Oldham reflections.

[avondalemiller]

Sherif and Etete are decent players but starting them together, and playing hoof ball to them doesn't work. None of them never win anything meaningful.
I said we'd win 4-2 at H/T,and i wasn't p!ssed either. They were knackered after putting everything into the 1st half.

.......but god, we make it hard for ourselves. Some much for our Academy producing the next batch of players.....where was Duncan, is he injured?

[MILLERSTALE]

A very useful workout. Two poorly conceded goals, but a great ralley in the second half.
Can anyone explain the idea behind these stupid kick-offs, please enlighten me.

Jock ?Two poorly conceded goals ? but it?s the same EVERY match, we need some defenders ( men ) from somewhere quickly, we are not good enough to give teams a start ! What we need to recruit in January are some ?characters? some winners ? Ok I know it?s easier said than done ! but that?s the only way to survive !

[RU66]

Sherif and Etete are decent players but starting them together, and playing hoof ball to them doesn't work. None of them never win anything meaningful.
I said we'd win 4-2 at H/T,and i wasn't p!ssed either. They were knackered after putting everything into the 1st half.

.......but god, we make it hard for ourselves. Some much for our Academy producing the next batch of players.....where was Duncan, is he injured?

Thinking the same if he's fit 2 centre backs at Northampton Duncan Jules. 4-5-1 with Sherif the lone forward.

[Heliosphan78]

Thinking the same if he's fit 2 centre backs at Northampton Duncan Jules. 4-5-1 with Sherif the lone forward.

It makes me laugh that you want to throw players in that you've barely ever seen play. He's 17 years old and playing youth football.

It's about time you realised that when the youngsters don't play (or even make the bench) it means they aren't ready or good enough.

[Grumpy King of the West]

Maybe the keyboard managers on the matchthread might learn to keep their powder dry in future 🙂

Surely Mellow, thats the point of the 'match thread', and what differentiates it from the 'post match thread'? One is a 'in the here and now' live commentary which ebbs and flows with the game, the other is a commentary with full hindsight. Otherwise just have the one thread.

[RU66]

It makes me laugh that you want to throw players in that you've barely ever seen play. He's 17 years old and playing youth football.

It's about time you realised that when the youngsters don't play (or even make the bench) it means they aren't ready or good enough.

Duncan looked not far off good enough a year ago. Must have progressed since.

[Brin]

I was in attendance and what a woeful first half that was.

Take nothing away from Oldham. They were a busy unit and in our faces from the off. High tempo wide playing, they set about us that quick we'd hardly blinked when after less than a minute they were in front, embarrassing to say the least. Richardson was cheekily chipped over the top and left in no mans land while Douglas was no where near his man, who blasted it home from short range. These two are not ready for this level yet and it showed throughout the game, albeit Richardson was the busier of the two with some tackles putting the ball out of play.

Their second goal was another footballing lesson and having performed heroics against Bradford, Dawson was once again back to his worse. Rigid on the goal line, he could have and should have cleared the ball in mid air after Baptiste had been out jumped. Spence didn't come out of this without blame as he too was out jumped for their player to score.

We desperately need to be seeking another keeper in Januray if Hamshaw has no faith in Cann, why bring him in? Yes he has/had concussion but their have been other games this season already where Dawson has been weak. Other Managers change keepers why can't we? I feel Dawson is our main weak link in the defence and maybe the other players feel it to at times during a game, others may disagree.

Is it playing the three in the back or a need for a solid four, that we can't yet defend correctly? Has Woody been told just to work with a three or is he in agreement with Hamshaw and they still blindly insist on using this failed set up?

Anyway back to the game. I like the effort and style of play their forward troubled us with in the first half. Not so much the second half as he was nullified by bringing on Rafferty.

Our turnaround with the Howitzer from Spence was well worked, a lucky deflection for an own goal but a powerhouse of a delivery from Rafferty caused their time wasting thrower Leake to put it into his own goal, game finally on.

In the end the more experience and stamina showed from us with Reece scoring a lovely well worked goal having been supplied by a flick on from Hugill. Game over, got out of jail free or was it a more concerted team effort in the second half coming from the second half subs? Whatever, it was a well deserved win having come back from being 2-0 down.

Don't like the Etete/Sheriff combination and simply cannot wait from Sam Nombe's return to full duty. Not heard any further update but, trust his partner/baby are doing well.

NB. Note to RU66, did you notice Josh Ayres played and scored, don't know what it was cancelled out for? Meanwhile your lad McGu..... we'll not bother going there.

[RU66]

I was in attendance and what a woeful first half that was.

Take nothing away from Oldham. They were a busy unit and in our faces from the off. High tempo wide playing, they set about us that quick we'd hardly blinked when after less than a minute they were in front, embarrassing to say the least. Richardson was cheekily chipped over the top and left in no mans land while Douglas was no where near his man, who blasted it home from short range. These two are not ready for this level yet and it showed throughout the game, albeit Richardson was the busier of the two with some tackles putting the ball out of play.

Their second goal was another footballing lesson and having performed heroics against Bradford, Dawson was once again back to his worse. Rigid on the goal line, he could have and should have cleared the ball in mid air after Baptiste had been out jumped. Spence didn't come out of this without blame as he too was out jumped for their player to score.

We desperately need to be seeking another keeper in Januray if Hamshaw has no faith in Cann, why bring him in? Yes he has/had concussion but their have been other games this season already where Dawson has been weak. Other Managers change keepers why can't we? I feel Dawson is our main weak link in the defence and maybe the other players feel it to at times during a game, others may disagree.

Is it playing the three in the back or a need for a solid four, that we can't yet defend correctly? Has Woody been told just to work with a three or is he in agreement with Hamshaw and they still blindly insist on using this failed set up?

Anyway back to the game. I like the effort and style of play their forward troubled us with in the first half. Not so much the second half as he was nullified by bringing on Rafferty.

Our turnaround with the Howitzer from Spence was well worked, a lucky deflection for an own goal but a powerhouse of a delivery from Rafferty caused their time wasting thrower Leake to put it into his own goal, game finally on.

In the end the more experience and stamina showed from us with Reece scoring a lovely well worked goal having been supplied by a flick on from Hugill. Game over, got out of jail free or was it a more concerted team effort in the second half coming from the second half subs? Whatever, it was a well deserved win having come back from being 2-0 down.

Don't like the Etete/Sheriff combination and simply cannot wait from Sam Nombe's return to full duty. Not heard any further update but, trust his partner/baby are doing well.

NB. Note to RU66, did you notice Josh Ayres played and scored, don't know what it was cancelled out for? Meanwhile your lad McGu..... we'll not bother going there.

Brin still think McGuckin he's got more to offer than J Holmes who ran out of idea's 2nd half.

[Brin]

Brin still think McGuckin he's got more to offer than J Holmes who ran out of idea's 2nd half.

Go on, I'll have a nibble.....Jack Holmes put in a very good effort last night and got several good crosses in. He was at them all the game and they knew they had a handful to deal with. His tricky twists and turns put more than one of theirs on their arse and I thoroughly enjoyed his commitment.

Meanwhile McGu.....'Oh stop it now Brin and let it go' I can just hear TLC and others saying that to me .

[Townerslovechild]

Ok then...let it go man !
I nearly went,but had to cut/shave my hair, and that took priority.
Sounds like another 45 minute performance, the bradford game is the only one so far where we have been competitive for the whole game.
Sounds like the younger players didn't really step up,this will be why they're not playing....note to certain poster.
Hopefully the come back will give them confidence, but we really need to start playing for mire than half a game, very soon.