Home Match Day Thread 15/02/25: Championship - OUFC v Portsmouth

[Joey]

That was absolutely horrendous and as bad as pretty much anything under Des when you consider how poor the opposition were too. The last 15 minutes showed how they could be got stand really we should have a point, Phillips's and in particular Mills' misses were shocking

We picked up points early on under Rowett but generally against crap teams and we relied on some screamers and defenders for our goals. I still think we'll stay up because there are a lot of teams below us who'll be taking points off each other every week but we've got next to no goal threat about us and are going to come up against teams who will put us under a lot more pressure defensively across the run in. One goal scored in five now, and that was a cross and now it looks like Leigh, our joint top scorer, is injured. I'd still take 21st now.

On the plus side on the pitch Mills and Romeny contributed and should start next match.

Really pleased to hear that the fan in the North Stand is stable, puts football into perspective.

 

[Northstandboy]

Match Referee: Anthony Backhouse - STATS
Kassam Stadium
Saturday 15th Feb 2025 @ 12:30 -

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[Orkney Islands Yellow]

Come on lads, let's get safe.

Big game, hoping for a big game atmosphere.

 

[WoodstockYellow]

I've got a good feeling about this game. It's time we turned the screw and found our scoring boots. Pompey will be up for it so we will match their enthusiasm and then some. Ruben back in 10 and Harris rediscovering his form. 4-2 to the mighty yellows.

 

[Barbadosyellow]

Didn't we beat them 4-2 at the start of our last season in the top flight? Time for history to repeat itself.

 

[Northstandboy]

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[Daviddidcotexile]

Looking forward to a hard fought home win. Harris back to scoring.
PS. Love the extra profile bumph. Must find an avatar!

 

[Wicko]

These games are always close affairs but if we go for it from the start and keep our concentration we can get a precious 3 points today.
Harris back amongst the goals.
COYY

 

[Village-Yellow]

For some reason I am feeling a little bit worried about this one and have this fear that Murphy will cause no end of problems. I really hope I’m wrong and my negativity is misplaced.

This game is absolutely huge and we could really do with the boost of bagging all the points today.

Hoping for a great atmosphere, a dogged performance and a pleasing result.

I don’t want to jinx it, so I’m not even going to call the result today.

COYY’s

 

[Steve Gilbert]

For some reason I am feeling a little bit worried about this one and have this fear that Murphy will cause no end of problems. I really hope I’m wrong and my negativity is misplaced.

This game is absolutely huge and we could really do with the boost of bagging all the points today.

Hoping for a great atmosphere, a dogged performance and a pleasing result.

I don’t want to jinx it, so I’m not even going to call the result today.

COYY’s

Hopefully there will be stewards near the new path to help control Murphy if he gets out of hand.

 

[oufc1991]

I think today dembele will score his first goal for the club . Pompey will be up for this game today they will think they should beat #teamslikeoxford but we are at home we’ve beat better teams than Portsmouth and I think we will win again today

4-1

 

[WRox]

Ideally we’d get 4 points from the next four and maintain the gap as much as possible. Seeing as we’ll be underdogs against three playoff chasers in the next three after this, a win would be very nice to keep things comfortable.

Their attack is far stronger than their defence, hence the disparity between their home form on the front foot and away form on the back foot. We need to go after them like any other Championship side would at home, Rodrigues in the 10, plenty of licence for Leigh to get forward. Both teams score today, so need at least two.

 

[Royalstandard74]

Hopefully this doesn't turn into the 'Murphy Show' he done well for us for the final quarter of the season, he will get a light hand clap of acknowledgement for what he did for us at Wembley nothing else, we all know what happens when a pantomime villain plays against us, I will be focusing on giving my total support to our team to get a hard thought win! 3-1 Oxford. COYY!

 

[LeftSideLarry]

The majority of people on this thread in the face of the might of Portsmouth, a team with a worse away record than even ours. Incredible and perplexing negativity.

What will the thread for the match against WBA, be like? I dread to think.

 

[Sarge]

Im feeling confident this chilly Feb morning , Itll be a close game as it invariably is V Pompey, nonetheless, Home win , 2-1 TG & Mills

 

[Paul Cannell]

I'll take a win.

 

[The Mighty Aldo]

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The majority of people on this thread in the face of the might of Portsmouth, a team with a worse away record than even ours. Incredible and perplexing negativity.

What will the thread for the match against WBA, be like? I dread to think.

Larry
Nothing to do with form, since the demise of STFC mosh of our feisty matches in the past 3/4 years have come against Pompey home and away.Wycombe, Cheltenham and MK games are meaningless regards rivalry but Pompey are the nearest real derby we have these days.
Always close games one goal will decide it.People will be worried about Murphy because we saw how good he could be.
The other thing our fans worry about is who will score our goals?

Yes of course we shouldn’t fear Pompey, play as we did v Blackburn and I’m sure we can conjure a goal or two from somwhere.

But I fully understand why fans are concerned, me included

 

[Isle of Wight Yellow]

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The majority of people on this thread in the face of the might of Portsmouth, a team with a worse away record than even ours. Incredible and perplexing negativity.

What will the thread for the match against WBA, be like? I dread to think.

 

[Steve Gilbert]

Larry
Nothing to do with form, since the demise of STFC mosh of our feisty matches in the past 3/4 years have come against Pompey home and away.Wycombe, Cheltenham and MK games are meaningless regards rivalry but Pompey are the nearest real derby we have these days.
Always close games one goal will decide it.People will be worried about Murphy because we saw how good he could be.
The other thing our fans worry about is who will score our goals?

Yes of course we shouldn’t fear Pompey, play as we did v Blackburn and I’m sure we can conjure a goal or two from somwhere.

But I fully understand why fans are concerned, me included

I would too if it wasn’t for the fact that these people worrying are completely ignoring their away form and our home form under Rowett.

We have scored 10 goals in the last home games so we can and do score goals.

We didn’t score at Burnley but they have the best defence in the league, we didn’t score at Derby but that was mainly due to the fact that we set up to get a point.

Finally, it’s not and never will be close to being a derby match.

Swindon and Reading are our only rivals.

 

[Sir Winston]

I would too if it wasn’t for the fact that these people worrying are completely ignoring their away form and our home form under Rowett.

We have scored 10 goals in the last home games so we can and do score goals.

We didn’t score at Burnley but they have the best defence in the league, we didn’t score at Derby but that was mainly due to the fact that we set up to get a point.

Finally, it’s not and never will be close to being a derby match.

Swindon and Reading are our only rivals.

Wycombe?

 

[Village-Yellow]

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The majority of people on this thread in the face of the might of Portsmouth, a team with a worse away record than even ours. Incredible and perplexing negativity.

What will the thread for the match against WBA, be like? I dread to think.

I am hating myself for allowing any element of concern... maybe it's just the Murphy factor and players of our past coming to stick one on us (last time ... Sykes)

It is also a huge game and I am probably just a little more nervous than I was with Burnley away.

I seriously hope that after this game you come back on here all tell us all to get a grip, after a thumping 3-0 win.

I'll take any abuse you want to throw my way

 

[witney50]

Larry
Nothing to do with form, since the demise of STFC mosh of our feisty matches in the past 3/4 years have come against Pompey home and away.Wycombe, Cheltenham and MK games are meaningless regards rivalry but Pompey are the nearest real derby we have these days.
Always close games one goal will decide it.People will be worried about Murphy because we saw how good he could be.
The other thing our fans worry about is who will score our goals?

Yes of course we shouldn’t fear Pompey, play as we did v Blackburn and I’m sure we can conjure a goal or two from somwhere.

But I fully understand why fans are concerned, me included

Pompey isnt a derby...end

 

[Mad Dog]

b*****s to all this nervous Nelly negative nonsense!

I couldn’t care less if it was Real Madrid or Man City we are up against, if you always go for the throat, and the win, then there’s nothing to be nervous about.

Smash em!

COYY

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

Don’t forget the new route if your coming from BBL:

General Post in thread 'Development in BBL: Match Day Impact'

15 Feb 2025

New pathway is now open

• mariokempes

• 

 

[Eric Blair]

In the other Pompey thread @TobyDavis34 predicted a 3-0 with an “unnecessary screamer from Leigh”. I can’t tell you how much I would love to see Leigh absolutely wallop one top bins. I think it would make my season.

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

Nerves are present! HUGE game.

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

In the other Pompey thread @TobyDavis34 predicted a 3-0 with an “unnecessary screamer from Leigh”. I can’t tell you how much I would love to see Leigh absolutely wallop one top bins. I think it would make my season.

I feel we're overdue a marauding run and an absolute thunderbastard from Ciaran Brown!

 

[Oxfordpete]

I am a bit worried about today, where are our goals going to come from, not confident with Harris, wingers are scoring really
Murphy will cause problems whichever side he’s on, I’m not convinced defensively with either PK or Greg

 

[The Mighty Aldo]

Pompey isnt a derby...end

Of course it isn’t , but what I’m saying is it’s the closest to a derby we have in the sense that it gets really feisty at times.

 

[Steve Gilbert]

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Wycombe?

No, now go and face the wall and think about your behaviour.

 

[Manorlounger]

Car park filling up. Fair few Pompey fans taking up spaces, damn cheek!