Ben Woodburn

[Shosho]

Apparently going through today

 

[Pompeyyellows]

He potentially could already be here training, and been training for a few days with the lads, just like Cadden, Gorrin and Fosu were before they were announced.

 

[Bodminyellow]

Well done the recruitment team!’

 

[holdsteady]

Alternatively... an unproven player deemed not good enough to play for Sheffield Utd in the Championship last season.

They won the championship, so not exactly an easy team to get into.

 

[West Oxon U’s]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1156126952807456768

Woodburn CLOSE to signing for Oxford.

 

[Common Villager]

Not unproven , playing for a side in the Championship that gained promotion and injury cut short his stay.
Talk about look for a negative...christ

Not looking for a negative I just think we should hold fire before proclaiming him to be our saviour. Not least because putting too much expectation on the lad may be counter productive in the long run.

 

[Oxford84]

Alternatively... an unproven player deemed not good enough to play for Sheffield Utd in the Championship last season.

Under youth master Wilder!

 

[holdsteady]

Under youth master Wilder!

Don’t think you can knock Wilders decision making last season (or last 4 years), the man has gone from league 2 to the premier league in 4 seasons.

 

[Dolly]

An exciting signing if it comes off. You can't knock Wilder's achievements, but it might be fair to suggest he will have a better chance with KR, who has a solid record with younger players.

 

[Oufcad30]

SKY reporting it now

 

[Sarge]

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SKY reporting it now

Heres hoping theres a klaxon for this from Oufc later today

 

[Maurice Earp]

Hopefully, a signing or two to follow. COYY.

 

[AbbeyOx]

wasn’t similar said about sinclair prior to getting him and he started looking a good player for us.
as always best policy is to wait and see how he does once settled in but certainly appears to have plenty of talent and could be a great addition in a much needed position

 

[IsleofWightYellow]

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SKY reporting it now

Sky calling it a shock - are the negatives going to say a shock that we’d sign such a rubbish player??

 

[Marked Ox]

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SKY reporting it now

It isn't from Sky sources yet though, they are just repeating the Daily Mail story like the BBC do with their Gossip column. I really hope it is true though.

 

[Dubai Yellow]

Would be a great signing, yes we need other players, but thats not his (Ben's) fault.

How anyone could find this a negative is beyond me.

 

[Golden Dr Otto]

Looks a very good signing indeed on paper (obviously you never know how they’ll embed into a particular team and striker is the hardest position to get right but you could raise such a question on ALL signings).

I hope its a season long loan without the December recall option whereby he can get upgraded to a championship club if he’s doing well.

Well done all for working hard to get this lad to the club and maybe a sly wink to Mr Brannaghan

 

[Jackinthebox]

Well done the recruitment team!’

There was I thinking our scout was only camped out in Motherwell!

 

[ZeroTheHero]

Sky calling it a shock - are the negatives going to say a shock that we’d sigh such a rubbish player??

Has anyone actually said he is 'rubbish'? He's a promising young player who seems to have lost his way a bit - that seems like a perfect KR project. Potentially a very astute signing, but not one we can rely on as the main striker you'd have thought (that smacks a bit of the Sam Smith debacle of last year).

 

[Gobbledgook]

My geography is shite. He doesn't need to pass through Barnsley on his way does he? And lets hope he knows where his car brakes are and doesn't keep going south to Portsmouth ala Vaughen.