Post-Match Thread and Ratings Oldham Athletic 1-1 Southend Utd

[leeblue]

Crowther stepped up a treat today.
Desperately need a striker....
The fact both goals came from set pieces sums the game up.
Frustratingly two players away from going on a run here.
Patience lads.

 

[Wickford Blue]

I honestly think a lot of fans have taken some heavy horse tranqualizers. The whole spine has been ripped out and we are playing against a team that have strength in depth. Kensdale, Miley and Cardwell all missing and people are asking why we aren't doing certain things. Unbelievable.

People moaning why he took Pepple off, really?! He has hardly played and we have 1 striker at the club! We also have 2 games next week. Was Kev really going to run him into the ground and get him injured?

We battled amazingly well, showing the spirit of last season. Most teams in this league would be happy with a point at Boundary Park with their best 11, let alone a depleted squad and rock bottom morale. Today's result will lift them massively. Fans really need to start looking at the positives rather than easily targeting the negatives. Utb!

Some people on here really need to take a reality check!

Just because Ron is gone the damage he has done to this club will take years to mend and yet following some of the comments today people are expecting us to win the league this year.

1. We were under Embargo up until a few weeks ago so by the time that was lifted anyone who was any good was gone!

2. We have a really bad injury List plus losing Cardwell and Kendall this week

3. The players we have signed have not had a proper pre-season and how many times have we seen signings like this who we rush through and then don't see for months (Hyde etc.)

4. We over achieved massively last season and there are some big spenders in this league now

Lets just all take a Chill Pill, enjoy the fact that we are not about to under and that we have a club to support, it might take a few seasons to get back to where we should (want to) be.

In the meantime lets cut Kevin and the squad some slack because if we don't and after all he has done he might just think F**k you all and I am off!!

Lets just realise where we really are!

 

[WickfordShrimper]

I see Gateshead are top , are they now allowed to get play in the Football League ? I remember last season they was kicked out the play offs

 

[LBBlue]

Considering, compared to just 3 weeks ago we started without Cardwell, Kensdale, Miley, Walker, and Coker, a gutsy performance against a fancied team that had to use 15 different outfield players before they caused us much trouble. Everyone should be proud of them today.

This is non league and you can’t expect much quality up front unless you spend silly money. Two goals from set pieces and it’s 1 a piece. Ultimately their keeper made more saves than Collin. His kicking wasn’t great but his handling is perfect - that’s what you want from a keeper.

Oh and no one shoots any more because the likelihood is it will be blocked- ricochet to the half way line and you get caught on the break.

Of course we need more bodies but a wrong ‘un is much worse than no one.

 

[RHB]

There will undoubtedly be criticism of the team/Kev/COSU etc after that result, but it's amazing what a few injuries and other Chairmen with v deep pockets can cause. If Josh Walker, Danny Waldron, Kav Miley Oli Coker, Ollie Kensdale or Harry Cardwell had all been fit and available, I wonder whether the 3 points would have been ours? No wonder Kev is a bit brassed off. That said, I think today was a coming of age from Adam Crowther, who I thought had a very solid, influential game and was a natural successor to Kensdale at CB.

 

[flangejackrabbit]

I see Gateshead are top , are they now allowed to get play in the Football League ? I remember last season they was kicked out the play offs

Not as it stands in my understanding but a decent chance they will sort something out before the end of the season.

 

[Shrimperborn1957]

Considering, compared to just 3 weeks ago we started without Cardwell, Kensdale, Miley, Walker, and Coker, a gutsy performance against a fancied team that had to use 15 different outfield players before they caused us much trouble. Everyone should be proud of them today.

This is non league and you can’t expect much quality up front unless you spend silly money. Two goals from set pieces and it’s 1 a piece. Ultimately their keeper made more saves than Collin. His kicking wasn’t great but his handling is perfect - that’s what you want from a keeper.

Oh and no one shoots any more because the likelihood is it will be blocked- ricochet to the half way line and you get caught on the break.

Of course we need more bodies but a wrong ‘un is much worse than no one.

Oh and no one shoots any more because the likelihood is it will be blocked- ricochet to the half way line and you get caught on the break.

Or you score a goal and win a game.

 

[onceknownasrab]

Committed performance. Gritty at times but sprinkled with good football. A point was fair and a bonus. Special mention for Gubbins who I thought looked much more the player I expected him to be. No complaints not criticism for team or coaches. All did well with what was available.

 

[Medway Blue]

Thought we did really well with what we had available. I'd have taken a point if asked beforehand. Was a battling one in the end, but we definitely played some good stuff and could have nicked all 3.

Onto Tuesday.

 

[overseas shrimper]

I honestly think a lot of fans have taken some heavy horse tranqualizers. The whole spine has been ripped out and we are playing against a team that have strength in depth. Kensdale, Miley and Cardwell all missing and people are asking why we aren't doing certain things. Unbelievable.

People moaning why he took Pepple off, really?! He has hardly played and we have 1 striker at the club! We also have 2 games next week. Was Kev really going to run him into the ground and get him injured?

We battled amazingly well, showing the spirit of last season. Most teams in this league would be happy with a point at Boundary Park with their best 11, let alone a depleted squad and rock bottom morale. Today's result will lift them massively. Fans really need to start looking at the positives rather than easily targeting the negatives. Utb!

My thoughts, too. If I were an Oldham fan, (shudders at the thought) I'd be very ****ed off. Decent squad, at home, playing against a team that is still very much a works in progress, down to its bare bones and just had its spine ripped out and all they could do was muster a draw!

 

[Evening Echo]

A DEPLETED Southend United dug deep to secure a 1-1 draw at Oldham Athletic this afternoon.

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[Thundersley Blue]

I've got to check myself before criticising players, because this is the National League.
But for me, it wasn't so much we lacked strikers: it was more we lacked quality.
There were plenty of positives, and I'm not sure where we'd be without Taylor, Crowther, Ralph, GSM, and the marvellous Moncur.
But the new boys? Is that what the budget's come to? OK, if we have to, but I can't see what either brings.
If Pepple is fit, then so am I - and I give him five decades! He lumbers rather than runs, and I suspect by his body language he's been doing so for some time.
Surely, Collin can be coached to hit the ball with less woomph? I lost count of the times it was straight out of play or down the middle.
But this is a side missing four big players, not to mention the departed Harry and the unmentionable Kensdale. So, a point is half decent.

Interestingly, I had to listen to BBC Manchester and tge Oldham commentators early on. One of them spoke highly of Pepple and his time at Grimsby. But we will see.

 

[LBBlue]

Oh and no one shoots any more because the likelihood is it will be blocked- ricochet to the half way line and you get caught on the break.

Or you score a goal and win a game.

Not when there’s 9 players between the ball and the goal.

 

[Shrimperborn1957]

Not when there’s 9 players between the ball and the goal.

Agree to disagree on that.

 

[Thundersley Blue]

Some people on here really need to take a reality check!

Just because Ron is gone the damage he has done to this club will take years to mend and yet following some of the comments today people are expecting us to win the league this year.

1. We were under Embargo up until a few weeks ago so by the time that was lifted anyone who was any good was gone!

2. We have a really bad injury List plus losing Cardwell and Kendall this week

3. The players we have signed have not had a proper pre-season and how many times have we seen signings like this who we rush through and then don't see for months (Hyde etc.)

4. We over achieved massively last season and there are some big spenders in this league now

Lets just all take a Chill Pill, enjoy the fact that we are not about to under and that we have a club to support, it might take a few seasons to get back to where we should (want to) be.

In the meantime lets cut Kevin and the squad some slack because if we don't and after all he has done he might just think F**k you all and I am off!!

Lets just realise where we really are!

Very well said.

 

[Shrimperborn1957]

Committed performance. Gritty at times but sprinkled with good football. A point was fair and a bonus. Special mention for Gubbins who I thought looked much more the player I expected him to be. No complaints not criticism for team or coaches. All did well with what was available.

After he was injured he played a sublime pass to Wood.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

The biggest plus for me was George Moncur. WOW. That was a League One standard of play all day long. He just oozes class. He now looks much better as he's got the minutes under his belt, and has quickly got an understanding with the players around him. He's going to be a massive player for us this season.

 

[Paulie Walnuts]

I've got to check myself before criticising players, because this is the National League.
But for me, it wasn't so much we lacked strikers: it was more we lacked quality.
There were plenty of positives, and I'm not sure where we'd be without Taylor, Crowther, Ralph, GSM, and the marvellous Moncur.
But the new boys? Is that what the budget's come to? OK, if we have to, but I can't see what either brings.
If Pepple is fit, then so am I - and I give him five decades! He lumbers rather than runs, and I suspect by his body language he's been doing so for some time.
Surely, Collin can be coached to hit the ball with less woomph? I lost count of the times it was straight out of play or down the middle.
But this is a side missing four big players, not to mention the departed Harry and the unmentionable Kensdale. So, a point is half decent.

Hmmm. Interesting that the two players you've just hung out to dry are our sub saharan ones but hopefully.... it's just a coincidence, and not another one of your dubious statements that you're prone to come out with.

Colin has been brilliant for us so how you can criticise him is beyond me and the new lad is exactly that so give him a chance man.

 

[Chris Powell's mate]

Hmmm. Interesting that the two players you've just hung out to dry are our sub saharan ones but hopefully.... it's just a coincidence, and not another one of your dubious statements that you're prone to come out with.

Colin has been brilliant for us so how you can criticise him is beyond me and the new lad is exactly that so give him a chance man.

Are there you are again, Paulie?
Criticise Collin? Or is this some other Colin you're referring to? Would you like our keeper to kick the ball better? Of course, you would.
And as for your Saharan reference, I would be very, very careful if it's a pop in a certain direction.
The Mods won't like that...

 

[Guybrush13]

Good point, however I wish we would take more shots on goal when around the box instead of keep fanning about with it that ultimately leads to nothing.