tGWB Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 54 minutes ago, TheBigDog said: I’ve just got back, apologies for the delay in responding That performance today was the worst I have seen from Bahamboula. I have to agree that everything, from his demeanour to the white long johns, was shocking. He was not alone though, as so many in a blue shirt simply did not play well. Whelan, Bettache, Bowden, DKD, Hope and Bahamboula had dreadful games. The lack of energy and desire was exacerbated by poor decision making and poor technical skills. The only good thing from the game was that I had Piergianni at 13/2 to score anytime nice bet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneSizeFitz Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Looked every bit a non-league team today. The players just aren't very good. Only real positive from this season is the youths breaking through, but that's only happened because the senior pros are so mediocre. I'm not convinced they're quite up to regular league football yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddot_m Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 I think Couto is one of the shining lights, but think the 3-5 at the back is a way of protecting him - be it right or (most probably) wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig barnes Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 I've just watched our academy team play at Carlisle. For me , drop the whole 1st team ( supposedly) . At least these young lads have a bit of fight & passion for our badge. Fuck off you supposedly professionals, you're fucking garbage. And fuck off Curle, at least with Kewell we were scoring goals. Why are you still here when your results are the worst we've had in months , even Scholes didn't last that long. K ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary1906 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Too lightweight in midfield with all 3 of Bettache, Bowden and Whealen failing to make tackles. Why play all 3? Stick Vaughan in for one of them. At least he's positive and will try and go forward. Spot on! Ask these questions about our 3 midfielders today ….. 1. Do they close people down? ….. No 2. Do they tackle? ….. No 3. Can they pass the ball? ….. Barely 4. Do they win headers? ..… No 5. Do they score goals? ….. No 6. Are they lightweight? ….. Absolutely!!! That’s our standard in the middle of the park and the reason we can never get a grip of a game. There are no leaders. We are desperate for a ‘Roy Keane’ type figure in the middle. I know that’s asking a lot but we need someone who will put some tackles in and shake his fist at his own teammates. Someone with some passion!! Having said that, we are pretty hopeless up front - pardon the pun. Apart from DKD it’s hard to see where the goals are going to come from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 I have watched us serve up some poor performances but that topped it for me - definitely agree with the feeling sad comment. Curle is clueless, playing your only striker as a Right back, who surprise surprise is getting overloaded every time by Swindon - so no surprise they score with a cross from that side, it had been coming. Curle leaves Bahamboula on all game - who just didn’t care all game. Has three midfielders to pick from to bring Vaughan on-, Bettache who was non-existent, Bowden who was on a yellow early doors so was afraid of putting his foot in and Whelan, who had been the best of th three. - and yep clueless Keith takes the only midfielder off who is doing anything of note. bowden then goes off injured and end up with a midfield of bettache, dkd and harry Vaughan- no wonder we get bullied in midfield, , they were just bouncing off Swindon’s 7, Galdwin - men against boys. Pidge was a disgrace for that third goal, no effort to defend, Simpson must have thought it was his birthday. What fans there were left well before the end and sadness pervaded Boundary Park with stands emptying very quickly at the end - no happy clappers, no boos, no players even trying to go to the remnants of the crowd. our club is so broken from top to bottom and I am not sure we have reached the bottom with these so called owners in charge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, Ricardo said: I have watched us serve up some poor performances but that topped it for me - definitely agree with the feeling sad comment. Curle is clueless, playing your only striker as a Right back, who surprise surprise is getting overloaded every time by Swindon - so no surprise they score with a cross from that side, it had been coming. Curle leaves Bahamboula on all game - who just didn’t care all game. Has three midfielders to pick from to bring Vaughan on-, Bettache who was non-existent, Bowden who was on a yellow early doors so was afraid of putting his foot in and Whelan, who had been the best of th three. - and yep clueless Keith takes the only midfielder off who is doing anything of note. bowden then goes off injured and end up with a midfield of bettache, dkd and harry Vaughan- no wonder we get bullied in midfield, , they were just bouncing off Swindon’s 7, Galdwin - men against boys. Pidge was a disgrace for that third goal, no effort to defend, Simpson must have thought it was his birthday. What fans there were left well before the end and sadness pervaded Boundary Park with stands emptying very quickly at the end - no happy clappers, no boos, no players even trying to go to the remnants of the crowd. our club is so broken from top to bottom and I am not sure we have reached the bottom with these so called owners in charge No, we haven’t yet, but looking at the fixtures in November we will have, very soon. We will be rock bottom of the football league with next to no chance of survival. We have rescued ourselves from relegation many times over the last few years but this ‘team’ is different. We have no strikers, no midfielders, no fight and no idea. We’re not getting AL out before the January window so this is as good as it’s going to get…. When this lot hit the bottom they’ll be staying bottom!!! Get ready for the National League because it’s nailed on that’s where we’re heading!! *********ABDALLAH OUT********* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 And yet there were over 4 thousand at the game yesterday, I know it is what people choose to do, but it must be painful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaddyexile84 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 8 minutes ago, disjointed said: And yet there were over 4 thousand at the game yesterday, I know it is what people choose to do, but it must be painful. There was no where near 4,000 regardless of what they announce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 I think the stadium should be renamed to Groundhog Day Park. I keep seeing the same performance every match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick26 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 7 minutes ago, Chaddyexile84 said: There was no where near 4,000 regardless of what they announce They seem to be adding 1000 onto the actual attendance at the minute - don't know if that's 1000 season ticket holders not turning up or they're adding free tickets issued that don't attend. (The 3700 announced against Harrogate? was actually 2600 I'm reliably informed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigDog Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Ricardo said: Pidge was a disgrace for that third goal, no effort to defend, Simpson must have thought it was his birthday Pidge had once again played well for most of the game but I have to agree that just backing off Simpson at the end was extremely poor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 33 minutes ago, oafc1955 said: No, we haven’t yet, but looking at the fixtures in November we will have, very soon. We will be rock bottom of the football league with next to no chance of survival. We have rescued ourselves from relegation many times over the last few years but this ‘team’ is different. We have no strikers, no midfielders, no fight and no idea. We’re not getting AL out before the January window so this is as good as it’s going to get…. When this lot hit the bottom they’ll be staying bottom!!! Get ready for the National League because it’s nailed on that’s where we’re heading!! *********ABDALLAH OUT********* We haven't hit rock bottom yet, though. Who knows where rock-bottom is? We'll go down this season - and then start losing in the league below. I think rock-bottom for us would be as far as going out of business. Curle in reality, probably is shit - we seem to have regressed back to the standard amateurish performances after the slight upturn in form that was present a few weeks ago, but I'll be amazed if anyone else can come in and turn it around. This is all the owner's fault - let's not lose sight of that. They set the bar for their tenure by interfering with Wellens' team in the division above which cost us one relegation and their complete incompetence since looks like costing us our next one. We can only even think about progress once they leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc 123 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 7 minutes ago, TheBigDog said: Pidge had once again played well for most of the game but I have to agree that just backing off Simpson at the end was extremely poor Regardless of that 3rd goal, no way should Pidge be singled out for any criticism. He's the only player who gives it his all, week in, week out. I've got a lot of time for the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tGWB Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 So at the start of November we find ourselves just out of the relegation trapdoor slots on goal difference Only 11 goals all season Only 1 win and 1 draw at Home with 6 losses already, the most recent a 1-3 thumping by Swindon Town, a team tipped for certain relegation alongside Scunthorpe United before the season started Our usual most positive supporters stating "a lacklustre performance" at best Unfortunately our next 3 League fixtures really couldn't be more difficult Away v Ipswich Town (FA Cup) Away v Tranmere Rovers (Papa John) Away v Exeter City 4th Home v Port Vale 2nd Away v Northampton Town 3rd Away v Salford City 19th Can't see a single point for us from these games and we are already watching out for the Carlisle and Scunthorpe results, because if we're brutally honest, none of us can see anything to suggest a stepped performance change from our own players and management team For me. we will be adrift at the foot of the League at the end of November Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc 123 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, tGWB said: For me. we will be adrift at the foot of the League at the end of November We will be adrift with Scunthorpe Carlisle and Stevenage. Mansfield will pull away I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 32 minutes ago, JoeP said: We haven't hit rock bottom yet, though. Who knows where rock-bottom is? We'll go down this season - and then start losing in the league below. I think rock-bottom for us would be as far as going out of business. Curle in reality, probably is shit - we seem to have regressed back to the standard amateurish performances after the slight upturn in form that was present a few weeks ago, but I'll be amazed if anyone else can come in and turn it around. This is all the owner's fault - let's not lose sight of that. They set the bar for their tenure by interfering with Wellens' team in the division above which cost us one relegation and their complete incompetence since looks like costing us our next one. We can only even think about progress once they leave. Rick Holden was talking at the excellent OAFC event last night night and it was like a breath of fresh air to hear even with these players he'd stop all the faffing around, play at a higher tempo, get the midfield moving forward with plenty of inviting crosses to players waiting to put the ball in the net. Exactly the opposite to the painfull to watch tactics we see now. Worth a try KC? Well done to the event organises btw way for raising over £1,700 toward the cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, BP1960 said: Rick Holden was talking at the excellent OAFC event last night night and it was like a breath of fresh air to hear even with these players he'd stop all the faffing around, play at a higher tempo, get the midfield moving forward with plenty of inviting crosses to players waiting to put the ball in the net. Exactly the opposite to the painfull to watch tactics we see now. Worth a try KC? In his book, he claims that he and some of the old guard could "sort Latics out in ten minutes". Give him the job - I seriously doubt he could do any worse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaddyexile84 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 5 minutes ago, BP1960 said: Rick Holden was talking at the excellent OAFC event last night night and it was like a breath of fresh air to hear even with these players he'd stop all the faffing around, play at a higher tempo, get the midfield moving forward with plenty of inviting crosses to players waiting to put the ball in the net. Exactly the opposite to the painfull to watch tactics we see now. Worth a try KC? Well done to the event organises btw way for raising over £1,700 toward the cause. 1 minute ago, JoeP said: In his book, he claims that he and some of the old guard could "sort Latics out in ten minutes". Give him the job - I seriously doubt he could do any worse... Hes applied for it several times his questionable Facebook rants and his liking for a drink probably rules him out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, Chaddyexile84 said: Hes applied for it several times his questionable Facebook rants and his liking for a drink probably rules him out His liking for a drink will go down well with some of our supporters, how else do you get through 90 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 30 minutes ago, oafc 123 said: Regardless of that 3rd goal, no way should Pidge be singled out for any criticism. He's the only player who gives it his all, week in, week out. I've got a lot of time for the guy. Hope had a chance similar to Simpson's and chose to fall over rather than driving on with power. Therein lies the difference in strikers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 10 minutes ago, Chaddyexile84 said: Hes applied for it several times his questionable Facebook rants and his liking for a drink probably rules him out I've had many a conversation with him and he does know what he's talking about, but yes these owners don't like people who speak their mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigDog Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 1 minute ago, BP1960 said: Hope had a chance similar to Simpson's and chose to fall over rather than driving on with power. Therein lies the difference in strikers. Agree - What was he thinking when he went to ground looking for the penalty? We had four good chances to score yesterday: Hope’s miserable effort. McGahey from close in from the free kick. Bahamboula cutting into the area and blasting the shot high over the bar. Piergianni scoring late on. We have missed far too many of these recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 1 minute ago, TheBigDog said: Agree - What was he thinking when he went to ground looking for the penalty? We had four good chances to score yesterday: Hope’s miserable effort. McGahey from close in from the free kick. Bahamboula cutting into the area and blasting the shot high over the bar. Piergianni scoring late on. We have missed far too many of these recently That's 4 from a defensive set up, just think how many we'd create with an attacking frame of mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
south east latic Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Not sure how anyone who was at the game yesterday can feel anything other than sadness. The ground was no more than 1/5 full. There was no singing from the Oldham end - neither supportive of the team or anti-regime. It’s like everyone has given up already. It was fully expected that we’d be outplayed at home again, and we were. The players are neither good enough nor interested enough. They looked bored and what summed it up for me was Curle constantly telling Bowden to ‘get in the game’. He’s not the only one that needed telling either. Our only striker started the game RWB. The ground is falling down around us. The card machine in the main stand broke before the game even started. It’s a mess; a shell of a football club. We’ve been on a downward spiral for years but what these owners have done is criminal. I know people are split on how to protest but I really do think we need people in the ground making some noise and causing a scene if only to give some illusion that we still care. It’s really heartbreaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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