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[Pillox]

The fact Rangers would have to battle with little Oxford United for a player just shows me just how poo Scottish football is..

Or how poo we are

 

[LeftSideBoy]

Or how poo we are

I fancy us against every single team in the SPL, and below.

 

[Junior_1]

Quickly going back to ‘C’ and I put forward, Tony Capaldi.. dreadful.

On the ‘D’

Druce wasn’t that bad, remember him away at Bristol Rovers at Twerton Park and he was unplayable bagged a couple and hit the bar for a treble

 

[Junior_1]

How about doudou. He was pants. Mr durnin wins the d's for me just for his song. (And luton at home)

Was at Bury away midweek for his only minutes? In an Ox shirt.. Shocking player!

 

[Scotchegg]

Dave Collins, reasonable technically but made a slow mo replay look fast.

A pretty ordinary footballer but a great laugh to go drinking with!! Paul Reece could also put a few away for a little lad!!!

 

[Pillox]

I fancy us against every single team in the SPL, and below.

That 5-0 friendly result v rangers must have been a surprise then! How many Scottish games have you seen this season?

 

[Left Wing Cross]

I'll start on the Ds then, see if I can create some more controversy by forgetting another Oxford legend!
(although in my defense, how would you go about deciding who was best between Joey Beauchamp and Gary Briggs? They're not exactly comparable players!!)

Best looks to me to be a straight shot between Johnny Lager and Rob Dickie.

As for worst, Ye Gods we've had some shite players beginning with the letter 'D'......Dempster, Deegan, O'Neill Donaldson, Mark Druce (and I'm not even getting into players who were roundly hated even if they had some talent, like Rob Duffy). But it's impossible to look past the one and only Emiliano Diaz. Zero footballing talent - 100% nepotism!

Donaldson wasn't bad at all. He linked up well with Francis and had an excellent game against Stockport in particular.

He made a poor decision to sign for Stoke and his career never recovered.

 

[LeftSideBoy]

That 5-0 friendly result v rangers must have been a surprise then! How many Scottish games have you seen this season?

Not particularly? It’s a friendly. I think it’s fair to say that outside of Rangers and Celtic, there really isn’t the depth of quality that you see in England. Put us in the SPL and we’d be top 4.

 

[holdsteady]

Not particularly? It’s a friendly. I think it’s fair to say that outside of Rangers and Celtic, there really isn’t the depth of quality that you see in England. Put us in the SPL and we’d be top 4.

Hearts, Hibs, Aberdeen are all bigger clubs than us, we are probably on a par with the Dundee clubs.

Would I, or many others, be interested if we played in the Scottish league though? I doubt it, the depth in England makes it interesting whatever level you play at, it’s a genuine accomplishment to get promoted and if you mess up you can plummet down the leagues, whereas Scottish football resembles Groundhog Day.

 

[Marked Ox]

Quickly going back to ‘C’ and I put forward, Tony Capaldi.. dreadful.

On the ‘D’

Druce wasn’t that bad, remember him away at Bristol Rovers at Twerton Park and he was unplayable bagged a couple and hit the bar for a treble

I remember Druce being very good away at Sunderland as well.

 

[Pillox]

Not particularly? It’s a friendly. I think it’s fair to say that outside of Rangers and Celtic, there really isn’t the depth of quality that you see in England. Put us in the SPL and we’d be top 4.

Not watched any games to form a credible opinion then.

 

[Marked Ox]

I'll start on the Ds then, see if I can create some more controversy by forgetting another Oxford legend!
(although in my defense, how would you go about deciding who was best between Joey Beauchamp and Gary Briggs? They're not exactly comparable players!!)

Best looks to me to be a straight shot between Johnny Lager and Rob Dickie.

As for worst, Ye Gods we've had some shite players beginning with the letter 'D'......Dempster, Deegan, O'Neill Donaldson, Mark Druce (and I'm not even getting into players who were roundly hated even if they had some talent, like Rob Duffy). But it's impossible to look past the one and only Emiliano Diaz. Zero footballing talent - 100% nepotism!

Definitely has to be Diaz.

 

[LeftSideBoy]

Hearts, Hibs, Aberdeen are all bigger clubs than us, we are probably on a par with the Dundee clubs.

Would I, or many others, be interested if we played in the Scottish league though? I doubt it, the depth in England makes it interesting whatever level you play at, it’s a genuine accomplishment to get promoted and if you mess up you can plummet down the leagues, whereas Scottish football resembles Groundhog Day.

Oh. I’m not comparing us to them, in terms of size. I’m saying that if we were to play in the SPL, we would be a top 4 team.

I absolutely would not be as interested if we played in the Scottish leagues because as you rightly said, progressing through the EFL is a big deal and one that’s not easily achieved. I would be bored stiff, being an Aberdeen fan. No chance of winning the league. No real chance of going down and even if they did, they’d go straight back up again.

 

[LeftSideBoy]

Not watched any games to form a credible opinion then.

I think the opinion of anyone that lives outside of Scotland is that Scottish football is pap.

 

[Pillox]

I think the opinion of anyone that lives outside of Scotland, is that Scottish football is pap.

I think the opinion of anyone that isn't a lower league fan is that anything below the premiership is pap.

 

[m]

E.

Best: Matty Elliot of course. (Honorable mention to Ceri Evans)

Worst: Mark E'Beyer. Harsh. Ludicrously harsh. Not many Es to pick from.

Can I make Alex Jeanin an honorary E please?

 

[BigCrompy]

I think the opinion of anyone that isn't a lower league fan is that anything below the premiership is pap.

Seven years in Scotland watching Aberdeen in the SPL.

It's pap.

 

[BigCrompy]

Ford, Ford, Foley, Foyle.

Futcher. Fear....

 

[tonyw]

Druce wasn’t that bad, remember him away at Bristol Rovers at Twerton Park and he was unplayable bagged a couple and hit the bar for a treble

Which was the same number of goals as he scored in his other 57 Oxford appearances put together!

I certainly acknowledge that I'm being unfair in mentioning him in the same breath as Emiliano Diaz......

......but Mark Druce was part of the squad when I first started going to games at the Manor, and it was never exciting to see him on the pitch, and I never once thought "Ah yes, Druce, that's who we need - he'll bag us a goal!".

Also wasn't helped by the fact that we had a bunch of truly excellent strikers coming and going around that same time.

 

[brassmonkey]

G is a tough one. Using memory rather than searching online. Marco gabbiadini. Didnt we have a decent winger called graham? But i would go for gilchrist. Worst.hmm phil gray?