Home Match Day Thread 13/12/2025 - MDT: Oxford United vs Preston North End

[Carpy]

 

[m]

Each to their own for sure, but if you see a man trying to catch a fish with his bare hands then the decent thing to do is point out the obvious.

This is a football match and there aren't any fish here?

Seriously though, I think I've seen the guy you're talking about.

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

 

[werthersoriginal]

Genuinely mad to me that you can be the sort of person to storm off when your team loses and land on supporting Oxford as the best way to achieve happiness.

Each to their own for sure, but if you see a man trying to catch a fish with his bare hands then the decent thing to do is point out the obvious.

I wonder if young Bournemouth fans have a massive strop if they only draw with Man U. Probably

 

[Bicester Yellow]

Genuinely mad to me that you can be the sort of person to storm off when your team loses and land on supporting Oxford as the best way to achieve happiness.

Each to their own for sure, but if you see a man trying to catch a fish with his bare hands then the decent thing to do is point out the obvious.

Nothing wrong with leaving when your team is losing heavily, thousands of fans do it every week, thousands will continue to do it.

Especially with how long it takes to get out from one of our games currently.

I’ve supported us for 25 years, it’s not that I don’t support the club, far from it.

Hundreds of our fans leave games 10 minutes from the end due to traffic congestion around the stadium and always have. It’s really no different than that.

 

[Eric Blair]

Depends what they produce, if it’s consistently poor then the players will get booed.

The manager is too much of a coward to front up to the fans at games anyway, that’s another reason I don’t really want him in charge.

The only thing I won’t forgive in a player is laziness but given they have had to get to where they are (I.e a professional footballer) I can’t say that I see it often. Even after a poor performance and a loss I will always show my support.

 

[RgYellows]

Nothing wrong with leaving when your team is losing heavily, thousands of fans do it every week, thousands will continue to do it.

Especially with how long it takes to get out from one of our games currently.

I’ve supported us for 25 years, it’s not that I don’t support the club, far from it.

Hundreds of our fans leave games 10 minutes from the end due to traffic congestion around the stadium and always have. It’s really no different than that.

But only one is mocking the idea you might stay to the end to acknowledge the players putting a shift in for the club?

 

[Mojofilter]

Genuinely mad to me that you can be the sort of person to storm off when your team loses and land on supporting Oxford as the best way to achieve happiness.

Each to their own for sure, but if you see a man trying to catch a fish with his bare hands then the decent thing to do is point out the obvious.

"Supporting"

 

[Bicester Yellow]

The only thing I won’t forgive in a player is laziness but given they have had to get to where they are (I.e a professional footballer) I can’t say that I see it often. Even after a poor performance and a loss I will always show my support.

The players are the ones I blame the least, they are being set up to fail by Rowett by his style of play & his setup.

At least they come over and front up to the fans, the manager doesn’t & never has.

 

[Bicester Yellow]

But only one is mocking the idea you might stay to the end to acknowledge the players putting a shift in for the club?

Hundreds do it, you are only criticising me because I have said that I have done so on here this season.

The players don’t care what people think in the grand scheme of things as long as their wages are paid on time.

 

[RgYellows]

Hundreds do it, you are only criticising me because I have said that I have done so on here this season.

 

[Rach]

I'm very happy for the moaners and boo-ers and "Gary Rowett your football is sh*t"-ers to leave early. If they could just be persuaded to not attend in the first place I'd be even happier. Ruins the atmosphere for everyone.

 

[Bicester Yellow]

I'm very happy for the moaners and boo-ers and "Gary Rowett your football is sh*t"-ers to leave early. If they could just be persuaded to not attend in the first place I'd be even happier. Ruins the atmosphere for everyone.

Attendances are beginning to drop anyway, so that’s happening already.

Only have to look at the back of the East Stand last Saturday, rows and rows of empty seats.

 

[90syeIlow]

I'm very happy for the moaners and boo-ers and "Gary Rowett your football is sh*t"-ers to leave early. If they could just be persuaded to not attend in the first place I'd be even happier. Ruins the atmosphere for everyone.

It does ruin the atmosphere when there is one, but Rowett's general tactical performances do nothing to build an atmosphere.

 

[m]

Attendances are beginning to drop anyway, so that’s happening already.

Only have to look at the back of the East Stand last Saturday, rows and rows of empty seats.

Yes. The fairweather fans and those who aren't as committed do drift away when things get a little tough.

IMO the best thing we can do is not judge them for it. We all support the same team at the end of the day, it's just different levels.

 

[Yellowmania]

Any poor games I’ve seen lately pales into insignificance after watching that Ian Atkinson team. That was a snooze fest.

 

[Toe knee]

I'm very happy for the moaners and boo-ers and "Gary Rowett your football is sh*t"-ers to leave early. If they could just be persuaded to not attend in the first place I'd be even happier. Ruins the atmosphere for everyone.

Bloody hell there'd be no-one there ...