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Jimmy DoNut

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  1. 13 hours ago, The Art of Hand and Foot said:

    There's nothing more appealing than a winning team! Hopefully that's what we will have. Trouble is fans are fickle. One loss or a draw or even a close win and the the doom mongers will be out!!

    Never were truer words spoken 😉

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  2. 1 hour ago, Anita Bath said:

    Bit of a shame the the roughyheads meeting took place in front of an Oldham Pathetic logo.

     

    Apologies for my fatty fingers typing…possibly a typo or two in there.

    Relations between Oldham Rugby & Latics have never been better & I'm sure that was requested by Latics, for their benefit. Being as we are now playing at Boundary Park & using their excellent facilities for events such as this, I'm sure no-one from the rugby was going to argue.

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  3. 16 hours ago, ManchesterYed said:

    Gutted to be losing Wilko, especially to the hairnets. You’ve got the best 9 in the comp and should be playing in the champ to be honest, no idea why we didn’t keep him on our books looks like a fall out with Ford 

    Mate, you have no idea whether he fell out with Ford or not! Rugby is all about opinions, perhaps Ford thought he wasn't good enough for the new squad hes developed.

  4. 36 minutes ago, shaw llewellyn said:

    We are assembling a good squad and should do very well but there are no guarantees in Rugby League.  On paper we were second best when we played at Hull KR in the cup a few years back but on the day teamwork and the will to win shone through. 

    Having said that i would love to see us go through the season unbeaten. 

    I would be amazed if we went through the season unbeaten. Teams won't roll over.

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  5. 1 minute ago, ManchesterYed said:

    Totally agree with this, Oldham completely dominated Widnes until Lawton came onto the field what a fantastic signing, how good was we at the start of last season with our attacking brand of rugby can’t wait to see what Sean long brings. Great signing of Lawton.

     

    seems strange to let Wilkinson  go to bring in Tom Forber ? 

    Are you suggesting we've signed Forber?

  6. 1 hour ago, coolie said:

    It is

    8 in the division

    Cornwall & Midlands & Workington & NWC to go to

    Rochdale & Hunslet & Workington will bring a hand full of fans 🤔

    If you don't P1$$ that division you should hold your heads in shame 😉

     

    Keighley & Rochdale especially are strengthening very well too.

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  7. I just picked this up from the Barrow Raiders forum. Pretty interesting stuff.

    "Raiders didn't vote against any change to the structure, there was no vote, only a discussion.

    What we did say was that we are tired of the constant chopping and changing to the structure. We said to look at football and the pyramid system they have and that every team in the country from grass roots upwards should have the opportunity to progress with the caveat that promotion to a higher division should be with minimum standards.

    We said the Championship had been a great league this season but we recognised that League One was broken and suggested that some top conference sides might be invited to take their chances. There was also a suggestion that Wigan, St.Helens and Hull might enter B teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona in Spanish football.

    We have since written to the CEO and suggested an interim season of one division with a view to a 12 team Championship in 2025 and 10 team League One but with the mission to get two extra teams to also take League One to 12 teams.

    The one division of 22 teams would play each other once and 5 loop fixtures to ensure the 13 home games that we are selling season tickets for. Top 6 play-offs. top 11 in the Championship for 2025 and a play-off for the remaining place for teams 12th to 17th. That should keep an interest for most right to the end of the season."

     

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  8. 3 minutes ago, sheddingswasus said:

    Great signing, I said the when he originally signed and one or two called him after a couple of early errors. He went on to be one of top players cart season. We are building a great back line. I suspect Nick may finish up in the centre this year but will be strong wherever he plays

    What makes you think he'll end up in the centre?

  9. 11 hours ago, LittleboroRoughyed said:

    The released list was confirmation of the players that Oldham were not in contract negotiations. Those not on the list are players that the club wish to explore the opportunity to retain but will also be subject to offers by other clubs.

    It’s interesting that the players the club are bringing in are on 2 year deals, which provides stability beyond next season however, if the players don’t perform as expected will require some form of pay off to release from the 2nd year of their contracts. A bit of a risk particularly without a coach being in place. 

    I guess Fordy and the board have confidence in them that they will perform. These are, in the main, tried and trusted pros who have shown what they are made of many times previously. Plus offering 2 year deals is more of an incentive to join us rather than sign elsewhere I guess.

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  10. 3 minutes ago, Bedford Roughyed said:

    Have the club released a definitive list of who was already signed from last year?  Or will they be released as part of the 'media' push?

    Already signed - Whittel, Ellis & Johnson plus Wardle & Turner already announced

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  11. 48 minutes ago, RawlinsonRaider said:

    Where was the money men then? He was far from perfect but at least there was a club to takeover 26 years later. If you want to rubbish people, look at Jim Quinn and Co. 

    Spot on - well said - I believe CH was an accountant in a previous life, so whilst getting paltry crowds through the turnstiles with dwindling central income & players who always got paid, the fact we had a club at all is perhaps because of him, not despite him.

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  12. 31 minutes ago, The Phantom Horseman said:

    If that's how it worked it's no wonder they got rid, it sounds nuts. Under that system, if Fev finished outside the best 16 teams one year (which has happened a few times in recent years) and then they brought that rule in with Fev playing no games against SL teams other than say Cas or Wakefield  and the remainder of our league games against other bottom 16 teams I'd fancy us to finish just about top of the table whilst Wigan, St Helens, Catalans etc were beating each other.

    I mean people get upset about loop fixtures, summer bash etc "distorting the table", can you imagine two teams fighting for the title, one has been playing against Saints/Wigan/Catalans all year and the other has been playing against Rochdale/Cornwall/Midlands?

    As an Oldham fan, i'm chuckling at you bracketing Rochdale with Cornwall & Midlands . 😜

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