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Current Player Thread Nik Prelec

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16.Nik Prelec

Position: Forward
Nationality: Slovenia 🇸🇮
Departed: DATE
Previous Clubs: Austria Wien (Loan), WSG Tirol (Loan), Cagliari, WSG Tirol, Olimpija Ljubljana (Loan), Sampdoria
Instagram: nikprelec
 
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carefreeoufc said:
Even if there’s an obligation/option. Prelec will have a say whether he stays with us. We’re not trading slaves.
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Depends on what he did/didn't sign at the time of his loan move.

Some players (most?) will agree a new contract with the club they are joining on loan with an option/obligation; and if they do that, then they are signing away their say in whether the option is taken up.

Course that doesn't mean he has to play for us......but does mean we would still hold his registration, so he wouldn't be able to play for anyone else.
 
Something I found very odd, before the Ipswich game in the shooting drill I don’t think Prelec had a single shot just stood at the back doing some kick ups looking completely disinterested, the coaching staff could see him and simply left him to it. I wonder if there’s off pitch issues affecting the player, there was whispers of him struggling to settle I believe.

Such a strange one as others have said early on I thought wow he offers so much more then what we already have. Causing serious problems against Coventry and most notably Derby, to now seemingly falling behind Bradshaw in the pecking order.
 
IMO the lad needs a decent runout in the team, his record doesn't show him to be a prolific striker but he certainly adds strength and vision up top.
I'd like to see us start with various combinations of Prelec, Romeny and Lankshear. All three have their faults but I think NP and OR have a hell of a lot to offer, let's face it we need to try something. The odd 10 - 15 minute cameo for NP and OR shows they've got something to add to the team.
Maybe NP or just as importantly his wife are not enjoying life in Oxford and one or the other is feeling homesick for a more European lifestyle.
 
mariokempes said:
IMO the lad needs a decent runout in the team, his record doesn't show him to be a prolific striker but he certainly adds strength and vision up top.
I'd like to see us start with various combinations of Prelec, Romeny and Lankshear. All three have their faults but I think NP and OR have a hell of a lot to offer, let's face it we need to try something. The odd 10 - 15 minute cameo for NP and OR shows they've got something to add to the team.
Maybe NP or just as importantly his wife are not enjoying life in Oxford and one or the other is feeling homesick for a more European lifestyle.
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I agree with this.
The Harris-Harris combo up top does nothing for me.
 
Chippy said:
Hope not Baz, he’s better than Harris and Bradshaw and possibly Lankshear too. If we sent him back and kept the first two named instead, it would be verging on criminal given our form and league position etc…
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Totally agree, but I would love to know why he didn’t come on last night instead of Bradshaw
 
bazzer9461 said:
Totally agree, but I would love to know why he didn’t come on last night instead of Bradshaw
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That one really smacks of minutes/appearances not made and/or sticking Bradshaw in the shop window. Even a loan out saves us some money on wages which we can use elsewhere. Just don’t expect the replacement to be much better though.
 
tonyw said:
The odd thing is that the Prelec deal was reported widely at the time (though not on our official site) as an obligation to buy if certain conditions are met (including us staying up). Not an option.

If that's the case, then he's ours next season as long as we don't get relegated. So his exclusion recently, when he has consistently looked useful when we've played him, is even odder.

(unless one of the conditions is that he plays X number of minutes, and we're trying to keep him under that because Rowett doesn't fancy him. I hope not, because we all remember how well that worked out with Bradbury!)
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I wondered this myself, I can't see any other logical reason for not playing him.

(Hopefully this means he starts on Saturday!)
 
uptheus said:
He definitely did well in the play off final, but Des had planned that to perfection e.g. so not necessarily based upon pressing, but more about shutting off channels which him and Rodrigues executed very well. The problem was, once teams sussed this out it started to become non effective, but M Harris and Rodrigues continued in that same vein, hence one has since gone with the other not producing!!
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Harris clearly has his limitations but as a defensive forward, for me he is the best at the club. GR brought him back in for the Ipswich for this reason and specifically mentioned his pressing/workrate. He clearly needs to seriously up his attacking output though.
 
Marked Ox said:
Harris clearly has his limitations but as a defensive forward, for me he is the best at the club. GR brought him back in for the Ipswich for this reason and specifically mentioned his pressing/workrate. He clearly needs to seriously up his attacking output though.
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Sorry but one decent game in 20 will get us relegated.
 
Chippy said:
Hope not Baz, he’s better than Harris and Bradshaw and possibly Lankshear too. If we sent him back and kept the first two named instead, it would be verging on criminal given our form and league position etc…
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Depends if we replace him with someone better
As I said before something isn’t right he looks disinterested a lot of the time
Some moves don’t suit some players and this may be a case in point, especially as he has come from another country
 
Marked Ox said:
Where have I said otherwise there?

The discussion has been about his defensive qualities. And then my last sentence on his attacking output.
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It’s more my perception and dislike of picking a striker who is seen as the first line of defence rather than potential match winner.
 
mariokempes said:
IMO the lad needs a decent runout in the team, his record doesn't show him to be a prolific striker but he certainly adds strength and vision up top.
I'd like to see us start with various combinations of Prelec, Romeny and Lankshear. All three have their faults but I think NP and OR have a hell of a lot to offer, let's face it we need to try something. The odd 10 - 15 minute cameo for NP and OR shows they've got something to add to the team.
Maybe NP or just as importantly his wife are not enjoying life in Oxford and one or the other is feeling homesick for a more European lifestyle.
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Agreed.

On the homesickness point I think we need to club together and take him and his mrs for a traditional Oxford night out (a few pints of nut brown at the Rusty Bike and a visit to Kebab Kid on the way home).

Pure speculation - if we had an obligation to buy I wonder if it was linked to appearances / starts and we havent been impressed enough to play him for that reason.
 
Eric Blair said:
Agreed.

On the homesickness point I think we need to club together and take him and his mrs for a traditional Oxford night out (a few pints of nut brown at the Rusty Bike and a visit to Kebab Kid on the way home).

Pure speculation - if we had an obligation to buy I wonder if it was linked to appearances / starts and we havent been impressed enough to play him for that reason.
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I don't imagine his Mrs is delighted to be stuck in Bicester after Vienna, Cagliari, and Ljublanja, but it's not like they've moved to Mongolia?
 
If we’re not doing our absolute utmost to keep this guy at the club post-January, I wouldn’t have the words to describe it. If he’s homesick, at the very least make him feel wanted by giving him the opportunity to score goals.

Got to be an appearance-based activation to the obligation to buy. If not, what the actual hell is going on?
 
NorthWestOx said:
Well, he started (Hi Gary!), I thought he played quite well too, gave us a bit more presence up front.
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He was tremendous in the second half! Gave it a bit of the old ‘Bob Latchford’. Bet he’s got a few bruises. He needs and deserves good crosses, he only got a couple but nearly scored from one.
 
I don’t think he’s anything especially amazing BUT he is by far the most competent at getting the ball in to feet, riding a challenge and getting us going. He also won a number of headers today - he’s got a serious leap on him.

He should be right out of the Rowett playbook. The fact he hasn’t got much out of him thus far is a failing, as I think he’s more than good enough to play for a lower championship team. The fact he often doesn’t play at all is even more baffling. To think he’s been as low as 4th choice is utter madness.

I was a big sceptic when he arrived, particularly as he wasn’t fit. But having got him in, seen a good amount of him, I think Rowett should be getting far more from him than he is. I really don’t think he knows what to do with anything other than battering rams.
 
Swaby39 said:
I don’t think he’s anything especially amazing BUT he is by far the most competent at getting the ball in to feet, riding a challenge and getting us going. He also won a number of headers today - he’s got a serious leap on him.

He should be right out of the Rowett playbook. The fact he hasn’t got much out of him thus far is a failing, as I think he’s more than good enough to play for a lower championship team. The fact he often doesn’t play at all is even more baffling. To think he’s been as low as 4th choice is utter madness.

I was a big sceptic when he arrived, particularly as he wasn’t fit. But having got him in, seen a good amount of him, I think Rowett should be getting far more from him than he is. I really don’t think he knows what to do with anything other than battering rams.
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No goal threat. Better on the ball than Harris. Nowhere near the endeavour of Lankshear. Take your pick from that as to where you rank him in terms of our attackers.
 
Played well second half today but he would’ve been so much more effective with Mills and Krastev on the wings. Rowett completely borked our approach today but when we got into the game, so did he and that was down to Mills and Lankshear. A greater attacking threat on the left would’ve really bolstered the front line further.
 
dickwalton1964 said:
No goal threat. Better on the ball than Harris. Nowhere near the endeavour of Lankshear. Take your pick from that as to where you rank him in terms of our attackers.
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I don't see it like that. He was first to that delicious first-time cross from Mills to the near post, only a great last-ditch tackle prevented a goal.

He's immensely strong and uses his body so much more effectively than Lankshear. How many times did Lankshear get rolled by the defender?

Prelec isn't a consistent goal threat as he's being asked to play in a manner that doesn't play to his strongest attributes. If he had been given as much of a run in the side as Lankshear has and as a 9, I suspect he'd have scored just as many.

I think he's suffered at the hands of GR.
 
He's not the worst but let's be honest we all hoped for a lot more from him. Would probably be excellent in L1, but too many of our squad is below Championship standard.
 
TheDukeOfBanburyshire said:
I don't see it like that. He was first to that delicious first-time cross from Mills to the near post, only a great last-ditch tackle prevented a goal.

He's immensely strong and uses his body so much more effectively than Lankshear. How many times did Lankshear get rolled by the defender?

Prelec isn't a consistent goal threat as he's being asked to play in a manner that doesn't play to his strongest attributes. If he had been given as much of a run in the side as Lankshear has and as a 9, I suspect he'd have scored just as many.

I think he's suffered at the hands of GR.
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I think a few players have suffered.
 
TheDukeOfBanburyshire said:
I don't see it like that. He was first to that delicious first-time cross from Mills to the near post, only a great last-ditch tackle prevented a goal.

He's immensely strong and uses his body so much more effectively than Lankshear. How many times did Lankshear get rolled by the defender?

Prelec isn't a consistent goal threat as he's being asked to play in a manner that doesn't play to his strongest attributes. If he had been given as much of a run in the side as Lankshear has and as a 9, I suspect he'd have scored just as many.

I think he's suffered at the hands of GR.
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You don’t see it like that ? So you think he’s a goal threat, worse on the ball than Harris and has a better work rate than Lankshear. Fair enough.
 
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JOHN BOY said:
I think a few players have suffered.
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Yeah I do fear that BDK is being criminally underdeployed and must be pretty down about things at the moment, I can only imagine the vision he was sold to join the club versus his reality at the moment.

Did anyone else see him literally hopping mad when he came and showed for Jamie Cumming, only for Cumming to launch it long over his head?
He wants to be pivotal and dictate the tempo in there middle and our current system doesn't use him anywhere near to his full effect.
 
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