Home Match Day Thread 10/02/2026 - MDT: Oxford United v Norwich City

[Carpy]

 

[Basham Wonderland]

I’m a one track record with this but Mark Harris is absolutely terrible. He is a total waste of a starting place (or sub spot).
I would rather have ANYONE else starting tonight: PMH, O’Donker, Romeny, Woo, Mills, Helik … even some lad from the under-17s.

Harris offers us nothing. He’s not offered us anything since Sep 2024.

Game after game, he comes bottom of the player ratings on this forum. He is done.

Just to say also, when we go down there's no "oh but he's got what it takes in League 1".

He doesn't have what it takes. He's not a striker. We will never make a return on him, and we need to make a return on our players. He simply must go in the summer. I cannot wait for him to leave the club. Total waste of time.

(Must add he was just one of many dismal performers tonight - he didn't stand out at all.)

 

[yellowbow]

Bloomfield holding his hand up to getting it all wrong tonight

 

[Toe knee]

Big question marks over Bloomfield tonight already..
Is it correct he was 3rd choice???

 

[AssHead]

The fact he continues to start for this football club is an absolute embarrassment.

And it's not on him. It's on Waldron and Bloomfield.

It’s a bit on him though isn’t it.

 

[unification]

Oh deary deary me.

That starting XI was pants. We nearly got relegated with Brown at left back when we were in League 1. What possessed anyone to think it was worth a go at this level? They were all in the wrong place too.

GR’s last nine games saw him play two midfielders because that’s all he had. Starting two midfielders meant there was no outlet.

The game was done immediately. That XI should never start a game again.

It’s looking over. I’ve always been sanguine about a return to League 1 since we are small at this level (you can whinge about that all you like) but it’s a long and drawn out process for it to occur

Also the crowd were pathetic today. No noise, only getting animated about pointless things, no positive chants at all, most had gone by 85 minutes. We have a drum and it’s not even used.

Gary Rowett doesn’t lose that game 3-0 with the players Bloomfield has at his disposal.

 

[SirAndyOfCrosby]

Blimey all of a sudden everybody wants Rowett now - really?

Nope. But it wasn't a binary choice between sticking with a smart but tactically limited Rowett who was going through the motions or replacing him with a tactically inept Bloomfield who failed the same task just last season, was it?

The world was our oyster. But we barely deviated off the M40 when looking.

 

[Londox]

It’s a bit on him though isn’t it.

It's not really Harris fault he's not at the level though is it.
He runs around and tries he's just lightyears off the technical ability you need at this level.
I do believe he cares/tries he's just not good enough at his job and he's out of his depth.

 

[Northstandboy]

MB: I got things wrong tonight

Can’t get things wrong when you got things right (ish) just days ago!

 

[Sarge]

abysmal first half, poor 2nd half- baffling formation (1st half especially), kamikaze defending cost us tonight- lacked any cohesion uuntil late on.

ririculously poor referee ( IMO 2 pens on jinwoo) and assistant- shirtpulling, holding and blocking apparently no longer infringements? - Will we ever get a referee who is consistant while we are in the Championship?

MacDonell decent, Romeny did a decent job in a short time, Jeon JinWoo looked promising as did Mills

I dont care how many decades of experience heads the ticket office, there was nowhere near the claimed 10k+ at the game tonight

 

[battman]

Also the crowd were pathetic today. No noise, only getting animated about pointless things, no positive chants at all, most had gone by 85 minutes. We have a drum and it’s not even used.

When we don’t score at home and go 1-0 down after a minute, what do you expect? I think it’s credit to them they turned up and stayed for as long as they did

 

[Mike_H]

Don’t all go, I need someone to tell me about the 4-3 comeback…

It happened, just in the wrong match.

 

[tomoufc]

Big question marks over Bloomfield tonight already..
Is it correct he was 3rd choice???

30th choice, after we scoured the international markets and nobody was interested

 

[90syeIlow]

Oh deary deary me.

That starting XI was pants. We nearly got relegated with Brown at left back when we were in League 1. What possessed anyone to think it was worth a go at this level? They were all in the wrong place too.

GR’s nine games saw him play two midfielders because that’s all he had. Stating two midfielders meant there was no outlet.

The game was done immediately. It should never start a game again.

It’s looking over. I’ve always been sanguine about a return to League 1 since we are small at this level (you can whinge about that all you like) but it’s a long and drawn out process for it to occur

Also the crowd were pathetic today. No noise, only getting animated about pointless things, no positive chants at all, most had gone by 85 minutes. We have a drum and it’s not even used.

Gary Rowett doesn’t lose that game 3-0 with the players Bloomfield has at his disposal.

Going at the crowd isn’t fair in the slightest.

When the team look like they can’t be bothered, concede after a minute and make error after error after error, how do you expect the crowd to up the atmosphere on a Tuesday night?

 

[Chippy]

We’ve now had 15 shots on target in our last 9 games. That’s 1.6 per game. Most of those haven’t made the opposition GK make a meaningful save. How can we even begin to think about winning enough games of football to survive in this league. That statistic is truly remarkable and probably unprecedented across the whole of the EFL (Sheff Wed excluded), though I can’t be arsed to check.

 

[Mateo Corbo's Tackle]

At the end with Rowett, the players had seen so many contradictory and baffling team selections that they had no faith whatsoever in their manager doing what was best for them. They were lost, disinterested.

It’s happened again. What’s incredible is it took such little time.

Can’t be underestimated how damaging that back four selection was, on a number of levels.

 

[Londox]

How Emakhu has 2.3 on the player ratings above 2.2 Harris is crazy.

Directly at fault for the goal that literally ended and hope.
Put in the worst cross I've seen in my lifetime watching football.
Lost possession numerous times.
Misplaced almost every single pass.

 

[Symp59]

No we don't want Rowett but let's be honest we wouldn't have gone 5 games at home with no goals ,And we wouldn't have lost 3-0 tonight, and like someone as just said i would like to thank Erik for what he's doing for our club but we are all being let down with people behind the scenes. Just a really emotional and bad night.

 

[Andy1505]

It's all very well Bloomfield taking responsibility but yes I for one do want to hear from him and yes I want him to admit exactly what he got wrong! And if he wont listen to other team fans or can't see about playing players in their best positions then I seriously doubt his judgement.

People want to yell at him and are quite entitled too after that rubbish....we had a chance to press the teams above us and we failed miserably. We deserve to go down on this evidence.

 

[unification]

Going at the crowd isn’t fair in the slightest.

When the team look like they can’t be bothered, concede after a minute and make error after error after error, how do you expect the crowd to up the atmosphere on a Tuesday night?

Get f*****g angry. Get some gallows humour going. Get some old Beano chants or the left side/right side song going.

If you know it’s not working on the pitch, make an event of it.

It was like a morgue.

 

[WE Yellow]

s**t performance
s**t support
s**t ref
s**t weather

You can change 2 of the above if you set your stall out to win the game with your team selection. Starting 4 centre backs in a home match is utterly unforgivable. I was skeptical about his appointment, I was bewildered as to why it took so long, I was baffled as to why we signed players to fit a 5 at the back system. I am apoplectic that Long, Vaulks, Romeny, Placheta, Harris among others are still prominent parts of our squad. I am furious that we lazily expect a new manager to come in to a set in stone back room staff and change our ways, it’s so f*****g lazy and there has been absolutely ZERO effort to improve ourselves as a club on or off the field since we reached this level.

A lot of change is required, Ferguson and Williams being the first two casualties.

I’m embarrassed tonight

 

[ZeroTheHero]

Bloomfield holding his hand up to getting it all wrong tonight

That's all fine and dandy. What confuses me is why he ever thought it was right?

 

[Fanatica]

Get f*****g angry. Get some gallos humour going. Get some old Beano chants or the left side/right side song going.

If you know it’s not working on the pitch, make an event of it.

It was like a morgue.

You’re perfectly capable of starting them yourself chap

 

[Toe knee]

Get f*****g angry. Get some gallos humour going. Get some old Beano chants or the left side/right side song going.

If you know it’s not working on the pitch, make an event of it.

It was like a morgue.

I'm afraid the the new generation of Oxford fans haven't got the passion & fight for survival like the old school fan's

 

[The Mighty Aldo]

I'm afraid the the new generation of Oxford fans haven't got the passion & fight for survival like the old school fan's

You mean last years fans?

 

[Common Villager]

Get f*****g angry. Get some gallos humour going. Get some old Beano chants or the left side/right side song going.

If you know it’s not working on the pitch, make an event of it.

It was like a morgue.

I noticed one fan in the SSU who was evidently frustrated and shouted something along the lines of 'square pegs in round holes' in the general direction of Ed Waldron and Scott Mitchell and the steward 'supervisor' came and told him to be quiet. A couple of Tim Williams' bodyguards also perked up and started to hold their ear pieces like they were working to prevent an attack on the King. An absolute joke. Our entire club is encouraging apathy at present.

 

[Gregortheox]

We are down.
Not fight left anywhere within the club or in the stands. Gutted. Absolute s**t show.

You imagine now it’s may 2025, and in the summer of that same year you invested in the squad like we’ve seen in the last few weeks…but 4 or 5 players came in with the obvious ones let go…. It wasn’t rocket science.

 

[Danny777]

abysmal first half, poor 2nd half- baffling formation (1st half especially), kamikaze defending cost us tonight- lacked any cohesion uuntil late on.

ririculously poor referee ( IMO 2 pens on jinwoo) and assistant- shirtpulling, holding and blocking apparently no longer infringements? - Will we ever get a referee who is consistant while we are in the Championship?

MacDonell decent, Romeny did a decent job in a short time, Jeon JinWoo looked promising as did Mills

I dont care how many decades of experience heads the ticket office, there was nowhere near the claimed 10k+ at the game tonight

10k will be tickets sold inc season tickets. If people don’t show they still get included in the figure

 

[Northstand Grandad]

, Bloomfield says he made a mistake.....did he not realise that at half time????.
It's rubbish what he said,

 

[lerekdilley]

How Emakhu has 2.3 on the player ratings above 2.2 Harris is crazy.

Directly at fault for the goal that literally ended and hope.
Put in the worst cross I've seen in my lifetime watching football.
Lost possession numerous times.
Misplaced almost every single pass.

Yeah looks like another one of Ed Waldrons masterpieces. He should have gone instead of Rowett. His recruitment record is abysmal.

 

[Toe knee]

I noticed one fan in the SSU who was evidently frustrated and shouted something along the lines of 'square pegs in round holes' in the general direction of Ed Waldron and Scott Mitchell and the steward 'supervisor' came and told him to be quiet. A couple of Tim Williams' bodyguards also perked up and started to hold their ear pieces like they were working to prevent an attack on the King. An absolute joke. Our entire club is encouraging apathy at present.

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