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26 minutes ago, yarddog73 said:

Probably the same clown who favoured Placide, Wison and Ruddy in favour of our player of the year and record clean sheet holder Connor Ripley.

 

You seriously have to question our recruitment policy and I'm just glad the dickhead whose bringing these donkies in is ultimately going to be made accountable. 

In fairness, even though he could give you heart failure at times, he wasn't a bad keeper at first. At least he claimed crosses, pulled off some incredible saves and could set attacks going. He was never the same after his mother passed away and I think that is the Placide that many remember.

But, yes, Wilson and Ruddy were dreadful.

I can't argue with your points about the crap recruitment, though. Someone, somewhere is deluded if they think some if this lot are going to be good enough.

Granted, I've not seen any of them in the flesh yet, but the highlights thus far and the posts on here tell me a very sad story.

Trouble is, I honestly believe (and I've said this before) that Marco and Mo think their recruits are a class above and far too good for this division. How wrong they are.

Having read some more of this thread, I'm concerned if we have two keepers that aren't up to standard. Like others on here, I was also a goalkeeper. Although it's 40 years since I stopped playing at the age of 34, even back then I was taught two hands behind the ball wherever possible, take everybody and everything with you to get to a cross (it's YOUR box, not theirs) and, if you can't dive and catch, make sure you parry it away from goal.

Why is it so different now? They're just basics that should be drummed into every keeper from day one.

I can't believe we've nothing at the other end of the pitch either and, if Vera's the answer (no 9 shirt ), I'm buggered if I know what the question was.

Maybe Azankpo and Wilson will come good, but they need to hit the ground running. 

I wouldn't be surprised if Halifax turn us over on Tuesday and at least that would show the clowns that they should have done everything to keep PW.

For the first time since the 1950s, I'm despondent about the way this club is going and I don't see it getting any better.

I fear a hammering at Forest Green.

1 hour ago, kowenicki said:

Lacovitti

32 minutes ago, kowenicki said:

 

Lacovetti

 

 

It's IACOVITTI, not LACOVITTI (or Lacovetti). Having read all that lot, correcting a player's name is all I've got left.

I know pre-season games don't usually tell you how things are going to work out, but I'm seriously worried after reading posts from those that were there.

How can you replace your best players with this bunch of no hopers and expect to get anywhere. Presumably, Curly Barry and Mo think they're all Premiership class.

What the hell is happening to this club that I have loved for so long? The Lemsagams. That's what's happening. I despise them.

1 minute ago, youngen said:

Top assists in the Europa League this season so far. Have to wonder at ALs ability when he lets Baxter and Byrne go for free 

They don't come from a French speaking country? Therefore they can't be as good as his Foreign Legion?

1 hour ago, LightDN123 said:

Lacovitti but from what I’ve seen he’s going to offer no threat on that left hand side. 

Best playing Nep at Lb with bragner in front. 

*Iacovitti, not Lacovitti

1 hour ago, oafcshuck said:

Bumped into Urko Vera in the casino the other night, was sticking £4,000 on Red. I said you can't do that, we hate the reds, so he stuck it on black and it won. Black 28. Also reminiscent of Eyresy.

He then preceded to give me a grand and said get yourself a season ticket son, so that's exactly what I've done, also put £200 on him to be the league's top scorer at 100/1, so he bags 30 goals and sorts me £20,000 for that, I'm taking him Vegas!

Urko Vera baby!

You alright son? Funny time of day to be having nightmares. 

Only 25 signed up so far (as of last night). Come on, boys 'n' girls, surely we can at least double that. The money raised will go to such good and worthy causes (and it will stop Admin asking for money for a while ) Consider this; 50 players signed up = £250 = £125 to The Roy Castle Fund and £125 to OWTB. It's only a small amount in the greater scheme of things but, as is often said, every penny counts. Let's see if we can get those numbers up.

7 hours ago, oafcshuck said:

 

You got it, this song will define his era here, will be in Envy in May singing it loud. 

Hmmm. What a strange analogy.

8 hours ago, oafcshuck said:

43 days in and I love this man 

 

HEY PRETTY SMILING BANIDE !  (Why don't we have a GOAT emoji)

 

It's not his fault but I believe he'll be the man to guide us to success. BL.

8 hours ago, oafcshuck said:

 

WE'RE ALRIGHT TOGETHER 

Ok, so you're a George Ezra fan. 

It just proves once again that our madcap leader hasn't got a clue. Disgraceful treatment of one of the game's honest and true professionals. Hang your heads in shame, Lemsagam and co., but you won't because you're too sodding arrogant.

14 minutes ago, simplythemostimportantkick said:

Rather sign Arnold.

Thought I’d just get in there first

Nah, he's had far too many clubs.

Who are Allen, Baker, Hackett and Gaskell in the fishul report? Mr & Mrs Trialist's family featured a lot.

Isn't Sefil under contract to the end of next season, or have I imagined that?

1 minute ago, yarddog73 said:

Out of interest whose the captain today and every day?

FIFY

7 minutes ago, yarddog73 said:

Fucking hell that team today is embarrassing particularly the defence and the bag of sand upfront on his own  

I think we can use the word "team" in its loosest sense.

Can't see ours being played either.

59 minutes ago, nzlatic said:

I wouldn’t class it as a fight back given some of the childish language used. 

 

Are the FLG going to get their hair pulled next Saturday?

We've re-signed Moimbe?

4 hours ago, unsworthlatic said:

Okay, so after letting the dust settle and having quite a rant on twitter against one side in particular, I’ve decided to try, TRY and do a piece that is balanced and fair. Despite it being balanced though, it will show my opinion throughout as I do, as many others do, feel passionately regarding Oldham Athletic. So here goes.

 

The club inevitably was in major crisis following the Moore era back in 2003/04. The Three Amigos (“TTA”) came in and saved us…celebration Sunday was a great day against Grimsby and all of a sudden we had a future again. I’m sure they came in for their own benefit which would come off the back of the club benefitting. Not a problem in itself to me. The proposed move to Failsworth ultimately didn’t come to fruition and what happened thereafter has contributed massively where we find ourselves today.

 

Corney decided to sell the club, well, what I mean by club, is the badge, players and staff to the ‘right person’ in Abdallah. Again no issue. At this stage, anything was better surely than the club being starved and slowly being taken into oblivion. I did however question, why has he only bought the club as it is and not the rest of what the club should be (in my opinion, everything) and that still remains to today.

 

My theory – Abdallah believed in his players and the players that he could showcase in England. Not a problem. He brought a few, then more and more and more. If they are good enough, they can give us 6/12 months, help Oldham Athletic progress and move them on for a decent sum of money before doing this again. After all it’s a pool of players no other League One/Two club delve into. Not a bad business model in itself. This however, has not worked. We haven’t sold any of them on and to my recollection we have had 14 including the current crop.

 

Now, over the past 18 months, Abdallah has apparently tried to agree a price to purchase Boundary Park and the Car Park but stated that the asking price was too high in his opinion. I’d love to know what he offered. Since he came in 18 months/2 years ago, the club has gone backwards. Literally speaking too, suffering relegation back to the 4^th tier of English football for the first time since 1971, even Corney didn’t manage this (more by luck than judgement granted!).

 

During his tenure of 2 years as I believe he was pulling strings at the start of 2017/18 season whilst the sale was going through, we have had 5 different managers (6 if you include Banide) as well as staff being hired and fired at what seemed a weekly basis! Since then, we have seen a countless number of outcrys on social media regarding how poorly he treats his staff. This was clear with treatment of players such as Davies, Gerrard, Fane, Byrne, Hunt and seemingly in the end Peter Clarke as well as staff such at Steve Cross and Tony Philiskirk taking the club to an Employment Tribunal over the reasoning of their dismissals.

 

Abdallah, to my knowledge, still hasn’t published the accounts, season tickets are down by 800+ from last year and we limped to a pitiful 14^th placed finish in League Two during our first season in there. There is, to my knowledge, no finance option available anymore to purchase a season ticket (I have bought one in blind faith up front so not required for myself!) and we currently have 17 players which includes 2 first year pro’s, 2 players who didn’t go with the club to Morocco leaving us with the only striker at present being Urko Vera. Sadly, this is nothing short of laughable.

 

Now, onto the FLG. Do I think they provide all of the answers? No, I don’t sadly. Their intentions sound too good to be true. However, the club has and is being run in a shambolic manner, I can’t see how anybody can disagree. Now, I am aware of at least 1 person who is involved in the FLG and know that he is a staunch Latics fan who attends both home and away games. He loves the club just like you and I do. As I’ve stated before, I’ve been told by Pete Wild, who knows what both parties has to offer that FLG is the way to go and to support them in their quest.

 

Brings me on to my next point, what is their quest? – Well, I’ve been advised (this may well be incorrect, only going off what I have been told) that their quest is to bring Oldham Athletic from a broken football club back to ONE entity. This means its entirety including badge, pitch, stands, floodlights, car park, players and staff. This to me can only be a positive. I have also been told that they could very well afford to buy the lot but running the club to a L1/L2 level may be tricky. As such, I am of the understanding, that they would buy the ground first, acquiring the land before offering “x” amount for the club (part that AL) currently owns. At this stage, they would look to sell to a person/party that they believe could take Oldham Athletic forward. This person/party would then own the lot, everything, but surely that is a better prospect from a business point of view than owning this or that.

 

How long will this take? – Remains to be seen. However, the 27^th July event I am hoping will outline their intentions with a plan of how this will work and timescales to boot. Again, I was told by Wild, after the Northampton game “Support the FLG, they are good people who love the club. They have the club’s best intentions to heart. The next 18/24 months will be extremely tough but stick with it, they will and the club we all know and once fell in love with will return”

 

Now, this is where it has got/could get/will get tricky! AL is rattled by this. I would be too, if somebody threatened my business model. He is being asked to pay rent on a building that allows his business to function/live (shouldn’t be this way in the first place but it is) after deciding not to take up the option on acquiring the ground when offered it. As with any tenancy agreement, rent has to be paid. Has it been? Debatable. Some say yes, others say no. Who knows? But ask yourselves this, Why do the FLG exist? Do you believe they exist to make money on the back of Oldham Athletic Football Club despite being lifelong supporters? Do you believe that they are being unreasonable? I’m not sure I do.

 

The issue here is. Abdallah paying rent to have use of the North Stand. He doesn’t want to do this. Understandably so. Why? Because, he is then funding the next part of FLG’s plans. There is a purchase agreement in place to buy not only the North Stand but the ground, car park etc so why would he want to do that when the FLG’s initial plan is seemingly to buy the club at the end of all of this.

 

This could force an issue of Abdallah taking us away from Boundary Park. This suits absolutely nobody. The FLG will be left with a ground that nobody uses other than the North Stand hospitality etc. The fans lose out as we lose a major part of the club as we’d have to choose whether to watch Oldham Athletic at Spotland/Gigg Lane every other week and AL would have to pay rent to Bury/Rochdale to use this facility. Nobody wins!

 

How does this get resolved? I have absolutely no idea!

 

However, what I will say is that, I am glad that we have a FLG in place preparing for the worst. It is clear Bolton nor Bury had this and that very nearly and possibly should have cost them their respective clubs! They do care about the club, I am certain of that.

 

What are everybody else’s thoughts?

 

Sorry this is ridiculously long but there’s been a lot to cram in.

Probably qualifies as post of the year. Well thought out, well considered and well written. If anyone is unsure about who wants or does what and why, I think it's all in there.

There hasn't been any announcement from the club, in the same way that we've heard nowt official about De la Paz, Benteke, O'Grady and those who appear to be no longer with us. I think it's safe to say they've all gone. In the case of MP and CM, did they fall or were they pushed? I know which way I'm leaning.

I never knew nor met Dave, but I miss his posts. They were always insightful and well considered. His blog was also a very good read. As he looks down, he must have a tear in his eye with what goes on these days at Latics. He would have commented so well.

2 hours ago, laticsrblue said:

Leellover - you can take this as a compliment if you like - but I only understand about 1 in 10 of your posts.

1 hour ago, maddog said:

 

Ditto

5 minutes ago, leeslover said:

Imagine being @rosa and consider yourself lucky then!

You want to try talking to him face to face.  It's not easy. That @rosa is a very brave girl.

1 hour ago, oafc1955 said:

At the last trust/fans meeting Darren seemed to be relishing the involvement of the FLG. It will be interesting to see if he carries his support for them into the boardroom and if he does what the reaction of AL & Co will be....

 

As he says it will be his first board meeting as the official trust representatives. If AL has a stroppy fit I have a feeling it could very well be his last he could be out on his ear within the first five minutes!!

FIFY

1 hour ago, GlossopLatic said:

 

Turn it off and on again.

I have done. Several times. Both the laptop and the Rantometer.

58 minutes ago, singe said:

Have you installed all the Microsoft updates Bristol?

It' s 1093 now. Looks like mine is 1906. Are you sure 1093 is right?

I vaguely recall having this problem, cannot recall how i solved at the moment will rack my brains

 

1. Is it only Fishul sites? Yes, just OAFC Not other sites videos? No others

2. Have you variosu ad blockeers might night to approve www.owtb.co.uk None that I can see that would affect it
3. Have you enabled Flash in chrome? Yes

 

1 hour ago, oafcshuck said:

 

So you think it's acceptable to just waste money?

Most people are missing the point of the inaccuracies in the article as well about him being ever present .... surely instead of p*ssing money up on a wall on a shirt they can get the articles correct first ..

Yes, it was inaccurate, but that was surely an innocent error rather than any intention to deceive. It isn't really very important.

As for the shirt, I believe that the letters and numbers can be removed without leaving a mark and, hey presto, you have a perfect shirt only worn once for a photograph. Again, not very important.

Wasted money? A few minutes of a member of staff's time to prepare the shirt, take the pic and return the shirt to it's original condition. A couple of quid.

1 minute ago, leeslover said:

For what it's worth, I think AL wants his imports to be superstars, we storm up the League playing amazing football, successive promotions, sell players for millions while bringing new ones almost as good for tuppence, big backers and sponsors attracted, Latics fans are happier than ever and love him, fans from all around start to follow us, Champions League Trophy and a statue of him in solid gold erected by public subscription outside the 90,000 AL Stadium (which he owns). I'm just not quite sure he's getting there yet.

 

Barry would have settled for the statue erected by pub(l)ic subscription.

 

 

Well, he is a bit of a knob, apparently. So I'm told.