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[tonyw]

I remember both of the games against Hull in 2020-21.

The first was not long after the Swindon debacle. We scored early, and then they got on top and in the second 45 we barely got out of our own half. But some desperate defending got us a point, and it was the start of our good run.

We only lost two out of our next seventeen, thumped the Scum at their place and then went up to Hull thinking we could live with anyone in the division......and they absolutely destroyed us. We couldn't live with their Keane-Potter/Wilks/Whyte frontline and they were organized and powerful behind them as well.

If that's the quality of team that McCann is capable of putting together when he's backed, then I'm excited about what he can do here (if he has indeed got the job).
Although he's got to survive this season, and then sort out the contractual nightmare that KR has left him with for next season first........

 

[Dubai Yellow]

If it’s McCann (or MAPP) I’d be happy.

 

[bert]

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/...iker-jermain-defoe-oxford-united-manager-job/

I hope the extra interviews weren't because Defoe expressed an interest

 

[Steve Gilbert]

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/...iker-jermain-defoe-oxford-united-manager-job/

I hope the extra interviews weren't because Defoe expressed an interest

I think expressing an interest is going a bit far. He got asked the question and didn’t rule anything out.
I think it’s more the Oxford mail trying to come up with something to write since there is so little coming out of the club.

 

[Cotswolds Cowboy]

I think expressing an interest is going a bit far. He got asked the question and didn’t rule anything out.
I think it’s more the Oxford mail trying to come up with something to write since there is so little coming out of the club.

Hardly a great pitch for the job when Defoe says he'd listen to what we said if he got a phone call

 

[chuckbert]

Hardly a great pitch for the job when Defoe says he'd listen to what we said if he got a phone call

Maybe they’re scoping out the fast food franchising for the triangle. And getting fowler involved in buying up all the houses in south Kidlington.

 

[yellowbow]

Cast your minds back 3 or 4 weeks and how we were all feeling. If somebody had said McCann was coming in back then I for one would’ve snatched your hand off.

As others have said, my heart wanted MApp but I’ll be more than happy with McCann. I can stop feeling anxious about the prospect of Lennon or Fowler rocking up, and concentrate on supporting the team in its attempts to get to safety

COYYs!

 

[IsleofWightYellow]

At Hull, he did have the nucleus of a side from the Champ - Elder, Honeyman, Ingram, Magennis, Lewis-Potter

But he added the following

Permanents
Malik Wilks - 44 appearances, 19 goals.
Greg Docherty - 44 appearances
Alfie Jones - 31 appearances
Lewie Coyle - 28 appearances
Josh Emmanuel - 27 appearances
Richie Smallwood - 27 appearances
Thomas Mayer - 6 appearances
Jordan Flores (from Jan) - 3 appearances
Max Clark (from Feb) - 0 appearances

Loans
Regan Slater (full season) - 26 appearances
Dan Crowley (from Jan) - 22 appearances
Gavin Whyte (from Jan) - 20 appearances
Hakeeb Adelukan (until Jan) - 14 appearances

As well as introducing Jacob Greaves into the side following a loan at Cheltenham the season before, he went on to make 39 appearances that season.

Certainly didn't just sit there and do nothing. He combined some excellent signings with what already existed.

Do we know how much of a hand he had in identifying them though, or did he have a scouting team/DoF etc choosing signings for him?

 

[MiddleBartonYellow]

If he is the best candidate from an interview process then nobody can really argue with it, can they.

 

[Tomox]

He does at least like a physical presence up front. Magennis at Hull and Marquis at Doncaster.

 

[RgYellows]

If he is the best candidate from an interview process then nobody can really argue with it, can they.

If we are hiring someone to attend interviews, then I agree. Hire whoever interviews best.

 

[Symp59]

Would be happy with McCaan ,mapp or Warburton I would like one of them to be in the dugout for Saturday someone should have been in 5 games ago it could be to late what ever now. April is avery tough set of fixtures.

 

[Marked Ox]

Annoyingly, Alan Nixon is often bang on the money.

If McCann has been appointed it feels underwhelming. I hate to say it, but we’ve missed a trick if we haven’t opted to MApp.

Hasn't he already claimed somebody else previously? Or was that the other one, O'Rourke?

 

[dickwalton1964]

I’m slightly underwhelmed if I’m honest. Solid but unspectacular. On the plus side we will be getting blander interviews and none of the shooting from the hip we had with KR, there won’t be too many talking points on here about his post match views. There will be no histrionics on the bench, none of the mini battles KR would have with opposing benches, and we will see muted celebrations when we score or win. I’m in SSL and one thing I like doing, over the years, is watching the opposition bench and McCann is the original ‘Does what it says on the tin’ manager’ - he always looks focussed and fully concentrated and there‘s never been any engagement with our manager or indeed our fans in SSL who can be prone to hurling the odd insult at the opposing manager.

Could do a lot lot worse but equally could maybe have done a touch better would be my summary, so all in all a positive rather than a negative.

 

[Swaby39]

If true, and it’s a big if since our own seemingly don’t know about this but somehow Alan Nixon does, It’s middle of the road. it’s not a disastrous appointment but equally not the one I felt we needed to generate that instant buzz that could get a few points on the board quickly.

As others have said it’s a missed opportunity but not the first so I’m not shocked. I think the board have massively overlooked and underestimated the impact of a feel-good factor in football and not paid much attention to what we really need in these next ten games and completely fixated on promotion to the championship which is a distant dream right now and not the priority. He’s lost both his relegation fights. I’m not convinced this is the man for the immediate job but that’s not his fault and I will be entirely behind him at as many games as I can.

 

[Essexyellows]

Our current recruitment process makes the public sector look almost efficient..............

Unfortunately the games keep coming, the points keep vanishing and each week is another step towards a very shaky looking trap door.

That ST "sell" is going to be a tricky one next season.

 

[dickwalton1964]

If true, and it’s a big if since our own seemingly don’t know about this but somehow Alan Nixon does, It’s middle of the road. it’s not a disastrous appointment but equally not the one I felt we needed to generate that instant buzz that could get a few points on the board quickly.

As others have said it’s a missed opportunity but not the first so I’m not shocked. I think the board have massively overlooked and underestimated the impact of a feel-good factor in football and not paid much attention to what we really need in these next ten games and completely fixated on promotion to the championship which is a distant dream right now and not the priority. He’s lost both his relegation fights. I’m not convinced this is the man for the immediate job but that’s not his fault and I will be entirely behind him at as many games as I can.

The thing is a proper journalist - not to mention one of credible repute like Nixon - will not just chuck something like that out there. I’d say as good as done, if not already done.

 

[tatabanya]

The thing is a proper journalist - not to mention one of credible repute like Nixon - will not just chuck something like that out there. I’d say as good as done, if not already done.

You can't get much more reputable than PA, who said that we were going to approach Charlton for a manager who we didn't want or interview. I agree that it's likely going to be McCann, but he doesn't explicitly say that it is McCann, and it wouldn't surprise me if it's still a bit more undecided than we think.

 

[Yellow River]

Hardly a great pitch for the job when Defoe says he'd listen to what we said if he got a phone call

The entitlement of some of these ex premier league players is something to behold.

If you back yourself as a coach/manager, how about taking a job in the Conference North/South or lower, get your hands dirty, get some experience, prove yourself and work your way up?

 

[MC Yellow]

If true, and it’s a big if since our own seemingly don’t know about this but somehow Alan Nixon does, It’s middle of the road. it’s not a disastrous appointment but equally not the one I felt we needed to generate that instant buzz that could get a few points on the board quickly.

As others have said it’s a missed opportunity but not the first so I’m not shocked. I think the board have massively overlooked and underestimated the impact of a feel-good factor in football and not paid much attention to what we really need in these next ten games and completely fixated on promotion to the championship which is a distant dream right now and not the priority. He’s lost both his relegation fights. I’m not convinced this is the man for the immediate job but that’s not his fault and I will be entirely behind him at as many games as I can.

That’s because they are not here sensing the mood, feeling the passion or getting a real feel for the club and it’s fans.

Can’t get that over zoom.