Away Match Day Thread 22/10/2025 - MDT: Wrexham V Oxford United

[Northstandboy]

 

[tomoufc]

We're just not very good. I think we have to accept we have some poor players who just can't perform consistently and as a result we're gonna struggle hugely this season.

Totally agree. Changing manager won’t help. Another transfer window might. Hopefully we’ll still be in a position for that to help us come the new year.

 

[isibuko]

But the lack of energy and intensity from the beginning is partly on him. He has to prepare players and rotate if they don’t have the energy.

Easy to say in hindsight though. I think there’s an equally strong argument for keeping the same thing that worked very well on Saturday.

 

[BrockBuster]

As bad today as we were good on Saturday. Consistency is a real issue. But that's where we are.

On to Saturday. Three points at Wednesday and it'd be 6 from 9, and a good week.

No point viewing results in isolation.

Aye, try telling that to the poor feckers who are driving back fron Wrexham after that shower.

 

[werthersoriginal]

Totally agree. Changing manager won’t help. Another transfer window might. Hopefully we’ll still be in a position for that to help us come the new year.

Rowett has to get more out of the players he has first of all. Get them organised and motivated, that’s his job. Any new players should be the icing on the cake .

 

[Oufccraig45]

Rosie on RO reckons we will "batter" Sheffield Wednesday ! Er, where do you get your tablets from Rosie? Pigs might fly. We are relegation standard.

Will love to see Rosie and his reaction when we don't let's see what he blames it on then

 

[OX14]

Totally agree. Changing manager won’t help. Another transfer window might. Hopefully we’ll still be in a position for that to help us come the new year.

If that was the case no club would ever replace a manager. Look at Sheffield United for instance and Wilder coming back in who are now on the same points as us!

 

[JoeUFC]

Watched from home thankfully, kudos to the fans there, great effort.

Is Cam undroppable as captain? Disappointed with him more often than not this season. Love him but maybe a shot in the arm and a reminder he's not bulletproof?

Only Helik, Dembele (2nd half) and Cumming come away with any positives for me.

Onwards!

 

[Steve Gilbert]

That first half was the worst we have played all season. Much better 2nd half but still didn’t have that cutting edge.
On to Wednesday and like what has been said, 3 points will mean 6 from 9 so not a bad week.

 

[Toe knee]

How much more of this Rowett shite can I take.
Time for a change before it's to late..

 

[isibuko]

Fans were astounding tonight. Fair play to them.

 

[werthersoriginal]

Aye, try telling that to the poor feckers who are driving back fron Wrexham after that shower.

Yes the only consolation is that I’m not in Wrexham

 

[Davox]

I’m very interested with what Rowett has to say. There was no creativity in the last 20 minutes. We bring on players who aren’t producing for ones who are? Dembele and Mills staying on (unless they had injury issues) were up with the pace of the game and would have surely got us a point.

 

[holdsteady]

Saturday is a massive game now, we don’t look like winning many so a game against a team who are bottom and in such a mess is a big chance to get another, and let’s be honest rare, away win.

 

[Oufccraig45]

Totally agree. Changing manager won’t help. Another transfer window might. Hopefully we’ll still be in a position for that to help us come the new year.

Be to late another transfer window league 1 sadly

 

[RgYellows]

Easy to say in hindsight though. I think there’s an equally strong argument for keeping the same thing that worked very well on Saturday.

Yes and for us it is guess work but Rowett works with the players every day, he knows them well, he is paid to make these calls and it’s right to scrutinise his decisions when it goes that wrong.

 

[Sarge]

not good enough tonight- and fuckoff with those suicidal backpasses CB

 

[holdsteady]

Considering we seem incapable of going on a run we are definitely going to need some bounce backablilty to stay up.

 

[Oxford57]

Any team who are having a poor run of form must relish playing us, it’s gone on for seasons

 

[SirAndyOfCrosby]

The subs just felt like it was throw some players on, f**k the formation, and cross your fingers something happens.

Yeap.

Shemmy works when you're under pressure - as an 'out ball', to get in behind.

When you're up against 10 men behind the ball, and you need composure to pick a pass or to cross with quality - absolutely f*cking not.

Rowett simply can't chase a game - his management is about hoping for something to happen and that very rarely does.

 

[Mateo Corbo's Tackle]

I often find myself saying “well, if we won every week, you wouldn’t appreciate the success”.
Well, do you know what - I’m fed up with “appreciating” the disappointment.

If we lose at Wednesday, I think we need a new Head Coach.

 

[tomoufc]

Aye, try telling that to the poor feckers who are driving back fron Wrexham after that shower.

If they’ve got signal, they’ve presumably already been told

 

[Chippy]

Are we still missing any key backroom staff?
For example analysts for both ourselves and the opposition or any other key performance or fitness type people?

We just didn’t seem prepared from the first whistle tonight and had no real plan A and certainly no plan B. The players looked leggy and we were 2nd to every ball by a yard or two. We had no energy and were just miles away from the performance we saw on Saturday, albeit Derby probably made us look better then we were.

Our performances are just so inconsistent, why????

 

[greatunclekip]

Be to late another transfer window league 1 sadly

We made our bed in August. We are now lying in it..

People saying change Rowett, a proven highly capable Chsmpionship Manager. For who?

It is a league 1 squad bar 2-3 individuals. It’s not tactics it’s players unable to trap, control or pass a ball in a straight line to another player on the same team. It’s a quality issue.

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

As bad today as we were good on Saturday. Consistency is a real issue. But that's where we are.

On to Saturday. Three points at Wednesday and it'd be 6 from 9, and a good week.

No point viewing results in isolation.

Would we get stats like this against Boro? I think Saturday will be very difficult.



I fear Wednesday's cobbled together squad may be better than the most expensive squad in our history.

Tonight was frustrating, Wrexham weren't brilliant but then they didn't have to be. Poor defending (whoever lost their man like that needs dropping) and as soon as we were a goal down at half time then writing was on the wall.

I'm really worried we haven't got enough quality to stay up now the first season momentum has gone.

 

[pidge]

Clutching at straws now, does an average championship side only have 2 shots and 10 touches in the oppositions box?

 

[tomoufc]

Our performances are just so inconsistent, why????

Our squad is one of the weakest in the division. If we stay up, it’ll be in spite of that.

 

[TheDukeOfBanburyshire]

Yes the only consolation is that I’m not in Wrexham

Or indeed, from Wrexham.

 

[derek]

Easy to say in hindsight though. I think there’s an equally strong argument for keeping the same thing that worked very well on Saturday.

Not just hindsight - plenty of people on the match build up thread questioned the wisdom of sticking with the same line up.

Reasons being Wrexham wouldn't play the way Derby did and resting players.

Think Parkinson looked at what we did at the weekend and out thought Rowatt.

 

[southcoastyellow]

A terrible combination of no clear attacking plan and players that can’t be trusted, utterly clueless tonight, against 10men we still didn’t look like scoring…

 

[tomoufc]

Clutching at straws now, does an average championship side only have 2 shots and 10 touches in the oppositions box?

Yes, sometimes. Well a poor one that stays up could, if that’s what he really means.