[The Earl of Chesterfield]

I used to run a kids team.

Damn good 'un, too.

In fact we won the league one year.

Yeah, such was the quality of the lads - as opposed to manager, I hasten to add - we won game after game, week after week, month after month.

But of course we did eventually drop points, leaving the boys feeling absolutely devastated. So I simply gathered them together and told them to have a look at the opposite team who were celebrating as if they'd won the FA Cup, Eurovision Song Contest and Grand National all rolled into one.

'Those celebrations', I said, 'are the greatest compliment they can possibly give you'.

It took a few moments but the players eventually understood.

That, my friends, is the Oldham reaction today...

[metallilad]

Christ! That's just made me feel happy again.👍

[Walton Spireite]

The guy who has assaulted our keeper. Should be a 3 year banning order.No questions asked.

[Westbars Spireite]

Walton Spireite, on 19 August 2023 - 01:55 PM, said:

The guy who has assaulted our keeper. Should be a 3 year banning order.No questions asked.

I didn’t see anything but if it happened presumably it’ll be a knock on the door if he’s not already been nicked.

[calvin plummers socks]

Walton Spireite, on 19 August 2023 - 01:55 PM, said:

The guy who has assaulted our keeper. Should be a 3 year banning order.No questions asked.

Should be (will be) an arrest and life ban

[warfey is a spireite]

Was it a fat lad with white shirt on looked like on tv

[Bluekent]

I respect good limbs in any away end , can’t beat a last minute goal to get you something out of the game but that was just a bizarre reaction to a goal. Very over the top considering we are only 4 games in to a season and with them second favourites to win title , I’d have been relieved more than owt if I was them. Never looked like they wanted to win the game. Boring. I’d be concerned about our chances watching that if I was an Oldham supporter.

[Ernie Ernie Ernie]

Westbars Spireite, on 19 August 2023 - 01:59 PM, said:

I didn’t see anything but if it happened presumably it’ll be a knock on the door if he’s not already been nicked.

Got to be a moron to do it but an even bigger moron to do it on tv.

[calvin plummers socks]

Ernie Ernie Ernie, on 19 August 2023 - 02:20 PM, said:

Got to be a moron to do it but an even bigger moron to do it on tv.

Don’t forget we’ve had 2 idiots do the same thing in recent seasons!

[PontePete]

calvin plummers socks, on 19 August 2023 - 02:24 PM, said:

Don’t forget we’ve had 2 idiots do the same thing in recent seasons!

Oh no, you’re going to start talking about Ashley Billyeald’s dreadlocks in a minute aren’t you?

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

Unsworth is insulting his players, fans and employers.

By adopting such ultra negative tactics he's telling his players they can't beat us by playing football. He's telling his fans they can't expect their team to beat Town with football. And he's telling his employers he's incapable of recruiting a squad capable of beating us with football.

The response is in their hands...

[Cosmo Kramer]

Bluekent, on 19 August 2023 - 02:20 PM, said:

I respect good limbs in any away end , can’t beat a last minute goal to get you something out of the game but that was just a bizarre reaction to a goal. Very over the top considering we are only 4 games in to a season and with them second favourites to win title , I’d have been relieved more than owt if I was them. Never looked like they wanted to win the game. Boring. I’d be concerned about our chances watching that if I was an Oldham supporter.

I thought the exact same thing. If that was us then I’d be celebrating, of course, but more breathing a sigh of relief. At this stage of the season, after a performance like they’d put in that was just a bizarre reaction. It’s a word that gets thrown around a lot in the “banter” industry and I wouldn’t normally use it but if that were our fans then it would be a bit embarrassing, to be honest.

Then you have the idiots having a go at the goalkeeper, if reports are to be believed. That’s a different level of ridiculous

[Snowflake McBedwetter]

PontePete, on 19 August 2023 - 02:29 PM, said:

Oh no, you’re going to start talking about Ashley Billyeald’s dreadlocks in a minute aren’t you?

Clear case of 'Cultural Appropriation'.

To be shot in front of a rainbow flag by the memorial wall at dawn.

[Misnomer]

The Earl of Chesterfield, on 19 August 2023 - 02:30 PM, said:

Unsworth is insulting his players, fans and employers.

By adopting such ultra negative tactics he's telling his players they can't beat us by playing football. He's telling his fans they can't expect their team to beat Town with football. And he's telling his employers he's incapable of recruiting a squad capable of beating us with football.

The response is in their hands...

Try telling that to José Mourinho. His Inter team set up in exactly the same way v Barcelona (2nd leg Nou Camp). He knew if they tried to match up to Pep's Barca, they'd have been easily dismantled; so, he chose to counterattack instead. Inter won 3-2 (on agg).

If you know you're inferior, why the hell would you play in a fashion that makes you even more vulnerable?

In his post match interview, Norwood said they'd purposely set-up to invite us on, deny us space and counterattack......it worked.

We needed to kill the game and we didn't. Ultimately, because we created just ONE clear-cut chance and Grigg fluffed it.

Nah, football is a results business. Doesn't matter how you set up; it's the result that matters.

This post has been edited by Misnomer: 19 August 2023 - 02:53 PM

[warfey is a spireite]

Disappointed with grigg if I'm honest ,

[Walton Spireite]

warfey is a spireite, on 19 August 2023 - 02:53 PM, said:

Disappointed with grigg if I'm honest ,

He fluffed a big chance. Other than that offered nothing of note. Very worrying on a 3 year deal. Quigley did more when he came on.

[Misnomer]

warfey is a spireite, on 19 August 2023 - 02:53 PM, said:

Disappointed with grigg if I'm honest ,

I'm hoping he'll come good. Right now, I can't see any difference between him and Quigley... and I genuinely mean that. In fact, in just five minutes, Quigley found more space and better positions than Grigg did in eighty minutes.

[Zytok]

Yawn, the usual positivity from the usual muppets.

[Brookie]

Just seen Unsworth interview and he didn’t see fans come on pitch, unbelievable. He might mean incident on Tyrer.

[Walton Spireite]

Zytok, on 19 August 2023 - 02:57 PM, said:

Yawn, the usual positivity from the usual muppets.

That was one Bunkum performance.