Some wonderful signings there. They will really strengthen your squad!

2015-02-17 16:26#208321 TodayAtTomorrow : a good start to the month against some very tricky sides...unfortunate that you've got a dissenter in the ranks, but hopefully you'll sort him out and be able to kick on.

Another great quality update as usual man, keep it up!

Thanks. The dissenter I am sure will eventually quieten down and stop disrupting the squad harmony which is going to be so important if we are going to avoid relegation this season.

2015-02-17 18:34#208332 TaroMisaki : Great signings with Alberto, Adryan and espacially Wilson!

Good start to the Season and losing in the cup isn't that bad. Now you can concentrate on the League for the next few weeks

Wilson could be the season changer for us; I really hope he does well.

2015-02-17 19:01#208333 Justice : Some wonderful signings there. They will really strengthen your squad!

They definitely add some quality to what was already a strong squad.

In the last update I shared with you about a bust up I had had with Dominic Poleon who felt he should be getting game time. As you can see from the results so far this season (ignore the Leyton Orient score) the combination of Jerome Sinclair, Adryan and James Wilson is working an absolute treat; the plan had been to have these three strike up an understanding and fire in the goals. So far this season they have been three of the best players in the league with them really showing off their potential. This has meant that Poleon has been left in the cold and is still currently sat in the Under 18 squad with very little chance of ever getting back into the first team. He might get a cup game if he is lucky but seen as I am not considering them as a priority this season, it wouldn’t even matter if he ended up playing in the game. The fall out of this bust up has been quite considerable with a number of players kicking off about my treatment of Dominic. My stance being that I am the manager and it is as simple as that has not paid off well.

The latest player to kick up a fuss is Duane Holmes who had been instrumental back in Sky Bet League One in gaining us promotion. Instead of doing what he knows is best for his career at Oldham, he has taken the side of the singled out Dominic Poleon. This has not done Holmes any good as he has been placed on the transfer list and has also been told that I am in charge and he better get use to it. This of course has impacted on other players who are showing that they have each other’s backs and they will stand up for what they believe. You have to admire them for showing their togetherness; however, there is only one person who will come out of this ordeal on top and that is the manager!

Player of the Month – Jay Spearing

A shame about the bust-up but you're putting together the results to prove you don't need him!

2015-02-19 12:42#208428 Justice : A shame about the bust-up but you're putting together the results to prove you don't need him!

I'm not going to let the bust up bother me too much; the results are the most important thing.

As predicted, I have come out on top of the bust up with Poleon and Holmes with their issues not being spoken about in the media anymore and it doesn’t look likely to rear its ugly head again soon. Instead, the focus has been on the brilliant football the lads have been playing and the definite overachievement of Oldham Athletic at the start of the season. However, we are not taking anything for granted; heck, look at West Ham United so far this season in the real world. Some in the media were touting them for Champions League qualification but unfortunately for them they have gone off the boil and are starting to slip down the league. That is what I believe will ultimately happen to my Oldham Athletic side. I can see us picking up a few points against the teams in and around our predicted final end of season position, which is the relegation zone but then struggle against the big teams of the league.

On reflection, this month is a pretty good one with Walsall continuing their fine run of form against us and holding us to a bore draw. Walsall appears to be my bogey team with us just not being able to get a win against them. The poor result could have meant the rest of the month could have gone against us but then Newcastle United score shows just how the squad’s harmony has changed for the better and it will bring us good results. Despite having the likes of Remy Cabella, Moussa Sissoko, Edin Dzeko and Ayoze in their ranks, Newcastle could not control the trio of Sinclair, Adyran and Wilson. They were simply unstoppable this game with them dictating play, scoring goals and just ending United’s chances of getting back in the game early on in the second half. If these three continue to play to this high standard we will surely avoid relegation. It could of course cause other players to moan about the lack of game time; however, I have shown I am not one to muck about and will let the squad knows who’s boss even if it ruffles a few feathers.

Player of the Month – Nathaniel Oseni

This was definitely the month that I was dreading. It was going to see us pitted against teams that by the end of the season, would have battled it out for a Champions League spot and possibly the league title. Even though the results didn’t go our way, I am very proud of the performances and we showed that teams won’t just walk over us and we can grab ourselves a couple of goals.

The focus of this update is not going to be about the brave performances but I thought I would share with you some fantastic news. It is news I have been hoping to share with you and it is news that every time I think about it, it simply puts a smile on my face. It is very overdue but Dominic Poleon is finally away from Oldham Athletic! It is amazing that how the departure of one player has had such a positive impact on the club and it feels that a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. The one player who seeked out to disrupt the good squad harmony has finally left the club and has joined Sky Bet League One Luton Town. No offence aimed at Luton town but it is a huge step down for Poleon who has left a club that is doing really well in England’s top flight to a club who aren’t even competing for a play-off spot two divisions below. Due to the disrespect he has shown me, Poleon has been told that once his end of season loan at Luton has finished, he will not be allowed back to Oldham Athletic. He is not a player I want in my ranks and is a player that needs to be shown the exit door.

I will not be looking to replace Poleon as I feel that he didn’t contribute much to the club so the club will not be losing out in his absence. What can now be done is that we can build on the positive ending to this month and look to the future. There are of course going to be other rumblings from other players about the lack of game time. Youngster Maffeo has started to complain, along with Ted Smith and Luis Alberto that they aren’t getting a look in. I will be adopting the same approach as I did with Poleon when it comes to dealing with these players. They have to know who is in charge and who makes the decisions. Thankfully I have the fans on my side and the board of directors are under the belief that the squad harmony is close to perfect. I confident I can keep it that way so the result against Swansea City can be built on and kick start the build up to the Christmas period.

Player of the Month – Adryan

October was really nice except draw with Walsall but about November, those were just to strong teams for you at the moment. You will be better in December, I feel that! Btw Oseni and Adryan are great.

2015-02-21 12:11#208655 MisterLister : October was really nice except draw with Walsall but about November, those were just to strong teams for you at the moment. You will be better in December, I feel that! Btw Oseni and Adryan are great.

They were strong teams in November but I would have liked the lads to have put in a better showing and proved that we can't be pushed over like we were. Oseni and Adryan are huge players for a club like ours; they have so much quality!

Oldham in the Premier League! Well done sir... I'm following from now on!

2015-02-21 16:41#208680 KTWaisselFan01 : Oldham in the Premier League! Well done sir... I'm following from now on!

Welcome to the story! Thanks for following.

I have taken the somewhat easy but possibly shocking decision to resign from my position as Oldham Athletic manager. There are a number of reasons why I have decided to do this, starting with the fact no matter what I did, it was seemingly impossible to get back the players on side after I became involved in bust ups with a number of players. The disruption to the squad harmony was caused a couple of months ago by Dominic Poleon demanding game time even though he was not deserving of it. Even though he got sent on loan to Luton Town, the feeling of resentment towards me from the players who I thought I had treated Dominic unfairly was very much still present at the club. Soon as other players such as Duane Holmes, who had been instrumental in our Championship success, started to kick off about a lack of game time I knew it was going to be very difficult to keep the players on side as I was too stubborn to change the approach I took in dealing with the disruptive players. Their constant bitching about a lack of game time crushed the high morale we had experienced after a good start to the season. The poor morale had a detrimental effect on our performances and even when the players were praised for putting in a shift, there was no reaction from them. It seemed that the players were more bothered about airing their views about the mistreatment of others instead of focusing on their job which was to win football games. It was a difficult situation which I firmly believe could not have been repaired this season or at least until the troublemaking players could have been replaced. Of course I could have looked to do this in January but I didn’t have any replacements identified to give the scouts enough time to watch them play to know if they were good enough for the club. I could have looked to the reserve squad for replacements but they just didn’t have the quality needed to keep up the fight in the Premier League.

Aside from the disruption at the club, we were overachieving but we were also on the brink of a slump in form that I couldn’t see myself turning around. The 4-1 defeat to Sunderland in my final game as Oldham Athletic manager assured me that I was making the right decision. The players were simply not bothered about playing for me and even when the assistant manager was taking the team talks so they didn’t have to speak to me, this did not help in the slightest. Since leaving the club, Oldham have only won two in ten games; maybe those results show that I wasn’t the key factor to the performances but in fact it was the players lack of desire to go out and win. Once players are not bothered about playing for the club it is very hard to change their mind set. I couldn’t sit and wait until January to bring in replacements but instead I had to take the decision to leave the club. Yes I have left new manage Sean Dyche with a very good squad to say we were a newly promoted club, but he is going to have his work cut out. I do wish the club the best of luck but my time at Boundary Park is over.

I'm really sad that you left Oldham, but happy for this story as you are going to a new club mate. Best of luck to find better and bigger club. Can't wait to see which club will that be!

I can't wait to find out who your next club is. Shame it ended like that at Oldham but I think you've made the right choice.

Hopefully you'll stay in the Premier League! A shame to see you leaving Oldham, after you brought them into the PL, but can't "finish" your job now.

Would great to see you at Everton, Villa or a team like that!