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Peter Bulmer

Peter Bulmer

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Just getting ready to go to today's match, last chance to pick up clues on ANs favourite line up. For me. Maxwell, Fisher, Hughes, Clarke, Huntington, Brown, Pearson, Harrop, Robinson, Maguire and Barks.
 
Peter Bulmer said:
Just getting ready to go to today's match, last chance to pick up clues on ANs favourite line up. For me. Maxwell, Fisher, Hughes, Clarke, Huntington, Brown, Pearson, Harrop, Robinson, Maguire and Barks.
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Strong team wouldn't mind that 11 starting next Saturday against QPR.
 
miff said:
Strong team wouldn't mind that 11 starting next Saturday against QPR.
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With the possible replacement of Clarke by Davies I think it very likely will be. Ledson (perhaps particularly), Burke (perhaps surprisingly), Gallagher and Johnson (perhaps not so much) have all done OK in the pre-season - in fact apart from Woods no-one has looked questionable - but none of them have made an overwhelming case for a starting place over that suggested eleven though I think Ledson may soon be pushing hard. Someone else who has looked very comfortable is Storey though you can't quite yet see him supplanting either of Huntington or Clarke.
 
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I don’t envy Alex Neil’s selection headache for games this year , long may it continue can’t honestly think of a time we’re we have had options all over the pitch and if we do sign one or two more before the transfer deadline then this year could be a special one. Really looking forward to next week and the whole season .
 
lenny said:
I don’t envy Alex Neil’s selection headache for games this year , long may it continue can’t honestly think of a time we’re we have had options all over the pitch and if we do sign one or two more before the transfer deadline then this year could be a special one. Really looking forward to next week and the whole season .
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I think Oldham were in the same division as us when Alan Ball Snr was manager and got us promoted from the old Third Division and I am pretty sure I went though I may be getting matches at Rochdale and Barnsley mixed up. But whatever the team would very likely have picked itself:

Kelly

Ross, Hawkins, Spark, McNab

Lyall, Spavin, Heppolette

Ham, Ingram, Clark

Certainly not been there since but oh that team could beat just about anything put in front of it that season.
 
ernest said:
I think Oldham were in the same division as us when Alan Ball Snr was manager and got us promoted from the old Third Division and I am pretty sure I went though I may be getting matches at Rochdale and Barnsley mixed up. But whatever the team would very likely have picked itself:

Kelly

Ross, Hawkins, Spark, McNab

Lyall, Spavin, Heppolette

Ham, Ingram, Clark

Certainly not been there since but oh that team could beat just about anything put in front of it that season.
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Oldham were in the old 4th Division that season - finished 3rd.

( I didn’t know ! Btw)
 
pnematic said:
Oldham were in the old 4th Division that season - finished 3rd.

( I didn’t know ! Btw)
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In which case my one visit to Oldham was even earlier - I think Bobby Seith was manager in a League Cup game, but that hardly matters now. I would guess that whatever team starts today will be pretty close to the one that starts in week's time but that we may see a few changes round about the 60-minute mark in order to let others provide a reminder that there is plenty of competition for places.
 
Peter Bulmer said:
Just getting ready to go to today's match, last chance to pick up clues on ANs favourite line up. For me. Maxwell, Fisher, Hughes, Clarke, Huntington, Brown, Pearson, Harrop, Robinson, Maguire and Barks.
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Could handle Rudd in place of Maxwell or Gally in place of Harrop but I guess those are just some of the dilemmas that Neil has to resolve. I suspect that it will be small things like performance in a specific training session and how he sees the opposition that will inform his choice. Whatever option he takes, he now has strong options right across the squad, with perhaps the exception of striker. The jury is still out on Moult but here’s hoping.

The central defence pairing of Hunts and Clarke are the ones who finished last season so strongly. Equally importantly is that defensive contributions to the goals scored can make a huge difference, as England’s squad showed in the World Cup. Both Hunts and Clarke are great options to have at set pieces or even late in the game if we need to chase a win. Both have a decent goal scoring record and that’s a side of his game that Davies still has to master. However, as with every position we have decent central defensive options and two good youngsters in Davies and Storey to form the basis of the next generation.
 
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