Paul B
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You mention about Bigger clubs but there are already some here with more this coming season and i'd love to know who fans think can take us to the promised land.Another season over and as I sit down to write this, Sunderland are also out of the play offs. Another 'big' club in this league. Before you know it, they'll be nothing but 'big' clubs in League 1. All the more reason for us to get it right in the coming season - automatic place. Will that happen under KR?
OUFC supporters are nice, genteel and law abiding citizens of the finest order. Unlike those nasty ruffians at those 'other' places.Yes, off the pitch what IS going on?
In the East Stand we sat in our nice neat little rows, nobody in front, nobody behind. A large gap between me and the guy to my left. Stared at throughout the entire match by a steward. Everyone had a mask on. (Well i saw three without during the 90 minutes). Lovely well-behaved people. Quietly muffled shouts and occasional applause. No atmosphere at all after 25 minutes. But at Blackpool, at Sunderland, at Brentford and..... I could continue...
What IS going on?
I usually enjoy every game, it's the results that sometimes turn out to be unpalatable. As to KR, I'm just not convinced that he will deliver. Yesterday there was talk, from him, about a 'plan' and that the club was in advance of that plan. So, are we to assume that it was planned to have such a poor start, not get the recruitment right and still manage to end up in the final play off spot but lose decisively in the first leg, at home, in front of the fans who hadn't seen a game in months?You mention about Bigger clubs but there are already some here with more this coming season and i'd love to know who fans think can take us to the promised land.
Perhaps the last year + has removed my nervousness whenever we play and i've watched in full relaxed mode and actually thoroughly enjoyed yesterdays game and many before it. Knowing some of the clubs that have been in this League and this coming season i can't fathom why fans think this is a big season for Karl and that he must deliver.
Again the past year has seen me lose relative interest in sports that i would normally enjoy and the coverage of Ifollow being able to watch our team has been a saviour and helped focus during a very difficult year.
Glad you agree.OUFC supporters are nice, genteel and law abiding citizens of the finest order. Unlike those nasty ruffians at those 'other' places.
Come on you're far better than that, a plan can have many filters, it's possible we planned to reach the Championship by season 24/25 and having been in the play offs 2 seasons running we were ahead of that plan (i'm talking solely on field matters)I usually enjoy every game, it's the results that sometimes turn out to be unpalatable. As to KR, I'm just not convinced that he will deliver. Yesterday there was talk, from him, about a 'plan' and that the club was in advance of that plan. So, are we to assume that it was planned to have such a poor start, not get the recruitment right and still manage to end up in the final play off spot but lose decisively in the first leg, at home, in front of the fans who hadn't seen a game in months?
It's the first I'd heard of a plan and came across as just another bit of KR blarney post match. If there is a plan, why are we hearing about it now, via Sky?Come on you're far better than that, a plan can have many filters, it's possible we planned to reach the Championship by season 24/25 and having been in the play offs 2 seasons running we were ahead of that plan (i'm talking solely on field matters)
It is often a game of fine margins, on and off the pitch. What if McGuane had not been injured? What if Winnall had stayed fit once he got up to speed? Every club can say something similar. It is perhaps all the more surprising that we were comprehensively beaten over two legs by a team that only achieved a few points more than us in the regular season. However, if Sam Long had been fit?
To get auto promotion we would have needed five more wins! That’s a lot, even given our bad start. But Peterborough have been looking good and chasing promotion for years.In the context of a final league table I think six points is quite a margin whether that be a "few" or not. Even when we had a fit Sam Long and Marcus McGuane we never got round to beating the top teams. That 2-1 victory over Lincoln was achieved without either.
Yes, of course a gap which would not have existed if we had beaten Blackpool at home, not that we ever looked remotely likely to do so during the game.In the context of a final league table I think six points is quite a margin whether that be a "few" or not. Even when we had a fit Sam Long and Marcus McGuane we never got round to beating the top teams. That 2-1 victory over Lincoln was achieved without either.