Away Match Build-Up 01/10/24 - Championship: Luton Town v OUFC

[Wallop]

The famous 6 yard wall incident happened at Doncaster when we played there. Ref made 6 small steps from the ball and then drew his white foam line - it went quite viral - must be something about that stadium.

 

[BillyTurleys CurlyWurly]

Cumming
Nelson Moore Brown
Kioso Vaulks El-Mizouni Leigh
Goodrham Harris Dembele

 

[dickwalton1964]

I like the idea of-

Vaulks / El Limouszini / Goodrham

Dale / Harris / Dembele

As a set up. Lots of industry, energy and creativity balanced with a bit of bite in Vaulks, Harris and Dale who like to get stuck in. Big physical back 4 behind them. Hostile ground against a recent ex Prem team on a drizzly Tuesday night. Who are on a bad run.

No easy task but be right at it with the press at the right times and turn the ball over in midfield and I fancy it!

On another note, remember getting the escort after the game to the station previously at Luton but not on the way there. Are they still wrong'uns?

Dale will do well to get a start. Off the bench at best. To be fair, he did alright on Saturday but I think we have better permutations, excluding Dale, open to us with the personnel available.

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

 

[GreenMachine]

Very Very Interesting levelheaded guys there, Thank you for this. It just shows how Des has got us set up and the fight we have that teams are not now expecting to run us over. But these lads don't see the type to have the blinkers on with the it's only Oxford mentality as they have that themselves with Luton..

 

[Oxford84]

Luton outlaws i'snt as crazy as I remembered it last time we were in the same division, disappointing!

Still found the weekly opposition quote to inspire us #teamslikeoxford

"It gives me a warm feeling to know that rag tag outfits like Oxford can still get so far up the leagues, even if it is a flash in the pan"

Does anyone actually know why Luton fans have such a high opinion of their club??

 

[derek]

"It gives me a warm feeling to know that rag tag outfits like Oxford can still get so far up the leagues, even if it is a flash in the pan"

Makes just as much sense if you replace Oxford with Luton in that sentence. Have they forgotten who they are?

 

[West Oxon U’s]

Luton’s absentees for tomorrow night:

Tahith Chong - head injury
Amari’i Bell - hamstring
Mads Anderson - hamstring
Carlton Morris - thigh
Shandon Baptiste - hamstring
Daiki Hashioka - calf

Doubt:

Teden Mengi - recurrence of a knee problem.

 

[Jimmycarterxi]

I still have nightmares to when they beat us 2-1 at their place with two injury time goals

 

[dickwalton1964]

I still have nightmares to when they beat us 2-1 at their place with two injury time goals

When was that ? I’m sure I was there but can’t recall what division we were in?

 

[LowerSouth]

My god .
What’s with the deep breathing .
What a pair of weirdos

 

[yellow rose of Texas]

Who could forget the 7-5

 

[BristolOx]

I still have nightmares to when they beat us 2-1 at their place with two injury time goals

I remember the game but i'd blanked out the result. I prefer to remember the 'high to low in 45 seconds' game.

 

[unification]

Does anyone actually know why Luton fans have such a high opinion of their club??

You seen their town? If they didn’t have pride in Luton Town FC, they’d have nothing to be proud of at all.

 

[Jimmycarterxi]

It was a Tuesday night match, I think in the conference. They scored direct from a corner with the last kick of the game about a minute after they equalised

 

[MJB]

It was a Tuesday night match, I think in the conference. They scored direct from a corner with the last kick of the game about a minute after they equalised

It was indeed - during the 09/10 season and they ended up finishing higher than us after a slow start. But then lost to York in the play-off semi-final. Not sure what happened at Wembley though.

 

[Steve Gilbert]

It was a Tuesday night match, I think in the conference. They scored direct from a corner with the last kick of the game about a minute after they equalised

First time I’ve seen a copper go into a home end and end up worse and seeing their hat being thrown around.

I tried to leave just after they scored the 2nd to get back to my car only to be told I had to wait for all away fans to be escorted together. They kindly escorted us down the road to where Luton fans were waiting for us and throwing bottles over the top of the police.

For some reason I’ve never felt the need to rush back to Luton.

 

[Jimmycarterxi]

First time I’ve seen a copper go into a home end and end up worse and seeing their hat being thrown around.

I tried to leave just after they scored the 2nd to get back to my car only to be told I had to wait for all away fans to be escorted together. They kindly escorted us down the road to where Luton fans were waiting for us and throwing bottles over the top of the police.

For some reason I’ve never felt the need to rush back to Luton.

Yeah remember that, to be fair that was funny. Didn’t see any coppers rushing in to help their mate either

 

[Wallop]

First time I’ve seen a copper go into a home end and end up worse and seeing their hat being thrown around.

I tried to leave just after they scored the 2nd to get back to my car only to be told I had to wait for all away fans to be escorted together. They kindly escorted us down the road to where Luton fans were waiting for us and throwing bottles over the top of the police.

For some reason I’ve never felt the need to rush back to Luton.

You never saw a packed London Road then at a feisty fixture - coppers’ hats being flung around and onto the pitch is one of my earliest memories of The Manor.

 

[Jimmycarterxi]

Would have preferred to play Luton in the final, would have been a near sell out and seeing their fans after we’d have beaten them would have been priceless

 

[Steve Gilbert]

Yeah remember that, to be fair that was funny. Didn’t see any coppers rushing in to help their mate either

No he certainly seemed like he was on his own that night!

The one thing I did take away from that night was that Luton really is a shithole.

On tomorrows game…I think we will win bit at the same time I would take a point just to stop the run of away losses.

If we get a positive result tomorrow then it gives the players plenty of confidence going into Pompey away on Saturday which is a game we should be winning.

On a side note, a Derby fan came in to work today and was saying how surprised he was at how well we have started the season. Seems like it’s not just the established championship clubs that are under estimating us this season. We really were seen as the whipping boys before a ball was kicked.

I’m enjoying fans of other teams getting upset that little old Oxford aren’t just rolling over for them.

 

[Wallop]

Luton’s absentees for tomorrow night:

Tahith Chong - head injury
Amari’i Bell - hamstring
Mads Anderson - hamstring
Carlton Morris - thigh
Shandon Baptiste - hamstring
Daiki Hashioka - calf

Doubt:

Teden Mengi - recurrence of a knee problem.

Shannon Baptiste injured? Who would have thought that was possible.

 

[Steve Gilbert]

You never saw a packed London Road then at a feisty fixture - coppers’ hats being flung around and onto the pitch is one of my earliest memories of The Manor.

Unfortunately when we were at the manor I was just a nipper and generally taken in the Beach Road or Osler Road. Only in the last 2 seasons at the manor did I start going in the London Rd.

 

[Northstandboy]

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