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2 minutes ago, latics22 said:

How often do u hear of players getting sacked , exstremly rare! If he’d been sacked he’d be all over Twitter now, it would be like all his Christmas had come at once. Don’t buy it personally 

I think you can interpret "contract cancelled/terminated" as "sacked". If so, it's not that unusual. Nile Ranger springs to mind.

4 minutes ago, OAFCinWolves said:

Think if he had gone he's be straight on twitter

Once the contract has been cancelled, I reckon he won't be able to contain himself.

9 minutes ago, Ryan said:

I respect your opinion and obviously the only person who knows the truth is Abdallah himself - sorry if I’m coming across as a know it all as I genuinely don’t mean to. I would like to believe that Bunn is calling the shots but I’m struggling based on Abdallah’s interferences last season. I really hope I’m wrong!

Fair do's,  but I would have imagined that a serious breach of contract (and this could be, but we don't know) would have been finally dealt with by the bloke that owns the company (in this case, OAFC) having been informed by a member of his senior staff (in this case, FB). Abdallah gave the Trust an assurance that he would not meddle in team affairs, but this situation could just be one where he had no option.

We'll find the truth behind it all one day, I hope.

Just now, Ryan said:

It’s just very coincidental that all of the ‘bad eggs’ happen to be the biggest wage drawers. If Bunn really did call the shots based on player’s personalities we wouldn’t be targeting the likes of Ishmael Miller who has been in trouble at multiple clubs for various misdemeanours. To me it’s as clear as day that these sackings are merely a cost cutting exercise by the owner.

OK, if you say so. Opinions and that.

6 minutes ago, Ryan said:

There’s no chance Bunn is calling the shots here. Our Dear Leader is on a mission to make the club sustainable by getting rid of the big earners.

You're sure about this? What if FB decided they were more trouble than they were worth and told AL that they were disrupting the harmony within the squad. AL says, "OK, leave it with me. I'll sort it out," FB says thank you very much. He's been quoted a number of times in interviews that he wants to maintain the togetherness of the squad. Not beyond the realms of possibility, is it?

5 minutes ago, dave_ragg1984 said:

 

Byrne was leaving as I’d just picked my ST up. Spoke to him and asked if he’d be playing again soon and he told me basically the same as what Jason Dunford’s tweet says. Said he’s training with the youth team. Asked him if Gerrard was training with the youth team too and he said no, cos they sacked Gerrard last night. Can’t see that last bit being true cos you can’t just sack football players, but I guess we will see.

I imagine, but it's only my supposition, that we could pay off their contracts and bid them a (fond) farewell. Granted, that would certainly cost AL and arm and part of a leg at least but, if it rids the club of disruptive influences that destabilise the team, then so be it. I guess that's what you get for being a gobshite.

Just now, Ryan said:

Please no ??

Hardly surprising if what we have heard is true. We need a cohesive squad, not one that can be fractured by any individual(s). If that is what was happening with Byrne at the club, he has to go, no question. Exceptional talent, but just one rotten egg will damage the togetherness that FB and AR are striving for.

7 minutes ago, lookersstandandy said:

 

Not if he's wearing that suit....!

Did you see the bright electric blue number he was wearing at Oxford last season? It made my glasses go dark.

Another tall blond keeper for @underdog to oggle at.

Didn't Shez say that the transfer to Carlisle was just paper talk? In which case, he's on his way.

4 minutes ago, Simpo said:

Presume he'll be missing for Denmark U21s games. Newport at home in September and Notts County away in October the first couple of games he'd be away for.

If there's internationals at the same time for the likes of Nepomuceno and Dummigan, we could be facing postponements.

From the FGR website, which makes you wonder why we're only getting 700. I make that 1076:

Away fan seating

Away fans are housed in the West Stand, which can be accessed by turning right when you come in the main gate, and entering through gates 9 and 10.

The West Stand has capacity for 100 covered seats, 177 covered standing, and 799 uncovered standing.

5 hours ago, rosa said:

I'm a Scouser and I'm a bit mouthy and I'll be glad to see the back of him.

Aye, but you're sweet with it.  

4 hours ago, Kusunga_Is_God said:

Why have we sold Davies? He got double figures last year and we don’t actually have a striker on the books. 

Because he didn't want to play for us any more and spat his dummy out? I'm only guessing, but that could be it. Why keep a player who doesn't pull his tripe out for you?

From the fishul:

Club News
Latics To Face La Liga Outfit In Behind Closed Doors Friendly
2 Hours ago

Kick off is at 5pm, Citeh's training complex.
 

5 hours ago, Kusunga_Is_God said:

He was injured against Wigan and was out til January. Appeared on the bench against Charlton and then was never to be seen again. 

I'm buggered if I'm going to trawl through every post on the fishul or on here, but I seem to recall that his further injuries were made generally known.

4 minutes ago, latics22 said:

How can u ever say someone meant to break someone’s  ankle? It could have been an accident, or meant to hurt. It would take a brave man to say he purposely went out to break his ankle.

It's his fibula that is broken and his ankle is dislocated. I give you Roy Keane and Alf Inge Haaland. The Irish twat admitted he deliberately went into the "tackle" to cause injury. I'm not saying that Byrne (if it was him) intentionally injured Fane, but it is odd that there has been no mention of why he hasn't featured in the last two games. It could, of course, been reckless rather than intentional. We will know eventually so, until then, it's all speculation.

24 minutes ago, leeslover said:

In my dreams.

Wet ones, probably. 

1 hour ago, leeslover said:

The initiation ceremony ensures there are no virgins in OASIS.

So how did you get in? Is it anything to do with your (ahem) relationship with a certain Norn Iron footballer, now at Forest Green?

15 minutes ago, lookersstandandy said:

 

I guess it depends on what his Chairman allows him to spend....

Sod all. I'm trusting the same squad as last season to dig in go straight back up. Heads will roll if it doesn't happen. 

A tenner has just been PayPalled. I'm in, so watch out Championship!

Some bloke called Amadi-Holloway scored for Shrewsbury in a friendly today. Can't be right, can it?

2-2

Just now, singe said:

Anyone else having problems wirh the ifollow app? 

Keeps cutting out for me. 

Only using on laptop and it's been fine; no interruptions.

1 minute ago, yarddog73 said:

Yes he does, gave him absolute pelters before he'd even kicked a ball but I'm big enough to say he has suprised me and does look a decent recruit, won't go to the other end of the spectrum and compare him to Kante but happy he appears to be in the better half of somewhere between.

 

O'Grady just doesn't float my boat though and both he and Benteke can go for me.

Encouraging to hear that. Let's hope he does well for us. 

If we don't sign a striker or two soon, we may just be stuck with those two, but could they do a job in League 2?