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    Conference Oxford City

    In the bar afterwards.
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    League One Reading FC

    The Reading City FC website is currently under construction, so somebody else out there in the royal county is taking a punt!!. Will the new Reading first chant be. But it seems the good die young. I just looked around and we were gone oh yeah.
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    League One Reading FC

    At least we will be in a pond. Death is very very permanent ask Bury fans, you will have to reform in the Thames Valley Premier League. Just think you will be smaller than Reading Town FC. You will be striving to play in the Hellenic League.
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    National News WASPI Women

    The retirement age of 60 for women was set in 1948. It was a completely different world then, married women primarily brought up their children. Those that worked, worked for considerably less than men for the same job. There was no equality. Women's work was for pin money and not considered the...
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    Away Match Day Thread 12/03/24 - L1: Bolton Wanderers v OUFC

    So summing up, we have gone from a team with a strategy under Manning to a bunch of complete misfits, both players and management. Agree the loss of Beadle has been huge, but there was a plan, of how we attacked and how we defended. We never gave up the midfield battle. Everyone who played in...
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    Away Match Day Thread 12/03/24 - L1: Bolton Wanderers v OUFC

    The really sad part was many saw this result coming. Whilst Des was giving the we played well nonsense, everybody saw we were scraping lucky results and looking clueless. Des may well think there is a plan but he really ought to tell his players what it is because they don't understand it or...
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    Manager/Coach Des Buckingham

    Wrong manager wrong time, he needed to come in when we were in a relegation battle. Unfortunately very early on he looked like a rabbit in headlights, he certainly doesn't appear to be learning from his mistakes. The first basic lesson in management, if it ain't broke don't fix it and if it is...
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    Away Match Build Up 12/03/2024 L1: Bolton Wanderers v OUFC

    Totally agree it feels like the Atkins promotion push season, that got totally derailed at Orient. Still remember leaving the Kassam after a 1-0 victory and somebody saying I know we are 5 points clear and we won but it feels like a relegation battle.
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    Home Match Day Thread 09/03/2024 L1: OUFC v Cheltenham Town

    I understand the desire, to get the ball wide to create space but we do not have the players to play that style. We are regularly overrun in midfield and because we cannot move the ball quickly, we have to rely on a 40 yards wonder pass or breaking the press. Nobody moves to fill the midfield...
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    Home Match Day Thread 09/03/2024 L1: OUFC v Cheltenham Town

    Interesting to compare and contrast the final two for the Lincoln job, Des Buckingham and Michael Skubala. Lincoln apparently balked at the Mumbai release clause and went for Skubala, the Leeds first team coach but with no managerial experience. We obviously went the Buckingham route. Lincoln...
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    Ex Player Ex-Player Thread

    Tim Sills obviously coached him!!
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    Ex Player Obscure OUFC XI

    But before he went back he was playing for the Shotover Arms in the Sunday League. I will always remember him clearing the London Road stand with a shot at goal from 10 yards out.
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    Manager/Coach Des Buckingham

    That is a total guess, in fact its totally wrong did you put the decimal point in the wrong place by any chance!!. The 20 or 30 on here makes your 99.9% a bit fanciful. I accept the argument he has not the support team he needed. I totally accept he will not be going anywhere soon but if it...
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    Manager/Coach Des Buckingham

    To be fair Des got Harris to start scoring goals and has recharged Murphy, the downside is many others look lost It was also the last time we heard, you are the best team we have played. I wish I had seen those same Orient fans on Saturday and asked them, well how much have we regressed!!
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    Fan's View Fan's View 23/24 - No.39: Orient at home

    Interestingly those possession stats at half time were more like Oxford 40% Orient 60%. The jump in our possession stats came when we went 2-1 down and Orient game plan became hold what we have.
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    Fan's View Fan's View 23/24 - No.39: Orient at home

    You are absolutely right who knows. But there is always a but. We have moved from a team with a plan that in the most worked to a team with a plan that in the most fails. Des says his plan is to get the ball to his preferred formation of 2 wingers, but to do that he has lost the midfield battle...
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    Matches How Would You Turn Us Around

    I totally agree but it will mean Des will have to change his philosophy of playing 2 out and out wingers. Manning dominated midfield by having Bodin or Goodrham playing narrow. He wanted to control midfield to create space out wide. We also had an organised press which has now basically stopped...
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    Manager/Coach Des Buckingham

    Still shouting second ball
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    General Tim Williams Vote of Confidence

    If it's a circus Timmy Hallett would be a far more useful CEO than the current incumbent. I do feel sorry for poor Mr Williams, he thought MUFC and Inter Milan experiences would mean OUFC would be a walk in Trafford Park. However he didn't realise he had to deal with football fans not customers...
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    Ex-Staff Chris Williams Leaves

    The key question was did Buckingham request a specific support team during his interview process. I was personally critical early on when no assistant manager was appointed. Most football managers want two things in the hiring process, a management team and the exit clause agreed. If Des didn't...
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