that the Chaddy. Over the course of the last couple of seasons you could feel the negativity and frustration growing. Now in my current seat, the positivity dwindles after about half an hour which leads to some sat around me having a pop at the players in front of them. This then translates to the game, you can see players panicking on the ball or trying desperately not to try taking a risk or trying something creative because they don't want to incur the roth of those behind/ to the side of them or they are scared of ballsing up. It's like a nervous tension.

I agree that things need to improve on the pitch in order to draw the fans back to any level of enthusiasm, but I also feel that if there was a bit more positivity/ energy for the players to feed off, it could give them that extra bit of something. We see this when we are away. The energy of constant singing/ chanting lifts the players to do something.

We basically need to batter a team or two in order to get the crowd and the players going or we need a player or two that aren't afraid to try something risky rather than playing safe football all the time. Something has to give at some point.

I've consistently had the same viewpoint Chris but to struggle year on year with no plan isn't enough any more, success is not guaranteed but those clubs with a plan tend to do better. Gillingham, Walsall and Burton don't get massively higher crowds or have higher budgets. So why are they bidding the division? Answer, a plan to move forward every year and improve. Develop good young home grown players cherry pick a sprinkling of GOOD loanees and reinvest transfer fees but above all they play attacking football well Walsall and Gills do.

I can see your and everyone's frustration and the way issues on and off the pitch haven't always been handled in the correct manor and yes there seems to be little direction and ambition but this is mine, yours, our OAFC. I can't help feeling that the club NEEDS the consistent people to keep things ticking over. Kind of like a life support machine.