Home Match Day Thread 20/01/2026 - MDT: Oxford United v Queens Park Rangers

[Northstandboy]

 

[Symp59]

Great finish

 

[Made-in-Jericho]

p**s off I made a mistake, What's your problem???
Called out are you delusional.. why do you get so triggered when I comment . If you don't like me for what ever reason block me .so simple

Fair enough if it was an honest mistake. Not that easy to do though and why not immediately delete it?
Not delusional or obsessed just really thought we’d scored so was gutted when I realised it wasn’t the case.
Chill out it’s just a stupid forum.

 

[ECYellow]

1-1 final score.

5 points adrift, Pompey game in hand.

 

[90syeIlow]

1-1 final score.

5 points adrift, Pompey game in hand.

If we win one where they lose and then beat them at Fratton Park then that difference is made up, but we really need some wins soon.

 

[Cartman]

Never thought in a million years would cheer for Watford haha but here we are. Sucks Portsmouth got anything but just one is better than all 3 obviously. Going to be a fight to the end and whatever happens, happens. Not trying to be non-chalant about it but we clearly have good owners imo, unless total disaster happens personnel wise this Summer should be imo a decent promotion favorite if we are in league one next season, and a fantastic new stadium on the way also.

Would it suck to get relegated? Sure, but things could always be worse owner wise and prospect wise, also.

We will see what happens.

 

[ECYellow]

If we win one where they lose and then beat them at Fratton Park then that difference is made up, but we really need some wins soon.

Unless we find a way of scoring goals, it won’t matter a jot what Portsmouth do.

That said, I still believe we will take it deep into the season. We’ve got to keep the faith.

 

[90syeIlow]

Never thought in a million years would cheer for Watford haha but here we are. Sucks Portsmouth got anything but just one is better than all 3 obviously. Going to be a fight to the end and whatever happens, happens. Not trying to be non-chalant about it but we clearly have good owners imo, unless total disaster happens personnel wise this Summer should be imo a decent promotion favorite if we are in league one next season, and a fantastic new stadium on the way also.

Would it suck to get relegated? Sure, but things could always be worse owner wise and prospect wise, also.

We will see what happens.

The issue we will face with relegation is potentially losing our best assets.

 

[Cartman]

The issue we will face with relegation is potentially losing our best assets.

No doubt as I said the key would be to keep them. I mean would be beyond sucking haha if bought Woo, etc and then turn right around and sell them. But we shall see I suppose. We are putting all our pieces on the table in trying to stay up, just hope its not too late.

 

[Symp59]

The issue we will face with relegation is potentially losing our best assets.

Which ones are those ,there arent many championship teams would want our players

 

[Cartman]

Which ones are those ,there arent many championship teams would want our players

Well Lank is not ours so I guess he doesn't count haha, but I think Mills with his pace could be of interest of some clubs wanting to add depth, same for Currie I think is better than people give him credit for. Cumming would be a solid backup for most clubs imo. And of course all these new signing depending on how they do these last 19 games, who knows?

Regardless, not something want to dwell too much on shall we say haha.

 

[Basham Wonderland]

Good night to be a Pompey fan. Away point, 5 clear, game in hand. They'll be sleeping easy.

 

[Cartman]

Good night to be a Pompey fan. Away point, 5 clear, game in hand. They'll be sleeping easy.

Still have to live in Portsmouth mind.

 

[holdsteady]

Good night to be a Pompey fan. Away point, 5 clear, game in hand. They'll be sleeping easy.

I doubt we are the position they are looking at?

 

[Oxford84]

Good night to be a Pompey fan. Away point, 5 clear, game in hand. They'll be sleeping easy.

I think youll find they wont be sleeping well as they are 1 point clear.

 

[90syeIlow]

Good night to be a Pompey fan. Away point, 5 clear, game in hand. They'll be sleeping easy.

Yeah it must be a good night to be a Pompey fan - throwing a way a lead and being 1 point above the relegation zone.

 

[Basham Wonderland]

I think youll find they wont be sleeping well as they are 1 point clear.

Game in hand, Blackburn not up to much, and we're pretty much out of the picture. Sounds ok to me.

 

[Osei Yaw]

It's a good night to be an Oxford fan. 5 points from safety having played a game more. It's all stacked against us, which is the thing that will make our remarkable and glorious comeback all the more remarkable and glorious.

 

[Oxford84]

Game in hand, Blackburn not up to much, and we're pretty much out of the picture. Sounds ok to me.

So if we were in the same place youd say it was easy for us then?

 

[Basham Wonderland]

So if we were in the same place youd say it was easy for us then?

I'd be sleeping easy, yeah.

That was always my thing with Rowett - I was happy to stick with him for all the time we were outside the relegation zone. Because that's literally the only thing that matters.

I'd love to be in Pompey's place right now. Its theirs to lose.

 

[Oxford84]

I'd be sleeping easy, yeah.

That was always my thing with Rowett - I was happy to stick with him for all the time we were outside the relegation zone. Because that's literally the only thing that matters.

I'd love to be in Pompey's place right now. Its theirs to lose.

good job theres 20 games to go then.

 

[SSO]

I tell you whose shoes I would not want to be in.

West Brom’s.

In absolute freefall and spanked by 5 goals at home to a team in the bottom 3. And have even played one more than us. And they have done the manager change thing too and possibly got worse in the process.

WBA is our target. If we can overhaul them we will probably leave one other in our wake too.

 

[90syeIlow]

Our problems are bad, but do not underestimate the serious freefall that Blackburn and in particular West Brom are going through.

 

[SSO]

Our problems are bad, but do not underestimate the serious freefall that Blackburn and in particular West Brom are going through.

Since we lost at WBA in November

WBA 10 points from last 13 games (9 losses)
Oxford 11 points from 12 games (5 losses)
Blackburn 12 points from 13 games (5 losses)

Be prepared to possibly lose ground v Blackburn over the next few games because
Blackburn have 5 of next 7 at home and we
have 5 of next 7 away including Coventry and Middlesbrough.

WBA have 3 home and 3 away with some tough assignments before we play them on 28th February. By the time that game is over we will have played the same number of games and we need to be on them like a tramp on chips.

 

[90syeIlow]

Since we lost at WBA in November

WBA 10 points from last 13 games (9 losses)
Oxford 11 points from 12 games (5 losses)
Blackburn 12 points from 13 games (5 losses)

Be prepared to possibly lose ground v Blackburn over the next few games because
Blackburn have 5 of next 7 at home and we
have 5 of next 7 away including Coventry and Middlesbrough.

WBA have 3 home and 3 away with some tough assignments before we play them on 28th February. By the time that game is over we will have played the same number of games and we need to be on them like a tramp on chips.

We play better against the bigger teams, so the fixture list isn't the biggest of our problems in all honesty.

When we play against the sides in the bottom half, that terrifies me.

 

[Marked Ox]

Since we lost at WBA in November

WBA 10 points from last 13 games (9 losses)
Oxford 11 points from 12 games (5 losses)
Blackburn 12 points from 13 games (5 losses)

Be prepared to possibly lose ground v Blackburn over the next few games because
Blackburn have 5 of next 7 at home and we
have 5 of next 7 away including Coventry and Middlesbrough.

WBA have 3 home and 3 away with some tough assignments before we play them on 28th February. By the time that game is over we will have played the same number of games and we need to be on them like a tramp on chips.

Blackburn have a far better away record (5-3-6) than their home Lg record (2-4-7).

 

[SSO]

Blackburn have a far better away record (5-3-6) than their home Lg record (2-4-7).

Let’s hope that continues over the next 6 weeks.

 

[Marked Ox]

Let’s hope that continues over the next 6 weeks.

Hopefully.

 

[Bicester Yellow]

Lots of comments about our centre backs being poor on the ball, which is fair.

However the bigger issue is our central midfielders not being available for the ball. Vaulks stands too deep (and is hopeless at passing anyway), but both Cam and BDK hide high up the pitch behind defenders - they don't want the ball.

This leads to Brown/Helik being forced to punt it down the line.

Konak wasn't great on Saturday but made himself available for the ball every time.

Agree on Harris, he gets more embarrassing by the game. The laces incidents were shambolic, and otherwise did his normal trick of wrestling the defender with no intention of winning the ball. We would be better with one of the youth team on the bench

Can’t argue with any of that really, spot on

 

[Bicester Yellow]

Very good second half, but Smyth was beating him as though he wasn't there in the first.

Not quick enough as a RB, he’s a CB or nothing at this level & even the one below now.

 

[Bicester Yellow]

Currie is a really good player but it’s infuriating how many times he uses Cumming when he’s in space and could move forward with the ball himself. Call me a dinosaur but I just can’t get my head around how many touches a goalkeeper has in the modern game - we are using Cumming like another outfielder and I think this over use of keepers is preventing players, like Currie, being braver on the ball. A back pass used to be a last resort, it now looks a fundamental part of the build up play.

There was numerous times where Currie drifted past their players and dribbled forward with the ball to be fair to him, agree with you on Cumming, not sure why we use him like that when his distribution is pretty average.