Sir Winston
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@greatunclekip . If he were to Sh1te a Gold Brick, he would complain it was too heavy.Only because Scumdon didn’t lose
Never happy some people
@greatunclekip . If he were to Sh1te a Gold Brick, he would complain it was too heavy.Only because Scumdon didn’t lose
Not really, people were rightly questioning why a manager has, for the second season in a row, assembled a team that spent the first 10-15 games looking pretty shambolic.
I think this question still needs answering, you can't go season after season starting so poorly, makes the mountain of promotion that much harder to climb
Tell you what, the first couple of pages of this thread are an absolute joke. Just goes to show how fickle us football fans can be..
I would much rather P**s the league by 10 points thoughTHe thing is, with KR you get mistakes and bad starts but then when it gells you can get a team that’s overperforming and is a lot better than you’d expect for the money. I’m not sure he’ll ever sustain it long enough to get us promoted but I quite like it, it’s exciting and keeps me interested.
Third season in a row. Despite this upturn in form - which came off the back of one of our worst results and performance in recent years - I'm not going to get too excited yet. We've seen this so often from Karl's sides since he's been at the club: a terrible start, followed by an upturn in results, another dip in form and then a strong finish.
The squads he's put together his time here rely so much on confidence and hitting streaks of form, and it's something that produces a head-scratching rollercoaster of emotions during every season. If you love that sort of thing then you'll probably like Karl as a manager, but for me I prefer a different type of football that is less confidence based, less blood guts & thunder and a bit more tactical and smarter when it comes to beating sides who play in different ways. I don't think I'll ever love him as our manager as many seem to do, but if he's getting results I will tolerate him and when he's underperforming then I'll say so.
I don't think it's right for a bunch of fans to pop up saying 'I told you so' during what was a pretty terrible start to the season (and his third terrible start out of three). And let's not forget, this thread was created after the culmination of a pretty pathetic performance against a lowly Swindon Town side. I think it's ridiculous to say that fan's negative comments after a really bad result against our closest rival were an 'abolsute joke'.
Hi Mrs Robinson.I think KR is one of the best managers we’ve ever had!! He really believes that the club should connect with the fans and Oxford residents in general!!
Third season in a row. Despite this upturn in form - which came off the back of one of our worst results and performance in recent years - I'm not going to get too excited yet. We've seen this so often from Karl's sides since he's been at the club: a terrible start, followed by an upturn in results, another dip in form and then a strong finish.
The squads he's put together his time here rely so much on confidence and hitting streaks of form, and it's something that produces a head-scratching rollercoaster of emotions during every season. If you love that sort of thing then you'll probably like Karl as a manager, but for me I prefer a different type of football that is less confidence based, less blood guts & thunder and a bit more tactical and smarter when it comes to beating sides who play in different ways. I don't think I'll ever love him as our manager as many seem to do, but if he's getting results I will tolerate him and when he's underperforming then I'll say so.
I don't think it's right for a bunch of fans to pop up saying 'I told you so' during what was a pretty terrible start to the season (and his third terrible start out of three). And let's not forget, this thread was created after the culmination of a pretty pathetic performance against a lowly Swindon Town side. I think it's ridiculous to say that fan's negative comments after a really bad result against our closest rival were an 'abolsute joke'.
Obviously yes, but it’s hard to do. If we’re going to be mid table or just above I prefer KR to some dull plodder who will give us the same finish.I would much rather P**s the league by 10 points though
Yes all very good but do you want Robbo outI’m getting reminders of Appleton this time I think 5 years ago. I remember the “no plan B” and though the man was out of his depth trying to play nice football in league 2.
Well he got there in the end. I’m pleased to see him top of the league ahead of other teams who should be doing better.
The start was very poor. As somebody else suggested, with Gorrin, Ruffels, Atkinson injured and a tough start maybe there is some mitigation.I'm not going to re-read the first 2 pages to find someone spouting that as a truth, I wasn't suggesting it wasn't said. Feel free to continue ignoring my other very valid arguments though
I don't think that any deride those questioning the start of the season. It was an awful start and needs to be improved Upon.people shouldn’t deride those who questioned the start as they were correct in doing so. Of course you’ll get people who are extreme in their views but you get that on both ends of the spectrum
I think that 80% of fans on here wanted MAPP sacked?I’m getting reminders of Appleton this time I think 5 years ago. I remember the “no plan B” and though the man was out of his depth trying to play nice football in league 2.
Well he got there in the end. I’m pleased to see him top of the league ahead of other teams who should be doing better.
Yes apart from me. There was ridiculous hysteriaI think that 80% of fans on here wanted MAPP sacked?
So when he does well you "tolerate him" and when he's not you'll criticise?
Well that's balanced and rational!!!
Hmmm - there was a time when we almost lost at home to Carlisle in the first season where if we had we were in a relegation fight and MAPP kept insisting on Plan A - pretty tippy tippy football. At the time, the Conference memories were raw and I for one was questioning his inflexibility of system when some basic 1-0 wins were required.Yes apart from me. There was ridiculous hysteria
Based on Karl's track record so far, I think that's entirely rational. It's not like he hasn't been at the club to long enough for me to form an opinion on him. I said words to that effect last year as well, so you'd have to concede I'm consistent and not getting carried away with whatever good/bad run we're on at any given time.
I think what isn't balanced is that you seem to defend the club and anyone working there the moment there's a word of criticism. I don't think I've ever seen you say a bad word about the club, and I don't think that's entirely rational. I reckon it's because you're afraid if you don't then your source at the club will cut you off from all the insider info. And what will you have left then?