oldhamoafc Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 hour ago, GlossopLatic said: Clearly you 2 are not seeing the agenda being pushed by the premier league here. They have made clear intentions here that they want their own B teams in the football league the EFL trophy is their way of getting people used to the idea. This would then bring them in line with the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona. The idea that not wanting to go to this makes you less of a fan is complete bollocks and is the type of blind loyalty that gives people running football the green light to take the piss out of football fans. I wont stand in the way of others wanting to go but I dont like my club being involved in this competition in its current format with the involvement of B teams if that makes me less of a fan in your eyes then Glory Glory Man Ufuckinnited! It simply won’t happen... And I’d be willing to put any amount of money on the line with you right now that it won’t happen. And not once have I said anyone’s a better fan. Just stating that, that sole reason is absolute bollocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 3 hours ago, oldhamoafc said: It simply won’t happen... And I’d be willing to put any amount of money on the line with you right now that it won’t happen. And not once have I said anyone’s a better fan. Just stating that, that sole reason is absolute bollocks. Its happened elsewhere in Europe. Top managers from across Europe have called for it to be repeated here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I wish I was such a superfan that I could look down on people because I was going to pay £1 to watch us against Leicester’s yoof team. #Topboy #ultra #superfan #£1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewrat Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I wish the myopic could look back and see how the football league clubs so easily succumbed to Premier League money against the wishes of their fans. It is only a matter of time and a new tv deal before they cave in again to B teams. I will not be at Wembley. I will not watch it on tv. When the inevitable b teams arrive I will boycott those matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary1906 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 2 hours ago, stewrat said: I wish the myopic could look back and see how the football league clubs so easily succumbed to Premier League money against the wishes of their fans. It is only a matter of time and a new tv deal before they cave in again to B teams. I will not be at Wembley. I will not watch it on tv. When the inevitable b teams arrive I will boycott those matches. So are you saying that if we did manage to get to Wembley and played someone like Bury for example, you wouldn’t go, because of your principles re this competition? But if ‘b teams’ were allowed in the Football League you’d only boycott those games? Apologies if I’ve misunderstood but if I’m right it all sounds a bit silly and futile. In any event, what will happen will happen. Do you cut off your nose to spite your face and stop watching Latics because you disagree with how the Football League is run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, stewrat said: I wish the myopic could look back and see how the football league clubs so easily succumbed to Premier League money against the wishes of their fans. It is only a matter of time and a new tv deal before they cave in again to B teams. I will not be at Wembley. I will not watch it on tv. When the inevitable b teams arrive I will boycott those matches. Don't remember any great uproar from fans when the PL was formed, at the time the money and investment in the game was welcomed, PL clubs have us by the balls already through solidarity payments and a club like ours wouldn't survive without them, unfortunately that is a fact. Shall we all stop attending games now because we are subsidised by the scraps the greedy league send down to us? As for the inevitable b teams matches I personally don't see it happening for a couple of reasons, one is our unique League structure which we have had for the past 130 years and even the fat cat PL would be loathe to destroy, our Championship for example is one of the biggest Leagues in Europe, but something else lost in all of this though is the lack of support this idea has generated amongst the PL clubs themselves, five of the big six actually want nothing to do with it and are that hellbent on pushing it through that they can't even be arsed to enter despite having first dibs. Edited January 9, 2018 by yarddog73 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latics22 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 The bubble will burst one day and clubs will be on a more even footing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigDog Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 hour ago, yarddog73 said: Don't remember any great uproar from fans when the PL was formed... Certainly no uproar from me as Latics were founder members of the PL ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 hour ago, yarddog73 said: Don't remember any great uproar from fans when the PL was formed, There was plenty of dissent but as the Internet hadn't come into common usage and forum fever was therefore unheard of it wasn't quite so obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythemostimportantkick Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 4 hours ago, Monty Burns said: I wish I was such a superfan that I could look down on people because I was going to pay £1 to watch us against Leicester’s yoof team. #Topboy #ultra #superfan #£1 Wait ... hang on it’s a quid in ? I’m there if that’s the case ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowenicki Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Dave_Og said: There was plenty of dissent but as the Internet hadn't come into common usage and forum fever was therefore unheard of it wasn't quite so obvious. ....and then Latics averaged 15k fans at each home game and the premier league had full grounds every week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, yarddog73 said: Don't remember any great uproar from fans when the PL was formed, ????? I do. I know someone who used to go home & away who stopped going as a result Edited January 9, 2018 by HarryBosch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 7 minutes ago, HarryBosch said: ????? I do. I know someone who used to go home & away who stopped going as a result And it achieved what exactly? Apart from depriving themselves from supporting the team they love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 minute ago, yarddog73 said: And it achieved what exactly? Apart from depriving themselves from supporting the team they love. Where did I say it achieved anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary1906 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 hour ago, yarddog73 said: And it achieved what exactly? Apart from depriving themselves from supporting the team they love. I agree. It’s ‘cutting off your nose to spite your face’. Can’t see the sense in that myself. Latics are desperate for whatever money they can get through the turnstiles. Support your team and get over yourselves. Nothing to do with being a ‘super fan’, it’s just supporting your club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 hour ago, HarryBosch said: Where did I say it achieved anything? I don't really understand the point then, if we had five or six new faces out tonight I may of bothered but as it is I will probably give it a miss, how it affects our club going forward doesn't really come into it because we may well do a Bournemouth one day and end up in the greedy league, isn't that what we'd all like to see or as fans would we refuse to attend greedy league games on principle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 Just now, yarddog73 said: I don't really understand the point then, You said "Don't remember any great uproar from fans when the PL was formed," I said "I do" and then provided you with anecdotal evidence as corroboration. The point was to draw your attention to the fact that some people were in uproar even though you don't remember there being any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 hour ago, kowenicki said: ....and then Latics averaged 15k fans at each home game and the premier league had full grounds every week. We averaged 15k fans for all of one season around that time; the last time we had done so being 1954 according to this source: http://european-football-statistics.co.uk/attnclub/olda.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewrat Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I never mentioned the formation of the premier league. i meant this particular competition were the fans were consulted. . The fans said no. The PL offered more money and the clubs said yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlossopLatic Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Gary1906 said: I agree. It’s ‘cutting off your nose to spite your face’. Can’t see the sense in that myself. Latics are desperate for whatever money they can get through the turnstiles. Support your team and get over yourselves. Nothing to do with being a ‘super fan’, it’s just supporting your club. I support the club through a season ticket I buy every year for 26 of the last 27 seasons if we went down I'd still buy one if Corney and his mates fuck up the takeover I will still buy one. But I'm not entertaining the idea of going to Boundary park in this competition aslong as u23's are part of it. I won't be standing at the turnstiles tonight calling people for paying to watch this or even on here, but If you can't understand that I and other football fans of this club and of other clubs across the country feel that way then I suggest its you who needs to get over yourself. If we go to Wembley who knows but the fact I'm even entertaining the thought of not seeing my club at Wembley actually saddens me. Edited January 9, 2018 by GlossopLatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I remember Latics reserves playing in the Cheshire league. Non league saw it wasn't right and ended it, just the same it's not right for Premiership B teams in the lower divisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary1906 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 49 minutes ago, GlossopLatic said: I support the club through a season ticket I buy every year for 26 of the last 27 seasons if we went down I'd still buy one if Corney and his mates fuck up the takeover I will still buy one. But I'm not entertaining the idea of going to Boundary park in this competition aslong as u23's are part of it. I won't be standing at the turnstiles tonight calling people for paying to watch this or even on here, but If you can't understand that I and other football fans of this club and of other clubs across the country feel that way then I suggest its you who needs to get over yourself. If we go to Wembley who knows but the fact I'm even entertaining the thought of not seeing my club at Wembley actually saddens me. Ha Ha hilarious!! You might throw your principles out of the window if we get to Wembley! Unbelievable!!!! ????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 7 minutes ago, Gary1906 said: Ha Ha hilarious!! You might throw your principles out of the window if we get to Wembley! Unbelievable!!!! ????? Make your mind up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritchierich Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 pitch inspection at 2:30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_blue Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 54 minutes ago, Ritchierich said: pitch inspection at 2:30 The pitch was solid yesterday so i’d Be surprised if it’s thawed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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