Home Match Day Thread 30/01/2024 L1: OUFC v Portsmouth

[Carpy]

COYY

Really hope we pull it out the bag, just can't see it, I'll be there all the same.


POST MATCH PACK:

Interview - Des Buckingham

Interview - James Henry

Match Highlights

OWS Match Report

Ref Watch

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[Orkney Islands Yellow]

Are you suggesting that after being a manager and coach in professional football for 7 and a half years Des doesn’t have any contacts?!

Yes, not in England anyway.

 

[Symp59]

no one on the bench, 3-0 defeat.

 

[Mad Dog]

Dilemma... Do I watch/listen online or ignore the whole goddam thing until 10pm and login here to see quickly see how many YYYYEEESSSSs or FFSs ?

Neither. You pop your parka on and get down there with the rest of us to cheers the lads on!!

 

[Jster]

I don't know too much about most of the players on Pompey's bench either, but Callum Lang rather makes up for that.

 

[Golden Dr Otto]

I'm optimistic for this one - think we will get at least a point and hopeful for all 3. In the same way that we always fare badly against Bristol Rovers, we always seem to outperform against Pompey.

No great surge in ticket sales today - 270 sold since this time yesterday. We are currently at just over 7,100 home seat sales, so add in boxes and Pompey and we are at about 8,800 overall.

That crowd is almost unthinkably low compared to what we would have anticipated in early December

 

[Steve Gilbert]

Yes, not in England anyway.

He has also worked at Stoke and even so, he will have plenty of contacts within the game, including England. Very naive to think otherwise.

 

[battman]

The exact XI I would have picked, obviously not strong on the bench, but we give ourselves the best chance of taking the lead and have defenders on the bench to try and see out the game.

 

[billyturleyscurlywurly]

He has also worked at Stoke and even so, he will have plenty of contacts within the game, including England. Very naive to think otherwise.

Also very naive to think it’s all done on managers contacts these days. It’s no longer the days of Redknapp, Big Sam etc signing players they sign everywhere.

Proper clubs operate with a DoF working with a head coach & a head of recruitment & his scouts.

It’s something we massively lack.

A lot of Pompeys good work have been done by Richard Hughes.

We require a DoF.

 

[tonyw]

I cannot think of oxford v Portsmouth without thinking of that 4-0 opening day tonking we gave them that year. Really thought we would struggle and it felt like.nobody had seen it coming.

Praying for some of that spirit tonight

Pedant alert......was actually 4-1. They scored first and their full house crowd got even more cocky, before Alfie and Smalley (!) tore them to shreds.

Agree that Des has picked the right side. But we simply have to score first to get anything tonight. We've plenty to bring on if we want to kill the game, but absolutely noone on the bench to help us if we're chasing.......

 

[unification]

That bench is as weak as P**s. No game changers on it at all.

And that’s been an issue all season. Good first XI, weak overall squad. Not DBs fault, not Mannkng who did his bit to repair it but a hallmark of two horrible windows in 2022.

 

[spmox]

I cannot think of oxford v Portsmouth without thinking of that 4-0 opening day tonking we gave them that year. Really thought we would struggle and it felt like.nobody had seen it coming.

Praying for some of that spirit tonight

Up there with Brighton away and Leeds away

 

[Malc]

Don't know what will happen tonight. Hope for a good match and a fighting team performance.

COME ON YOU YELLOWS

 

[Followtheox1]

When is Murphy supposed to be back?

 

[Oufccraig45]

The bench is embarrassing no game changers what so ever

 

[McXal]

When is Murphy supposed to be back?

A sentence that sums his entire time with us…

 

[Eric Blair]

Whaaaat?!?

I expect nothing less, and if we DO come away with a 2-0 defeat, I for one will be so pissed off, I might start a fight with a little bloke

COME ON YOU YELLOWS!!

Tyler Goodrham?

 

[Eric Blair]

Just worries me that we have nothing on the bench when Pompey are so strong late in games

Yep exactly. Decent 11 but no strength in depth

 

[North Wales Yellow]

The bench is embarrassing no game changers what so ever

Would argue there’s a few on there, just not in a positive sense

 

[Leysboy]

4-1 home win

 

[Sarge]

UP THE MANOR!