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[mooro]

So fitting that Josh scored the goal that got us in the playoffs, Hats off to those fans that celebrated with him at the game.

Now for Longy to get the winner at Wembley

 

[Marked Ox]

Now for Longy to get the winner at Wembley

While that would be lovely, I'd take anybody getting us the winner at Wembley including an own goal.

 

[AbbeyOx]

would that bloody awful VAR be used at wembley?

 

[Marked Ox]

Peterborough United chairman criticises EFL's handling of League One vote

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While the FL haven't handled it well, the L1 clubs can take their share of the blame as L2 clubs managed to come to a collective agreement far earlier.

 

[Concretebob]

would that bloody awful VAR be used at wembley?

Nope - it's not in the EFL yet.

 

[Sarge]

Nope - it's not in the EFL yet.

thankfully

 

[captainox]

Of course, completely forgot this strange new world we live in. What about having a drink in the hotels, are they open?

would that bloody awful VAR be used at wembley?

No but according to efl guidelines, all playoff matches will have goalline technology.

 

[Malc]

No but according to efl guidelines, all playoff matches will have goalline technology.

No problem with that. It's fast and reliable.

 

[AbbeyOx]

No problem with that. It's fast and reliable.

yep. doesn’t hold the game up like VAR and will be invaluable when Ruffels scores the last minute goal to take us to the championship

 

[uptheus]

Peterborough United chairman criticises EFL's handling of League One vote

Peterborough United chairman Darragh MacAnthony has criticised the English Football League (EFL)'s handling of the crucial vote on Tuesday which saw…

www.oxfordmail.co.uk

While the FL haven't handled it well, the L1 clubs can take their share of the blame as L2 clubs managed to come to a collective agreement far earlier.

I think the league 1 status was a bit more complicated with it being a lot closer in terms of points.

For example, if Josh Ruffels hadn’t scored that 94th minute winner we would be in 9th position, and with 1 point separating 6 teams and only 3 points separating 2nd to 9th.

 

[AbbeyOx]

I think the league 1 status was a bit more complicated with it being a lot closer in terms of points.

For example, if Josh Ruffels hadn’t scored that 94th minute winner we would be in 9th position, and with 1 point separating 6 teams and only 3 points separating 2nd to 9th.

and if we’d played Bolton’s u7’s we would be going up automatically!

 

[Sarge]

and if we’d played Bolton’s u7’s we would be going up automatically!

if we had played them twice we definitely would be

 

[RyanioBirdio]

and if we’d played Bolton’s u7’s we would be going up automatically!

We should’ve beaten them anyway. Those players weren’t fully fit and we went there expecting to just roll them.

 

[mooro]

We should’ve beaten them anyway. Those players weren’t fully fit and we went there expecting to just roll them.

I can't believe how easily people on here find it to ignore this - the Bolton side we played was made of part of the same squad of kids that were playing previously and a handful of older players brought in only a day or two beforehand and who would have had no time to train together or barely even learn each other's names, so were hardly the mightiest of opposition we would face all season.... put another way, had Wycombe played on the day we did and against the line-up we did and won two or three nil, would we be praising them for a hard-fought win, or just still lumping them in together with the sides having played and beaten them earlier.
On this point alone, WW did not get more points out of Bolton than we did because they had 'easier' games, they did so because we messed up an 'easy' game.

 

[uptheus]

if we had played them twice we definitely would be

Weren’t we the first team they played when they got their first points? Shame we didn’t win it, but we weren’t at our best then!

 

[SteMerritt]

Weren’t we the first team they played when they got their first points? Shame we didn’t win it, but we weren’t at our best then!

Nope, they drew with Coventry first, then the game after us was a draw with Sunderland.

 

[Sarge]

Weren’t we the first team they played when they got their first points? Shame we didn’t win it, but we weren’t at our best then!

it was a draw ... first team to line up against Bolton's first team this season was OUFC, wasn't it?

 

[RyanioBirdio]

it was a draw ... first team to line up against Bolton's first team this season was OUFC wasn't it?

No - the handful of senior players they brought in got thumped 6-1 at Rotherham three days before we played them. They were all lacking match fitness but should’ve won the game easily. The first half alone they could’ve smashed three or four past us. Pure complacency on our part. We expected to win just by turning up.

 

[Ox4Eva]

There must be some pencilled in dates for this by now?

 

[Sarge]

No - the handful of senior players they brought in got thumped 6-1 at Rotherham three days before we played them. They were all lacking match fitness but should’ve won the game easily. The first half alone they could’ve smashed three or four past us. Pure complacency on our part. We expected to win just by turning up.

Cheers @RyanioBirdio ... I wasn't certain