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Post-Match Thread and Ratings Southend United 4-0 Oldham Athletic
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Leigh_Seasider
There's a star man, playing on the right ⭐️🦐
A little word in praise of Mooney and Coker and the way they came on and asserted themselves and took their chances. I didn’t see a bad performance out there mind. Maybe just maybe Mooney might hit another gear for us this season. The forgotten man. We’ve got Wood, too, remember.
We absolutely need to reinforce but our siege mentality and tight knit squad might just weigh in our favour. Today I saw a team fighting for each other and for the shirt. Loved Gus geeing up W block early on too.
Sending off was deserved and we frustrated them all afternoon. They didn’t like it up ‘em.
We absolutely need to reinforce but our siege mentality and tight knit squad might just weigh in our favour. Today I saw a team fighting for each other and for the shirt. Loved Gus geeing up W block early on too.
Sending off was deserved and we frustrated them all afternoon. They didn’t like it up ‘em.
MATCH: vs Southend (A) 05/08/23
Lundstrum out https://www.theoldhamtimes.co.uk/sport/23683422.oldham-athletic-midfielder-expected-miss-southend-game/
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Leigh_Seasider
There's a star man, playing on the right ⭐️🦐
Club shop was rammed afterwards. My son “had to have” a home shirt. Great to see.As an aside and i know i am off topic here but i cannot remember when i have seen so many new shirts on the opening day of the season, both home and away. Lovely also to see so many young children all clothed in new SUFC colours.
rshepp
⭐
So proud of these guys.
See you at Dagenham next week.
ColinMorrisWalksOnWater
Assistant Head Coach⭐⭐🦐
See what happens when we have a bit of yellow on the home shirt !
True
LBBlue
Manager⭐
There was a certain togetherness all round today fans management players back room staff and a relief to actually have a game to go to.
The players we have left are those we would have wanted to keep and a small tight knit squad showed what they can do. Not many worrying about whether they will be picked or getting the hump because they don’t get a game.
Really they deserve 10s all round - almost a complete performance- our fannying around at the back will be punished on another day.
Dan Mooney showed that he can actually shoot. Oil Coker an excellent strike. With 20 minutes to go I thought we were visibly tiring but young Oli showed what can happen if you shoot from range and the rest of them got the idea as we finally made the man advantage pay and Oldham were run ragged.
They all got 10 but I thought Nathan Ralph was absolutely fantastic - never been a fan before - hopefully we can give him a contract soon.l
No midweek game this week means they can have a good rest - they must be knackered.
The players we have left are those we would have wanted to keep and a small tight knit squad showed what they can do. Not many worrying about whether they will be picked or getting the hump because they don’t get a game.
Really they deserve 10s all round - almost a complete performance- our fannying around at the back will be punished on another day.
Dan Mooney showed that he can actually shoot. Oil Coker an excellent strike. With 20 minutes to go I thought we were visibly tiring but young Oli showed what can happen if you shoot from range and the rest of them got the idea as we finally made the man advantage pay and Oldham were run ragged.
They all got 10 but I thought Nathan Ralph was absolutely fantastic - never been a fan before - hopefully we can give him a contract soon.l
No midweek game this week means they can have a good rest - they must be knackered.
Ralphy was exceptional today and amazed he continued after that assault on him. Shocking challenge.
Gt Yarmouth Shrimper
President⭐⭐🦐
Never did Tilly and Brush any harm.
For all the hype, how crap was Norwood? Full of mouth and little action.... rumoured to be on 4k a week ... total mugs!
Crowstone Crevette
Manager
BoyWonder2
2024, the year of the Shrimpers ⭐🦐
This a little dig in my direction?
I’ve admitted I was wrong, and apologised about Lomas. I’d love to be wrong about Mooney as I think he is an incredibly gifted player, and can be a huge player for us, however I don’t think I am.
I came back from a week in Center Parcs yesterday, so I’ll speak to my people again, but I don’t believe anything has changed.
I’ve only seen clips of that challenge that resulted in a red card and am in disbelief that so many Oldham fans on twitter are outraged at the decision.. it’s a shocking challenge.
lreed567
Striker
Haha agreed, thought he was useless, looked massively overweight too, at one point I thought there may be still hope for me to get my boots on
Jon h
Striker
Money didn’t look like a player wants leave every one was 10 out of 10 as long as we don’t get massive injuries will be just fine
tommy tucker
Manager
RON now you know what the club means All the wafer thin squad battles on .You need to either pay up the bloody tax or sell up Thr three amigos And the team deserve better SOstop being a prat and do the right thing
Swiss Tony
End of the pier show ⭐⭐🦐
Wow.
That was for the fans who got the ground ready, for the players who stuck by us, the fans working in the club (because if they continue to work without being paid they are most probably doing so for the love of the club), for King Kev and the legend that is Benno and all the rest of the coaching staff. Heroes the lot of you
A couple of weeks ago, I wasn’t sure I’d still have a club. Even as recently as last week I wasn’t sure this game would go ahead. The players have been on strike, they haven’t had running water, they haven’t had a pre-season, wages have been late and yet they produce a result like that.
This was right up there with the most unlikely results in our club’s 117 year history. Up there with Julian Hails’ hattrick at Leicester, scoring at Swansea with 8 men, that time Drewe Broughton apparently actually scored a league goal (in the right net @Jonny_Stokes ), Charlie Kelman scoring from the halfway line on his debut, that time we didn’t concede 3 under Kevin Bond. It might not have been beating Man U or Mildenhall’s save at Chelsea to get us a replay because with a bit of luck we could grab a 1-0 win or 1-1 draw against a team a division/two divisions above. To have half a pre-season, half a squad and to thrash the second favourites 4-0. Wow.
For the first half hour we were on top. The continuity from last season showed. The game was played in Oldham’s half and if a team deserved to be in front it was us. The goal came from a corner and the ball falling to Callum Powell who is at his best when he doesn’t have to think. Noor had earlier had a similar chance blocked by a desperate defender. At the other end the imperious Ralph, having his best game for the club, blocked a rare Oldham attack initiated by Kensdale dwelling on the ball. Cardwell then had a powerful effort saved and we seemed more likely to add a second than be pegged back level.
As the half came to a close energy levels dropped and the lack of pre-season showed. It suggested the second half might be a case of holding on and 6 minutes of injury time seemed excessive but something does need to be done about it (I imagine Borehamwood must still be playing their first half now).
The game however turned early second half on an absolutely horror tackle on Ralph. Late, reckless, dangerous on his planted leg: the sort that ends careers. Even a National League ref could get that one right. Something of a melee ensued and Kensdale was booked. Ralph was still down at this stage and the prospect of having only one available centre-half if Kensdale was sent off flashed across my mind but the ref wasn’t looking for excuses to even the numbers. With the extra man it evened up the fitness advantage Oldham had from having a proper pre-season. Even so legs began to tire and Oldham started to get more into things with their sub Fondop prominent. Mooney, who hadn’t featured in preseason surprisingly came on for Powell (who has yet to complete 90 minutes since September) but the killer sub was Oli Coker, long overlooked by fans in favour of Jon Benton. He replaced the excellent Fonguck who was blowing and Oli revelled in the extra space as Oldham tried to go more attacking for an equaliser. Coker found himself 25 yards out and took a touch and buried it past the keeper for a memorable first goal for the club .
Oldham’s heads then went. Mooney picked the ball up in oceans of space on the half way line and run through before curling into the same spot Coker had just done, from a similar range. At that point we could relax. The players didn’t and another Oli Coker run into space saw him picked out and cross in for Cardwell in the ten minutes(!) of injury time to nod in the goal his efforts deserved (for example his selfless sprint opened up the space for Mooney’s goal). Wow.
A brilliant day that I thought may never happen. We could hardly have written the script better: yet another clean sheet for Collin, a goal for each of our forwards, a confidence booster for Dan Mooney, a breakout game for the 16th man in the squad.
That was for the fans who got the ground ready, for the players who stuck by us, the fans working in the club (because if they continue to work without being paid they are most probably doing so for the love of the club), for King Kev and the legend that is Benno and all the rest of the coaching staff. Heroes the lot of you
A couple of weeks ago, I wasn’t sure I’d still have a club. Even as recently as last week I wasn’t sure this game would go ahead. The players have been on strike, they haven’t had running water, they haven’t had a pre-season, wages have been late and yet they produce a result like that.
This was right up there with the most unlikely results in our club’s 117 year history. Up there with Julian Hails’ hattrick at Leicester, scoring at Swansea with 8 men, that time Drewe Broughton apparently actually scored a league goal (in the right net @Jonny_Stokes ), Charlie Kelman scoring from the halfway line on his debut, that time we didn’t concede 3 under Kevin Bond. It might not have been beating Man U or Mildenhall’s save at Chelsea to get us a replay because with a bit of luck we could grab a 1-0 win or 1-1 draw against a team a division/two divisions above. To have half a pre-season, half a squad and to thrash the second favourites 4-0. Wow.
For the first half hour we were on top. The continuity from last season showed. The game was played in Oldham’s half and if a team deserved to be in front it was us. The goal came from a corner and the ball falling to Callum Powell who is at his best when he doesn’t have to think. Noor had earlier had a similar chance blocked by a desperate defender. At the other end the imperious Ralph, having his best game for the club, blocked a rare Oldham attack initiated by Kensdale dwelling on the ball. Cardwell then had a powerful effort saved and we seemed more likely to add a second than be pegged back level.
As the half came to a close energy levels dropped and the lack of pre-season showed. It suggested the second half might be a case of holding on and 6 minutes of injury time seemed excessive but something does need to be done about it (I imagine Borehamwood must still be playing their first half now).
The game however turned early second half on an absolutely horror tackle on Ralph. Late, reckless, dangerous on his planted leg: the sort that ends careers. Even a National League ref could get that one right. Something of a melee ensued and Kensdale was booked. Ralph was still down at this stage and the prospect of having only one available centre-half if Kensdale was sent off flashed across my mind but the ref wasn’t looking for excuses to even the numbers. With the extra man it evened up the fitness advantage Oldham had from having a proper pre-season. Even so legs began to tire and Oldham started to get more into things with their sub Fondop prominent. Mooney, who hadn’t featured in preseason surprisingly came on for Powell (who has yet to complete 90 minutes since September) but the killer sub was Oli Coker, long overlooked by fans in favour of Jon Benton. He replaced the excellent Fonguck who was blowing and Oli revelled in the extra space as Oldham tried to go more attacking for an equaliser. Coker found himself 25 yards out and took a touch and buried it past the keeper for a memorable first goal for the club .
Oldham’s heads then went. Mooney picked the ball up in oceans of space on the half way line and run through before curling into the same spot Coker had just done, from a similar range. At that point we could relax. The players didn’t and another Oli Coker run into space saw him picked out and cross in for Cardwell in the ten minutes(!) of injury time to nod in the goal his efforts deserved (for example his selfless sprint opened up the space for Mooney’s goal). Wow.
A brilliant day that I thought may never happen. We could hardly have written the script better: yet another clean sheet for Collin, a goal for each of our forwards, a confidence booster for Dan Mooney, a breakout game for the 16th man in the squad.
Holy Joe
Manager⭐⭐🦐
Queue was out the door with people lining up to pay/collect shirts when I went past at 2pm
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