BPAS Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 With just one week to go until the season kicks off, Andy, Dave and Matt hopelessly predict where Latics will be in May... Find all our links here! You can support the pod by paying a monthly subscription of just £2.99 via this link https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oafcpodcast/subscribe. If you'd like to make a one off donation, you can now also Buy Us A Coffee by clicking here You can also support us by visiting https://www.oafcpodcast.co.uk, subscribing to our mailing list and purchasing from our online shop. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch the Latics Football Phone In live every Wednesday from 8.30pm. BPAS and Latics Football Phone In are KUPOD productions. Title music is by Manchester DJ and producer Starion find out more at www.redlaserrecords.bandcamp.com Laticsmind theme composed, recorded and produced by Matt Berry at King Buzzard Studios in Shaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximus1267 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 (edited) Can see what unsexy Dave is doing as he is usually a bit too giddy and gets it way off. Lets hope the reverse pyshology is a bit of genious. Edited August 5 by maximus1267 Spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 There's absolutely no way we finish lower than we did last, we started horrifically and finished even worse yet still nearly crept in to the playoffs. I think Andy and Matt will be closer to the mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzlatic Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 I agree with Andy and Matt in terms of predictions. I put 4th in the thread the other day and I think that's about right. It feels like a season of being not quite there when it comes to winning the league, but a lot further on from last season. Taking Andy's advice about the first pod, I'm going to read between the lines with this one and deduce that when Dave said the slate was wiped clean with Mellon he totally didn't mean it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League one forever Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 1 hour ago, nzlatic said: I agree with Andy and Matt in terms of predictions. I put 4th in the thread the other day and I think that's about right. It feels like a season of being not quite there when it comes to winning the league, but a lot further on from last season. Taking Andy's advice about the first pod, I'm going to read between the lines with this one and deduce that when Dave said the slate was wiped clean with Mellon he totally didn't mean it! I think that’s a fair assumption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Sinnott Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 I think one thing that may hinder us is that our likely first choice front pairing have not done a single training session throughout pre-season. They're immediately playing catch-up and, given their ages, could make them more susceptible to a recurrence of these injuries ( @rudemedic ?)... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 They should train for a full month before consideration and hopefully we’ll be in contention when they’re back fully fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightDN123 Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 22 minutes ago, oafc1955 said: They should train for a full month before consideration and hopefully we’ll be in contention when they’re back fully fit. So it’s looking like potentially two months of Reid and Fondop. That’s a huge worry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemel latic Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 2 hours ago, oafc1955 said: They should train for a full month before consideration and hopefully we’ll be in contention when they’re back fully fit. If that's the case we definitely need another striker in, even if only short term. We don't even have a youngster we can put on the bench, Fondop and Reid, that's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 2 hours ago, LightDN123 said: So it’s looking like potentially two months of Reid and Fondop. That’s a huge worry. Reid's minutes will be minimal, he's just not with it at the minute and a fraction of the player we saw at times last season, that could be confidence issue or maybe even fitness or desire but something doesn't stack up, if I were him I'd look at a loan for three months to get some game time and back up to speed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 2 hours ago, LightDN123 said: So it’s looking like potentially two months of Reid and Fondop. That’s a huge worry. It's worked reasonably well in the past... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobledgersheart Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 9 minutes ago, JoeP said: It's worked reasonably well in the past... It "worked" in last years pre-season at Chorley, that's about it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 1 minute ago, Bobledgersheart said: It "worked" in last years pre-season at Chorley, that's about it. It had it's moments under Unsworth. I don't think either are particularly bad players at this level. I've not seen Reid yet since his comeback, but if he's bulked up as some have suggested and a different sort of player to what he was before, it might be an issue. We need someone nippy to offset Fondop being the target-man... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemel latic Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 8 minutes ago, JoeP said: It had it's moments under Unsworth. I don't think either are particularly bad players at this level. I've not seen Reid yet since his comeback, but if he's bulked up as some have suggested and a different sort of player to what he was before, it might be an issue. We need someone nippy to offset Fondop being the target-man... I only saw him against Radcliffe which I don't think was one of our best performances in pre-season. We didn't create much so difficult to judge him but there was a sense that he lacked sharpness. The time in exile may mean it will take him longer to regain match fitness and sharpness. Sometimes players do lose half a yard when they bulk up, you see that in rugby too, but I haven't seen enough to comment on any perceived loss of pace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League one forever Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 11 minutes ago, JoeP said: It had its moments under Unsworth. I don't think either are particularly bad players at this level. I've not seen Reid yet since his comeback, but if he's bulked up as some have suggested and a different sort of player to what he was before, it might be an issue. We need someone nippy to offset Fondop being the target-man... Reid looked a mile off it when I saw him Joe. He’s fit, but nowhere near match sharp. The game is passing him by. The others are right, we essentially have just Mikey fit and ready to go. We desperately need a striker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightDN123 Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 Has Reid touched the ball in pre season ? Other than missing a pen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradKnowles1 Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 I’m with Dave I have us 11th I just don’t think we have enough creativity goals in us at present. I feel Norwood is going to be way off it due to missing all pre season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobledgersheart Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 8 minutes ago, LightDN123 said: Has Reid touched the ball in pre season ? Other than missing a pen. That, the run which led to it and a decent near post header on Saturday is about all I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzlatic Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 5 hours ago, Lee Sinnott said: I think one thing that may hinder us is that our likely first choice front pairing have not done a single training session throughout pre-season. They're immediately playing catch-up and, given their ages, could make them more susceptible to a recurrence of these injuries ( @rudemedic ?)... Do you think the plan is to have a front pair? From the sounds of it our best pre season performances have been with 1 up front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 14 minutes ago, nzlatic said: Do you think the plan is to have a front pair? From the sounds of it our best pre season performances have been with 1 up front. But by choice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimeblue Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 Fondop and Reid would both be starters at 3/4 of teams at this level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Dave there imploring Pawels Law Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1onheartNew Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 Based on absolutely nothing, how about plaing Kitch up front? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlossopLatic Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 23 minutes ago, L1onheartNew said: Based on absolutely nothing, how about plaing Kitch up front? Please let's not start the defender upfront thing again remember when we spent the entire relegation season saying put Piergianni upfront only for us to go and do it and for him to be sent off within 10 minutes of us doing that. Kitch is a LB/LWB or at a push an LM play him there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1onheartNew Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 2 hours ago, GlossopLatic said: Please let's not start the defender upfront thing again remember when we spent the entire relegation season saying put Piergianni upfront only for us to go and do it and for him to be sent off within 10 minutes of us doing that. Kitch is a LB/LWB or at a push an LM play him there. Appreciate that it's been done and failed previously. Also, there was absolutely no blue touch paper harmed or involved during the making of my post. I like Kitch. Kinda. But some have suggested that he may not b in MMs plans on the left. It was just trying to offer an alternate position for him should the above happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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