Londonboy

Must be true then.........

Wow good effort from them considering they usually get around 300 there!

That's a bit shit. should be a few more from the OASIS crew now on open sale. Got mine Monday and taking a mate

Come on lads Lost at home to Oxford City 4-2 Saturday and they havn't won in 5! Get through the first 15 mins of madness then we should piss it!! http://www.hamptonfc.net/teams/110868/match-centre/1-3614912

Your not wrong Andy....however as you say he may be useful in this league. I've seen plenty a lot worse than him in some of the sides we have struggled against as well as our own!

I guess JoeP because the next rung down etc are paid to do a job properly and have a responsibility to do so. The man at the top pays the wages (well sometimes!!) may be incompetent, and can pretty much do as he wants....because he's the man at the top! AL is what he is. We are stuck with him. Bunn we are not.

Anyone got any info on Fane's progress from injury? Be great if he could get back before the Christmas period. He will be an asset for us in this league when fit and an upgrade on most of what we have.

Whilst all this would be ideal......you still need to have a manager who tactically can get a tune out of his players, and progress the team. Without this all of the above are pretty irrelevant. Can you honestly say from what you seen so far this season Bunn ticks these boxes? I cannot.

Last season as I said a few times we persevered with Wellens for far too long and got relegated. Think the general consensus was if he was binned with 5 or 6 games left, we probably would have got the points needed to have stayed up with the squad we had. Bunns record, particularly of late is utter crap and any other chairman in our position would have sacked him by now. Yes the club in general is a fucking mess at the moment, but we have to at least try to move forward. Yes we don't have the same level of player as last year, but the players we do have are better than 17th in League 2. And yes the players say they respect him etc, but it's just not visible on the pitch at the moment. I've seen us at Forest Green (who were the best of the bunch), Yeovil, Swindon, Northampton, and Stevenage, and the general performances, of both players and the manager have been dire. Stevenage was OK in parts but horse shit in others. Lose tomorrow and its 5 losses out of 6 going into what's become our biggest game financially of the season....and one which may get us through the season at least. The question is how long do we wait before trying something or someone new?

Last season as I said a few times we persevered with Wellens for far too long and got relegated. Think the general consensus was if he was binned with 5 or 6 games left, we probably would have got the points needed to have stayed up with the squad we had. Bunns record, particularly of late is utter crap and any other chairman in our position would have sacked him by now. Yes the club in general is a fucking mess at the moment, but we have to at least try to move forward. Yes we don't have the same level of player as last year, but the players we do have are better than 17th in League 2. And yes the players say they respect him etc, but it's just not visible on the pitch at the moment. I've seen us at Forest Green (who were the best of the bunch), Yeovil, Swindon, Northampton, and Stevenage, and the general performances, of both players and the manager have been dire. Stevenage was OK in parts but horse shit in others. Lose tomorrow and its 5 losses out of 6 going into what's become our biggest game financially of the season....and one which may get us through the season at least. The question is how long do we wait before trying something or someone new?

What most are saying on here is hard to argue against. However we can change the manager... but not the owner.... not easily anyway. All im saying is roll the dice and we may get lucky. Bunn can't get the best out what we have, and whilst not brilliant our squad is miles better than 17th in league 2. Whilst I think AL is a knob, the performances Bunn has got from what he has available is not acceptable. He'd get sacked at any club based on what he serves up on the pitch.

Legend for me during the pinch me years but enough is enough. Frankie is just not a manager. Agree with some about who the fuck replaces him...however the way I feel after today is my 10 year old daughter is a better option. Nothing to lose so I say roll the dice?

Anyone know when our tickets will go on sale?? Nothing on the fishul?

Performance aside we needed 3 points last night however they came. Hopefully confidence will increase and we will get a result on Saturday.

I think this is a great Cup tie for us , which will get some good national focus and hopefully some positive press for the club. Fuck me if we cant beat this lot then we really are fucked! Reaching the 3rd round this year and hopefully getting a money spinning tie, is more important than ever, and might just get us through the season. Plus an outside chance of a TV game and some more money, is better than a none descript home tie in front of 2000 fans.

Great point. I would do the same.

Obviously not.... ?

Look on the bright side.... Its on a Tuesday night so we can't lose!!

If the players have actually been paid yet? If AL is in and around the club at the moment sorting the latest mess out? Appologies if these have been answered in other threads and I've missed them.

Might help pay the wages in the short term.....better watch out though when we have 3 consecutive away games!!

Yep this could happen, but unlikey I think if managed correctly... And is it really any worse though than the past 15 years?

Not saying it would be easy... However was over 2 years ago and a club formed out of protest. Look at the likes of Wycombe and Exeter. They seem to be doing OK.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-2lPxgtC60 Our club today is in a giant bloody hole, which seems to be getting deeper by the day, with no obvious way out. (barring a "genuine" multi millionaire buying us, building a new stadium and trying to buy back the days of the pinch me years which is pretty unlikely) The attached link explains pretty simply about how fan owned clubs work and the various options available. I for one would 100% support this type of initiative. Appreciate this will probably never lead us back to the glory days, but it would make us feel like a REAL football club again, and not the joke of a club that we are today. The current fan owned clubs seem to be a happy places and they have had some success'. I'm totally fucked off with the charlatans and wasters from the past 15 years, who have systematically destroyed a club I have supported for over 40 years. Since that fraudster Chris Moore bailed out 15 years ago, we have been in steady decline, and its a minor miracle that we are actually still a football league football club today imo. I would happily pledge and invest in a piece of our football club, as I suggest would hundreds of others, if it meant genuine Latics supporters taking control of the club, and putting an end to what seems to be a never ending circus. I don't confess to understanding how something like this starts...or even if its viable, but if the debt is drastically reduced compared to what is was 12 months ago, then I wonder how much it would take to "purchase" 51% of the club from our illusive chairman. If the rumors he is skint are correct I guess he'd welcome the chance to get out while he can and give it up for nothing!! Just a thought.....all views any any expertise on this subject welcome!

Is AL in the country and has anyone actually seen him lately? If he's around, surely he wouldnt show his face tomorrow if the payment issue wasn't sorted? He'd look a compete dick and our fans would crucify him. If he's not there then I think we are up the shitcreek, and I really fear for our future... ?

Sounds like a piss poor performance but most would have taken a point tonight. Were unbeaten in 4, still unbeaten away and it's another clean sheet. We move on at home to an out of form Carlisle on Saturday which should be lively with Shez and Gerrard coming back. Let's get behind the team, have a good crack, get back in the top 7. This league is crap and being hard to beat will stand us in good stead. KTF