beyondthefourth
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Nope, it was a straight red.2nd yellow
Nope, it was a straight red.2nd yellow
agree. I thought it was a dangerous tackle.Just seen the Atkinson incident on Quest - there is no way that will be overturned.
Debut to forget really.agree. I thought it was a dangerous tackle.
agree. I thought it was a dangerous tackle.
Hmmmm. It has just occurred to me that if you take the three playoff games, the league cup game and then today as 90 minute matches, we have drawn 3 and lost 2, scoring 4 goals and conceding 7. Of those 4 goals scored, one was Marcus Browne running from the halfway line all on his own before getting a shot off, one was an own goal, and one was a miss hit cross that drifted inside the far post. The tinpot game with virtually an entire reserve side playing against Chelsea’s kids is up for debate as to whether or not anything meaningful can be taken / included from that.
We need to find a way to get going again.
Genuinely think we just aren’t nasty or tough enough. Think it’s all a bit purist. There is such a thing as having too much respect for others.A plan B would be nice. We didn't seem to have one during the playoffs.
Genuinely think we just aren’t nasty or tough enough. Think it’s all a bit purist. There is such a thing as having too much respect for others.
I do wonder if someone like Forde, who has a lot of games at this level and above, and has won promotion from L1 in recent seasons, might offer something in the short term? A little bit of know how as well as a decent engine? Think we may have to play an Agyei or an Osei at some point too. We need someone who has proper pace.
Which beyond a certain point stops being luck and starts to look like a flaw in the design.But that's just how it is to be an Oxford fan at the start of a season lately.
Sorry if I’ve missed this, where was Robbie Hall today and the new signing Winnall??
Never a straight red though, but a booking would have seen him off anyway.
Both Ruffles and Gorrin out on long termish injuries. Gorrin 3/4 weeks, alongside the new striker not match fit. Three players out of a smallish squad may well force his hand in the transfer market.
Ruffles was said to be in agony in the tunnel with his shoulder, and the shoulder could be worse case scenario, meaning an experienced cover.