So not much enthusiasm for a MDT it seems, me neither but better have one. Gonna be cold wet and windy so anything can happen in the wind tunnel. Ill be loyal and go for a 1-0 home win.
Home Match Day Thread +++ 27/11/2018 OUFC vs Rochdale Match Day Thread +++
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Has 0-0 absolutely tacked on IMO.
Though I'd be happy with 3-0 or 4-0!
Though I'd be happy with 3-0 or 4-0!
I’m really struggling to call this one. Will the team’s brittle confidence be in pieces after Saturdays setback or will the boys rally with the help of a churchillian speech from Robinson, and get back on track with a victory?
Meh.. I’m going for a 0-0...
Meh.. I’m going for a 0-0...
Gary Baldi
Level: Paul Moody
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It would have been if I had created the match day thread.Has 0-0 absolutely tacked on IMO.
Though I'd be happy with 3-0 or 4-0!
Scrappy game cold n windy at the breeze block, 2-1 home win
Mellowyellow
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A must win, to get further away from the relegation zone, playing a team at home that sits near us in the league and to get Saturdays calamity out of the way, mentally.
Bodminyellow
Level: Jamie Brooks
(53 Apps, 13 Gls)
Well I’m driving up from Cornwall in what looks like awful weather so got to be optimistic to motivate myself - I’m going for 3-0 win
dabigfella
Level: Callum O'Dowda
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The last match just a blip? Or have we returned to the 'real' United? Tonight we find out.
ZeroTheHero
Level: Phil Whitehead
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An important game after Saturday. If we score in the first 20 minutes we will take at least a point, if we don't we will lose.
I think I'll put my thermals on!
I think I'll put my thermals on!
Double layers of thermals needed at the breeze block tonight...waterproofs too ....cold , wet & blustery weather forcasted
Essexyellows
Level: Cameron Brannagan
(311 Apps, 57 Gls)
2 - 1 either way on a cold, wet & blustery evening.
Attendance just about 5400.
Attendance just about 5400.
I'm going for an optimistic 1-0, walking boots, longjohns, 3 t-shirts and the announcement will say just over 6,100.
A 2-0 win on a mild night in front of 6,313 fans, 103 of those from Rochdale, goals from Henry and Browne.
Nile Ranger sneaks on dressed in tights, gloves, scarf, wig and flat cap as a disguise to score a last-minute equaliser, unfortunately it's an OG
Difficult one to call this. Had the Bradford game not happened on Saturday, I'd be reasonably confident. Unfortunately, there were shades of the team that threw away so many early season points visible on Saturday. Has that awful play returned or was it just a blip?
You do have to go back to 2004 to find the last Rochdale win in Oxford so it's not a happy hunting ground for Keith Hill. However, it's a cold, wet, miserable Tuesday which could be a great leveller.
Fingers crossed.
You do have to go back to 2004 to find the last Rochdale win in Oxford so it's not a happy hunting ground for Keith Hill. However, it's a cold, wet, miserable Tuesday which could be a great leveller.
Fingers crossed.
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2-1.
Holmes with both assuming he plays.
Holmes with both assuming he plays.
mooro
Level: Dave Roberts
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This is an important game to make sure we get something from, preferably all three points, but a point is not to be sniffed at, as it maintains the momentum we have built up over the last few weeks, and avoids the pressure of a losing run building up. Keeping things ticking over with draws is not a bad place to be in in the grand scheme of things, as it keeps the pressure on others around us to at least match that, which not all below us are doing, and it even drags in some of those above into the mix as well.
Saying that, the other worry is that our next three games are against teams in the top 8, so our expectations from those will inevitably have to be lower, so we will have to be satisfied with anything more than three points across those three games - maybe call it six from the next four as a reasonable target?
Saying that, the other worry is that our next three games are against teams in the top 8, so our expectations from those will inevitably have to be lower, so we will have to be satisfied with anything more than three points across those three games - maybe call it six from the next four as a reasonable target?
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A point would be a poor result, considering we are at home and Rochdale are close to us in the league. Saying a point is not to be sniffed at is the kind of comment I can hear kr coming out with, in anticipation of a display as bad as Saturdays.
dabigfella
Level: Callum O'Dowda
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Given the other matches tonight a point would probably drop us back into the bottom four.
bazzer9461
Level: Joey Beauchamp
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Can’t be there tonight the big has struck me down I will go for a 2-0 win but if Ranger had signed I would have said 5-0 but alas he won’t be playing.
Kind of a must win tonight then !.... quietly hopeful (as i am before most U's games....& yep , my heart tends to rule my head before games, often its blind hope thay 'my 'team will triumph) for a hard won 3 pts despite the rain that appears to be here for the duration
Well I think we need the win, we are not going to draw draw ourselves out of the relegation zone with the amount of games left
BotleyOx
Level: Jack Midson
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need a few wins in there to push us past 50 points
RCYellowRC
Level: Callum O'Dowda
(106 Apps, 14 Gls)
2-1 undeserved win, with a Mackie brace.
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Long Nelson Dickie Ruffels
Mousinho Brannagan Henry
Whyte Mackie Holmes
Eastwood
Long Nelson Dickie Ruffels
Mousinho Brannagan Henry
Whyte Mackie Holmes
Foley
Level: Colin Harrington
(260 Apps, 30 Gls)
The official site suggested that Holmes isn't fit.
So again we will need to get a lead as we will have little on the bench.
Browne was good on Saturday but Whyte was well below his best. If these two play well we will have a decent chance.
So again we will need to get a lead as we will have little on the bench.
Browne was good on Saturday but Whyte was well below his best. If these two play well we will have a decent chance.
mooro
Level: Dave Roberts
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Pretty much the reaction I thought I might get... as I perhaps didnt explain myself as well as I could have - my point is a more general one really, rather than specific to tonight's game
...I want us to win, think we should win, expect us to try to win, hope we will win, this is one of the games that we are more likely/capable of winning etc etc, my point is just that draws (when they happen) should not be undervalued in our position, even against other teams in the bottom half
While wins are obviously preferable, we are not yet in make or break territory, so not losing is also just as crucial. Our rise from bottom to 20th did involve three wins, but equally important were the four draws, without which we would still be joint bottom. They give us some confidence that we are not far off getting it right, maintains momentum and takes points off other clubs around us, puts pressure on other clubs who are losing, so we just need to be patient, rather than going too far down the '27 cup finals' path too early.
Anyway, hopefully we'll edge what is likely to be a tight contest tonight, so that my point is moot - at least for tonight
...I want us to win, think we should win, expect us to try to win, hope we will win, this is one of the games that we are more likely/capable of winning etc etc, my point is just that draws (when they happen) should not be undervalued in our position, even against other teams in the bottom half
While wins are obviously preferable, we are not yet in make or break territory, so not losing is also just as crucial. Our rise from bottom to 20th did involve three wins, but equally important were the four draws, without which we would still be joint bottom. They give us some confidence that we are not far off getting it right, maintains momentum and takes points off other clubs around us, puts pressure on other clubs who are losing, so we just need to be patient, rather than going too far down the '27 cup finals' path too early.
Anyway, hopefully we'll edge what is likely to be a tight contest tonight, so that my point is moot - at least for tonight
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