General Tim Williams Vote of Confidence

[harrymark1]

This is why I dont chant Robbo out, the board is solely to blame now and have been since probably Oct/Nov. It was clear to see that his well rumoured personal issues had overtaken his ability to effectively manage and coach a football team, it was blatantly obvious that he had cobbled together an imbalanced squad and everyone could see it and therefore the expensive option of letting him go should have been done to give an incoming coach/manager an idea of what was needed in the Jan and forthcoming Summer window. They have not acted and let KR limp along like a lame horse who needs putting out of his misery. I dont blame him for not quitting, I dont know anyone who sat on a nice big fat contract wouldnt wait to be fired and reap the reward that follows.

 

[ECYellow]

Where do 6 wins required come from.
4 wins and 3 draws (10 defeats) will give us 50 points and will almost certainly be enough to stay up.
Last season 5th from bottom has 40 points ( we have 35)
There are many teams worse than us- just look at the table. I wouod bet money on 4 of the bottom 7 going down

Credit that you have a degree of confidence in this squad and this manager. Unfortunately, I do not.

Of the 29 league games this season:

- we’ve kept 3 clean sheets
- we’ve only scored more than 1 goal on eight occasions

On that basis, if we keep conceding in every game, we have to find 2 goals to win a game. What have you seen to suggest the goals are suddenly going to flow?
What is our style of play, beyond frenetic panic mode, that is going to see us to safety?

This current bunch lacks leadership both on and off the pitch and IMO its opinions of blind faith that will assist with seeing us plummet into a dog fight. I’m really struggling to see what evidence there is, to suggest that this squad will turn a corner.

 

[ZeroTheHero]

This is why I dont chant Robbo out, the board is solely to blame now and have been since probably Oct/Nov.

But those chants are really aimed at the board, not KR - because it is them that have to make the decision. Hopefully, either in the stadium or watching on iFollow, they at least notice the discontent even if they are as yet not prepared to do anything much about it yet.

 

[brassmonkey]

Not enough information to vote, I do think we are sleepwalking towards the drop zone.Ten points away from it, but look at the games played and nine points dropped in a week. Won't be long before we are in a relegation fight at this rate.

I think most of us who went last night went with a resigned air and left without booing or catcalling, because we just feel we are helpless bystanders. We got served what we expected to be served and I expect the same on Saturday. It is going to get very toxic soon I feel.

Disagree we are helpless bystanders. Everyone needs to make their voice heard.

 

[Foley]

You were around when we slipped ignominiously into the Conference, weren’t you?

Yes I was.
As I said we need 4 wins not 6.
It is possible we need 5 points based on last season.
We recently beat Ipseich and should have beaten Wednesday
I am not saying there isn't a lot wrong but would bet that the bottom 4 will come from the bottom 7

 

[Foley]

Credit that you have a degree of confidence in this squad and this manager. Unfortunately, I do not.

Of the 29 league games this season:

- we’ve kept 3 clean sheets
- we’ve only scored more than 1 goal on eight occasions

On that basis, if we keep conceding in every game, we have to find 2 goals to win a game. What have you seen to suggest the goals are suddenly going to flow?
What is our style of play, beyond frenetic panic mode, that is going to see us to safety?

This current bunch lacks leadership both on and off the pitch and IMO its opinions of blind faith that will assist with seeing us plummet into a dog fight. I’m really struggling to see what evidence there is, to suggest that this squad will turn a corner.

10 points is a huge cushion based on the bottom teams getting less than a point a game
I reckon we have a 95% chance of staying up. If you are convinced we will go down I would seriously put some money on it. You will get fantastic odds

 

[werthersoriginal]

It’s the ‘T’ word again.

It was promised that it would get nasty last night but I think this forum overstates the ill-feeling toward the manager. Sure, the ‘Robbo out’ thread is over 500 pages long but it’s the same couple of dozen posters making the same points over and over again.

To me, it’s apathy. No one really cares this season. The atmosphere is dead and I could only hear the Barnsley fans on the radio last night. Their goals were harder than ours (although that may be just where Rax Ox mics are set up). Since we have had good times with KR (and the doubters of him should remember that), this isn’t like we’re hounding out a total incompetent like Rix or Kemp. It’s grumbling at someone who had it once but doesn’t have it anymore.

That’s what makes it more worrying. It’s the gradual slump into a relegation battle which would be disastrous if we did go down. Going out of the League will always be worse but to go down with players on hefty top half League 1 salaries would be criminal.

Very far from toxic in the SSL. I asked my mates if they wanted Robinson sacked and they very much didn't, though accepted it was possible. I agree that there's a dangerous complacency around which could lead to disaster.

 

[ECYellow]

10 points is a huge cushion based on the bottom teams getting less than a point a game
I reckon we have a 95% chance of staying up. If you are convinced we will go down I would seriously put some money on it. You will get fantastic odds

10 point cushion, yet 9 of the 10 teams have games in hand on us. Of which;

Accy have 4 in hand
Lincoln have 3 in hand
Six others have 2 in hand
MK have 1 in hand

Once those games have been played, I’d wager it’ll be nothing like a 10 point cushion and it will be very much more likely to be squeaky bum time.

Teams that don’t keep clean sheets and don’t score more than 1 goal a game do not have comfortable seasons very often.

It’s precarious.

 

[YellowSubmarine]

Todays interview shall be very revealing

 

[Paul Cannell]

I wouldn't be certain of that.

 

[tatabanya]

Credit that you have a degree of confidence in this squad and this manager. Unfortunately, I do not.

Of the 29 league games this season:

- we’ve kept 3 clean sheets
- we’ve only scored more than 1 goal on eight occasions

On that basis, if we keep conceding in every game, we have to find 2 goals to win a game. What have you seen to suggest the goals are suddenly going to flow?
What is our style of play, beyond frenetic panic mode, that is going to see us to safety?

This current bunch lacks leadership both on and off the pitch and IMO its opinions of blind faith that will assist with seeing us plummet into a dog fight. I’m really struggling to see what evidence there is, to suggest that this squad will turn a corner.

Of the 29 league games this season we have also 35pts, a continuation of that ratio will see us comfortably safe.

 

[OxfordYankee]

Todays interview shall be very revealing

My forecast:

12 minutes of management nonsense, including:

17 references to clarity and internal conversations (minimum)

5 ‘that’s a great question’

 

[RyanioBirdio]

‘that’s a great question’

Christ. You’re right.

At least three answers that begin with a sprightly, “You know…”

 

[holdsteady]

He has a manager who has taken 49 points from his last 40 league games, despite having a very generous budget and having been in the job for nearly 5 years, my opinion of Williams is based on what he does with that manager, as at the moment he seems to be willing to keep him to the end of his contract rather than make the hard decision so I am voting no confidence.

 

[ECYellow]

Of the 29 league games this season we have also 35pts, a continuation of that ratio will see us comfortably safe.

Can you see that then based on current performances? Even if you include the two spawny victories against Fleetwood and Ipswich it’s very difficult to defend the performances since the turn of the year.

Since the turn of the year we’re averaging a point a game. Based on that average for the remaining 17 games we’d end up on 52 points. It’s hardly ‘comfortably safe’.

Furthermore, it’s certainly not statistics which reflect remotely well enough on Karl Robinson. His failure this season is stark.

 

[Wandering Yellow]

These ostriches are really starting to wind me up. Which of these dufusses said they felt embarrassed talking about football around KR?

They're making me embarrassed to be an Oxford fan. Get out of our club.

 

[tatabanya]

Can you see that then based on current performances? Even if you include the two spawny victories against Fleetwood and Ipswich it’s very difficult to defend the performances since the turn of the year.

Since the turn of the year we’re averaging a point a game. Based on that average for the remaining 17 games we’d end up on 52 points. It’s hardly ‘comfortably safe’.

Furthermore, it’s certainly not statistics which reflect remotely well enough on Karl Robinson. His failure this season is stark.

Yeah I agree, just mean you can't cherry pick some stats to argue your case and ignore the others.

 

[ECYellow]

Yeah I agree, just mean you can't cherry pick some stats to argue your case and ignore the others.

I agree.

Another way of looking at it would be to take our 1.20 PPG so far and add it for the remaining games, you’ll end up with 55. No doubt that would be safety but my god, it will be an abject failure and one that Williams surely cannot ignore.

 

[tatabanya]

I agree.

Another way of looking at it would be to take our 1.20 PPG so far and add it for the remaining games, you’ll end up with 55. No doubt that would be safety but my god, it will be an abject failure and one that Williams surely cannot ignore.

100%

 

[Carpy]

I agree.

Another way of looking at it would be to take our 1.20 PPG so far and add it for the remaining games, you’ll end up with 55. No doubt that would be safety but my god, it will be an abject failure and one that Williams surely cannot ignore.

You really can't afford too much of a dip in that PPG before you're looking over your shoulder, wasn't too many seasons ago that the last relegation spot had a team on 50 go down, been other years when it was high 40s