Orkney Islands Yellow
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Thankfully very little damage caused by this defeat as only Portsmouth from the teams beneath us won this week. Could've been worse!
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Away Match Day Thread 08/11/24 - Championship: Watford v OUFC
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holdsteady
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I would have taken where we are now going into the last international break at the start of the season, it’s been a good first third of the season.
Get some players back over the next couple of weeks and we can start again refreshed after a bit of a rest.
Get some players back over the next couple of weeks and we can start again refreshed after a bit of a rest.
outsidethebox
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Bit unfair to compare any other stadium with the baps on offer at WokingI liked the ground, and the access to it from the station with all the bars and food outlets, and the view was good. Our noise was brilliant.
However thought the facilities were absolutely crap for a team not long out the Prem. The concourse was more of a corridor and the food outlet on the side we were in had no hot food at half time and only one till working.
I’ve seen better when we were in the Conference and it almost made the Kasstad feel like a palace.
dickwalton1964
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Re the ground I thought it was a great, compact stadium. Easy to get to, an hour from Oxford, parking for a tenner, no complaints. As for the atmosphere - which was brilliant from our end - I wonder if it might be anything to do with a Fridays night? Unlike a midweek game, no work the next day and a full weekend ahead, it felt a bit like a bank holiday game on a Good Friday. As much as a traditionalist like me enjoys his Saturday fix of football I have to say that Friday game really set the weekend up nicely!
Snoopsnoop
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Appreciate international call ups causing issues for squads everywhere and should be glad as Oxford need the rest and recuperation.
But I. Hate. International breaks.
2 weeks feels like an eternity this season.
But I. Hate. International breaks.
2 weeks feels like an eternity this season.
PottersRightBoot
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You said you had not seenOh for crying out loud. That's not what I said
Vaulks ever deliver a decent set piece. He has; example being WBA game long throw. Long throws are set pieces.
(I can think of more important matters to get a strop on about personally.)
My general view is Vaulks is improving and isnr deserving of the Matt Murphy Scapegoat of the Year award.
Common Villager
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Re xG, has anyone got our stats for the first 7/8 matches and the last 7/8 matches. The 'eye' test would suggest we scored from some low quality chances in the first part of the season (Harris vs Blackburn, Goodrham vs Preston), and have missed some high quality chances (Harris x3) in the second.
Agreed the ground was great and Watford a really fun town to drink in beforehand. Some fun pubs on the way from the station (provided you weren’t wearing colours). Really disappointing that there was no beer in the ground though. Same thing as at Orient last year. You obviously don’t need a beer to enjoy the football, but it’s a bit of a buzzkill not to be able to have a little tipple at half time while you discuss the first half.
Gregortheox
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Had a brief discussion with some ground staff who told me that Man City and Millwall among others have smashed up the place in recent times and they can’t tolerate it any more!
Steve Gilbert
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Millwall fans really are trying hard to keep up their hooligan image yet the club win family club of the year most years
As for Man City fans, horrible fan base who are just as feral at home games as they are away.
Joey
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Yellows1
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BTW what a fantastic ground and club, loved the stadium, fans and location, it was a special night, shame we didn’t at least draw but I’m overall very happy with how we are doing this season, it’s a pleasure to watch our team especially at this level.
Before we left we popped into McDonalds whilst the traffic settled and got talking to a Watford fan, he couldn’t believe how well we backed our team and didn’t stop singing, he said we were a credit to our club, how nice - I nearly said we are sometimes as quiet as a mouse at the Kassam
but thought better of it!
Before we left we popped into McDonalds whilst the traffic settled and got talking to a Watford fan, he couldn’t believe how well we backed our team and didn’t stop singing, he said we were a credit to our club, how nice - I nearly said we are sometimes as quiet as a mouse at the Kassam
but thought better of it!
Salaghaf
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Still 16th! Which just shows how incredibly tight this league is, and that there’s a lot of teams in the bottom half who don’t pick up many points. With the injured players back, we’ll still have a fighting chance to stay up.
Still the best header by an Oxford player since the turn of the millennium.
Bigdwoolly
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Our strikers (Scarlett/Harris) have got 7 goals in 15 games, which is not incredible, but given they don't play together that's more or less one every other game. I don't think the major issue is with the strikers exactly. Next on the list are Tyler and Rodrigues with 2 each.
What we're lacking is goals from our wide forwards - admittedly none are currently fit, so the question is are we unlucky with those injuries or have we made a big mistake by signing a number of players who have had injury problems over the last few seasons? i.e. Phillips, Placheta, Edwards.
Bigdwoolly
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Without wanting to anger anyone who thinks stats are for losers, but actually on set pieces we've scored 3 goals (at least according to https://www.whoscored.com/Regions/2...TeamStatistics/England-Championship-2024-2025) which is more or less the same league position we're in, so there's no evidence there we're crap at set pieces.
Interestingly (or worryingly, as it means we're likely to concede a few soon) we're the best at defending set pieces in the whole league. None conceded so far.
Interestingly (or worryingly, as it means we're likely to concede a few soon) we're the best at defending set pieces in the whole league. None conceded so far.
werthersoriginal
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Traditionally small clubs try to make the most of their set pieces, as they don't get many chances from open play. It's frustrating that we can't at least challenge the defence with our deliveries.
chromeyellow
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If we’ve scored 3 goals from set pieces then we do occasionally challenge the defence.
Interesting that a lot of the players we were allegedly targeting went to QPR instead- where they are doing worse than us.
Interesting that a lot of the players we were allegedly targeting went to QPR instead- where they are doing worse than us.
Big Ron
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I've been thinking how well we've defended corners, free kicks and throw ins. Over the past few years we seen to have conceded regular and quite often soft goals from corners in particular, but this season we have been excellent and the quality of said corners and free kicks is much higher in the Championship (apart from ours seemingly).
The back 3, 4 or 5 have been dominant in the air, Cummings generally makes the right option to punch or palm the ball away and we have defended the posts and backed the keeper up. Sibley at Portsmouth for instance and an excellent header from under the bar by Brown on Friday.
Now, if we could improve our own delivery, we might create opportunities for the likes of Moore, Brown, Nelson, Long, Leigh and Kioso.
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