Oldham Chairman

[The Walrus]

A little bit ****ed off

 

[Edmundo]

Crumbs, what did Killen say in the sweatie paper to get him that upset. Mind you - what a reference, bet managers will be queuing up to sign Killen when he is released by Hibs.

BTW how sh*t is Scottish football that an unexceptional striker in the third tier of English football is snapped up by a leading Premier League club north of the wall?

 

[Dangerous]

Excellent Report.

 

[Hungerford Bee]

Was he trained at the Dougie White rant school?

And what't the bit about the robberies at the bottom of the piece. Is he Eddie Shoestring in disguise?

Excellent reading to cheer me up after the stick at work all day about us selling the crown jewels.

 

[rebus]

I think the Oldham Chairman is doing his best not to attract players to Oldham if he is going to diss them like that. Where's the moral high ground?

Reactionary and very poor - if Dyke did that I would be very disappointed. After all, who sanctioned the signing? The OAFC board, that's who.

 

[The H]

Killen said “politics” got in the way of team selection, claiming manager Ronnie Moore came under pressure to leave him out of the team.

Last night, Athletic co-owner Simon Corney angrily refuted the allegations and told the Chronicle he was consulting his legal advisors.

Mr Corney revealed: “We are seeking advice on this matter and we completely deny interfering with the manager’s job.

“We have an honest relationship with Ronnie Moore, but we have never told him who should or should not play.

“Chris Killen’s comments are very unfortunate, and they are also untrue.

“There are lots of things I would like to say, but the matter is being dealt with by solicitors.”

Mr Killen spent three and half years with Athletic after signing for £250,000 from Manchester City.

He was then allowed to join Scottish Premier League club Hibernian in a free transfer.

At a press conference to mark his arrival, Mr Killen said: “I am glad to be here at Hibs, away from Oldham.

“A lot of stuff was going on behind the scenes down there. I was speaking to the manager before games and he was telling me he couldn’t play me because people higher up were saying ‘not this week’.

“There was a lot of politics involved. The club has three owners (Mr Corney, Simon Blitz and Danny Gazal) who made their money in America and were very money-orientated.

“But you could never find out really what the problem was. It was frustrating, but you’ve got to keep your head down and work hard.

“I had a bit of a fall-out with the manager and he brought in 13 or 14 new players.

“I felt I wasn’t getting a fair crack of the whip. I was fit and I was doing well, but he put me in the reserves.

“I played four games and scored nine goals and he still didn’t want to know, so I guessed it was time to move on.

“They wanted me off the wage bill, but when you’re at a club and your mind is set on doing well for that club, it’s only when you realise you are being pushed out that you start looking elsewhere.”

 

[West Ealing Bee]

rofl rofl

 

[Banana]

We received a phone call from the Greater Manchester Police. "We have arrested one of your players and have been holding him overnight in our cells. Can you please come down to the station?"

This was on a Sunday less than 48 hours before a crucial game. I do not want to go into details (at this moment in time) of the serious accusations levelled at Chris, but I will tell you that we kept the whole incident under wraps so as to give him a second chance at what were potentially career-ruining allegations.

The amazing thing was that Chris was actually fit and a certain starter for the Brentford match, but what kind of preparation, mentally and physically, was that? Now you want to talk about lack of respect?

It so happens that I don't believe Killen was guilty of the alleged incident, but what on earth was he doing out having an 'all nighter' when we were sliding towards relegation and had a match to play 48 hours later?

This, by the way, was not so long after our Kiwi superstar had been arrested for drink driving in Newcastle whilst being out of action with an injury. Oh, did I forget to mention that he still got paid even though he was injured?

This suggests a lack of respect not only for himself but also for his manager and teammates.

I could go on, but you know I don't want to allocate more time to Killen, as I have to investigate two robberies that took place at the club last week. As I said it's getting harder

This last bit is fantastic. Next thing he'll be telling us is that he's increase the value of Boundary Park by £10m and that he has £20m of sponsorship "in the bag"!

 

[The Joker]

BTW how sh*t is Scottish football that an unexceptional striker in the third tier of English football is snapped up by a leading Premier League club north of the wall?

I'll take the bait...

Of course this is the same player who used to be with a leading Premier League team in England then...

Oh, and Hibs fans might be wondering if he can make the step up. Probably like Brum fans wondering if DJ can do likewise...

(Ducks for cover!)

 

[LboroBee]

Looks like I'm the only one, I agree with the chairman on this one

 

[Simon C]

He's just scored for Hibs at Ibrox..