Recent content by McXal

Glad we’ve come out and said something. Feeling much happier. I doubt it will make any difference but at least we’ve said SOMETHING

This is exactly my suspicion. The wealthy and/or politically connected within Oxfordshire think we are exactly where we should be. Keep the football stadium where it is, next to the sewage plant in one of the most under-funded and deprived parts of the county. Scummy sport for scummy people And...

Disappointed to read a few ‘bottled it’ comments in this thread immediately after the game. We’ve not bottled it this week - a week where we’ve crammed three massive high pressure home games against top 10 opposition in the space of 6 days, dominated all of them (even whilst fatiguing badly...

I’m not one who has written him off, but McGuane can have no complaints if he is dropped from the squad again tonight (to make room for Stevens or Long on the bench if Moore is back). He was abject in his cameo on Tuesday night. A really disappointingly poor showing from him when you’d expect...

Am I unreasonable in feeling a little irked that we’ve not already got on the front foot and released one? The fact that we’ve sat in silence feels a little to me like we’re complicit in the kind of corporate, profiteering mentality which has led to decisions like this. I’m not saying that’s...

Wow. Didn’t expect that, and Evans is a wretch. But as we saw ourselves with Manning earlier in the season, you can understand it from a career advancement/financial perspective. I imagine Stevenage fans are (rightly) fuming with him though - and I can fully understand why Hopefully they don’t...

Look, I’d like him to stay. His form in 2024 has seen him go from arguably #3 ranking in the ‘I only want us to keep one’ mini-league also featuring Marcus Browne and Kyle Edwards to #1 by a mile. BUT let’s not get too dizzy. Up until March I’m not sure anyone would’ve lost any sleep if they...

Desperately hoping it’s not too serious with Moore and Cam and we’re holding them back for Tuesday. But then again Goodwin has been out with ‘a knock’ for weeks. Bennett’s ‘just a knock’ keeps him out too. Bad time for another mini-injury crisis Would bite your hand off for a point having...

🤣🤣 In my defence I literally said my preference would be to pick him over Bennett in his actual position (since I think our best team has Leigh in it) and stick to the system that has worked since the Bolton debacle. But fully agree that is harsh on JB if he’s fit and there’s an equally strong...

No argument from me (I’d also be against moving Murph for the record) - but I could see an argument defensively for using Leigh and Bennett in tandem Personally I’d pick Leigh over JB, hope that being dropped after the Bolton debacle (and the praise he rightly got for his more restrained...

As I said when the team was announced on Saturday - I still feel like our best 11 has Greg Leigh in it somewhere. And I agree against the calibre of winger P’boro have it seems entirely plausible that we need an athlete like him on the pitch. (There’s an argument to drop Dale to the bench...

I have some sympathy for Rodrigues and Goodrham today. The pitch is terrible and they are getting some awful treatment. I don’t think either of them have been near the ball without being blatantly fouled all half. It’s shocking and entirely cynical. Great goal from Sparky too - but as others...

If Brannagan is out it makes the conversation around McGuane a lot more interesting too…

Given our injury record this season, there’s absolutely no chance that’s ’just a precaution’ is it. Our luck with injuries this season is rotten

Shame for Bennett - but I’m not unhappy to have Leigh back in. I still feel like our best 11 has him in it somewhere. I’m not writing Goodwin off at all. But the fact that we needed another striker option to rotate with/help Harris in August, and we’re now at April and thinking ‘maybe Marcus...