Oldham 1

Get giving Pons a rest after coming in and doing so well and Wilde comes straight back great player and leader with Drinky , my only disagreement is Johnson on the bench for the ill Dudson , Ben Foster has done little wrong any game he's played for us and would have him on the bench for either Johnson or Baxter who I'm yet to be convinced by at all would like to see more from Milner too but hopefully we come out strong and get the win today

I agree don't mind watching on SL+ but there's no major live sport on sky sports tonight apart from golf it's a poor show it not being on a regular sky channel

How wasn't that offside against Warrington ? Kick hit the Warrington man then picked up 10 m up the pitch

As an Oldham fan of many years we've spent a number of seasons in league 1 and met some great fans from many clubs it's a hard league to keep any momentum going and hard to keep a club sustainable especially after losing Cornwall my only thought would be . Everyone plays each other home and away 18 games Top 6 then split play eachother once , top 3 get 3 home games the others 2 to make things as fair as possible and then top 4 move into the middle 8s fully battle hardened Bottom 4 play eachother home and away to give 6 extra games and all start on 0 points and play for a shield just to give more games and the chance to win something for a lower team , not perfect but at least removes so many blank weekends for the clubs and fans in league 1

Stupid penalty from Craven costs 40m then one missed tackle and we behind 6-0 gotta be smarter than that or it'll be a long evening

That's a try hits the grass before the line

No problem with this especially with a couple of free weekends after this one , good to keep the lads playing where possible and Lawton needs to be playing to get back fully fit helps us and helps Widnes and Rochdale getting 3 quality players they won't be complaining having them lads playing in a tough game against North Wales , personally I'd have brought Farnworth back for Dudson but that's only my opinion

First things first , Fev won fair and square and played very well they played sharper ,quicker and smarter than us over the 80 mins We've come a long way in the last couple of years both on and off the pitch with so many good things brought in and decisions made the crowd today with a great travelling support made a great atmosphere My issues come from 2 major concerns one being some of the players are to old and unfit enough for the championship Dudson who has had a great career no doubt was wrecked before he came back on for his second spell which led to him missing 2 tackles which led to breaks , JT the same still a great ball carrier but teams know to get on the outside of him in defence as he's lost a step even from last season , I agree for recruitment we need some younger champ top end players to help take us another step Lastly we not learning about the importance of a specialist winger , Bradford where craven was asked to do a job that was alien to him was targeted by the Bulls who kicked to him and ran at him at every opportunity , today in a huge game we put Ben Davies on the wing and he made countless errors in an unfamiliar position , not picking on him cos the lads an excellent centre We have a lot of great things going on at the club and once we get a few first choice players back we will do just fine this season just gutted about today on to next week

Well done Fev , much the better team today and a much deserved win great travelling support and hope you enjoy Wembley , we didn't want to go to London anyway good luck in the final see you at your place later in the season

That's as bad a first half as we've had in a couple of years , first off how 4 players can be unfit after being named in a 20 man squad to days ago is bizarre , if they where doubts why not loan a couple of players in for such a tough test ? We have Craven playing on the wing Bradford have targeted him and scored a try on each occasion , not his fault he's so out of position but with Turner looking so out of shape next to him it adds to the problem , and Lewis Baxter is not a hooker ever ,Plt is great in attack but kicks in the air he isn't confident at all under pressure one huge positive is Ben Forster has looked great apart from a 15 spell off the pitch after a high tackle was missed ,I fear a long second half coming

He was called up to the bench for Wigan

He said he'll happily come and announce the teams and do the half time draw , he's been looking forward to his weekend break in Oldham

All credit to Barrow today you'll certainly know the way to boundary park for the league game , but having always liked you from afar you was clearly missing a few key forwards today and that told in the end from the end of the first half to the last 20 mins thought you was the better team , Ritson is a lethal weapon in the championship good to see him back with you doing what he does best , you deserved to beat us in the league and you gave a great performance this afternoon good luck for the rest of the season

As for the game started really well and then dropped off up to half time that 5 mins before the break was a shambles , was in danger of letting the game get away to 60 mins then we really showed our skill and class , thought PLT with the ball was always a threat and his lines he ran where great finding gaps between defenders , Josh Drinkwater first half for me was poor but second half was his best 40 mins in an Oldham shirt , and Jack Johnson again gave a very good performance , everyone else was decent without being at there very best , Nene McDonald I mean the guy clearly is class and will do world class things and couldn't fault his willingness to get involved , but he was playing on the wing and he spent more than half the game playing his own game in every position but his wing at one point he was playing hooker for a set much to bemusement of Wildie who was stood behind him wondering if he should perhaps go play on the wing well Nene decided where he wanted to play next but I'm sure he was just over eager playing and hopefully he'll bring his best next week , my only other concern was JT looked to be struggling with the pace of the game today and really looks to have put a bit of weight on something he'll need to fix up now the weather getting warmer , hopefully we take the last 20 mins into the full 80 next week against featherstone

Not going to make a judgement on the man going on the pitch as he clearly wasn't well and he's been a loyal fan for years as has been mentioned , but the stewards where worse than useless had that been someone with much worse intentions the touch judge could have been in a lot of danger , whatever we feel about any officials performance the least they deserve is to know they are protected from any physical violence

First off Sean Long has done a great job as coach so far and got very little wrong but this was a terrible miscalculation , Playing virtually full strength against Rochdale last week was unnecessary , that was the time to give game time to those who have missed out so far , also next week I don't doubt at full strength we can give a good account of ourselves , but being realistic it's not a cup we going to win , out of the Rochdale ,barrow and Hull KR games the biggest was the Barrow one and I think we've prioritized the wrong matches , asking a still talented but side that's not played much together to go up to barrow and win was asking to much and for this today Sean has to take his share of the blame

That's a cowardly call his foots on the line penalty to Hull on half way it's clear as day

Fantastic start to the league campaign ,every player was on it today and the togetherness in defence really showed again ,Sambou is a special talent still raw but his potential is off the charts , thought Jack Johnson had a great game on the wing especially in defence never jumped in to leave a gap and kept his man out of the game and cleaning up there kicks , great choice going with the 4 big lads on the bench , Milner who was fantastic at 13 can easily fill in well Wildie has a rest , it kept us going forward all game

The referee in the first half has to have been kidnapped and replaced with a lookalike in the second ,I lost count of the number of penalties on our line in the last 20 mins now a couple where fair calls , but some where terrible especially giving Jumah offside when he intercepted the ball barrow played the ball on our line and threw a loopy pass but he wasn't looking and had a guess , the last short kick off didn't go 5m and he and the touch judge never looked at the ball once after he kicked it , but have to say our defence was outstanding and the tackle from Thornley was amazing , attack was decent and a real step up in performance from the friendlies

But the player Matty Marsh will have been aware he's failed his HIA the weekend before, all players are told the rules regarding this he's as guilty as the other two in my opinion he's knowingly broken rules , that are in place to protect him

Agree that a heavy suspension should be given for this , also shouldn't the player in question be given a long ban as well ? He will have known himself the danger he was putting himself in and be well aware of the concussion protocols for me the player is as guilty as anyone here

Fantastic game , amazing well done to Hunslet didn't see that coming but fully deserved, look forward to seeing you at boundary park next year , to Alan Kilshaw enjoy league 1 it's where you belong

That's terrible from Drinkwater , Lees pulled out of that never a sin bin should be a pen to saints for faking an injury

Legal tackle not high not late not attacking the legs , making a mockery of the game decisions like that

Good win that against a physical Midlands side who always kept going, but a lot of injuries from today's game Taylor before kick off, Dean's looked a serious ankle injury, Sidlow seemed to pull something early on and Brad Gallagher looks to have badly damaged a thumb , JT didn't look fully fit for most of the second half as well, hopefully can make plenty of changes for the Newcastle game give some lads a game who must be dying for a game. Defense today was great again and attack decent in patches my only concern is our kicking in general play is awful without craven it's needs looking at , finally referee today thought had a really good game got most things right and let the game flow