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Oldham ostriches with the mascot running round in a suit like Bernie Clifton used to

In the should have column I would suggest Clive Sullivan.

I have heard Oldham mentioned a few times whilst watching superleague on TV and wondered how many other players there are. I can think of Josh's brother, Eckersley at Wigan and Doro at Hull KR. Who can name some more?

Idiot!

Good that the womens game is getting national exposure on the BBC but it looks a bit ridiculous playing in a massive stadium that must be 98% empty.

When we played at Widnes a few weeks ago all the Widnes fans near me did was slag him off the whole time he was on the pitch. I guess it will be different if he is wearing a Widnes shirt.

"If fit" is the key phrase. They haven't looked 100% and with two weeks off they need match fitness. They have all been key contributors but, as has been mentioned above, who would you drop from last week?

I say give him a chance and if it doesn't work out we say goodbye. People had issues with George Riley but everyone seems happy now.

Older than Drinkwater, Craven and Dean I think so very much a short term option if true. Which of the current 3 will be leaving as I can't see us having two of them not playing each week.

The players that are missing are a big loss but the players replacing them aren't bad. There is just a lack of cohesion at times that has been exploited by Bradford, toulouse and Fev. We need to bounce back in next two games to keep us well away from bottom 4. I think having been in the doldrums at whitebank for so long and then experienced the joy of promotion under the new regime we sometimes expect too much. Sat in the sun at Boundary Park with nearly 3000 fans watching rugby is a good thing.

I also found it poor that ref made George Hirst get up and play the ball when he was clearly hurt and only stopped play moments later when he was being patched up by the medical staff.

We lost to a better team on the day. We played a full time, top championship side at Boundary Park and even with a few players missing gave it a go. Two years ago we were in league one playing Cornwall at whitebank in front of just over 400 fans. We are in a much better position now than we were but it doesn't mean we won't get things wrong at times. I am much happier in the way the club/team is going than I was a few years ago.

Noticed in a report that Doncaster used their 18th man. Anyone know how that came about?

Am I parking in right place? News report says it is £4 but its telling me £3.50

Lots of potential but can't see him in Hull KR first team at moment. Loaned back to us like PLT would be great.

A bit more youth would be good although I think Lannon is only 29. Eribe Doro, Oldham born, would be good but he seems to be a SL prospect.

For those that walked out or are being critical of the coach or the players, they should realise that this isn't league one and we won't win every game and we won't always play well. Sometimes you just get beat by a better team. God knows what people would have said on forum in 1999 when we just got hammered 84-0 by Widnes!!

Not sure why there seems to be an obsession with mergers. Whether they were mergers, acquisitions or takeovers we tried this before. Huddersfield and Sheffield just became Huddersfield, played in Huddersfield and gained no fans from Sheffield who just started a new club. Hull and Gateshead just became Hull, played in Hull and gained no fans from Gateshead who just started a new club. At this moment in time an Oldham Rochdale merger wouldn't affect superleague and as mentioned earlier we should concentrate on a proper pyramid structure so that should there be problems with a SL club, as there is now with salford, there would be a strong club ready to take their place rather than people just throwing names into the ring.

Widnes weren't great, a view echoed by Widnes fans sat near me, but we failed to capitalise with our 4th and 5th tackle plays a bit predictable at times. Having said that we have just come away from Naughton Park (I know its not called that anymore) with a point and sit 2nd in the league in our first season back in Championship. That's pretty impressive.

Nene has gone home and Thornley injured.

It is good to have DR with Wigan but I don't understand the need for a 2nd row forward given the players available. Surely an out and out centre would be a better option.

Great highlights. Unfortunately it did show all the empty seats so I guess the crowd was correct. It really is a shame as people don't know what they are missing.

You might have been down to bare bones but you certainly played well as a team with Ritson providing some moments of brilliance. I was relieved after last couple of tries as it was nip and tuck all the way. Good luck for rest of season.

I know it might be frustrating but the fans were asked for their opinion so the club are giving it a try. As season ticket holders we get two "free" games so still better than paying on the day and it helps the club which is surely what we all want. It's fantastic that we now have this connection with the club/board and long may it last. Stronger together.

Dubious? They asked the fans. 65% of those that replied said Friday so they are trialling a game on a Friday.