Moore's thoughts on the job in hand

Moore said, “It's going to be a hell of a job. You only have to look at the remaining fixtures to see that. There's Luton, Hull, Sheffield Wednesday and Bradford all to play yet, but we've got to be positive. The whole idea is to get in there, knuckle down and get them sound defensively. They have to stop leaking silly goals, but we'll bring commitment, organisation and we'll see where that takes us. Without a doubt, this is what it's all about. There's nothing worse than being out of work. I've missed the day–to–day involvement, the training and all the stuff on matchdays. It's a shame to see Oldham where they are when you look back at the heights they reached under Joe Royle. Nobody wants them in League Two next season and the fans have still got a big part to play – their loyalty is going to be crucial and I was impressed with them at Huddersfield because they gave their players a standing ovation.”

Along with Moore comes his former assistant at Rotherham John Breckin. They are both on a short term deal until the end of the season and Moore commented, “It suits both parties at the present time, we've plenty to be getting on with and we'll sit down and see where we are at the end of the season. It's difficult to judge on just one performance, but certainly defensively an awful lot needs sorting out. They have had one or two injuries at the wrong time, that's for sure, but something needs to change at the back and we might look to bring in some new faces on loan to give the lads a lift.”

After signing the contract Moore told the official site, “I think it's a great challenge. If you look at Oldham in the past, it wasn't too long ago since they've been to the old Wembley and you look at the results they've had just recently, to go and play Man City and perform the way they did and lose eight on the belt. I just think it's a tremendous challenge. No-one can guarantee that Latics will stay up, no-one can say what's going to happen."

"What we can say is that there will be a lot of hard work going into it, there'll be a lot of organisation and there'll be a lot of spirit. There'll be a lot of happiness for the players because that's the way we are. We're not going to come down with a big heavy cane and be disciplined and be too hard on players, we want them to go out and perform. It's how you handle players sometimes that means you can get the best out of them. We're just hoping that, with myself and John coming in - we've been in a similar position before at Rotherham United - what we can do is give it as good a try as we can. There's some wonderful, wonderful games coming up, especially the home games.”

“I think supporters are going to help us really. I was very impressed. I watched the game on Saturday. The second half, Oldham were very unfortunate not to come out with anything. But the support was magnificent. They stayed at the end, they clapped the players off so we need a lot of that this season, especially with these seven home games to come. You can see that there's a lack of confidence in the side but we hope we can instil that into them. I've been three weeks out to recharge and rekindle me. I'd like to thank the Chairman and the Board of Directors for giving us this opportunity to come here and hopefully we can take the Club on where we need to take them.”