Another great read. Thank you. True supporters like you deserve days like Saturday. Glad you enjoyed it!
Good write up as always, Paul.
A minor point. Was MApp hired through an interview process or did he just arrive as part of the MAsh and DE deal?
I know somebody who went who had to move as some Oxford fans spent the whole game slagging off the players. I find it all a little odd and it sure isn't fun sitting/ standing anybody like that.
It's amazing, some of the closer away games you get knob jockeys like them, why bother going if you don't like your own f*****g players? I understand a bit of anger when your team are playing shite, but ten or twenty minutes into a game, really?
Great read Paul,
I know somebody who went who had to move as some Oxford fans spent the whole game slagging off the players. I find it all a little odd and it sure isn't fun sitting/ standing anybody like that.
I must admit that I thought that MAPP came directly with DE/ MA and I am not sure that there was an interview process (there certainly was with CW)
So well done to Darryl Eales then for having the guts to make the decision which I’m sure he didn’t take lightly at all. I agree it’s not like him or the Oxford United of recent times to part with a manager after such a short space of time...
From the kick off the demeanour of the team was just so different. It was not just where Todd was to score his goal but for the other goals where the likes of Josh and Ryan were, we have not seen them in such offensive positions for some time. The first touches from Napa so pleasing and although Mous had his error again the rest of his match was pretty good, I thought anyway. The moaners were probably leaving with ten minutes to go, I don't know too enthralled with the game to notice, if they did karma!
I'm really starting to get annoyed now with the negative behaviour of some fans. In his report, Paul states he turned round and challenged someone on it. I did at the Bury game as well and others chimed in and supported me.I know somebody who went who had to move as some Oxford fans spent the whole game slagging off the players. I find it all a little odd and it sure isn't fun sitting/ standing anybody like that.
It's amazing, some of the closer away games you get knob jockeys like them, why bother going if you don't like your own f*****g players? I understand a bit of anger when your team are playing shite, but ten or twenty minutes into a game, really?
I'm really starting to get annoyed now with the negative behaviour of some fans. In his report, Paul states he turned round and challenged someone on it. I did at the Bury game as well and others chimed in and supported me.
I think there's nothing wrong with calmly asking someone to get behind their team and support it, and maybe if more of us spoke up and challenged abusive supporters (deliberate contradiction there) then this behaviour might change.
I know somebody who went who had to move as some Oxford fans spent the whole game slagging off the players. I find it all a little odd and it sure isn't fun sitting/ standing anybody like that.
It's amazing, some of the closer away games you get knob jockeys like them, why bother going if you don't like your own f*****g players? I understand a bit of anger when your team are playing shite, but ten or twenty minutes into a game, really?
On Saturday , just behind where we were standing two yards to the right of the goal Mousinho was called ‘ a c##t’ in the first minute. I don’t even think the yob in question had even been drinking. A little gaggle of foul mouthed goblins then spewed constant bile for the rest of the first half. Topped off by Obika being described as a ‘sick note c##t ‘ as he limped off. A lot of people were getting upset.
On Saturday , just behind where we were standing two yards to the right of the goal Mousinho was called ‘ a c##t’ in the first minute. I don’t even think the yob in question had even been drinking. A little gaggle of foul mouthed goblins then spewed constant bile for the rest of the first half. Topped off by Obika being described as a ‘sick note c##t ‘ as he limped off. A lot of people were getting upset.
Yes, we have some passionate away days and this one ranked in the top 2 or 3 over the last 10 years, but , let’s face it, we have more than our fair share of anger management candidates. Really depressing.
For pure drama Saturday takes some beating. Perhaps a little more than just three points given the circumstances but no promotion or relegation or turning over of a side from a few divisions higher though.Wembley 2010 was better. Notts County 2016 was on a par. Middlesbrough was great - but we lost. Swindon wins were memorable but not as dramatic as Saturday. I would put Carlisle 2016 as a contender for great away game as well.
Wembley 2010 was better. Notts County 2016 was on a par. Middlesbrough was great - but we lost. Swindon wins were memorable but not as dramatic as Saturday. I would put Carlisle 2016 as a contender for great away game as well.