Ogdenwoodwhittle Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 18 hours ago, latics22 said: One yesterday I think was Will Jääskeläinen That's Jusi's son, and was born in Bolton but he did not play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobledgersheart Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 5 minutes ago, BP1960 said: How would you describe Hobson's running style? Not noticed it really, just when Kitching's caught upfield or his winger takes him on he's not the quickest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 17 hours ago, League one forever said: You are completely contradicting yourself. No I’m not….football is just not as important to me as it used to be. I would just become a ‘glory hunter’ like the 20k that were at Wembley. I’ve done my time watching poor footy and we would have to be playing half decent football to tempt me every week. I have a ST now but only take in half the fixtures as I’m in Spain quite a lot of the time but I’m still contributing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 45 minutes ago, BP1960 said: How would you describe Hobson's running style? Tentative. Certainly his turning movement is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 7 minutes ago, oafc1955 said: No I’m not….football is just not as important to me as it used to be. I would just become a ‘glory hunter’ like the 20k that were at Wembley. I’ve done my time watching poor footy and we would have to be playing half decent football to tempt me every week. I have a ST now but only take in half the fixtures as I’m in Spain quite a lot of the time but I’m still contributing! I think as you get older you tend not to bother as much even with a season ticket, I used to book holidays around home games, now I'm not arsed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 3 minutes ago, disjointed said: I think as you get older you tend not to bother as much even with a season ticket, I used to book holidays around home games, now I'm not arsed. Correct…at one time I wouldn’t even book the family holidays until the fixtures came out, the wife used to go ballistic!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 (edited) 15 minutes ago, disjointed said: I think as you get older you tend not to bother as much even with a season ticket, I used to book holidays around home games, now I'm not arsed. OAPs season tickets are cheap in comparison to pay on the day, one reason maybe the attendances are so high even if they don't attend. I'm old school though and even in the 1960s despite not a great team it was attractive football to watch. Latics always seemed to have 2 good wingers, a midfield creator and a couple of goalscorers up front. Edited January 29 by BP1960 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 26 minutes ago, BP1960 said: OAPs season tickets are cheap in comparison to pay on the day, one reason maybe the attendances are so high even if they don't attend. I'm old school though and even in the 1960s despite not a great team it was attractive football to watch. Latics always seemed to have 2 good wingers, a midfield creator and a couple of goalscorers up front. I ain't an OAP yet BP. Not long though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 1 minute ago, disjointed said: I ain't an OAP yet BP. Not long though. Not something to look forward to really, even with discounts on lots of things. I'd sooner be in 1960. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Just now, BP1960 said: Not something to look forward to really, even with discounts on lots of things. I'd sooner be in 1960. Getting paid not to work will do me for starters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 1 hour ago, disjointed said: I think as you get older you tend not to bother as much even with a season ticket, I used to book holidays around home games, now I'm not arsed. I'm on holiday on the date of the play off final... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 4 minutes ago, Dave_Og said: I'm on holiday on the date of the play off final... Poor planning or Unsworthobia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League one forever Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 1 hour ago, oafc1955 said: No I’m not….football is just not as important to me as it used to be. I would just become a ‘glory hunter’ like the 20k that were at Wembley. I’ve done my time watching poor footy and we would have to be playing half decent football to tempt me every week. I have a ST now but only take in half the fixtures as I’m in Spain quite a lot of the time but I’m still contributing! Still important enough to be a regular poster on here. . . To take your point- I’d just retire from Latics altogether and enjoy the sun. As you rightly point out - you/we have watched a lot of shit over the years. That’s because we have been shit, but also because the vast majority of league one, two, and NL sides are largely poor games. I’ve watched so many teams in league one who were absolutely dreadful and beat us 2-0. If you couldn’t hack it in league one you’ve no chance down here. You want a level football very few lower level sides have, and if they do play that way the manager quickly gets snapped up. (The lad at Notts County springs to mind.) The vast majority of the time, it’s gritty, attritional, with the odd bit of quality thrown in to get results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 11 minutes ago, oafc1955 said: Poor planning or Unsworthobia? thought we would win league didnt he Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 15 minutes ago, oafc1955 said: Poor planning or Unsworthobia? Booked before the season even started. Can't say it ever entered my head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 31 minutes ago, Dave_Og said: I'm on holiday on the date of the play off final... Should be OK, if Saturdays performance keeps repeating we won't be anywhere near Wembley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 29 minutes ago, League one forever said: If you couldn’t hack it in league one you’ve no chance down here. Hopefully we won’t be ‘down here’ much longer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Calm down those who need to, those who won't will be gone. I've have enough - you can have your little keyboard wars somewhere else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanishfly Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Hello "board". I emigrated to Spain, June 2018 and my last time watching Latics was the draw at Northampton, which relegated us to League 2. Having recently come back to the UK, I was really looking forward to this match. Well... where do I start! First half was nothing I recognised as football. It really was like silly schoolboy head tennis; awful to watch. Over a half time brew, I thought, "Ah well, at least MM will read the Riot Act and we'll be up and at 'em second half" Wrong, and I came away from the game shaking my head in disbelief. It was like men v boys. Woking out-muscled us as well as passing the ball far better than us second half. I obviously don't know any of the players but my worry was this; not ONE Latics player stood out. Where was this classy Norwood I was looking forward to seeing? I'd heard about Conlon (on Tues) being similar in style to the sublime John Sheridan. I didn't even know he was on the pitch until he was substituted! Our full backs were poor, our midfield gutless/clueless and we had nothing up front. I agreed with Raglan as our MoM - albeit via a 5 maybe 6/10 performance from him. As a team there was no urgency, no movement, no desire and, frankly, no footballing acumen whatsoever. Why does the goalie wait an eternity before releasing the ball? Same from players on throw-ins and set pieces. It's like we want the opposition to set up their lines properly before we proceed to gift them the ball! Granted, I`ve been to one game but if that is in any way indicative of our performance levels there is no chance of promotion (I accept we've had some wins but I don't know if they were flukes or not after witnessing that horror show on Saturday). Please, someone tell me that they all had a stomach bug or something because that has to be the worst footballing performance I have seen for a very long time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1onheartNew Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 3 hours ago, BP1960 said: Not something to look forward to really, even with discounts on lots of things. I'd sooner be in 1960. Get off my lawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1onheartNew Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 16 minutes ago, spanishfly said: Hello "board". I emigrated to Spain, June 2018 and my last time watching Latics was the draw at Northampton, which relegated us to League 2. Having recently come back to the UK, I was really looking forward to this match. Well... where do I start! First half was nothing I recognised as football. It really was like silly schoolboy head tennis; awful to watch. Over a half time brew, I thought, "Ah well, at least MM will read the Riot Act and we'll be up and at 'em second half" Wrong, and I came away from the game shaking my head in disbelief. It was like men v boys. Woking out-muscled us as well as passing the ball far better than us second half. I obviously don't know any of the players but my worry was this; not ONE Latics player stood out. Where was this classy Norwood I was looking forward to seeing? I'd heard about Conlon (on Tues) being similar in style to the sublime John Sheridan. I didn't even know he was on the pitch until he was substituted! Our full backs were poor, our midfield gutless/clueless and we had nothing up front. I agreed with Raglan as our MoM - albeit via a 5 maybe 6/10 performance from him. As a team there was no urgency, no movement, no desire and, frankly, no footballing acumen whatsoever. Why does the goalie wait an eternity before releasing the ball? Same from players on throw-ins and set pieces. It's like we want the opposition to set up their lines properly before we proceed to gift them the ball! Granted, I`ve been to one game but if that is in any way indicative of our performance levels there is no chance of promotion (I accept we've had some wins but I don't know if they were flukes or not after witnessing that horror show on Saturday). Please, someone tell me that they all had a stomach bug or something because that has to be the worst footballing performance I have seen for a very long time Welcome back gringo... Although I am not best placed to say that. However, we will go up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggleblue Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 14 minutes ago, spanishfly said: Hello "board". I emigrated to Spain, June 2018 and my last time watching Latics was the draw at Northampton, which relegated us to League 2. Having recently come back to the UK, I was really looking forward to this match. Well... where do I start! First half was nothing I recognised as football. It really was like silly schoolboy head tennis; awful to watch. Over a half time brew, I thought, "Ah well, at least MM will read the Riot Act and we'll be up and at 'em second half" Wrong, and I came away from the game shaking my head in disbelief. It was like men v boys. Woking out-muscled us as well as passing the ball far better than us second half. I obviously don't know any of the players but my worry was this; not ONE Latics player stood out. Where was this classy Norwood I was looking forward to seeing? I'd heard about Conlon (on Tues) being similar in style to the sublime John Sheridan. I didn't even know he was on the pitch until he was substituted! Our full backs were poor, our midfield gutless/clueless and we had nothing up front. I agreed with Raglan as our MoM - albeit via a 5 maybe 6/10 performance from him. As a team there was no urgency, no movement, no desire and, frankly, no footballing acumen whatsoever. Why does the goalie wait an eternity before releasing the ball? Same from players on throw-ins and set pieces. It's like we want the opposition to set up their lines properly before we proceed to gift them the ball! Granted, I`ve been to one game but if that is in any way indicative of our performance levels there is no chance of promotion (I accept we've had some wins but I don't know if they were flukes or not after witnessing that horror show on Saturday). Please, someone tell me that they all had a stomach bug or something because that has to be the worst footballing performance I have seen for a very long time Just watching Blackburn v Wrexham. The difference between this game and Saturday is immense. I now realise how much needs to be done. Our football was non existent in comparison to the standard of this game.Really hurts to say how poor we currently are. No build up play, no midfield. Just hit teams on the break.Anyway back to tonight's game.Mellon has loads to do and I think he knows it.Lets hope we are lucky in the playoffs and that Mellon can continue to build. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 27 minutes ago, spanishfly said: Hello "board". I emigrated to Spain, June 2018 and my last time watching Latics was the draw at Northampton, which relegated us to League 2. Having recently come back to the UK, I was really looking forward to this match. Well... where do I start! First half was nothing I recognised as football. It really was like silly schoolboy head tennis; awful to watch. Over a half time brew, I thought, "Ah well, at least MM will read the Riot Act and we'll be up and at 'em second half" Wrong, and I came away from the game shaking my head in disbelief. It was like men v boys. Woking out-muscled us as well as passing the ball far better than us second half. I obviously don't know any of the players but my worry was this; not ONE Latics player stood out. Where was this classy Norwood I was looking forward to seeing? I'd heard about Conlon (on Tues) being similar in style to the sublime John Sheridan. I didn't even know he was on the pitch until he was substituted! Our full backs were poor, our midfield gutless/clueless and we had nothing up front. I agreed with Raglan as our MoM - albeit via a 5 maybe 6/10 performance from him. As a team there was no urgency, no movement, no desire and, frankly, no footballing acumen whatsoever. Why does the goalie wait an eternity before releasing the ball? Same from players on throw-ins and set pieces. It's like we want the opposition to set up their lines properly before we proceed to gift them the ball! Granted, I`ve been to one game but if that is in any way indicative of our performance levels there is no chance of promotion (I accept we've had some wins but I don't know if they were flukes or not after witnessing that horror show on Saturday). Please, someone tell me that they all had a stomach bug or something because that has to be the worst footballing performance I have seen for a very long time For somebody who has no clue as to our team, and players, that was just about as accurate an assessment as you could get! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 (edited) 41 minutes ago, spanishfly said: Hello "board". I emigrated to Spain, June 2018 and my last time watching Latics was the draw at Northampton, which relegated us to League 2. Having recently come back to the UK, I was really looking forward to this match. Well... where do I start! First half was nothing I recognised as football. It really was like silly schoolboy head tennis; awful to watch. Over a half time brew, I thought, "Ah well, at least MM will read the Riot Act and we'll be up and at 'em second half" Wrong, and I came away from the game shaking my head in disbelief. It was like men v boys. Woking out-muscled us as well as passing the ball far better than us second half. I obviously don't know any of the players but my worry was this; not ONE Latics player stood out. Where was this classy Norwood I was looking forward to seeing? I'd heard about Conlon (on Tues) being similar in style to the sublime John Sheridan. I didn't even know he was on the pitch until he was substituted! Our full backs were poor, our midfield gutless/clueless and we had nothing up front. I agreed with Raglan as our MoM - albeit via a 5 maybe 6/10 performance from him. As a team there was no urgency, no movement, no desire and, frankly, no footballing acumen whatsoever. Why does the goalie wait an eternity before releasing the ball? Same from players on throw-ins and set pieces. It's like we want the opposition to set up their lines properly before we proceed to gift them the ball! Granted, I`ve been to one game but if that is in any way indicative of our performance levels there is no chance of promotion (I accept we've had some wins but I don't know if they were flukes or not after witnessing that horror show on Saturday). Please, someone tell me that they all had a stomach bug or something because that has to be the worst footballing performance I have seen for a very long time I think you've summed up Saturday pretty well although most are hoping that's just a blip in the road. I wonder if players watch the match back under Mellon?. That would be some punishment. Edited January 29 by yarddog73 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanishfly Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 (edited) 22 minutes ago, oafc1955 said: For somebody who has no clue as to our team, and players, that was just about as accurate an assessment as you could get! Thanks! I`m sure Sat was just a one off. Although I now wonder whether I am the harbinger of doom i.e. my last game, before Sat., saw us relegated to league 2 and Sat. was just truly awful. I might re-emigrate (if that's even a word) if we play like that again! Edited January 29 by spanishfly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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