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Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:27 pm

Grigg off - Bowerman on - Bowerman scores.

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:29 pm

Nicholls scores his 2nd goal of the season for the Cobblers

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:29 pm

Well done that [Bower]man :)

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:30 pm

Bowerman for starting ahead of Grigg!

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:31 pm

Alex Nicholls scores for The Cobblers.

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:32 pm

Nicholls 2 - 0 Grigg, the former Saddler has just scored for Northampton to rub salt into it.

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:36 pm

ihatethecorps wrote:Smith proved last season hes tactically inept.

Not to worry he still has the option of substititions which we all know hes so good at doing :lol:


Seemed an okay substitution to me, although you can always save face by having a pop at Grigg for not scoring the goal! :wink:

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:36 pm

Whys everoneone so obsessed with Nicholls? Isnt he in a (theoretically) weaker league anyway?

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:38 pm

yoda wrote:Whys everoneone so obsessed with Nicholls? Isnt he in a (theoretically) weaker league anyway?


Just a point of interest, yoda, nothing more.

He's just another ex-Saddler.

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:38 pm

ToeJoe Jnr wrote:
ihatethecorps wrote:Smith proved last season hes tactically inept.

Not to worry he still has the option of substititions which we all know hes so good at doing :lol:


Seemed an okay substitution to me, although you can always save face by having a pop at Grigg for not scoring the goal! :wink:


why would I need to save face? Smith is well known for making awful substitutions, thankfully this 1 worked out well for us. 3 games 0 goals :wink:

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:39 pm

yoda wrote:Whys everoneone so obsessed with Nicholls? Isnt he in a (theoretically) weaker league anyway?


Not everyone is, and you are right, he has dropped to his level, where many predicted he would do OK.

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:40 pm

I knew Alex would find his feet in League Two, it's his level, cannot cut it here.

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:40 pm

1-1 all over

160 Saddlers saw it

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:42 pm

A good point in the end - happy with that. Concerns me that Grof committed another howler for their goal, but sounds like he kept us in it on a number of occasions, so it was probably Grof 4 Critics (including me) 1 or thereabouts in this game! :D

Comments on Alex Nicholls are irrelevant - he may have found his level in League 2, hopefully anyway.

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:43 pm

Well I would have taken a draw before the start of the game, so I'm happy with that. I look forward to hearing a report from someone who was there later on in the evening. As for Nicholls, he's moved on, good luck to him. Grigg will come good......... eventually

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:44 pm

A good point and we're off the bottom. A tough one at Meadow Lane to come, and hopefully Bowerman to start.

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:45 pm

BathSaddler wrote: Just a point of interest, yoda, nothing more.

He's just another ex-Saddler.


Just wondered why him when we released so many last season.

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:47 pm

yoda wrote:
BathSaddler wrote: Just a point of interest, yoda, nothing more.

He's just another ex-Saddler.


Just wondered why him when we released so many last season.



I think because apart from Grigg he was the one that divided so many opinions

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:53 pm

A good point and 3 pts off the playoffs!!

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:54 pm

yoda wrote:
BathSaddler wrote: Just a point of interest, yoda, nothing more.

He's just another ex-Saddler.


Just wondered why him when we released so many last season.


Perhaps he is the only one to score tonight? Plus people were discussing him on here. For what its worth, I'm not bothered he left - he flattered to deceive and had one opportunity after another. There is no doubt in my mind that Will Grigg is much the better footballer, even if he may not be the solution upfront on his own at the moment.

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:01 pm

Well just to even things up - here is the BBC report from Rochdale v Northampton on Saturday...........

A new-look Rochdale side could not break down the stubborn Northampton defence in a goalless draw.
The hosts had six players making their league debuts, but were under pressure early on as the Cobblers bombarded their area with a string of set-pieces.
Ashley Grimes, George Donnelly and Phil Edwards all went close for the Dale.
After the break, Peter Cavanagh continued the threat with a diving header, while Alex Nicholls wasted a good chance for the visitors.


That's more like it

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:09 pm

Wow, Talksport congratulating Portsmouth on a 2-2 draw despite "fielding a team of complete unknowns".

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:12 pm

yoda wrote:Wow, Talksport congratulating Portsmouth on a 2-2 draw despite "fielding a team of complete unknowns".


fudge barclays, i hope they all fudge die.

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:17 pm

Talksport or Portsmouth? :lol:

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:17 pm

yoda wrote:Wow, Talksport congratulating Portsmouth on a 2-2 draw despite "fielding a team of complete unknowns".


They used to play in the Premier League, meaning Talksport can tug off to them.

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:18 pm

Makes me laugh reading that we are a poor poor side and they should have finished us off, if we were poor and they still couldnt win at home what does that make them? or are they just handicapped with a horrible bottomhole as a manager?

http://www.owtb.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=39288

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:19 pm

yoda wrote:Wow, Talksport congratulating Portsmouth on a 2-2 draw despite "fielding a team of complete unknowns".


I expect nothing less from a station that was created by someone as loathsome as Kelvin McKenzie. Talkballs more like.

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:21 pm

ihatethecorps wrote:Makes me laugh reading that we are a poor poor side and they should have finished us off, if we were poor and they still couldnt win at home what does that make them? or are they just handicapped with a horrible bottomhole as a manager?

http://www.owtb.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=39288


They can say what they like, we've just got a point away from home, point the finger at your own side if anything.

Both poor teams I'm guessing, who'll both be around the bottom.

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:29 pm

yoda wrote:Wow, Talksport congratulating Portsmouth on a 2-2 draw despite "fielding a team of complete unknowns".


Perhaps they meant "unknown to each other" :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Re: Oldham Athletic (a) - 21/08/12 - League 1

Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:48 pm

Darth Vader wrote:
ihatethecorps wrote:Makes me laugh reading that we are a poor poor side and they should have finished us off, if we were poor and they still couldnt win at home what does that make them? or are they just handicapped with a horrible bottomhole as a manager?

http://www.owtb.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=39288


They can say what they like, we've just got a point away from home, point the finger at your own side if anything.

Both poor teams I'm guessing, who'll both be around the bottom.


Agreed both seem real strugglers, for some reason i expect them to finish above us, spose we always expected another tough season whilst picking up out of contract players etc - same as teams like oldham no doubt - just need a manager who can motivate, organise, be tactical etc , real tough one at County, be surprised if we get anything

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