Blue_Guru Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 For the last however many seasons must be the most damaging factor in reduced season ticket sales each year. Maybe they should start with bear minimum next year of a squad to get as many points up to Xmas and then genuinely strengthen for once like all out competition do. At least we might then have a better second half of the season ending in more positive fashion and likely to retain for ST holders! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Yet another post Xmas collapse. I guess there is always differing reasons, but there must be common reasons why it happens so often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceStationLatic Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 We can't afford players with a strong enough mentality, that are consistent. We start the season well, better players linked elsewhere in Jan - the feeling sets in that they've already succeeded, above expectations for little Oldham. So complacent sets in, a summer move always likely for many either under contract or out of contract. An FA Cup run or JPT adds to the mirage of the season already been successful, when it isn't over. When the going starts to get tough, 11 men aren't pulling their weight together and the slide to mid-table/bottom half mediocrity continues. It's just bit going for us like I did earlier in the season...but it'll come good as we're all good as shown earlier in the season. But the assumption that things will just magic right themselves fuels the complacency further... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Guru Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 My view is that most teams under estimate little oldham in the first half of the season...then as teams give us more respect they out think us. Also mentally fragile players do well when we are on an upwards curve and confidence is high but the minute we have any struggle we crumble to obscurity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losesome Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 This is where the bigger squads come in - 1st half of the season we are more of a match for anybody , after Xmas when injuries , suspension and fatique set in we can't change things simply because we haven't got a big enough squad. Will always be a problem i'm afraid and i can't see a cure , except a bigger squad that we can't afford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceStationLatic Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I'm not convinced about the squad thing. We haven't had a big permanent squad, yes. But Corney has seriously splashed the dough to find loads of loan signings. Remember how many players Dickov used, and LJ in his first season. Maybe this time we've gone for quality over quantity, paying big wages for some and longer deals - so there's some continuity to build around next season. But the extent of the injury crisis - something must be happening with the training pitch or techniques for so many calf injuries..?! - has shafted us. We were walking a mini tight rope of sorts because the funds aren't there for loads of loans as cover. We have to act now though. But having said that I still think out squad, and the team that started last night, is better on paper than this. But the Chubs out, Keane in switch has backfired massively. And the team is a bit rudderless - with serious doubts in defence (prob linked with the keeper) that's prompting more and more self-inflicted goals. We are beating ourselves just as much if not more than other teams are beating us. We have no confidence. So we have to stop passing it out from the back and be a bit more direct at times - it's what LJ did last season. It might lead to ugly games, but we have to nab points. And if we win a second ball or get the ball on our feet in the opposition half then our creative players might be able to work something - like Winchester did at Port Vale. At the mo we are asking defenders and rusty midfielders to stroke the ball around in high-pressure situations in our own half - it's making the whole team, and crowd, tense, and then errors fuel that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneSizeFitz Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 16 points from 15 games since Christmas, I make it. Relegation form, arguably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keepingthe Faith Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 (edited) 16 points from 15 games since Christmas, I make it. Relegation form, arguably. Agree but a point a game to the end of the season would keep us up Edited March 18, 2015 by Keepingthe Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simoncorneyisgod Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Brighton made their decision to give Chris Hughton the job on the 31st Dec.......LJ's mind was elsewhere from then on. Nuff said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 16 points from 15 games since Christmas, I make it. Relegation form, arguably. 16 from 15 gives you 49 over a 46 game season, I'd think about 25% of the time we've been in this division teams have needed more than 49 to stay up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 The motto here is, post early for Xmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneSizeFitz Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 16 from 15 gives you 49 over a 46 game season, I'd think about 25% of the time we've been in this division teams have needed more than 49 to stay up. ...hence, "arguably". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldhamSheridan Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Can you get half season tickets in August? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 (edited) Can you get half season tickets in August? I doubt it, if they did that on the past few years results the ground would be empty after Christmas. Edited March 19, 2015 by BP1960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBlue Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Form post Christmas has been peculiar to say the least. A few months ago we were averaging a draw every 2 and a bit games, yet we're now on a run where we haven't had a draw in 14. All very odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMAX Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Seemed to pear shaped after Corney had a public rant when we lost to Donny in the FA Cup, a few months after saying we didnt have to rely on FA Cup money this year.it seemed to destroy the Feel good factor about the place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Seemed to pear shaped after Corney had a public rant when we lost to Donny in the FA Cup, a few months after saying we didnt have to rely on FA Cup money this year.it seemed to destroy the Feel good factor about the place Then he sold the manager to make up the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Brighton made their decision to give Chris Hughton the job on the 31st Dec.......LJ's mind was elsewhere from then on. Nuff said! Ohhhh the old LJ was applying for other jobs bull:censored: owtb rumour. Repeat until gospel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Then he sold the manager to make up the difference. Or made the manager aware of an approach, as per contractual obligation. Which the manager knew about anyway. And the manager wasn't remotely interested in doubling his money and playing budget but was sold regardless. Right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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