Away Match Day Thread 18/02/23 L1: Cambridge United v OUFC

[Notaswindonfan]

As soon as we go a goal down we know what will follow, no end product, this team has been assembled on the back of a fag packet, the January loan players are out of their depth and playing like a bunch of strangers , so depressing.

 

[Chippy]

He's got 'caretaker' written all over him.

Murphy has, that’s all he’s fit for!

Just needs a broom to sweep up the 100+ £50 notes he generously gets paid each week thanks to KR for doing diddly squat

 

[Theox07]

As soon as we go a goal down we know what will follow, no end product, this team has been assembled on the back of a fag packet, the January loan players are out of their depth and playing like a bunch of strangers , so depressing

Are defence is not the problem it’s scoring goals no one to score in are team Long Moore and brown are solid defenders we literally has no one in this team would can score from open play expect probably Marcus Browne

 

[Notaswindonfan]

Are defence is not the problem it’s scoring goals no one to score in are team Long Moore and brown are solid defenders we literally has no one in this team would can score from open play expect probably Marcus Browne

The three you mentioned yes but as we’ve seen the rest are poor and we definitely need a holding midfielder .

 

[Cowley Yellow]

Spot on. Results were going well last Feb/March. Unbelievable going forward from there.

Things started going downhill at Shrewsbury away last season which we scraped a win in, that was coincidentally the first game the BBC sounds podcast based on Robinson and Paul Warne at Rotherham started with

 

[Symp59]

I thought Browne looked OK. Let's be honest once again he tinkered 48 hours before a game. Wildshut is solid ,Bate tremendous ,Cam is solid. But we've become a long ball team when we never played that way. We needed a CDM and never got one . Baldock got in a couple of good positions but the trouble is we are running out of games against easier teams .It really is ending this season the way so many predicted early in the season ,its terrible. Come on the board there is no chance Karl can come back from this he really has created a nightmare.

 

[Cowley Yellow]

A good manager changes this after 20 minutes

A good manager looks at his players in training and picks a system that may fit those players

 

[captainox]

Just got back to Derby.

Change of formation but no change in general play.
2 up top appealed to me but couldn't believe we were lumping balls up to a 5ft 8in player who clearly needs ball into channels. As much as Smith wasn't in the game, it could have been anyone who came off at half-time.

Too many technically gifted players on the pitch at the same time that try to make things to complicated. We are failing in the utter basics of the game for large parts of games at the moment.

Murphy wasn't too bad in general play but a couple of horrendous moments. that stand out a lot when you're under the microscope. He's not a wing-back, absolutely no idea why KR thought that was going to work.

Couldn't believe Bate came off. He was starting to dominate the midfield and was close to running the game.

I didn't feel like we were ever going to score today. Cambridge dug in, were gritty and did the basics well, they saw that game out fairly easily.

Have said on Twitter and will say again apathy in the stands and poor performances on the pitch are such a bad and dangerous combination. Cambridge fans were with their side from the first kick despite being in a far worse position than us whereas the whole away end just felt like there was a general feeling of waiting for it to go wrong.
Of course, positive on pitch performances provoke backing in the stands, but equally backing in the stands can influence the on pitch performance. The fact seems to be that the fanbase have lost/are losing enthusiasm and it has turned to general apathy and "mehness". The longer KR stays, the more apathy grows, we almost end up in a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's frankly, a very sad situation that seasons of such hope and positivity have been completely undone this year.

The above being said, the self-deprecation style chants that started immediately after Cambridge's goal are ridiculously childish.

This "blip" began in the collapse at the end of last season, it isn't a blip, it's a prolonged poor spell which is getting worse.
The board need to act now.

 

[Cowley Yellow]

I really wanted Nathan to tell Karl to go f**k himself, that was beyond rude.

Dreadful conduct from a manager in an interview, Nathan could have gone a LOT LOT harder on the questions

 

[greatunclekip]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1626973940991119363

Funny how players perform as soon as Karl stops managing them, isn't it.

And we played his perfect partner today!

 

[RyanioBirdio]

20 points off Barnsley in sixth, who have three games in hand.

I fear that we won’t get promoted this season.

 

[Chippy]

20 points off Barnsley in sixth, who have three games in hand.

I fear that we won’t get promoted this season.

Don’t be so negative Ryan. Karl’s going to get us out of this division, he said so earlier.

And looking at the table it might be this season

 

[chrisk]

Dreadful conduct from a manager in an interview, Nathan could have gone a LOT LOT harder on the questions

If Karl is still here next week, I really hope Nathan does go harder. It is past time to call his BS answers and non-sensical diatribes out for what they are. That is ignoring the many other questions he could ask about things already past (Stevens etc). Karl is really playing a risky game responding that way to mild questioning when there is a list of transgressions as long as your arm that could be referenced.

 

[Shosho]

If Karl is still here next week, I really hope Nathan does go harder. It is past time to call his BS answers and non-sensical diatribes out for what they are. That is ignoring the many other questions he could ask about things already past (Stevens etc). Karl is really playing a risky game responding that way to mild questioning when there is a list of transgressions as long as your arm that could be referenced.

I wonder how he will react under the scrutiny of visiting fans to the trining ground on Friday, if he is still around? That has the hallmarks of a PR disaster

 

[chrisk]

I wonder how he will react under the scrutiny of visiting fans to the trining ground on Friday, if he is still around? That has the hallmarks of a PR disaster

If he is still here, my guess is something will come up late in the week to postpone the event. Probably timed for after the FMFF so no questions or accountability is possible.

 

[Mellowyellow]

The reference in the interview to people "leaking" information was interesting. I think there are people on this board who know FAR more than they have ever shared. Shows his paranoia is building and he knows he is being found out as a fraud. This is a common path for a narcissist, as is his reaction to Nathan in the interview where he responds to any perceived criticism with aggression. I hope his conduct toward Nathan in the interview emboldens those who do know facts and details to share them more widely. He is lucky some people have held their tongues so long on his true identity and behaviours.

There was a point made to the BBC regarding the nature of questioning last week, that clown should have no idea about yet he referenced it in the interview to have a dig at Nathan. He must have moles too?

 

[Paul Cannell]

And warts.

 

[LS1985]

What a load of rubbish today was it’s actually getting worse, how the hell is Murphy gettin in the team an then playin him as a wing back ffs u have to actually work in that position he seems to have little interest, the team looked absolutely lost today not a clue. I love an away day but today was like the final nail in the coffin it was a shambles, was guna go Lincoln but not sure even free travel for kids an half price for adults is even worth it, worst thing is if there was ever a time the team needed the fans it’s guna be now but there’s nothin to cheer an life has been sucked out of the fans, next 4/5 games is massive as was the last two games but after the next 4/5 games are run is immense

 

[ChamonixOx]

Robinson’s interview response was unacceptable for any supposedly leader to make. Most of us have tried to make this not personal, even protecting him regarding off the field issues. But the way he behaved to Nathan was the low of the low and personal in itself. The soft questioning remark was simply rude and tacky (and the double standards Crystal ball comment). He would have gone with my best wishes a few months ago, but not any more - he comes across as a nasty piece of work, and you wonder what he is capable of and doing subsequently in the background. If they ever get rid of him, and I’m not convinced they will, it will be a good riddance rather than good luck.

Cambridge will be the last time I watch OUFC until he’s gone.

 

[RyanioBirdio]

The reference in the interview to people "leaking" information was interesting. I think there are people on this board who know FAR more than they have ever shared.

I’m just glad that people are seeing the real Karl Robinson. Finally.

Isn’t he lovely?