Home Match Build Up 1/1/2022 L1: OUFC v Cheltenham Town

[Marked Ox]

Watford, away, FA Cup................if memory serves me right.

Was that the one that kept getting called off (floodlight failure etc etc)?

 

[tonyw]

It's a good sign when a matchday build up thread gets to its third page and noone has yet mentioned what the Oxford team should be!

Assume that means we're all in agreement that it's the same XI, please?

 

[Oxford1996]

It's a good sign when a matchday build up thread gets to its third page and noone has yet mentioned what the Oxford team should be!

Assume that means we're all in agreement that it's the same XI, please?

Only change you could possibly see is Holland for one of the wide men if they’re not 100% I reckon.

 

[Marked Ox]

Only change you could possibly see is Holland for one of the wide men if they’re not 100% I reckon.

Winnall to start instead of Matty Taylor.

 

[oufc1991]

Winnall to start instead of Matty Taylor.

Give winnall his due when he came on Tues night he looked fresh he ran around abit got in box but there was no delivery if we could just get him fit and scoring

 

[Colin B]

We need ColinB dot counting update.
His prediction for Wimbledon was extremely close, and excellent bit of forecasting, especially with all the potential variances playing out.

Sorry mate, I won't be doing one for this game, as even us dot counters need a night off!

Very very cursory look tells me we're somewhere between 6,500 and 7,000 at the moment and would expect way in excess of another 1,000 home sales. Not sure what to expect from Cheltenham? We haven't played them for a few years, so maybe 750/1,000 of them, as it's not far?

I'm going for between 9,000 and 9,500.

 

[QR]

Winnall to start instead of Matty Taylor.

Long to start for Matty, Williams for Long, Holland for Williams. You all know how KR's mind works

 

[bazzer9461]

Surely there will be an announcement today if the game is on or off some fans will be traveling a fair distance as not all Oxford fans live in Oxford and with it being nye some people might not have a drink if they have to drive tomorrow so I think abit of decency wouldn't go a miss just to let us know
If it is on I'm going 5-0 Taylor x2 Whyte Sykes kane

I’m a bit surprised if Cheltenham played on Boxing Day but postpone on Wednesday because of Covid then how is it going ahead tomorrow ( I want it to by the way ) thought they had to isolate for 7 days?

 

[Paul Cannell]

Forde can do a job for us up front.

 

[TailsWeWin]

I’m a bit surprised if Cheltenham played on Boxing Day but postpone on Wednesday because of Covid then how is it going ahead tomorrow ( I want it to by the way ) thought they had to isolate for 7 days?

Team almost back to full strength according to the local press here.

 

[bazzer9461]

Team almost back to full strength according to the local press here.

Any idea when their positive cases were discovered

 

[behindthegoal]

Wasn't it the MK dongers that called it off?

 

[tim lane]

Wasn't it the MK dongers that called it off?

I believe it was Cheltenham.

 

[TailsWeWin]

I believe it was Cheltenham.

It was, but not sure when exactly.

 

[tonyw]

I’m a bit surprised if Cheltenham played on Boxing Day but postpone on Wednesday because of Covid then how is it going ahead tomorrow ( I want it to by the way ) thought they had to isolate for 7 days?

Well, I'm making up the numbers and dates here.....

But let's say they had 5 players test positive for Covid on the 23rd; they still had 18 players available on Boxing Day so they went ahead and played
Then 5 more players tested positive on the 27th - now they're down to 13, so they postpone.
But by the 1st, the first 5 players have gone through their 7 day isolation, so they're back up to 18 players and can play again.

I don't know the inner workings at Cheltenham, but that sort of scenario could explain it?

 

[Sarge]

Well, I'm making up the numbers and dates here.....

But let's say they had 5 players test positive for Covid on the 23rd; they still had 18 players available on Boxing Day so they went ahead and played
Then 5 more players tested positive on the 27th - now they're down to 13, so they postpone.
But by the 1st, the first 5 players have gone through their 7 day isolation, so they're back up to 18 players and can play again.

I don't know the inner workings at Cheltenham, but that sort of scenario could explain it?

Feasiable

 

[TailsWeWin]

Two of the covid cases were goalkeepers.

 

[bazzer9461]

It was, but not sure when exactly.

Just
Found out it was mixture of Covid and couldn’t muster a team to field,
This I would have thought they would have been looked at.‘the manage claims three players were who had tested positive are back in trying and could be part of tomorrow’s match day squad,
The question is habe they self isolated for 7 days

 

[Sarge]

Two of the covid cases were goalkeepers.

They can catch things then?

 

[OX14]

Just bought my tickets, first time taking my boy in to the east stand so let's hope the atmosphere is electric tomorrow.