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Hi all, Some of you may remember that about 18 months ago on the forum, I shared that my wife Karen was ill. She had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She ended up having an operation and then some fairly gruelling chemotherapy. I am happy to say that she is doing well at the moment and has...

I am starting to think that being able to change half of the outfield players during the course of a game is simply too many. It has changed the game more than I thought it would, with late subs almost coming on as 'special teams' to bolster the defence or attack depending on the game situation...

Is anyone else watching this? In the absence of a match tomorrow I thought I'd have a look. It's nigh on half time and England are only one up - and that was an own goal by Malta. 80,000 people have turned up but blimey it's poor stuff.

.... being absolute arses at the Euro Conference game tonight. Throwing stuff at the Fiorentina players every time they get a corner and have now managed to draw blood from the head of one of them. I quite wanted them to win before the game started, not the case any longer.

If anyone else is as interested in this stuff as I am, the first images from the new space telescope are about to be released. You can see it live on the BBC - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/science-environment-62137963 I am hoping the images will help me put the lack of a solid left back in...

It might just be me, but is Man City bidding £100m for Grealish completely barmy? I'll admit I don't really 'get' Grealish - he seems a bit of an unappealing mixture of falling over too easily and making poor decisions too often, albeit he is obviously naturally pretty gifted. Can someone...

I want to take advantage of the forum hive mind to answer a question that has always nagged at me. Andy Murray has just played a four hour game of tennis. He has a day's rest and then has to go again. Footballers play for a couple of hours, but it seems to take them at least three days to...

Are you happy for *all* of your NHS data to be shared with all and sundry (anyone the government says is OK, whether for research or commercial gain)? If not, then you have until 23rd June to opt out. If you don't opt out, you cannot have your data removed later. This is an 'update' on the...

I have decided to revive this thread, so we can compare this season with the last and previous seasons. Obviously, last season never finished, so it all goes a bit tits up after a while (we got as far as 35 games) but still interesting. I haven't bothered to put in all the upcoming fixtures...

Just before I abandon the online world for at least one day (!), I'd just like to wish everyone on here a merry Christmas! See you all here on Boxing Day - COYY Cheers - ZtH (Jon)

After the take up of doctors appointments over the phone during the pandemic, Matt Hancock has said "From now on, all consultations should be tele-consultations unless there's a compelling clinical reason not to. Of course if there is an emergency, the NHS will be waiting and ready to see you in...

I don't mind the club using Yellow Submarine as the 'walk on' music - not my favourite song, but at least it's associated with us. But dear Lord, where did they get that version from? It's like something off a 'The Band of The Coldstream Guards Plays the Hits Of The Beatles' LP as bought from...

Just watched a Sheff Utd goal being chalked off against Spurs. It took them nearly four minutes to decide that Lundstrams boot was about a millimetre offside. Surely if it's really that close it is almost a matter of opinion as to when the ball was 'struck' (when the boot first hit it, when the...

At the start of the season I said that I thought 10 league games would be enough for us to get an idea or two about this team. I now think I was wrong! We've had very good and very poor performances. We've come from behind to get results and we've thrown away winning positions. We've played...

As on the other thread, DSW has left the forum, so I'll restart this and try to keep it up to date. Please feel free to nudge me if I forget! For the result, I will always put the Oxford score first rather than the home team. The number in brackets after each fixture is the number of points we...

Hi all - A friend of mine is having a clearout (she and her husband are downscaling their sports memorabilia business slightly) and they are kindly directing all the 'Oxford' stuff my way. Among all the OUFC/Headington programmes/photos/team sheets/signatures/miscellanea (which I intend to...

In case anyone hasn't seen it (and Sarge needs the maximum amount of time to prepare his questions!) a fans forum has been announced for before the Walsall game, details on the OWS. Edit - Corrected Sarge's name. Athough he probably IS a Sage!

Gary Bowyer has stepped down as manager of League One side Blackpool today. Blimey - one draw and he's off. Let's hope we win on Saturday for KR's sake!

Oh dear. Chris Maguire gives away a penalty in his debut, giving Charlton a 1-0 lead at half time. In this first half of the first match, Sunderland do not look look like a top side - Charlton have been comfortably better.

Did anyone else sit through that? I didn't have very high expectations, but blimey what an awful advert for the English Prem. Chelsea didn't really want to attack and apart from very short spells, Manchester United were incapable of looking threatening either despite having the ball for long...