Ox4Eva
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To be fair to Joey, London isn't an hour away. I've worked in West London for 12 years now and the drive from Oxford is usually 2 hours plus into Brentford but can top 3 and a half hours. The last 6 days running, I've left Oxfordshire at 6 and been at my desk just after 9. Out East, I go to the London Stadium and Olympic Park a few times a month and that's 3 hours too on a good day.
London is an hour away at "certain times" that's this side of the capital
He was given assurances that he could live in Oxford and commute and he didn't have the experience to know how a journey like that can affect you and Christ it affects you... You can criticize him for not knowing or you can feel for a young man, wanting to do his best and getting himself into a crap situation.
Joey could have moved to Villa, Southampton, Coventry, Notts Forest all easier to drive to than West Ham. He just didn't know.
Before moving years ago I always got the train and commutted every day, which used to work out about 1:30 to 1:45 each way but of course depends on where you are going in the capital. Oxford is a commuter town these days but back then it was not so easy. He was just stupid I guess, but whoever his agent was obviously was just interested in making a few quid.