Only Blue

Have the fans turned? The sack the manager brigade are saying sack the manager, but they always say that. The moaners are moaning, but they always moan. Everyone else is just feeling depressed and frustrated about it, especially as Saturday had that first game in the NL Dorking game feel about it and we were badly let down and it just feels worse than most other games. We have all had a grumble , got it off our chests and will forgive the players (slightly) if we win on Tuesday. No way have we turned on MM!!!

I am an old timer and everything wasn't rosy under big Joe. I remember being in the Chaddy when some people in front of me were shouting for him to be sacked, giving him the v's when he looked over. Although when the team did lose badly they tended to have had a few shots at their goal, made a forward pass, generally tried to get a goal back and looked as though it did bother them as they left the pitch... oh and followed it up with winning loads of games after it!!! It's the total lack of entertainment that is getting at people. It's either a gritty win (which I will take all day long) or an abject disaster of a game. You more or less know how the game is going to go after we go 1-0 down. It's this inevitable lack of urgency to win happening over and over again that has drained everyone.

What is totally frustrating is that the players show some fight away from home, so they can do it. I wish they would just say what is going through their minds at home, the manager must be asking the players and they must be saying something. Surely whatever it is they answer they are working on it. There is no evidence of it so far. The sheer fact we hardly ever have any sort of shots at their goal is so soul destroying.

I agree and I think it's the opinion of most Latics fans . We can't keep changing the manager every time we play badly.

Just sobered up enough to read the comments. All the failures regarding how badly we play seemed to be covered apart that we can't even hoof it properly. Why are we hoofing it right into the corners? It means one of our players has to win the ball wide to flick it into centre for another player needed to win their battle. We have added an extra layer when hoof ball should be direct, only Latics could do that!!! I always try and find something positive to cling on to, but no , not this time, I can only add to the comments of woe.

As it is scarf day, are we going to hold them up on the 64th minute and sing Frank's name, like supporters used to do in 70s and 80s. Cringy I know before anyone says it, but who cares, and if done right it would look really good.

I sat down for this and there were loads of empty seats so if we took 2,404 then there is definitely scope for more tickets to be sold if needed.

A lot of clubs have done this before where they release an initial allocation and then give us more. I don't know if it is to make us scramble for the first few tickets so they get money early or they just don't want to print all tickets out to save on trees I have not looked but does the official Latics message say "initial allocation" or just that we have been given 2,400?

It says due to segregation and ongoing maintenance in some areas, so it sounds as though the capacity wouldn't have been 13,000 even without any segregation. I actually think the club has been surprised by the uptake, so hopefully any future incentives like this they will learn from this and ensure they can sell tickets up to the full capacity.

Alas that is true, so stop rearing the question then it wouldn't Also my answer will also rear then "he probably wouldn't have made a difference"

Other factors have come into play off the pitch that stop him being utilised. The fact he is not being selected confirms he is (at the moment) not being considered for selection. This has happened since Christmas so we all more or less know why, so what is there to explain?

Perhaps my point didn't come across right. Believe it or not I would have him in the squad for the football reasons you stated but it's just that rose tinted view of him that he is better than he actually is and some are trying to use him to have a go at MM. I don't think he has knuckled down and tried to make amends like McGahey has and so I trust MM to make the call on him whether to play him. Looking at last night I really don't think he would have touched the ball if he came on as sub and that is a reflection of the team behind him and not him but a lot of people are clamouring that he would have single-handedly changed the game and that is just fanciful thinking.

Damn I was going to say that !!!

The Reid situation is sorted . He was suspended by the club and since then he hasn't been good enough to get into the squad, am assuming mostly because of his poor attitude. When you say proven goal scorer , come on!! He is really being built up as the saviour in exile now. He is alright but it wouldn't have mattered who was up front because the service was poor yesterday so no way would he have had an impact. What is there to explain? We are bobbing along picking up decent enough amount of points and absolutely no way in these battling matches would a luxury player like Reid have improved us. Also have you thought the players morale would drop with him in the side? After all it was them that copped it because of his childishness. He missed it as he had his feet up probably pissing about on social media.

You may be right but I will support them in the hope I can do my bit in helping our team to avoid that dreaded result. Try it.

I think your unswerving support should see us over the line.

Exactly. It is better to reflect over a period of games rather than one match in isolation, otherwise Chesterfield are rubbish for losing to Bromley. As far as morale and mood goes then yes Saturday is definitely the biggest game.

A good team performance so far especially from the players who have come back in.

Please tell me we aren't making Reid out to be our saviour, if only he would play him. I rate Reid but we don't know what goes on in training and he could still have the same bad attitude as before. I don't believe at all that MM would be petty with regards picking him as he continued to pick McGahey. He just thinks other players deserve to be in before him at the moment. If that situation changes he will be back in.

There is an element of desperate hope in there that they improve

You are absolutely right we definitely shouldn't play like plucky underdogs but the problem is that the team isn't good/strong enough especially when the game is physical. That is because we are weaker than other teams and the referees just allow a lot of the jostling to go on. It was like a rugby match sometimes, but I am not criticising the ref for that because he allowed it both ways but I know there would be a lot more fouls given in League 2. Overall the matches have been poor for several years and so I understand people are crying out for change but at least now we are starting to win and once that becomes a habit the performances will improve.

Exactly, people keep posting that we need to be entertained as though we used to get entertained a couple of years ago and it's now suddenly stopped. Let's get used to that feeling of winning games more than losing first and I am sure better matches will happen.

Definitely a sign of a good, experienced player that Garner didn't let his head drop and took his chance when he got it.

It's probably the least enthusiastic I have come away from a comeback win, which is strange because I normally squeeze anything positive out of a match. Anyway home now and I will say it was a battle, which we lost physically but won goals wise. Also the irony of Garner scoring the winner with a header when he had it lumped up to his head all game and unsurprisingly lost every header against the man mountain marking him.

I totally agree and I think the uptake especially from the Kidderminster fans has surprised them and as I have said before us being a nice club we have tried to accommodate them as well. Hopefully the club will learn from it for any future deals like this.