They must have kept the news about Macca as late as they could so Oldham don't do their research on Russell.

Beat me to it NBM so deleted my thread.... I was oh so close to kicking things off under the new regime ;)

No Macca tonight eh?

What's the score there?

No Macca? Surprised he hasn't made the bench, unless I have missed something. Does that mean Battersby has been recalled from his loan at Gateshead?

Macca not in the squad?

Macca is self-isolating

C'mon Town let's get a win for the new owners.....UTM

Quoted from TheultimateMariner

No Macca? Surprised he hasn't made the bench, unless I have missed something. Does that mean Battersby has been recalled from his loan at Gateshead?

He has

I did see that on Twitter earlier this afternoon

Macca got covid.

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

He has

I did see that on Twitter earlier this afternoon

Just checked and seen it now, but thanks for the response.

If you’re watching tonight keep an eye on who’s in the stands, hopefully a new manager

It’s Shutes not Schutes.

Worried with Russell in goal  :-/

Things are getting real now with Stevenage winning 1-0 at the moment. Need a result tonight I'd take a boring 0-0

Oldham best away record in the league.  :-/

Quoted from TheultimateMariner

Just checked and seen it now, but thanks for the response.

No worries! ATAW

Quoted from ginnywings

Oldham best away record in the league.  :-/

I have a workmate who supports Oldham and he says it’s their best run of away wins in their history......

Time for payback for anyone who remembers when Oldham were taken over  17 years ago, and the new chairman made the game free to enter. They where struggling at the time but hit us for 6-0. Its the only game I've ever walked out early

I hate stevenage

Quoted from scrumble

Time for payback for anyone who remembers when Oldham were taken over  17 years ago, and the new chairman made the game free to enter. They where struggling at the time but hit us for 6-0. Its the only game I've ever walked out early

Me too, I left after about 65 minutes. AND it was FREE, that’s how bad it was!

Be interesting to know what the uptake tonight is for those that have bought the game tonight.

It starts now!

Cmon you fu(king mariners

We haven't beaten them since 1997😞😞😔

Quoted from scrumble

Time for payback for anyone who remembers when Oldham were taken over  17 years ago, and the new chairman made the game free to enter. They where struggling at the time but hit us for 6-0. Its the only game I've ever walked out early

Scott Vernon scored as many in the first half as he managed in his first season with us.

Anyone only got commentary?

All fine on my iPad

Got the Bradford game...

Quoted from lee65

All fine on my iPad

And mine, no problems.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

It’s Shutes not Schutes.

Surely it's Shutess - you forgot the Grimsby 's'.

I wish I could say weve started well and that russell is inspiring confidence





But I cant

Yeah can see why IH wanted russell in goal. flipping christ

Nice passage of play there right up until Russel tries to play like ronaldo

Saw on Twitter earlier, Oldham are one of only two league Teams who haven’t kept at least one clean sheet so far this season

Russell replacing bennett as the teams complete liability

Williams shirks a challenge. Then gets hacked.

Morais not seen the ball yet

Good free kick by William's, pollock header for es keeper into first save of the game

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Williams shirks a challenge. Then gets hacked.

I fail to see what Williams brings but I guess he’s not alone in that at the moment.

Then again when you’re on a cycle of play, dropped, play, dropped, play, dropped like the players have been under Holloway you’ll never get going.

Must say, Williams is the weakest tackler I’ve seen for sometime

Two poor teams.

Scunts winning too

Quoted from lee65

Morais not seen the ball yet

He had a great run on about 4 mins and is getting man marked now

I've never seen a player so scared of a tackle as Williams, thats 6 hes pulled (3 he would have won with no contact had he gone for it) out of in 30 mins

End product of edwards is awful

Paul Hurst sat in the directors seats according to my contact.

Edwards us so f*****g frustrating.

Can’t see Edwards or Williams being Hurst type of players

Quoted from arryarryarry

Paul Hurst sat in the directors seats according to my contact.

Does Doig know   :)

Quoted from lee65

Must say, Williams is the weakest tackler I’ve seen for sometime

You haven't watched bennett much then?

Quoted from forza ivano

You haven't watched bennett much then?

Well I have and I’d say Williams as bad if not worse! ;)

Quoted from lee65

Well I have and I’d say Williams as bad if not worse! ;)

Bennett manages to turn a 90/10 into a 10/90

Quoted from arryarryarry

Paul Hurst sat in the directors seats according to my contact.

Can someone see if he’s brought his boots ?

Williams is shite

HT.....0-0

Two poor teams.

Quoted from arryarryarry

Paul Hurst sat in the directors seats according to my contact.

Reliable source ?

Again our front two are absolute dross  :B :B :B

Well, that was 45 minutes of almost not boredom.

Quoted from mariner tommy

Reliable source ?

Brown

We seem to have decent movement but our failure to pass a 10 yard ball negates it all. Its got a one goal win in it either way but our only chance from open play was created for him self by Edwards.

Quoted from promotion plaice

HT.....0-0

Two poor teams.

They edged it, but maybe Edwards can create something out of nothing in the second half. Russell is a weak link, they haven't put him under that much pressure though.

Boring.

Williams or Green. Not both. Missing Windsor or Gibson to attack the ball, press and not fanny out of tackles.

Waterfall keeping us in it. Can't believe how Preston has gone backwards... literally.

Boring but I’ll take it just to be in the game. Look solid enough but weak up top, Edwards lively with no end product and Williams shown glimpses.

Morais and Preston have been absolutely awful whilst Bahamboula for Oldham has been far and away the best player on the pitch and the best I’ve seen at this level for ages

Quoted from Croxton

Williams or Green. Not both. Missing Windsor or Gibson to attack the ball, press and not fanny out of tackles.

Waterfall keeping us in it. Can't believe how Preston has gone backwards... literally.

Windsor?

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Windsor?

Yes, I know. Using him as a metaphor!

5 games during December has definitely taken its toll on the pitch (or is the groundsman still on furlough)

The final 3rd is just dire.

For me, Gibson or Jackson Jr on at 60.
Tilley on for Williams at 70 (who definitely needs his ears bending at half time)

Shutes putting his shorts on at halftime

No guile in midfield, nothing up front.....trying hard , just not enough quality

Hurst is at the game.

Good job they're poor

Quoted from promotion plaice

Hurst is at the game.

That’s him out of the running then after watching the first half.

confirmed by radio hullbersids that Hurst is at the game

Swap Williams with the Lino!

Jolleys Barrow losing, good news for us.

Linesman faking injury so he doesn't have to watch the rest of the game   ;)

Quoted from GtfcGarner

Jolleys Barrow losing, good news for us.

You know you’re struggling when Barrow maybe losing could be the highlight of the evening  ;)

WTF is going on?

If as Tondeur says there’s no 4 official,  who is now in charge of the subs board and extra time board ?

JT says Josh Gowling is at the game, probably looking at who from the Town side he’ll be taking in loan to Hereford.

What a ball that was

The Oldham keeper makes james look like xavi with the ball at his feet

Tilley done more in 5 mins than Williams did

Quoted from Ipswin

Scunts winning too

1-1

Morais has to be on the right.

Scunts winning

Quoted from lee65

Tilley done more in 5 mins than Williams did

And that just shows how bad Williams is as Tilley can’t hack it IMHO

Worst Town team I have ever witnessed

Jackson Jr on for Edwards.

Is this the first time we've had Jackson, Green & Preston on the pitch together ?

Terrible throw again. Manage the game!

Well done Russell

Hanging on now.

Goodness me, we’re really not very good....

We’re so slow

Have we had a proper chance?

Tolley looks out of it or not bothered.

Good save by russell.oldham on top.clifton done well since he came on.shored things up

Dreadful game 0.0 ,but dont forget theyve won 7 away on the trot

It might have been awful but I'll take that, a point and a clean sheet Oldham are tasty away from home

Wel done the caretaker management team, turned the corner perhaps?

So me hurst, it’s over to you !

Must agree with the comments about a poor team, but, then again, Oldham have been shocking too. No desire or fight except for Clifton, waterfall and pollock.

Green was on a hiding to nothing and doing as much as he could with poor service, or maybe he was poor.

A point is still better than losing.

Think that's a bit unfair Woz. Especially on Edwards.

Right, that’s that then. Can we have a proper team please Mr. Shutes?

Most important thing tonight was not to lose.
Done that  small steps  on to the next one.
UTM

That was woeful. Holloway you’re a tosspot

Who’s the weakest and most disinterested out of Tilley and Williams? Not a spine between them

Enough for Hurst to work with

Well we didn't lose.

Awful game but clean sheet. With some firepower added, we can sneak a win in these kinds of games. Need some strikers.

Quoted from Barrattstander

Is this the first time we've had Jackson, Green & Preston on the pitch together ?

And Croft in the commentary team.

Tilley CBA. Why take Edwards off?

Quoted from Ipswin

It might have been awful but I'll take that, a point and a clean sheet Oldham are tasty away from home

Wel done the caretaker management team, turned the corner perhaps?

Very similar to performances under Anthony Limbrick. Solid, unspectacular but in the end, effective.

Quoted from Barrattstander

Is this the first time we've had Jackson, Green & Preston on the pitch together ?

No I think that was the last game against Morecambe as it was mentioned during the game by the commentators.

Quoted from BenBB

No I think that was the last game as it was mentioned during the game by the commentators.

Whoosh!

Well the manager whoever he might be has got a job on his hands.

Agree that Tilley didn’t look up for it.

I wouldn't pay Green, Williams and Tilley in flipping washers, spineless, disinterested and not fit to wear the shirt, makes ne so flipping angry.

We are so bad to watch. It’s torture. If this terrible squad stay up the new management deserve a big bonus.

Quoted from TAGG

Most important thing tonight was not to lose.
Done that  small steps  on to the next one.
UTM

agreed. we all know that we need some creativity, a bit of a leader and 2 front runners.(and a competent left back,an andrew fox type will do.

he starts with us in a bad ,but not calamitous league position.
i'm told he has an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of players in divisions 3,4 and 5, so hopefully he will have a good idea as to who he wants

The most exciting moment was the linesman getting injured and the ref giving us a free kick

Tilley was openly disinterested

Quoted from grimsby pete

Well the manager whoever he might be has got a job on his hands.

I think we all knew that Pete We didn't expect things to have changed just because Fenty has gone did we?

We didn't lose, we ground out a point. OK we never looked like winning and it wasn't very entertaining but if that's what it takes

Anyway if Hurst gets the job we'd better get used to unspectacular displays ;)

Well.....virtually no errors or moments of crap defending in the 90 mins gives us a chance of winning....but our strikers and forward play cancel that chance out.

Worked hard, effort by and large was good...just zero quality, pace strength where it matters going forward.

Well we didn't lose got a clean sheet, but our keeper is the one who had 2 proper saves to make, unlike theirs, lets get some new players quick and send all these kids/non leaguers out on loan and have a think about them end of season

think Tilley, Bennett, Gomis, Green, Sisay,Taylor, Morton and Williams might be looking for game time elsewhere in the New year!

Barrow equalise

Tilley has disappointed - looked to be progressing well before the lockdown...

Did we have any corners tonight? Can't recall any.

Quoted from forza ivano

think Tilley, Bennett, Gomis, Green, Sisay,Taylor, Morton and Williams might be looking for game time elsewhere in the New year!

If you’re not up for it when your new gaffer is in the house you’ll never be

Quoted from forza ivano

i'm told he has an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of players in divisions 3,4 and 5, so hopefully he will have a good idea as to who he wants

He could know every players inside leg measurement and their partners cousins names but it still doesn't mean any of them would want to come here.

To quote Ollie, he said "I never knew it was so difficult to get players to play for Grimsby"

Any new signings have to be in it 125% as we all know the amount of fecal matter who have been signed previously over the years who have only come here to keep their bank manager happy,and all those who have flatly refused to move locally.

Quoted from davmariner

Agree that Tilley didn’t look up for it.

I thought he did when he first came on, but thought he looked knackered soon after

New owners, but the size of the task to keep us up is massive.

A few weeks ago it looked like, even though we were complete dross, there were at least two basket cases below us.

Southend were dead meat and all but down. Then we played them. We also assumed that Stevenage were such crap that it would be easy to finish above them. Now they can overtake us by winning one of their two games in hand. That puts us in the drop zone.

The truth is that for several weeks now we have been the worst team in the division. Had Fenty remained I would say that we would be nailed on certainties for the drop. With the new owners we have a chance, but it is by no means certain that we will survive, and it will not happen without an influx of good players.

I would say that we could do with a new keeper, new full back, at least two midfield players, and two forwards. All of whom meed to be of a higher standard than we have seen at the club for some time, and experienced at this level or above.

If indeed Hurst does take over, he needs to start bringing players in quickly before we end up adrift of safety.  
  

Looking at every possible statistic available we are absolute dog excrement. I have no faith in us staying up but will be mighty relieved if we do. It’s time to start praying other teams go bust.

Quoted from forza ivano

think Tilley, Bennett, Gomis, Green, Sisay,Taylor, Morton and Williams might be looking for game time elsewhere in the New year!

There are far too many players in the squad who lack drive, determination, hunger etc, and who won’t see much game time under a Hurst regime.

Quoted from WayneBurnettsJockstrap

He could know every players inside leg measurement and their partners cousins names but it still doesn't mean any of them would want to come here.

To quote Ollie, he said "I never knew it was so difficult to get players to play for Grimsby"

Any new signings have to be in it 125% as we all know the amount of fecal matter who have been signed previously over the years who have only come here to keep their bank manager happy,and all those who have flatly refused to move locally.

hurst always had a good eye for a player, he's got 4 years more experience and he's not going into it with 1 hand tied behind his back, with fenty gone.
he presumably trusts Davies and Moore to give him the low down so he's not coming at it from a standing start.
McKeown, Hendrie, Waterfall, Pollock, Clifton,Morais, Rose and Hewitt all give him a solid base to work from, whilst i think Edwards and Spokes have something to offer.The other plus for him is that generally they all work very hard (tonights efforts wasn't a one off) which i think he will approve of

Paul Hurst Black and white army!!

Unfinished business and anything i have ever said negative about him i apologise and think he is absolutely the right man for us right now.

Selection, subs and positional changes had too much of an echo of Holloway. Morais has no left foot, Williams is lightweight, and Bennet has more know how in managing a game than Tilley.

MOM, Waterfall again. Rose and Hewitt not on the same wavelength. Were we pressing or not? Gibson works harder at it than Williams who neshed every tackle. Did they know prospective managers were watching?

Ben needs to demand graft and a mantra of winning ugly by getting to second balls. At least Preston had a better second half until his daft foul late on.

Quoted from forza ivano

think Tilley, Bennett, Gomis, Green, Sisay,Taylor, Morton and Williams might be looking for game time elsewhere in the New year!

Controversially for some I’d add Rose to that to be honest.

Tonight we defended better overall but in the other 2/3rds we where poor.

There is a lot to do and whoever comes in will need to spend as much time in January on the phone getting the revolving door going as they must on the training ground.

Only 12 points from the playoffs with over half a season left  8)

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Controversially for some I’d add Rose to that to be honest.

Tonight we defended better overall but in the other 2/3rds we where poor.

There is a lot to do and whoever comes in will need to spend as much time in January on the phone getting the revolving door going as they must on the training ground.

rose is a strange one isn't he? you'd never know that he'd been a pretty regular player in2 promotion winning sides would you? i also thought he was going to be our driving force, but i don't see that.yet, sometimes he does some pretty good stuff. seems to have the knack of coming away with the ball and can be a damn good passer. i just expected more. Spokes last 2 performances put him to shame imho

We certainly need two strikers and are Wright and Scannell ever going to be fit long enough to make a telling contribution as those two playing wide with Edwards as back up give us an outlet to move forward. Unfortunately think we have to accept Hanson just isn’t going to make any sort of contribution.

No manager could get this lot moulded into a team and the only way we are going to survive is to get 5 experienced pros in all the important positions.

If Hurst has accepted the job, he will have made sure the money is available I am sure.

Quoted from jonnyboy82

Paul Hurst Black and white army!!

Unfinished business and anything i have ever said negative about him i apologise and think he is absolutely the right man for us right now.

Funnily enough I’ve been speaking to Paul and he reckons his mate Lenell is coming back as he also has some unfinished business to sort out. Thoughts?

Quoted from Poojah

Funnily enough I’ve been speaking to Paul and he reckons his mate Lenell is coming back as he also has some unfinished business to sort out. Thoughts?

He’s still only 31
If he’s fit have a look!

Quoted from Poojah

Funnily enough I’ve been speaking to Paul and he reckons his mate Lenell is coming back as he also has some unfinished business to sort out. Thoughts?

I actually liked LJL when he was here. Big, strong and mobile, everything we don't currently have up front. Always thought it just needed someone to play off him.  That said, didn't he have serious injury and end up at  at Hereford?

Quoted from Poojah

Funnily enough I’ve been speaking to Paul and he reckons his mate Lenell is coming back as he also has some unfinished business to sort out. Thoughts?

Maybe at 31 the shop is a bit on the mature side but someone who does what he does with the confidence he does it is definitely required.

Just listening Humberside, Scunny sound in dire financial straits and their chairmen suggests they will need a bail out from the EFL to finish the season

johnnyboy knows what I was getting at. :)

Quoted from forza ivano

rose is a strange one isn't he? you'd never know that he'd been a pretty regular player in2 promotion winning sides would you? i also thought he was going to be our driving force, but i don't see that.yet, sometimes he does some pretty good stuff. seems to have the knack of coming away with the ball and can be a damn good passer. i just expected more. Spokes last 2 performances put him to shame imho

In Rose’s defence though maybe he’d be more influential with more capable experienced players around him.

I've not seem much of the footy this season, but from the handful of games that I've seen, Rose passes it around nicely 95% of the time, needlessly gives it away in dangerous areas 4% of the time and makes catastrophic attempts to tackle in the box 1% of the time.

I'm not sure being surrounded by more experienced players would change this much, though he might not be trying to force the play all the time if we had more ability in attacking areas.

Oh, for a Hessenthaler-type midfielder right now.

Rose has looked fine alongside energetic players such as Clifton and Hewitt. When it’s Williams or Bennett, whose work rate is less, he’s struggled.

Quoted from Poojah

Funnily enough I’ve been speaking to Paul and he reckons his mate Lenell is coming back as he also has some unfinished business to sort out. Thoughts?

Tell him he's too late for Christmas !

Tilley probably regrets letting IH blow smoke up his ar$e and convincing him to come to the frozen north.

Yet another mass cull of the squad needed and the team in trouble. Just your usual season at BP.

Is that now 6 managers and 4 caretakers since 2016?

Would love The Shop back! x10 better than any of our other strikers.

Another dreary, pretty shot performance. Oldham keep clean sheet for the first time this season.

8/9 Players out there whom I hope never to see again.

Quoted from davmariner

Would love The Shop back! x10 better than any of our other strikers.

Shop of old maybe, not now.

We can do better.

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

Tilley has disappointed - looked to be progressing well before the lockdown...

Was never that impressed. Always hung onto the ball too long when a simple pass was on. He might learn but not sure we can afford to be the ones he learns that with.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Rose has looked fine alongside energetic players such as Clifton and Hewitt. When it’s Williams or Bennett, whose work rate is less, he’s struggled.

My Grannie is more energetic than that male masturbator Clifton......and she's been dead 30 years.  A disgrace of a player, headless chicken, pretty gutless and spinless, biggest pile of excrement Ive ever seen in a Town shirt, absolute hate him. Lazy illegitimate who hasnt improved one bit at any stage of his career. Out the door I would expect.

Trying just a bit too hard there Boris.

The thing with a good wind up, is to be a bit more subtle.

Cannot remember which orifice or what exactly was going to be stuck up it but recall being highly amused when the Shop proved johnnyboy wrong.

Quoted from Boris Johnson

My Grannie is more energetic than that male masturbator Clifton......and she's been dead 30 years.  A disgrace of a player, headless chicken, pretty gutless and spinless, biggest pile of excrement Ive ever seen in a Town shirt, absolute hate him. Lazy illegitimate who hasnt improved one bit at any stage of his career. Out the door I would expect.

I'll bite the bait.

Clifton has given it his all, all season. A bit of a handyman 'jack of all trades, master of none' sure. Can't get on his back and he's one of our own too.

Quoted from Boris Johnson

My Grannie is more energetic than that male masturbator Clifton......and she's been dead 30 years.  A disgrace of a player, headless chicken, pretty gutless and spinless, biggest pile of excrement Ive ever seen in a Town shirt, absolute hate him. Lazy illegitimate who hasnt improved one bit at any stage of his career. Out the door I would expect.

Yeah right. Lazy illegitimate? What total balderdash. There is certainly areas it is fair to criticise Harry for, but laziness is absolutely not one of them. What an utter cretin you are. If you don't like a player at least have a proper explanation as to why rather than making stuff up.

Stop giving him oxygen.

Quoted from davmariner

Would love The Shop back! x10 better than any of our other strikers.

Keep taking the tablets, nurse will be along shortly.

Quoted from Maringer

I've not seem much of the footy this season, but from the handful of games that I've seen, Rose passes it around nicely 95% of the time, needlessly gives it away in dangerous areas 4% of the time and makes catastrophic attempts to tackle in the box 1% of the time.

I'm not sure being surrounded by more experienced players would change this much, though he might not be trying to force the play all the time if we had more ability in attacking areas.

Oh, for a Hessenthaler-type midfielder right now.

He has never looked fully fit for me and tonight I thought he had gone off at half time.

Quoted from Les Brechin

Did we have any corners tonight? Can't recall any.

No.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Jackson Jr on for Edwards.

For what good that did you might as well have brought me on.

Quoted from toontown

Yeah right. Lazy illegitimate? What total balderdash. There is certainly areas it is fair to criticise Harry for, but laziness is absolutely not one of them. What an utter cretin you are. If you don't like a player at least have a proper explanation as to why rather than making stuff up.

because he is excrement, that simple, doesnt create anything, scores 1 in 30, and has not improved one bit, since coming into the side.  This is the worst side Ive ever seen, the midfield is utter dross. Perhaps the fact that our top goalscorer is a centre half from set pieces might just remind you of the total lack of ability/creativity that midfield gives us.....all of them bona fide excrement.

Maybe if we didn't continue to lump it forward and looked to play through the midfield Clifton would start to shine.
Terrible game last night, but I guess with this squad and no manager, a point is a point.

Quoted from Poojah

johnnyboy knows what I was getting at. :)

Sorry for the late reply poojah, i had some hotdogs on the hob ;D ;D

That one you gave me tasted a bit funny

Quoted from Boris Johnson

My Grannie is more energetic than that male masturbator Clifton......and she's been dead 30 years.  A disgrace of a player, headless chicken, pretty gutless and spinless, biggest pile of excrement Ive ever seen in a Town shirt, absolute hate him. Lazy illegitimate who hasnt improved one bit at any stage of his career. Out the door I would expect.

You sir really are a t!t.... Clifton is THE most energetic player we have...if I were you I'd stick to tiddly winks because you obviously know little about football.
Fir what it's worth, what Clifton does lack is the ability to play a pass further than 5 yards, every time he plays a long ball it either goes out of play or to the opposing defence, but his work rate can never be questioned, never!