Home Match Day Thread 03/02/2024 L1: OUFC v Reading

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holdsteady said:
About a 45 minute journey according to google maps.

I hate to think what the EC Yellow of Livingstons forum is saying about that turnout.
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I guess once you’ve been to Rangers and Celtic it gets tedious knowing you’re going to lose yet again. And in Scotland I think you play each other four times a season, dreary.
 
What planet are some folk on!?

What the players collectively served me was a colossal s**t sandwich. I’m not f*****g clapping them off for that!
I love this club, but what I saw was a lack of urgency and energy. I can’t tolerate that I’m afraid and we’ve got to start producing performances. Only then will the results follow.
 
uptheus said:
A man of my stature, who if you’re not aware has been involved with Man Utd and Inter Milan, would not stoop to this level and engage with the peasants.
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Your a imposter, Dim would not engage with them peasants
 
QuietYeller said:
So we have a great window and play great against Pompey and we’re praising Des.
We draw with Reading…. it’s Des out!!!!

Good lord, don’t know about a new manager….we need new fans!! 🤣🤣
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So one game makes it ok? I for one when Pompey scored there second praised the team because we had played reasonably well up to that point in terms of shape and press (long before we equalised). You call it as it is in my view. However, that was one game in how many? Some might add Burton to Buckingham’s positives although it felt more a case of beating a poor side, but we still did what we had to. But the rest has been at best disappointing, often worse! Injuries, maybe in part, but our shape and press has been poor.

You keep telling yourself it will be alright, it may be, but based on what we have seen so far, I admire your optimism.
 
Livingston are a franchise team that stole Meadowbank's league place. Not surprised they have shite support.
 
I thought the atmosphere was good yesterday and had that sort of local Derby feel to it. First time it’s felt like that for a while though. I thought it was very subdued v Pompey and even when Goodrham scored it was sort of greeted like the 4th goal v Fleetwood in a meaningless end of season kick about - there didn’t seem the usual going mental feel when we normally score against Pompey. It felt to me like we go one up but we were resigned to knowing what was to come after the break - great, cheer the goal but we’ll get beat sort of feel.
 
QuietYeller said:
So we have a great window and play great against Pompey and we’re praising Des.
We draw with Reading…. it’s Des out!!!!

Good lord, don’t know about a new manager….we need new fans!! 🤣🤣
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The window is *potentially* a very good one. Until we have seen the players in action and seen how they improve the team (hopefully a LOT!), that's all it is.

We didn't play 'great' against Portsmouth. We played 'better'. The opinion of most on here was that Portsmouth weren't brilliant and neither were we - but it *was* better.

Yesterday was not as good as the performance against Portsmouth - first half not bad, second half very 'forgettable'. Indeed.

I'm not saying the manager should be sacked but I think your reasoning is skewed.
 
holdsteady said:
The game was over by 2.30pm, unless you live in the Orkneys I reckon you got home at a fairly decent time. I live 50 miles from the ground and was back by 3.50pm.
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you did well,it took me the same time to get to Didcot.
 
38yearsofpain said:
I understand the injuries but Des has been here nearly 3 months and I have no idea what our game plan is. We no longer keep the ball, we consistently have less than 50% possession against everybody.
It all looks clueless, occasionally we have passion but mostly not. We cannot pass the ball fluently, we defend poorly, there looks no belief in what we are doing.
The absolute committment to the plan of Manning has long since gone. We are currently playing football off scraps.
I realise Buckingham stays we have invested too much for that not to happen but the comparisons with Clotet reign is scary.
Manager talks but says nothing, players not really understanding their roles.
When the injury excuse ends Des will then become under real pressure not from the management but from the fans.
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Mannings plan not doing so well at BC though!
 
I've not really wanted to look at this thread until now, I was livid at final whistle.

The second half was baffling, Reading were awful but created chaos which we weren't up to dealing with. Their fans were pretty quiet for away fans in a derby until they scored

And I'm sure it has been mentioned Brannagan was certainly up for it and tackled their LW with a thumping challenge down by us in the South Stand which was tremendous, but why oh why must he take every single set piece? we have Ruben Rodrigues, Greg Leigh, Tyler Goodrham who are all capable of a good delivery
 
Matt W said:
And I'm sure it has been mentioned Brannagan was certainly up for it and tackled their LW with a thumping challenge down by us in the South Stand which was tremendous, but why oh why must he take every single set piece? we have Ruben Rodrigues, Greg Leigh, Tyler Goodrham who are all capable of a good delivery
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Agreed. His delivery is not brilliant - and especially from corners I think I would rather have him lurking on the edge of the penalty areas to pick up anything loose, much more threatening. (Henry's corner and dead ball delivery the other day showed us what we are missing!)

While we are at it, please can we leave one player up when the opposition has corners? Bringing everyone back makes it overwhelmingly likely that should the ball be cleared upfield, it just comes straight back at us!
 
ZeroTheHero said:
Agreed. His delivery is not brilliant - and especially from corners I think I would rather have him lurking on the edge of the penalty areas to pick up anything loose, much more threatening. (Henry's corner and dead ball delivery the other day showed us what we are missing!)

While we are at it, please can we leave one player up when the opposition has corners? Bringing everyone back makes it overwhelmingly likely that should the ball be cleared upfield, it just comes straight back at us!
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pretty please, with sugar on top
 
ZeroTheHero said:
Agreed. His delivery is not brilliant - and especially from corners I think I would rather have him lurking on the edge of the penalty areas to pick up anything loose, much more threatening. (Henry's corner and dead ball delivery the other day showed us what we are missing!)

While we are at it, please can we leave one player up when the opposition has corners? Bringing everyone back makes it overwhelmingly likely that should the ball be cleared upfield, it just comes straight back at us!
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agreed on this, having him creating a disturbance in the box, outside the box, or better still smashing it home would be preferable
 
Bicester Yellow said:
One thing that really winds me up is literally half the attendance leaving 5 minutes from the end of the 90 game after game. Whatever has happened in a game, stay till the end and show your appreciation for the performance, leaving to get back to your car early literally destroys an already poor atmosphere at times. Must look s**t to the players too having all those empty seats 5 minutes from the end. Get what you deserve if you miss anything imo. We have to be better and do better, otherwise we deserve to be ridiculed.
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Well of course you do.

People have many and varied reasons for leaving before the final whistle though. Especially North-standers who watch the rest of the stadium empty as they stand and wait for their chance to filter out.
 
ZeroTheHero said:
The window is *potentially* a very good one. Until we have seen the players in action and seen how they improve the team (hopefully a LOT!), that's all it is.

We didn't play 'great' against Portsmouth. We played 'better'. The opinion of most on here was that Portsmouth weren't brilliant and neither were we - but it *was* better.

Yesterday was not as good as the performance against Portsmouth - first half not bad, second half very 'forgettable'. Indeed.

I'm not saying the manager should be sacked but I think your reasoning is skewed.
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Fair enough, I’m being a bit tongue in cheek tho. Just pointing out how reactionary some posters are imo.
 
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