OLDHAMADE Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 He just can't resist re:signing his former Latics players can he? http://www.pafc.co.uk/news/article/alessandra-agrees-860755.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latics_Fanatic Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Always though Alessandra was a good player, particularly when he played on the wing under Dickov. Shame he was mismanaged and dropped down the pecking order following injury. Best of luck to the lad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofcecere Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 I thought the Alessandra/Lee Hughes striking partnership showed promise. But it was never allowed to flourish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliggi Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 John harbin has gone there in some sort of coaching role as well. Not sure exactly what but for me he pulled dowies strings and made him the manager he was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 John harbin has gone there in some sort of coaching role as well. Not sure exactly what but for me he pulled dowies strings and made him the manager he was He made Dowie's team very, very fit. He did not pull the strings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latics_Fanatic Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 He made Dowie's team very, very fit. He did not pull the strings. Dowie has been :censored: without him at all the other clubs he's been to. Must have had some impact on the strings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz_Oafc Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Talented player ruined by :censored: management at latics. Good luck to him one of most talented players to come through ranks had a reputation as poor trainer etc but was it deserved or badly handled. Not exactly ripped up league 2 since he left us has he? One of them players who thinks he's better than he actually is because he's got a decent first touch and can do a few fancy step overs. Not consistent enough to make it above league 2 IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Talented player ruined by :censored: management at latics. Good luck to him one of most talented players to come through ranks had a reputation as poor trainer etc but was it deserved or badly handled. Deserved, he was out with a broken leg (or something similar) and he let it get infected and didn't do anything about it. Put him out for longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobOAFC Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 (edited) Not exactly ripped up league 2 since he left us has he? One of them players who thinks he's better than he actually is because he's got a decent first touch and can do a few fancy step overs. Not consistent enough to make it above league 2 IMO. Weren't it the other way round? Instead of thinking he was better than he was, he thought he was worse than he was, was mentioned on here a few years back Edit - Reading back through past threads seems your right, but i'm sure someone mentioned he didn't have the confidence in games to do some of the stuff he did in training Edited June 11, 2013 by RobOAFC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc-latics Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Du du du! Lewis Alessandra! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 I ran some numbers that showed our win rate as a side was significantly higher when Alessandra played. His short lived partnership with Hughes was excellent and I was gobsmacked when Shez dropped him two games after a hat-trick and replaced him with Ormerod. He was also part of Dickov's honeymoon period which died a death shortly after Lewis got injured. He was the kind of player who did the team stuff well. Taking a defender away from the striker who was better placed to score. Winning headers to keep the ball live when the keeper's clearance was a bit wayward. Hold up play that invited midfielders in to more attacking positions. He should have achieved more than he has. Maybe this move will focus him on converting his potential into something of value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 When he first came on the scene I thought that potentially he could play at a really high level but he took a bit of a backward step when he was at Oldham. Yes Shez, but you were the manager... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamjonesyyoafc Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 will never forget his hat-trick against Scunthorpe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De_La_Vega Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 A bit of talent, but too much of a nowhere player. No best position, not enough goals to be a striker, couldn't be an out-and-out winger either. That said he looked capable in a wide forward role, but not enough end product for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latics_Fanatic Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 One thing i did like about him as well, he always wanted to take the chance to shoot. Was never short of confidence just to give it a go. As opposed to some players, Eg. Chris Taylor, who pissed about with it too much trying to walk it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laticacid Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Good with his back to goal too , and bringing others into play , if you look back at the quartet of strikers we had then, lewi , Hughes, ogrady and Davies , I'd take that nowadays! 2 were badly handled by shez and they ve not done badly since , the way we :censored:ed ogrady about was criminal , and Davies was well worth an arm round the shoulder , lewi went astray like so many under dickov , and Hughes , good as he was, was a :censored: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Don't get the obsession on here and the OS with former players. Allesandra left this club ages ago we should concentrate on on today not yesterday!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Heck C-Beck Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 One thing i did like about him as well, he always wanted to take the chance to shoot. Was never short of confidence just to give it a go. As opposed to some players, Eg. Chris Taylor, who pissed about with it too much trying to walk it in. Pretty sure Chris Taylor scored many more goals than Lewis ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Heck C-Beck Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Good with his back to goal too , and bringing others into play , if you look back at the quartet of strikers we had then, lewi , Hughes, ogrady and Davies , I'd take that nowadays! 2 were badly handled by shez and they ve not done badly since , the way we :censored:ed ogrady about was criminal , and Davies was well worth an arm round the shoulder , lewi went astray like so many under dickov , and Hughes , good as he was, was a :censored: . That's what annoyed me about Shez some very good players that he himself brought to the club never got enough of a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razza699 Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Du du du! Lewis Alessandra! What a :censored: ball that was from Eardley, always said he was crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDHAMADE Posted June 13, 2013 Author Share Posted June 13, 2013 Don't get the obsession on here and the OS with former players. Allesandra left this club ages ago we should concentrate on on today not yesterday!!! Without Yesterday there is no today! So happy that I'm of an age to have enjoyed at Oldham what others sadly missed, The seventies was a real blast in the Jimmy Frizz days and I got to see that incredible Forest side and the manager that should have but never got his England call up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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