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[Emilio]

Posted just 5 messages above with 3 posts of discussion following it.

Have a look before posting

Chill out mate.

 

[Left Wing Cross]

Curtis Nelson is on the move the MK Dons:

Curtin Nelson: Derby County defender joins MK Dons on a permanent deal

MK Dons sign Derby County centre-back Curtis Nelson for an undisclosed fee.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Emilio]

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Curtis Nelson is on the move the MK Dons:

Curtin Nelson: Derby County defender joins MK Dons on a permanent deal

MK Dons sign Derby County centre-back Curtis Nelson for an undisclosed fee.

www.bbc.co.uk

Good signing for them. Let's hope he helps them beat the scum to promotion. Not that I want Franchise FC to do well, but rather see them promoted that Piggy Hill!

 

[holdsteady]

The Kuwaitis are splashing the cash at MK Dons. The most soulless sentence I will probably ever type.

 

[MarkG]

Andy Burgess steps down as Chief Operating Officer at Southport

 

[West Oxon U’s]

Re: Andy Burgess, then 24, was signed by Oxford Utd 20 years ago this very month!

 

[Matt W]

I remember when he came back with Mansfield after laying into the club and Jim Smith, it was like a bear pit in the East Stand that day

https://www.Oxfordm**l.co.uk/sport/1613647.burgess-slates-smith/

 

[Peterdev]

Luke Harris gone out to Wycombe from Fulham.

 

[Emilio]

Re: Andy Burgess, then 24, was signed by Oxford Utd 20 years ago this very month!

No way that's 20 years. Jesus.

 

[Steve Gilbert]

I remember when he came back with Mansfield after laying into the club and Jim Smith, it was like a bear pit in the East Stand that day

https://www.Oxfordm**l.co.uk/sport/1613647.burgess-slates-smith/

That article probably sums up Burgess. He thought he was someone special but went missing when things got tough. Jim’s career as a manager speaks for itself. Burgess though never played higher than league 2.

 

[outsidethebox]

Yeah, that game is lost alas, unless anyone has an old VHS lying around

Think I've got some vhs tapes recorded from Central South. Goals mainly. Not been watched for years and don't have the facilities to watch now or transfer them to other media.

 

[Emilio]

Think I've got some vhs tapes recorded from Central South. Goals mainly. Not been watched for years and don't have the facilities to watch now or transfer them to other media.

I'm sure if you send them over to @DanC he can get them converted to digital and added to his collection.

 

[Ewes]

James Clarke retires. Good, honest pro. Mentions leaving OUFC here -

 

[Older Shotts]

Ruben on the move

 

[holdsteady]

Good signing for Notts County if true.

 

[Jaboysmith]

Would be an excellent signing for Notts, but I can’t see it

 

[Yellow and blue]

Would be an excellent signing for Notts, but I can’t see it

Is that not where he came from,had a good partnership with longstaff?

 

[OnlyOneUnited]

Would love to see him back here!

 

[Steve Gilbert]

Would love to see him back here!

We need players who can handle a relegation fight so not for me.

 

[WE Yellow]

We need players who can handle a relegation fight so not for me.

Rodrigues who of course failed in his relegation fight last season....

 

[werthersoriginal]

Would love to see him back here!

We've got about 6 'number 10s'.

 

[Burglar Bill]

He'll go to Notts or Peterborough I imagine. Excellent signing for either of them.

 

[OnlyOneUnited]

We've got about 6 'number 10s'.

Would say Ruben was very effective in that role supporting the striker, but dropping into midfield. Don't see him as one of those 'number 10s' that only drifts around the striker. He could, for example, play the role Brannagan has played in the first few matches under Bloomfield, pushing up from midfield. Should never have let him go in the summer without a replacement lined up that has seen us hobble to January.

Not saying he's the second coming, but a very effective player and, if available on a free, could complete our midfield setup for the rest of the season without breaking the bank potentially.

 

[NottsYellow]

I'd have him back as a squad player.
Extremely talented, but like any other player, has his weak points.
The assist at Wembley was sublime.
In the Championship you need those players that an open up a defence with one pass.
You have to remember we signed him from Notts Co when they had just got promoted from non-league, so in 3 years he went from non-league, to League 1 to Championship. In those 3 years he won two promotions and helped us avoid relegation from Championship. If that is not progression I don't know what is.

 

[West Oxon U’s]

 

[Emilio]

Rodrigues who of course failed in his relegation fight last season....

I mean, he didn't, because we stayed up.

 

[Big Ron]

I mean, he didn't, because we stayed up.

I think that have been the same point WE Yellow was making, albeit ironically.

 

[ECYellow]

Reuben has basically had 18 months away from first team football.

If it was a player that none of us had ever heard of, there’d not be anyone advocating him coming back.

One to confine to the memory bank for me. Good servant and will go down in history as a Wembley hero, but wouldn’t see him coming back as progress, now.

 

[m]

No way that's 20 years. Jesus.

I know.

The wound is still so f*****g raw!

 

[OtteryYellow]

I mean, he didn't, because we stayed up.

It's a case of thanks for the memories but we move on.

In my opinion he was always too slow on the ball for the championship and so got caught in possession way too often which for 'teams like Oxford' is really dangerous. See krastev now.

Talented but not decisive enough for anything above league 1.