League one forever

Not aimed at you but it’s; Should have could have would have. We can’t keep saying we’re playing well, or we’ve been unlucky. Them chances go for you when your winning games. As as others have alluded to, will AL want to start in league 2. .

You just can’t dress it up anymore. Them early performances were some of best I can remember, but we concede far, far to many. We keep going a goal down. It’s hard to win matches when you always have to come from behind. It would be typical latics to get new investment- and then go down.

The performances seem ok, but our results are a big worry. I’m starting to get very twitchy.

Our manager.

He can go for me. He’s excellent with his back to goal, and has a decent feet, but unfortunately for him Davies does all of that but actually scores- which for a striker is handy. Why RW would replace Holloway with Clarke-Harris is bizarre. He’s to similar to Davies, which is exactly what Wellens has got now and said he didn’t want.

You say that, and I agree- but we’ve got one of the worst defensive records in league. So where’s the problem?

There’s no way we can afford to pay Flynn off, sign Byrne, McEleney and loan Pringle and the lad from Celtic. Unless. . ??

Absolutely spot on. He says it exactly as it. I don’t disagree with a single word he says in that interview. I don’t feel sorry for him, because he must of come into this club/job/shitstorm with his eyes wide open, if he didn’t then he’s naive. But I do really hope we give him something to work with. Because it’s blindingly obvious he’s good at his job if he’s given even a half decent team to work with.

So frustrating! But you take quality out of the side, and this is what you get. Hard working 1-0 defeats- the like we’ve been used to for so long. The new signings can’t come quick enough. P.s Do we ever beat a Robinson side? ?

I must admit my arse is starting to twitch a bit. We look a shadow of the side we were a month ago. Although two wins and all is rosy again- it’s just getting them. . .

Merry Christmas.

Amen. I just couldn’t be arsed saying it again.

Hahaha. Ok.

Boxing Day.

Sorry, I don’t understand that view. They have a empty unit. One that has been empty since it was built, and didn’t look like being used in the near future. The trust has put a lot of time and effort into creating something to fill the empty unit, and it could make the OEC money that it doesn’t seem capable of generating itself. Should it take off, I would fully expect the OEC to take it’s share. However for the Trust to show this sort intitiave, and considering it could be a win win. It feels like blatant profiteering, on the back of people’s hard work and dedication. I think its a real shame, and a missed opportunity to get some real positivity between fans and club again. Hope it goes well today.

It might of been nice of the ‘OEC’ to donate all the funds from the initial opening of the bar to the trust. As a goodwill gesture, and a thank you for their hard work. But alas they must really need the relative drop in the ocean. Well done to those of you involved in setting this up. Your a credit to the club.

In what sense? That we would never be successful again? Or something else? I felt something similar at the time. But on refelection it was what he created ‘we’re in it together’ ‘one club one dream’ rather than the football IMO. Until near the end he was very good at masking the shit behind the scenes and making us feel we were going places. When we in reality nothing had changed. Very good at leading and managing the club as a whole for a time, but it did mask the football IMO.

Ok. . Did you enjoy the football under him? Personally I didn’t. Like I didn’t under LJ. However I fully understood that’s what they felt was the best way to get results. Shez first spell, Dowie, and Wellens see it very differently, and their sides reflect this. They also had more relative success. I’d much rather watch their football, but each to their own.

The fact we still talk about him says a lot. . However he doesn’t get anywhere near being our best since JR. He was and is very capable, as many have said he was very good at PR. We bought into his bullshit, and then when we realised he didn’t really mean ‘one club one dream’ it stung. However the football (the bit fans really care about) was for the most part bang average. Apart from the two month spell around Oct/Nov culminating in the 3-0 away win at Rochdale. After that the many faces of Lee Johnson appeared and the wheels fell off. Ive been to 4 games since Wellens took over, and I can honestly say I’ve enjoyed those a lot more than anything Johnson served up. The football is far, far superior. In fact I’d much rather watch a Shez, Dowie, or Wellens side, before LJ. He got results with us in a very similar way to Ronnie Moore did, pragmatic, percentage football. How do we remember Ronnie again. . ?

Well played.

That’s very reasoned and probably spot on. But fuck it. . E I e I e i o! ?

With this squad, I really think we could finish top 8/9. Still more than enough points to play for. With changes to the squad, probably mid table. Which after our start, and considering our obligatory position for the last ten years would still be some achievement.

Oh god. . . Is that all that’s left Dave? ?

I get your point. (I want Corney to go, or to move on etc etc) But the whole ‘where is club going’ is becoming tiresome for us all and getting away from the main event. Which is, the football is cracking. WE ACTUALLY SCORE GOALS. It’s a bit of buzz to go again. We might- just might do something. Its been 10 years since we played anything like this. (shez first spell) I just think the whole point of why we support the team is getting a bit lost in the mystical boardroom drama. We’re 16th after an awful start, we’re 3 points off 9th! ? Let’s all dream, or talk bollocks about very slim play off chances. Otherwise what’s the point?

I’m surprised there’s not more misplaced giddiness at the general direction since Wellens took over. I know we’ll probably finish mid table, which would be great from the start we had. However we’ve been so shit for so long, that any glimmer of hope of doing something (which I think we have) gets me looking at the table. Am am I on my own?