[Archived] Friendly Game At Oldham

[West Yorks Rover]

Quite rightly too. Seen bits and pieces of him and he couldn't hit a barn door. A goal against a league one club won't change my mind.

Played 11 times for the dingles, scored on his debut but that was his one and only goal.

They expected great things from him at Villa park as a youngster, but that potential was never fulfilled.

[AggyBlue]

Also Duffy & Hanley looked great together second half, constantly telling each other where to go etc which was good to see, if they can cut out the silly mistakes we saw last season (Hanley in particular, looks like he's got his head down more recently) they could form a nice partnership, after all they're both only 23.

Is that ignoring the two headers that Duffy ducked under, both nearly costing us goals? Hanley shot him a look that could kill after the second one.

[Jock]

The Fonz is getting loads of stick for being rubbish on Lashers forum. He has been a bit of a good to start with then fizzle out type in his career.

[West Yorks Rover]

The Fonz is getting loads of stick for being rubbish on Lashers forum. He has been a bit of a good to start with then fizzle out type in his career.

144 league appearances in total - 15 goals.

[Don Said]

Is that ignoring the two headers that Duffy ducked under, both nearly costing us goals? Hanley shot him a look that could kill after the second one.

Saw one, big season for both of them in which they must stop mistakes & make the right decisions.

[briansol]

144 league appearances in total - 15 goals.

Daryl Murphy had an even worse record before being topscorer in the Championship with 27 goals last season, 31 years old. Gestede also had a very poor record. Not claiming Delfounso will be any good, but he´s just 24 with the raw attributes to become better with age.

[chaddyrovers]

He's enthusiastic all right but most of the time I have already read Kamy, Flanagan, Wheelocks and Nixons tweets on twitter long before he posts them all on here.

but a lot of posters don't have twitter or don't follow them.

so that's why I posted what I do. hope you understand

I can't understand why Chaddy gets so much grief on this site by idiots. As a fan I come on here to get info on club and transfer gossip yet it just seems to be full of little bitches trying to get one over each other.

Keep up the info Chaddy, top poster.

I will just keep posting what I believe and think about Rovers and the transfer gossip. if people don't like it or want to read it then don't read my posts.

If you really care what a bolton fan and author who is standing in for the rovers reporter thinks that's fine. I never said otherwise.

Slightly odd Chaddy only posts the positive side of things that put a good light on Bowyer. No mention that Flanagan thought Oldham were the better side first half

I was following the game by twitter by Rovers and Flanagan. sadly couldn't get to the game as planned a couple of weeks but other things had to take priority this weekend

I would like to thanks AggyBlue and Sedman for giving a report on the game and who played well and things that happened in the game. so very much appreciated by myself

[Feniscowles Blue]

Delphonso Is a must sign to replace either RG or JR. Quality if used correctly .

Too soon for the young lad, Oldham gave him too much room early on but his passing was safe and non committal . ....loan him out now and forget the under 21 league. He needs to get amongst men in that position , take a few kickings and grow into the position. He would be eaten alive in the league.

worrying times in my opinion

[adsfortheblues]

Like the Brown song. However I think "We're @#/? and we're sick of it" is more appropriate

[chaddyrovers]

Did Lewis Mansall come on off the bench today and play any minutes?

[yoda's brother]

Fiddling whilst ewood burns

is that why the auditors quit

[Feniscowles Blue]

Did Lewis Mansall come on off the bench today and play any minutes?

yes 10 mins and should have had a go when he broke through the midfield late on. Instead he made the wrong decision and played a poor ball to the forward. Didn't get time for owt else

[OJRovers]

What formation did we play?

[Feniscowles Blue]

One up front first half which allowed the young lad a bit of space early on in a five . Thought he looked less effective in a four when ND came on in the 2nd half and he played with JO up front .

[LewisF]

Was Petshi any good?

Edit: doesn't matter, just seen that he didn't play

[joey_big_nose]

Encouraging reports. Sounds like GB is aiming for a 433/451 setup. All the trialists and warmup games have catered for that formation.

I'm a bit worried about Marshall. Would prefer to see him playing.

As it looks like we will lose both Gestede and Rhodes Delfaneuso must have a pretty strong chance of getting a contract. We will have one senior striker - Brown - who is currently injured, no transfer money and a maximum of 10k a week wage.

Desperate does not even begin to cover it. I reckon we will sign him next week. What other options do we have?