BPAS Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 We're back! As Oldham fans look forward to a season at the right end of the table for a change, Matt & Andy sit down for a chat with Latics first team manager David Unsworth. The gaffer tells us about his first 12 months in charge, his ambitions for the season and his aspirations to manage the club for many years to come. If you'd like to be a fan guest on the show over the coming season, please contact us either on here or via our socials. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-latic Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Enjoyed that, great listen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceskylatic Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Interesting to hear DU wants 3 more signings in. Safe to say one is a right back and one a winger. Wondering where else he wants bolstering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 15 minutes ago, ceskylatic said: Interesting to hear DU wants 3 more signings in. Safe to say one is a right back and one a winger. Wondering where else he wants bolstering. Do we have anyone to compete with Kitching? Seems like we have quite few natural centre backs who can do a job at right back, less so on the other side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceskylatic Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 2 minutes ago, Dave_Og said: Do we have anyone to compete with Kitching? Seems like we have quite few natural centre backs who can do a job at right back, less so on the other side? I think DU is happy with Couto as back up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 no damping down of expectations. love it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightDN123 Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Great listen. 3 signings will make this a very competitive squad. All the excess are gone now with Rooney confirmed to be out the door. Confirmed we wanted Dallas, so presume one of the three signings is another striker. Then a right back and winger I’d imagine. Cleared up the Yarney situation. Considering Yarney only got a one year deal at Tranmere I don’t think his gamble paid off. The state of our club before Frank came sounds like an absolute joke. Championship and League 1 players want to join us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 MASSIVE Kudos to Andy for twice trying to tell Rhino that the main stand shouty weapon people are NOT indicative of a wider general supporter mindset. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 7 minutes ago, LightDN123 said: Great listen. 3 signings will make this a very competitive squad. All the excess are gone now with Rooney confirmed to be out the door. Confirmed we wanted Dallas, so presume one of the three signings is another striker. Then a right back and winger I’d imagine. Cleared up the Yarney situation. Considering Yarney only got a one year deal at Tranmere I don’t think his gamble paid off. The state of our club before Frank came sounds like an absolute joke. Championship and League 1 players want to join us. Dallas plays on the wing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightDN123 Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 1 minute ago, Monty Burns said: Dallas plays on the wing Played upfront for Chesterfield didn’t he ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 30 minutes ago, LightDN123 said: Played upfront for Chesterfield didn’t he ? l thought that based on goalscoring output but seems he plays from the left, which seems to make more sense as a transfer target. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankly Mr Shankly Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 5 hours ago, ceskylatic said: Interesting to hear DU wants 3 more signings in. Safe to say one is a right back and one a winger. Wondering where else he wants bolstering. Wants and gets are two clearly different thinks. I suspect he'll be allowed one more signing. He should have enough at his disposal as it is to mount a promotion charge. RWB as good as Kitching would pretty much do it for me. Possibly a creative midfielder too, if we're being greedy. Onto the podcast, I enjoyed it for the one or two insights we'd not normally get. Closure to the Dallas question for example, and a bit more meat on the bones to the challenges of a massively unfit squad and the state of the facilities on arrived (although possibly overegging it slightly). I do think he likes to embellish the truth somewhat. His 62% injured squad seemed like an arbitrary made up thing that politicians like to throw in to make people think they know what they're talking about. I don't have a problem with that as such. I think managers and coaches now are conditioned to 'gild the lily', so to speak. Speaking to journalists and the media is something that's saturated in the modern game. 25 years ago it was a quick interview with the local rag's hack and that was it. He clearly has a good working relationship with the Royles and the Rothwells and knows pressure to deliver is on. It was a nice little amuse bouche ahead of the new season a week on Saturday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said: Wants and gets are two clearly different thinks. I don’t think he would have said 3 if it was likely to be one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League one forever Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 58 minutes ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said: Wants and gets are two clearly different thinks. I suspect he'll be allowed one more signing. He should have enough at his disposal as it is to mount a promotion charge. RWB as good as Kitching would pretty much do it for me. Possibly a creative midfielder too, if we're being greedy. Onto the podcast, I enjoyed it for the one or two insights we'd not normally get. Closure to the Dallas question for example, and a bit more meat on the bones to the challenges of a massively unfit squad and the state of the facilities on arrived (although possibly overegging it slightly). I do think he likes to embellish the truth somewhat. His 62% injured squad seemed like an arbitrary made up thing that politicians like to throw in to make people think they know what they're talking about. I don't have a problem with that as such. I think managers and coaches now are conditioned to 'gild the lily', so to speak. Speaking to journalists and the media is something that's saturated in the modern game. 25 years ago it was a quick interview with the local rag's hack and that was it. He clearly has a good working relationship with the Royles and the Rothwells and knows pressure to deliver is on. It was a nice little amuse bouche ahead of the new season a week on Saturday. Yeah, as a chat and catch up I really enjoyed it- and he seemed far more honest and relaxed than he did at the fans forums. Probably due to the one on one nature of the pod. I think there is analysis paralysis with him/fan reaction/his relationship with the fans, and Matt nailed it in the middle of conversation. . . ‘Just win games, and the fans will be fine’ Spot on. That works both ways though. If he does struggle , fans won’t he happy. It was ever thus. I just hope we don’t see some fans aren’t jumping on others if they have the temerity to ask questions if/when he’s struggling. Equally he deserves to be left alone if he’s going well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankly Mr Shankly Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 23 minutes ago, oafc1955 said: I don’t think he would have said 3 if it was likely to be one! Well, I guess we'll soon see, won't we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BPAS Posted July 24, 2023 Author Share Posted July 24, 2023 1 hour ago, League one forever said: Yeah, as a chat and catch up I really enjoyed it- and he seemed far more honest and relaxed than he did at the fans forums. Probably due to the one on one nature of the pod. .....could also have something to do with the preparation for how to conduct the interview & how to frame the questions! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz_Oafc Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 (edited) Enjoyed that! He comes across as a good bloke Unsworth, and I really hope he succeeds. By his own admission on that pod, he has everything he needs. Good foundations, the best CEO, good facilities, a good budget and good players. He has to have a good season, simple as that. Edited July 24, 2023 by Gaz_Oafc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League one forever Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 27 minutes ago, BPAS said: .....could also have something to do with the preparation for how to conduct the interview & how to frame the questions! Please. I thought that went without saying. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemel latic Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 I had a crap day at work and it has really cheered me up listening to that, well done Matt and Andy. Unsy sounds quietly confident and what's going on around the club and the ground just sounds brilliant. I am so excited about the new season, I'm bought into the potential for something special happening. Only 12 more sleeps to go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigDog Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Great management structure in place Wants 3 players No B team next season All players who will not be part of the squad have moved out Young players out on loan Believes that the fans backing the club will make a huge difference Reasons to be cheerful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_R Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 1 minute ago, TheBigDog said: Great management structure in place Wants 3 players No B team next season All players who will not be part of the squad have moved out Young players out on loan Believes that the fans backing the club will make a huge difference Reasons to be cheerful Did he give any reason why the B team has been binned off, as that was one of the first thing he mentioned he was going to introduce when he got here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobledgersheart Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 8 minutes ago, Steve_R said: Did he give any reason why the B team has been binned off, as that was one of the first thing he mentioned he was going to introduce when he got here Basically said we haven't enough players to facilitate a B team as we've less scholars than previous seasons and a more compact first team squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 2 minutes ago, Bobledgersheart said: Basically said we haven't enough players to facilitate a B team as we've less scholars than previous seasons and a more compact first team squad. And no suitable league to play in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz_Oafc Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 32 minutes ago, Dave_Og said: And no suitable league to play in. Incoming in 3...2...1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 50 minutes ago, Gaz_Oafc said: Incoming in 3...2...1 A bit late, but I'm here. These are last seasons Central League North results, some decent clubs in the league who managed to find enough players to take part. https://www.pnefc.net/matches/the-central-league/ 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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