ZiggaZaggaAthletic Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 it was always on the cards, but best of luck to him! Thanks for the memories http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/10/oldham-athletic-news/80504/hero-matt-on-his-way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laticdickovarmy Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 No complaints, we have been good to each other, his goals kept us up and we gave him his break All the best to the big man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross2509 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 All the best but not a massive loss, would like a striker who fits more into LJ philosophy now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razza699 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 As I said in another thread you can't stop anyone leaving for more money and a higher level. However if he goes to Blackburn then he is daft. Chadderton FC is ran better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyOAFC Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Not the best of players and not the worst. He'll probably score a couple at Blackburn, pushed out of the team and then end up back at a League 1 club or League 2. Thanks for the memories, Matty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookersstandandy Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I thank him for his 6 games and 6 goals; 3 cup, 3 league. I hope for his sake taking more money now but playing less doesn't mean he ends up in League 2 in 2 years time.... when he could've continued to enhance himself with us by playing & scoring regularly with... (I quote) 'an improved offer'. His 'agent', an agent I've no doubt was nowhere to be seen when he was plying his trade with Solihull & Droylsden will tell him loyalty is an irrelevance, maybe it is, I just happen to disagree in this instance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I thank him for his 6 games and 6 goals; 3 cup, 3 league. I hope for his sake taking more money now but playing less doesn't mean he ends up in League 2 in 2 years time.... when he could've continued to enhance himself with us by playing & scoring regularly with... (I quote) 'an improved offer'. His 'agent', an agent I've no doubt was nowhere to be seen when he was plying his trade with Solihull & Droylsden will tell him loyalty is an irrelevance, maybe it is, I just happen to disagree in this instance! Sounds to me like you do hope he end up in League Two in a couple of years' time. In any case, his contract has expired - why does he owe the club any more loyalty than the club showed Paul Warne when we binned him off a few years back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofcecere Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Just a shame we are not going to get any money for him. All the best Matt, you made some heavily battle scarred Latics fans smile an awful lot last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukka Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 (edited) Sounds to me like you do hope he end up in League Two in a couple of years' time. In any case, his contract has expired - why does he owe the club any more loyalty than the club showed Paul Warne when we binned him off a few years back? Cos loyalty is a one way street. What is the difference between the club having a player on the books for a set period of time and then at thatpoint saying "sorry, contract is up - bye" and a player doing the same? Both occaisions the player / club have stuck to their contract. If the club or player wants a longer one, they should have signed a longer one. Edited May 21, 2013 by pukka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ritchie Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I still think League one was his level. However goals against PL opposition may prove me wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I still think League one was his level. However goals against PL opposition may prove me wrong. I thought non-league was his level but he proved me wrong. Like you, I think the Championship will be too big a step up for him, as I don't think he's a good enough footballer technically to succeed at that level. But it'll be interesting to see if he can prove me wrong again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ritchie Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Good in the air but hasn't the pace or hold up play to be effective on the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngen Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Im going to have a tenner on him to be Championship top scorer next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Thoroughly deserves his chance. He's given me by far my greatest Latics supporting memories. Ole ole, ole ole... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Good luck to him. Don't care if he's moving for money, fame, or just to try and prove that he can cut it at a higher level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Mikey Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Sorry to see him go and I'm grateful for the highs he provided last season. I can't wish him well at Blackburn though, as that would be of benefit to them, when I would joyfully see them relegated. I think that for anyone, going to Blackburn is a risky decision while the clueless chicken stranglers are in charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_bro Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I think it's in his best interests to move on after making a name for himself in the FA Cup. If he stays and does nothing spectacular then he's stuck in the lower divisions. Moving now he gets a shot at the Championship on far better money. If it doesn't work out he'll drop back down the leagues, but have a nice financial cushion behind him. I'm sure though, that he believes that he can make it at a higher level, especially as the service to him will be better. Hope he does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristolOwl Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 It's bitterly disappointing that we don't get a fee, but typical of the club's management under Dickov and Corney. Matt rotted in the reserves last season, un-coached and neglected, before he was shipped out to doomed Macclesfield towards the end. Underpaid, under-developed and underpaid, he rightly awaited for his contract to run its course. This hopefully marks the end of a period of extraordinary waste and incompetence, both on the field and off it (pulling down the stand after the biggest depression in 100 years, spending millions (or adding to the club's debt) on a mad-cap plan to build on charitable land etc.). I'm sure that LJ has the intelligence, moral fibre, common sense and vision to put an end to the madness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsPete Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 It's bitterly disappointing that we don't get a fee, but typical of the club's management under Dickov and Corney. Matt rotted in the reserves last season, un-coached and neglected, before he was shipped out to doomed Macclesfield towards the end. Underpaid, under-developed and underpaid, he rightly awaited for his contract to run its course. This hopefully marks the end of a period of extraordinary waste and incompetence, both on the field and off it (pulling down the stand after the biggest depression in 100 years, spending millions (or adding to the club's debt) on a mad-cap plan to build on charitable land etc.). I'm sure that LJ has the intelligence, moral fibre, common sense and vision to put an end to the madness. There is so much wrong with this that I can merely tilt at some of the assertions. Pulling down a stand "after the biggest depression in 100 years". - Wasn't the Lookers pulled down before the recession (let alone "depression") and when the housing market was still quite buoyant? Smith "underpaid , under developed, and underpaid" Underpaid twice apparently. How about he was a non-league player who was given a chance to prove himself, got a wage commensurate with his experience, hardly pulled up trees at Macc, and , over the last months of his time here had developed into a player that seems to have further potential? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I'm sure that LJ has the intelligence, moral fibre, common sense and vision to put an end to the madness. But, then, he answers to the idiots who oversaw the aforementioned waste and incompetence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losesome Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Just a shame we are not going to get any money for him. All the best Matt, you made some heavily battle scarred Latics fans smile an awful lot last season. Thought we would get a little something as he is under 24 ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Thought we would get a little something as he is under 24 ?? He turns 24 before the expiry of his contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookersstandandy Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 There is so much wrong with this that I can merely tilt at some of the assertions. Pulling down a stand "after the biggest depression in 100 years". - Wasn't the Lookers pulled down before the recession (let alone "depression") and when the housing market was still quite buoyant? Smith "underpaid , under developed, and underpaid" Underpaid twice apparently. How about he was a non-league player who was given a chance to prove himself, got a wage commensurate with his experience, hardly pulled up trees at Macc, and , over the last months of his time here had developed into a player that seems to have further potential? Couldn't agree more LaticsPete. No, loyalty is irrelevant. We only gave him a chance no-one else appeared willing to do. Forget that tho, that means nothing cos he turned up for 6 games. I don't wish him any ill, although like others I cannot wish him well if its a b@stard Rovers shirt he pulls on, I just feel this seemingly imminent decision is a microcosm of the greedy world in which we live today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinevillawill Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 No huge loss. Contributed with some important goals but very much a wheelie bin for the majority of his Latics career. More than replaceable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latics_Fanatic Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 He turns 24 before the expiry of his contract. That's an absolute :censored:ter that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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