Away Match Day Thread +++ 23/11/2019 Southend United V OUFC League 1 +++

[Sarge]

the mighty U's back in action after an enforced layoff... away to a club that have had a bit of an Indian sign over us .... who are managed by the self touted man with the best footballing brain, Sol Campbell

Although still not quite back to full strength , I fancy a narrow away 3pts, 1-2, Henry and Taylor sharing the spoils, with well over 1k in the travelling support roaring the U's on to (another) away win

 

[Paul Cannell]

I'd take any old win. COYY!

 

[Essexyellows]

That would do nicely.

 

[Dolly]

2-0 Yellows!

 

[Robie]

It would be typical Oxford to make such great progress and slip up against the divisions worst team.

However this is not a typical Oxford season... Southend 0-6 Oxford.

 

[Manorlounger]

Time to end the curse. Big away win for the mighty Yellows!

 

[bazzer9461]

I want a win won’t predict think we will and roll on 15 unbeaten, but let’s not forget they’re the current whipping boys

 

[unification]

I can’t shake that nagging feeling about this one. They’re proper s**t this year and yet ...

Treat them like the banana skin they could be and get the job done.

 

[Mad Dog]

Eastwood
Cadden Dickie Mous Long
Forde Gorrin Baptiste
Henry Taylor Fosu​

Glad to see the lads back in action after what feels like an eternity!

Big game, bit of a bogey team for us, but we've got so much momentum at the moment, that I'm feeling pretty confident.

Forde is very useful on the ball, and Robbo clearly feels he can do a job at RB, so maybe it would be a good opportunity to try him on the right of midfield, with Brannagan out, which would allow Henry to push further forward, and strike up the old partnership with Cadden again.

Can't wait!

COYY

 

[RyanioBirdio]

7-0

 

[Big Ronaldo]

Always a worry after a lay off that it will take a while to get back up to speed.
Nevertheless, I expect us to be right bang in their faces from the off. They are there for the taking if we work hard and I feel that we should run out comfortable winners for a change. 1-4, Taylor x2, Fosu and Cadden.

 

[Discoland]

We want 6...

 

[gingerox]

Eastwood
Cadden Dickie Mous Ruffels
Henry Gorrin Baptiste
Hall Taylor Fosu

0-1, Taylor

 

[Mad Dog]

Eastwood
Cadden Dickie Mous Ruffels
Henry Gorrin Baptiste
Hall Taylor Fosu

0-1, Taylor

I thought Ruffs was still injured?

 

[ZeroTheHero]

Surely you have to be confident about this one (in as far as you can ever be that way about a two horse race!). We haven't lost in 14, score freely, have some influential players back after injury and have had a bit of time to rest and recuperate. Southend on the other hand have not won a game at home (drawn 1, lost 7) and have shipped 26 goals in those 8 games - that's three per game!

3-0 Fosu, Taylor (2)

 

[werthersoriginal]

Surely you have to be confident about this one (in as far as you can ever be that way about a two horse race!). We haven't lost in 14, score freely, have some influential players back after injury and have had a bit of time to rest and recuperate. Southend on the other hand have not won a game at home (drawn 1, lost 7) and have shipped 26 goals in those 8 games - that's three per game!

3-0 Fosu, Taylor (2)

Bogey side, new manager, they’ve got to win some time. 1-0 home win! Or are we not that Oxford any more?

 

[amershamdave]

At one point, Bolton couldn't beat anyone. Their chef couldn't even beat an egg. They held us to a 0-0 draw.
Bearing that in mind: Southend United 1 Oxford United 3 (Fosu, Taylor Dickie) Att 6009 and 897 Yellows fans.
Gorrin and Dickie will get into a fight at half-time, over who gets to take penalties. Eastwood will sprain his pointing finger, after trying to pick a reluctant bogey. Their main end will be closed down before the match; not for safety reasons, but because it looks crap. A dog will run onto the pitch. The ref will send Dickie off, after he plays 'slap the slaphead' on his bald head. Tiger will have the shock of his life, when he sees a man who looks identical to him, in the club bar, before the match. He won't realise that he's looking at himself in a full length mirror. A massive gust of wind will blow a hot dog stand over. One of the floodlights will sway like crazy in the wind. The scoreboard will malfunction, showing a fly-on-the-wall type documentary of Nigel Farage being secretly taped in the toilet. The plastic Cockey owner of their snack bar will sell jellied eels and pie and mash and it will go down surprisingly well with the Yellows fans. Our lot will be surprised by the Cockney-type grub and start singing Cockney songs, like 'I'm forever blowing bubbles' and 'Doing the Lambeth walk'. Their manager will resign after the match, because he's home-sick. That just about does it for me. COYY

 

[Lincoln.yellow1]

5 days off for the majority of the players, I know what I would have done with 5 days off, jumped on a plane somewhere with some sun and lounged around with a few beers....
let’s hope our players have been sensible and had the rest and recovery they deserve......!

 

[brassmonkey]

As always I will predict a 1-0 defeat.

 

[ZeroTheHero]

Bogey side, new manager, they’ve got to win some time. 1-0 home win! Or are we not that Oxford any more?

No, I don't think we are.

 

[AbbeyOx]

worse goal difference in the league (-31) so unless Sol has worked miracles since their last game it's got to be a win for us. 0-2, Dickie & Henry

 

[Peterdev]

I’d expect a 3-0 victory. But we always lose to Southend..but tomorrow surely it will be different

 

[gingerox]

I thought Ruffs was still injured?

Think it said in the preview he's expected to start (199th for the club)

 

[ZeroTheHero]

Yep : "Josh Ruffels returns to the squad after an ankle injury, which should mean his 199th start for the U's "

 

[holdsteady]

0-0 bore draw. I can’t get hopeful about a game against Southend, we have been terrible against them to many times.

 

[ttg17]

Very important fixture. Need a win to show we haven’t lost any of our momentum.

 

[ZeroTheHero]

Very important fixture. Need a win to show we haven’t lost any of our momentum.

Indeed. The club is being very coy about who the 'Championship opponents' were in the midweek 2-2 game in which all the fit senior players got 45 minutes in which we prepared for this game. Anyone know who that actually was?

 

[Kiewhite]

Indeed. The club is being very coy about who the 'Championship opponents' were in the midweek 2-2 game in which all the fit senior players got 45 minutes in which we prepared for this game. Anyone know who that actually was?

Millwall

 

[Scotchegg]

I'll go with a 5-1 away win. Goals from Fosu x 2, Gorrin from distance, Mackie and Taylor.

Obvioulsy no room for complaincy, but as was mentioned earlier, this is a very different Oxford United and there is real hunger to win every game. I was really encouraged by the comments from Robinson regarding the cup games next week when he spoke of the importance of going into January still in both competitions (and the League cup!) when he could have been focusing on the Man City game and busy league calendar over Christmas. I have no doubt that everyone will be wanting to get out on to the pitch and hit the ground running. We were too casual in front of goal against H&Y but we showed patience and we may have to ride out a tricky 30 mins or so before putting Southend to the sword. But lets be fair, they are a truly awful side and will probably finish bottom despite the start Bolton had. My biggest concern is that if we are unplayable, Southend may end up kicking fook out of us, and players like Fosu will be the likely targets. It's important that we get through these games with the run continuing but without losing anyone for what could be a massive December.

 

[gingerox]

Apparently Southend have 11(!) players out injured