Home Match Build Up 18/5/2021 Play Off L1 OUFC v Blackpool

[Wallop]

Bookies unsurprisingly have Sunderland as favourites despite their bad form. Us and Blackpool joint second favourites and then Lincoln. Personally I think it's Blackpool's to lose and I also think Lincoln will beat Sunderland over the two legs. We're the underdogs IMO even with our form which I think is why there's a weird sense of calm coming from the forum and the club. Hopefully the relaxed attitude helps us like it has the last few weeks.

More fans = more bets placed = shorter odds to reduce any payouts.

 

[MC Yellow]

on the beaches etc, lets just fight them eh ?

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

 

[ttg17]

I’ve seen a lot of confidence from their end!

Some quotes:

“...when we bossed them at their place a couple of months ago ! They didn’t have many chances then and against our defence I’d like to hope they won’t get many this time either.”

“The way they play will suit us. Just like we beat them a few weeks ago. Nothing to fear at all”

“We've just had four straight wins without conceding a single goal... we have no reason to not be confident.”

“They’re gonna need to pull off another 6-0 win after we destroy them on their campus”

“This league is very poor. Oxford just scraped in. Don’t worry.”

“This is not arrogance. This is not tangerine specs bravado. We have no one to fear in these playoffs.”

“If the away game at their place was anything to go off we should see them off.”

“Don’t worry we will beat them.”

To be fair, they didn't give us a sniff at ours.

But that was our 17th match in 57 days and both Henry and Long were out. We'll be a different proposition with a full complement of well-rested players.

I just hope their management and players are as complacent as those posters seem to be.

 

[brassmonkey]

If we don't go up, I hope Sunderland win it. Get them (and their budget) out of this league.

 

[ZeroTheHero]

If we don't go up, I hope Sunderland win it. Get them (and their budget) out of this league.

Nah - if we don't go up, then I'd like to see Lincoln have a go at the Championship.

And reading the Sunderland forum would give us endless hours of amusement...

 

[oufc1991]

If we don’t get past Blackpool I’d hope they get promoted don’t particularly care about Lincoln and Sunderland staying down would just be funny

 

[brassmonkey]

We still owe Blackpool for that match last season when we absolutely battered them away and lost 2-1. Didnt we have something like 30 shots on target or similar and 70% possession. That was probably the most one sided match I have seen. If we had the 3 points then we would have been in the autos lats season.

 

[Northstandboy]

Made into a Yellows Forum official Match Day Build-up thread, poll added.

 

[LeftSideBoy]

Any updates on Sam Long and James Henry?

 

[m]

To be fair, they didn't give us a sniff at ours.

But that was our 17th match in 57 days and both Henry and Long were out. We'll be a different proposition with a full complement of well-rested players.

I just hope their management and players are as complacent as those posters seem to be.

Indeed, the gulf between the teams was huge that day.

2nd lowest point of the season for me.

 

[Oufcad30]

Any updates on Sam Long and James Henry?

Club just tweeted Sam is hopeful of playing

 

[Robie]

Club just tweeted Sam is hopeful of playing

He's out for a couple of months then!

 

[West Oxon U’s]

BARNSLEY COVID REGS FOR OAKWELL PLAY-OFF :

https://twitter.com/x/status/1392074591774777349

 

[West Oxon U’s]

Barnsley open ticket ballot:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1392074904447619072

 

[ttg17]

Club just tweeted Sam is hopeful of playing

Mm I dunno, I read that as, "we're hopeful he'll play... but he probably won't."

"Blackpool is a week away and that's not much time but you never know" from Karl doesn't fill me with confidence

 

[Sir Winston]

 

[SteMerritt]

BARNSLEY COVID REGS FOR OAKWELL PLAY-OFF :

https://twitter.com/x/status/1392074591774777349

Well if we follow those rules they had better ignore the last one or I am going to be complaining to the club.

 

[Coffin dodger]

Well if we follow those rules they had better ignore the last one or I am going to be complaining to the club.

We haven't got a west stand so no problem

 

[Seasider86]

I’ve seen a lot of confidence from their end!

Some quotes:

“...when we bossed them at their place a couple of months ago ! They didn’t have many chances then and against our defence I’d like to hope they won’t get many this time either.”

“The way they play will suit us. Just like we beat them a few weeks ago. Nothing to fear at all”

“We've just had four straight wins without conceding a single goal... we have no reason to not be confident.”

“They’re gonna need to pull off another 6-0 win after we destroy them on their campus”

“This league is very poor. Oxford just scraped in. Don’t worry.”

“This is not arrogance. This is not tangerine specs bravado. We have no one to fear in these playoffs.”

“If the away game at their place was anything to go off we should see them off.”

“Don’t worry we will beat them.”

We aren’t so overly confident as you’ve made us out to be. There are many many people on our forum who think this semi-final is going to be extremely tight and many didn’t want Oxford as opponents. Granted there are some confident people on there, all teams have their own tinted sunglasses fans but the vast majority aren’t expecting an easy game regardless of our result in March

 

[MarkG]

Ouch! no pyro no party?

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