View from the opposition – Oldham Athletic 7 February 2009 5.20pm:
Today we feature the views of two Latics fans, tomorrow it’s the views of an Oldham Director
A bit about you:
Name: Patrick Harwood
Current home town: Oldham Birthplace: Oldham
How long have you supported your team? All of my 20 years.
Overview of your club:
Favourite thing about your home ground: Your making me think now……erm……the fact it's so cold.
Favourite match played by your team & why: Beating Everton 1-0. We had half our team missing.
Favourite player of all time who played for your club: John Eyre.
About our forthcoming match against you:
Your favourite current player in your squad and why? Reuben Hazell, wins every header and always puts a shift in.
Player in your squad we should most fear and why? Lee Hughes – he's lethal.
Player in our squad you most fear and why? Steve Howard. Doesn't have a good goalscoring record = he will score against us.
Up and coming prospect in your squad? Lewis Alessandra, although he doesn't play much because the managers friends are there.
Where do you think you'll finish this season? 14th
How do you think you'll do against us? Lose 3-0.
Any other comments? You have nothing to fear, unless we change our manager. Even Hereford stuck 5 past us.
A bit about you:
Name: Carl Clare
Current home town: Oldham Birthplace: Manchester
How long have you supported your team? 16 Years
Overview of your club:
Favourite thing about your home ground: At the moment that’s a toughie, as we are down to 3 stands. Id probably say because its one if the highest grounds above sea level in the UK, hence not a lot of teams want a cold Tuesday night January fixture against us.
Favourite match played by your team & why: Has to be the cup game recently when we beat Everton away. We were more or less forced to play our 2nd 11 and nobody could see it coming.
Favourite player of all time who played for your club: Has to be John Sheridan for me. As a player, even though he was in his older days, couldn’t half pick out a pass.
About our forthcoming match against you:
Your favourite current player in your squad and why? Chris Taylor. Oldham fan through and through, definately has what it takes to play at a higher level too.
Player in your squad we should most fear and why? Lee Hughes. Knows where the goal is, nuff said really.
Player in our squad you most fear and why? Would you be shocked if I didn’t pick Matt Fryatt? Well I'm not, I'm going for Steve Howard. Always a threat from set pieces, likes scoring against us, and can still outmuscle the beefiest centre halves in this div.
Up and coming prospect in your squad? Dean Smalley has recently broke into the first team at the expense of Andy Liddell. Not the finished product but the potential is there. Likes to run at players.
Where do you think you’ll finish this season? If we can get some consistency I'll go for 5th or 6th, otherwise we could slip out of the top 6 considering Hudd, Leeds and Tranmere are all pushing
How do you think you’ll do against us? I think we will give you a game as I'm sure any Leicester fans will back me up in saying that we are one of the few teams in this division who have give you a game this season
Any other comments? Apart from sat, good luck for the rest of the season