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Bunn says that he should be fit in another 2 weeks

I thought the most improved player today was Branger. He looks a great find, technically very good and will only get better.

Yes you make your own luck when you have players playing as a team for each other

Concentrate your energy on moving forward and look forward to seeing new signings. Byrne is an ex player and no amount of moaning or trying to argue your case will bring him back.

Give it a rest Ryan, get over it he’s bloody gone thank god.

Lots of things helped to send us down last season. Players we had that thought they where better than league one , a shit manager and a new owner who made massive mistakes because he was inexperienced . For god sake we now have players fighting for the cause , a management team that is OAFC through and through and an owner trying his best to rectify his mistakes. We need to move on and get behind the owner, management team and the players and put last year to bed once and for all.

Well yes theoretically he had he’s never been near the first team for weeks. I told you all that he had gone and he had gone from being actively involved with the first team. Let’s all move on and wish him the best at Kilmarnock.

Bravo someone with some sense

That’s exactly why it’s NOT been documented by Bunn

Good luck Jack I hope you have learned a hard lesson that no footballer is bigger than the club they play for. Hope you get your attitude sorted because you can be a truly great player when you put your mind to it.

I have listened to all his interviews and when it’s been brought up he has always said that the matter was being dealt with internally and he would not comment on the issue. That’s always been his stance. So I think someone is making this up. He’s never stated in public that he wanted to keep Byrne.

Proof of where it’s well documented that Bunn wanted to keep him Ryan? I’ve not seen any . So where is it??,

Not necessarily he could be loaned out to non league or have his contract terminated . No other league club wants him and I wonder why????

I have never said that he does not posses ability or that he’s not technically gifted. He’s got loads of both however the problem is he doesn’t use it enough. If he had played well at the end of last season we would be still in League1 and if he was that brilliant dont you think that teams would be queing up to sign him but they are not interested. That’s why I say he’s over rated. He’s been the same at every club that’s signed him.

Yes many times last season at BP spitting is dummy out when subbed and shouting abuse at his manager on the way off the pitch. We don’t need players like that with massive attitude problems.

He’s the most over rated player that as ever graced the turf of BP.

A bit weird that you don’t count Wembley as an away. On the day forest where classed as the home team and we where classed as the away team?. Anyway like you say it’s your thread. Perhaps the thread should have said away attendance at a league ground and not the national stadium. It’s a bit unclear for a thread.

Didn’t we take about 36,000 to Wembley for that game against Notts Forest?

Yes I can confirm that this is true because I was there and witnessed being done out of a goal that bounced down off the bar behind the line at the Chaddy End. We lost 1-2 but it should have gone to a replay. Fantastic atmosphere and the most people ever to be squeezed in to BP

I think if you read back my above post you will read that I said that he’s admitted his mistakes of last season and that he’s trying to make a new start. Yes I have got concerns about him like many others however he’s a new owner with very little experience of running a football club. He’s invested heavily, made mistakes and paid the price for those mistakes. In life we all make mistakes that’s because we are not robots we are humans and I always think that people should be given another chance to right the wrongs that they are guilty of. So as far as I am concerned the Jury is still out on AL , however he does seem to be not medalling in team affairs and he is trying to bring a better feel good factor to the club so I am prepared at this moment of time to give him the benefit of the doubt. I do though understand your concerns.

Please take note I mentioned no names and therefore I ask you are you not paranoid and over protective of the players you have named. I wrote my post in response to watching and listening to examples of video links posted. So do you not agree that there is a better feeling at the club than there has been for a long time. The players playing in our current team are not playing as individuals who think that they are better than they actually are, they are playing as a team and fighting for each other. The management are taking no sides with players as was the case last season and are creating a happy bunch of players who want to do well for the club. The atmosphere is improving all the time due to the positive attitude of the playing management and long may it continue. As for the owner if I had pumped millions into a club where I thought there was potential and I had been let down badly by my staff, I too would be trying to get to the cause and get rid of personal who where not prepared to give 100%+ for the club that I had heavily invested in. I personally think AL is doing a good job. The ground improvements are very wellcome and he’s appointed a management team who actually care about OAFC. We have had two stands named and signed in honour of the best two managers that we have ever had. I am not saying he didn’t make mistakes last season because he would admit himself that he has but this season starting with a new approach and positive people around him I think he’s made a good start and we should all get behind him, the playing management team and the players that now seem to care for the club that they are employed with. Past playing staff to me are no longer important, they are the past and they are entitled to their opinions on what ever media they wish to express it as you or I am. That’s what makes this an Opinions for you forum . We express our thoughts one way or an other. It’s called freedom of speech.

Thanks for posting all the links and having watched them all there is only one video being the second on the list that gives us an incite into the young Jack Byrne. During his time as a young player yes he showed great talent and still does. He lost his dad when 11 and this obviously had a very big effect on him. That’s a sad part of his life. It’s not easy to get over such a loss at that age. This video makes it clear that he’s the sort of player who would respond well to a manager putting his arm around him and making him realise that he’s wanted. However there are things said about him that are still in his game today. Such as him having a go at the ref from an early age, that he always wanted the ball from his team mates or he got upset. This is still in his game. The rest of the videos in Croatia tell us more about his mates than himself and the last video is a Jack Byrne ego trip of his footballing highlights. There is no doubt he’s a great talent but there is nothing in these videos that tell us about the Jack Byrne of today. He seems to be easily influenced by more senior professional players of the wrong type.

That’s a sad outcome for Green. He’s been a great player over the years. I just hope that this does not finish his carrier.

My god I didn’t realise that Carlisle played with only one defender last weekend. Must be some record to keep a clean sheet with no keeper and only one centre back playing.

He won’t last the whole season without him breaking down. He has not finished the last two seasons because of injury due to him not being fit.