oafc-latics Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 We scraped a 1-0 win against 10 man bottom of the table. E4e CUKOO lowest scorers vs second lowest scorers, hardly going to be a thriller was it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macca Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 What gamble? The changes to the team. Flahavan was excellent, won us the game. Guy won the penalty. Performance wasn't great but it was enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dish Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Two wins would see us safe imo, win our two in hand and we could be as high as 11th if results went our way. Positive stuff from Senor.....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellys_discopants Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 The changes to the team. Flahavan was excellent, won us the game. Guy won the penalty. Performance wasn't great but it was enough. Wouldn`t really call it a gamble. We were poor on Saturday, and a couple of changes were needed. How did Guy look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macca Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Positive stuff from Senor.....! He is quite positive Senor. He just doesn't overreact like others do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticNik Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 What were you expecting? Got exactly what I expected. E4e AWFUL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mighty_bosh Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Like the most fickle of football fans, I’ve changed my mind about getting rid of Dave Penney. I'm actually starting to see a few positives in Penney's work here. While Latics teams under say Sheridan would go and get a result at places like Elland Road, the same side would then more than likely go and lose a game like tonight’s. We seem to be picking up points in games where we "should" be doing so under Penney. If we go on a bit of a run now and get a few wins from the remaining games, I'd go as far as saying Penney might have cracked the "all we need to do is turn up" attitude that have spoiled past seasons. If Penney can build a decent squad over the summer and believe his teams can go and have a go at the likes of Leeds and Norwich , who knows? Maybe we've made the right appointment! Agree with that. Tonight's result has convinced me that we'll have enough about us to stay up (just), but it's also convinced me that Penney has a big job to do next season if he's to avoid the sack. I'm very happy that we have the most solid defence since Dowie was in charge imo but we've got deep attacking problems. It's not just changing one or two players it's about changing the whole mentality of the midfield and forward players and putting an attacking strategy in place that can actually make us look threatening. I'm far from convinced from this season that Penney has it in him to do this. Also if we do make the radical change to our attack that is needed it could easily unsettle the defensive foundation that we've built. I think the hard work for Penney has only just begun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Wouldn`t really call it a gamble. We were poor on Saturday, and a couple of changes were needed. How did Guy look? I thought we were pretty good first half Saturday, bobbins second. TBH I know I wasn't there to witness tonight but it's 3 points, that matters more than anything at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senor_Coconut Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 He is quite positive Senor. He just doesn't overreact like others do. Plus the only game i've seen this season was the MK Dons win so in my mind we're a great attacking team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 More roller coaster fickle stupidity I see... Given there are three other teams within 2 points of us on exactly the same goal difference as we are, it would have been nice to at least try and score again against ten of the worst players in the division. And anyone who thinks we're safe really needs to take a look at the fixture list in April. If we go down on goal difference you can look back at tonight to see what sunk us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OAFCMIKE Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Exactly. And in recent weeks the haters have been saying that "we WILL go down" and now Penney has proven we are better than a bottom 4 team (as you stated), thus we'll stay up and Penney has proven the haters wrong. We weren't better than a different bottom four team on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaddylad02 Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 glad we won! glad brill got dropped and the 2 on latics player raved about flahavan ! good times - brill dont stop in the changes room, keep going all the way back to where you came from! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loftyboy Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 He is quite positive Senor. He just doesn't overreact like others do. I think I could probably conclude that most of the fans on here are of the "half empty" rather than the "half full" variety. Probably myself included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shefflatic Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 (edited) Listened via player. Other than the pen we sounded :censored:e again but on that pitch you can't expect much, we got the win as needed. Big point - Flahavan shows in the first 5 mins how to be a proper keeper and proved those idiotic pricks who say 'brill is better' as absolute morons - 4 world-class saves (say G & R) shows how shocking Brill is. Flahavan and Fleming next season please. Oh and pen aside Guy sounds like i thought, just like parker but a version who tries - get eaves and pav up top, eaves did more on the commentary then guy did bar win the pen. Deep down dont want DP sacked, i was of that opinion a couple of weeks back, but perhaps the injuries/postponments have masked over his efforts. But he NEEDS to get the attacking and whole team mentality to ATTACK next year to get the fans back. HOPE he can get it right in the summer re: players in and out we shall see........ Edited March 16, 2010 by shefflatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I think I could probably conclude that most of the fans on here are of the "half empty" rather than the "half full" variety. Their heads certainly are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKI1234 Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 We weren't better than a different bottom four team on Saturday. Or the week before that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Ronnie Moore Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 But we are now. As proven tonight. You can only go off your last performance. : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottantuno Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Wahey! I'd temporarily forgotten this match with playing myself tonight! I read this a dozen times before I got what it meant. The words myself, with and playing were all too close together! Good result tonight, don't give a ha'penny jizz for the performance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loftyboy Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Their heads certainly are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardie Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 More roller coaster fickle stupidity I see... Given there are three other teams within 2 points of us on exactly the same goal difference as we are, it would have been nice to at least try and score again against ten of the worst players in the division. And anyone who thinks we're safe really needs to take a look at the fixture list in April. If we go down on goal difference you can look back at tonight to see what sunk us. You are correct, we are not safe until mathematical certainty says we are. I thought we would lose tonight and we may have done with Brill in the nets. Fair play to Penney, he made some changes and while it might not have been pretty, we ground out a much needed three points. On the flip side of your comment, if we stay up by three points or less, this may have been the result that keeps us in this division. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKI1234 Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 (edited) But we are now. As proven tonight. You can only go off your last performance. : ) Not true! You can look back as far as you want too, personally i look back at the last 35 games and its been dire. Fair play we won tonight and we look like we should stay up, are we supposed to be happy with that? Edited March 16, 2010 by NIKI1234 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhamathleticfailsworth Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Just got back , we were bloody awful , could have been 2 down before the penalty , and with 20mins to go , we bring on two defensive players , I know we got 3 points but its awful to watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OAFCMIKE Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 (edited) Like the most fickle of football fans, I’ve changed my mind about getting rid of Dave Penney. I'm actually starting to see a few positives in Penney's work here. While Latics teams under say Sheridan would go and get a result at places like Elland Road, the same side would then more than likely go and lose a game like tonight’s. We seem to be picking up points in games where we "should" be doing so under Penney. If we go on a bit of a run now and get a few wins from the remaining games, I'd go as far as saying Penney might have cracked the "all we need to do is turn up" attitude that have spoiled past seasons. If Penney can build a decent squad over the summer and believe his teams can go and have a go at the likes of Leeds and Norwich , who knows? Maybe we've made the right appointment! Yeah, screw winning at Elland Road and Goodison. Let's win at Stockport, in a match I (and many, many others) didn't go to because this season's 'new attitude' has given us negative, uninspring, will-to-live sapping, absolute dross week after week. I hope I am wrong, but in the long term this could be a disastrous result for Oldham Athletic. Edited March 16, 2010 by OAFCMIKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentleman Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Just got back , we were bloody awful , could have been 2 down before the penalty , and with 20mins to go , we bring on two defensive players , I know we got 3 points but its awful to watch How'd the new lad play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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