Home Match Day Thread +++ 25/9/18 OUFC v Manchester City Match day thread+++

Should be an ‘entertaining’ evening, good to have a free hit ... albeit as much chance of a result as seeing a white Whale swimming up the River Thames :)
 
Mitchell
Norman Mousinho Nelson Garbutt
Brannagan Hanson
Henry Baptiste Holmes
Whyte

Would be my team. All of our players even remotely likely to make something happen (Holmes, Whyte, Henry & Baptiste) on the pitch. Holmes and Henry keep it narrow and compressed and crowded centrally. Baptiste can drop in and make it a three in midfield when needed. Branno and Hanson back together at CM.

No disrespect, but if the likes of Kompany and Otamendi are playing there is zero point in playing Obika or Smith. We won’t get the ball anyway, and neither of them will get an inch. At least Whyte is quick and if, by some miracle, he does get the ball at his feet, even the best defenders don’t like players running at them with pace.

Suspect if Long is involved it will be instead of Norman - who KR didn’t sound too pleased with after the first goal at the weekend.

Predictions - hard to see us scraping 25% possession let alone threatening an upset. Like most i’d take a creditable, low scoring defeat to build confidence and jumpstart our flatlining season. However, like most (and if their rumoured starting line-up is correct) I fear that if City are even remotely up for this it could be a cricket score...

There’s something in that.

Absolutely no point playing Long imo. Don’t think he has a future at the club and this is not the match to throw him on to build some fitness.
 
Score prediction based on performances and league position.
OUFC 0 - Man City 256
Score prediction based on head.
OUFC 1 - Man City 4
Score prediction based on heart.
OUFC 2 - ManCity 0
 
Crappiest EVER half and half scarves being punted outside the ground - zero takers so far.....
 
Hoping we put in a 'plucky' performance.

Sadly I can't make it as Mrs Concrete is pretty poorly and we have no one to look after our 9 month old. So if there's a number of two off the attendance, blame me
 
Players coach arrives.....

#only here coz it's Oxford is the witty banter...
 
Shandon as captain? Long in from nowhere?

I like KR and I’m in the ‘give him more time’ camp. But some of his ‘masterstrokes’ are utterly perplexing.

Baptiste has been playing with freedom, enthusiasm and positivity. Absolutely no clue why burdening him with the additional responsibility of captaincy on one of the highest profile mass media nights of the season is a smart decision...
 
Shannon captain,says a lot about him if he's trusted for possibly the hardest game of the decade.
 
KR what a f*****g maniac. I hope I'll eat those words.

Why give Baptise that extra work, why chuck Long in out of nowhere. I get we wont win but this is treating it like a check a trade game.
 
Guess I'm the only one online this evening. Sounds like all the rest are stuck in the car parks until tomorrow morning.

Just hoping that it won't be too high a score tonight. Don't want to embarrass Man City too much.
I'm online Malc. Didn't get a ticket as was in Tenerife until last Friday.
 
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