+++ 04/09/2018 OUFC v Fulham U21 Match Day Thread +++

FalmouthOx

Level: Callum O'Dowda
(106 Apps, 14 Gls)
My first match day thread so lets hope it brings a good performance. So we will doubtless make changes in this and bring in players like Garbutt and some others to get game time, and there are pro's and cons to winning or losing. So who are Fulham U21 and are they any good? Hard to gage how good they are other than to have drawn 2-2 v Mau Utd, Lost 4-3 at Boro and most recently lost 2-1 at Villa. Clearly a talented bunch and a good opportunity to see where we are against the top development sides. ( :-( ) It will be really interesting to see how we deal with sheer pace but I think we will have a bit too much. 4-2 COYY
 
Be a good chance to see some of our lesser-played talent (keen to see tsun dai in particular). I predict a quite ordinary game pricked with a couple of moments of brilliance and us winning 2-0
 
With Long and Raglan not going out on loan, I would like to see one or both given an opportunity to play (ideally Stevens in goal too, but I'm convinced he is never going to be given an actual game in an Oxford senior shirt)...
 
Stevens
McMahon Dickie Mous Garbutt
Dai Ruffels
Whyte Smith Lopes
Obika

2-0, Lopes + McMahon. COYY
 
How many changes from Saturday are we allowed to make, though??
Good point, think you have to have 5 players from either your previous/next game. Personally I'd prefer to pay a (reasonable) fine and have a fresh XI for Coventry
 
Mitchell
McMahon Dickie Mous Garbutt
Baptiste Ruffels
Whyte Henry Smith
Obika
2-1 Whyte, Smith COYY.
 
Good point, think you have to have 5 players from either your previous/next game. Personally I'd prefer to pay a (reasonable) fine and have a fresh XI for Coventry

That’s very decent of you - can you give the club your PayPal details so they can send the fine onto you please.
 
Here are the actual player rules:

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7.3 Each EFL Club shall play its Full Available Strength in and during all Matches. Full Available Strength means the EFL Club must include at least four Qualifying Players in the ten outfield Players named in the starting eleven on the Team Sheet.

7.4 Qualifying Player means any Player who:

7.4.1 had started the immediately preceding First Team Fixture (as defined below);

7.4.2 subsequently starts the immediately following First Team Fixture;

7.4.3 is in the list of ten Players at the Club with the highest number of starting appearances in First Team Fixtures in the same Season;

7.4.4 has made forty or more starting appearances in First Team Fixtures or international equivalents (and not limited to the same Club or Season); or

7.4.5 is on standard loan from a Premier League Club or any EFL Club operating a Category One Academy.

7.5 First Team Fixture means the League Competition, Premier League, EFL Cup or FA Challenge Cup (but shall, in the context of Rules 7.4.3 and 7.4.4 only, also include this Competition).

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So basically four first team players among the 10 outfield players who start. Presumably you could sub three of them off after five minutes though!
 
Shearer
McMahon, Dickie, Mous, Garbutt
Dai, Ruffles
Whyte, Browne, Baptiste,
Lopez

That would be my choice of line up.
 
That video is six minutes of Shaun Harvey patting himself on the back. Revolting.

It'll be interesting to see what the attendances are like for this 'revitalised' competition tonight! I have my suspicions about the fevered level of interest it is attracting...
Putting city tickets for a proper cup competition tonight to st & members in person may well artificially increase the attendance..... won't include me though, BOLLOX to Shaun Harvey and his poxy trophy I say
 
Here are the actual player rules:

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7.3 Each EFL Club shall play its Full Available Strength in and during all Matches. Full Available Strength means the EFL Club must include at least four Qualifying Players in the ten outfield Players named in the starting eleven on the Team Sheet.

7.4 Qualifying Player means any Player who:

7.4.1 had started the immediately preceding First Team Fixture (as defined below);

7.4.2 subsequently starts the immediately following First Team Fixture;

7.4.3 is in the list of ten Players at the Club with the highest number of starting appearances in First Team Fixtures in the same Season;

7.4.4 has made forty or more starting appearances in First Team Fixtures or international equivalents (and not limited to the same Club or Season); or

7.4.5 is on standard loan from a Premier League Club or any EFL Club operating a Category One Academy.

7.5 First Team Fixture means the League Competition, Premier League, EFL Cup or FA Challenge Cup (but shall, in the context of Rules 7.4.3 and 7.4.4 only, also include this Competition).

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So basically four first team players among the 10 outfield players who start. Presumably you could sub three of them off after five minutes though!
What's the odds on hopeless Harvey changing the rules before kick off or during the match?:unsure:
 
I got my Wycombe away tickets for me and the missus today, so I'm all of a qiuvver. Tonight's game? Don't know, don't bloody care. Oh all right, then.....Oxford United 4 (Smith 3 and an o.g.) Fulham under the infuence of drink 2 Att: 2278 and 165 Fulham fans. Everything will be in working order tonight (lights, scoreboard etc) but no-one there to apprecate it. No dog on the pitch tonight (it couldn't be arsed). The Fulham fans, thinking it's hilarious to take the p**s out of our three-stand ground, will sing that comedy song: 'Three wheels on my wagon'. We'll come back with that old Elvis Presley classic: 'You're gonna get what Aston Villa got!'. I bloody hate Cockneys. Where I live, is full of plastic ones. There'll be 3 people on trial today - at Oxford Crown Court. If there's a clear sky tonight, you'll be able to see Mars. If you go to the food place at half time, you might even see a Packet of Rolo. That just about does it for me.
 
Here are the actual player rules:

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7.3 Each EFL Club shall play its Full Available Strength in and during all Matches. Full Available Strength means the EFL Club must include at least four Qualifying Players in the ten outfield Players named in the starting eleven on the Team Sheet.

7.4 Qualifying Player means any Player who:

7.4.1 had started the immediately preceding First Team Fixture (as defined below);

7.4.2 subsequently starts the immediately following First Team Fixture;

7.4.3 is in the list of ten Players at the Club with the highest number of starting appearances in First Team Fixtures in the same Season;

7.4.4 has made forty or more starting appearances in First Team Fixtures or international equivalents (and not limited to the same Club or Season); or

7.4.5 is on standard loan from a Premier League Club or any EFL Club operating a Category One Academy.

7.5 First Team Fixture means the League Competition, Premier League, EFL Cup or FA Challenge Cup (but shall, in the context of Rules 7.4.3 and 7.4.4 only, also include this Competition).

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So basically four first team players among the 10 outfield players who start. Presumably you could sub three of them off after five minutes though!
So is that saying that you could use 4 loanees (7.4.5) as the qualifying players even if they haven't played a single game for the team as yet?
 
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