Mad Dog
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
- Year of First Game
- 1987
Agree on Dave Smith, a real unsung hero
General Overrated/Underrated Players
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Level: Dave Roberts
Mad Dog
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
- Year of First Game
- 1987
Totally agree, I often mention him when referring to some of my favourite players from the 90's
I also fondly remember him being sent off for literally beating the s**t out a Peterborough player at the manor
MJB
Level: Les Phillips
(224 Apps, 15 Gls)
Who is this mythical person who rated Phil Whelan?!
Totally agree, I often mention him when referring to some of my favourite players from the 90's
I also fondly remember him being sent off for literally beating the s**t out a Peterborough player at the manor
John Byrne is probably the last player to play for us who wore cowboy boots (not to play, he wore normal football boots for that) but they must be due a comeback so could we see Rodrigues breaking that long barren run?
Mad Dog
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
- Year of First Game
- 1987
No no, it's your game, you started it, spill...
TailsWeWin
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
He can’t spill; just stirring.
Morris Oxford
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
A player that doesn’t get much of a mention in these type of discussions is Dean Saunders, so I’m nominating him for the underrated category, even though he was a popular player at the time he’s become a little bit of a forgotten man.
Probably inevitably and unfairly got compared to Aldridge, but as a player I really liked him. Good goal scorer.
Probably inevitably and unfairly got compared to Aldridge, but as a player I really liked him. Good goal scorer.
Looking at the centre backs we have vying for an England place today, I don’t think these two would’ve been that far off!
Marked Ox
Level: Mickey Lewis
(351 Apps, 7 Gls)
Pity he is rubbish at punditry.
Morris Oxford
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
Quite, perhaps some of the nonsense he comes out with now tarnishes his reputation as player for some fans?
If we can get beyond Deano’s punditry, he was a very good player for us.
Marked Ox
Level: Mickey Lewis
(351 Apps, 7 Gls)
Agreed.
- Year of First Game
- 1980
Great player for us, playing alongside the even more underrated Martin Foyle. We let him go way too soon.
Jimmycarterxi
Level: Chris Maguire
(79 Apps, 22 Gls)
John Byrne was loved by Oxford fans during his time here. But agree rarely gets mentioned these days.
Didn’t he bang some bird from Fox FM? Would be interesting to know if she rated him!!
Jimmycarterxi
Level: Chris Maguire
(79 Apps, 22 Gls)
Great shout. Was a level above most of our players at the time
Gregortheox
Level: Callum O'Dowda
(106 Apps, 14 Gls)
Underrated….jimmy Phillips, Jim magilton, John Durnin, John Byrne, Martin Aldridge, Simon clist, Danny Hylton
Overrated….Billy Turley, Luke Foster , Yemi Odubade, Rob Duffy,
Overrated….Billy Turley, Luke Foster , Yemi Odubade, Rob Duffy,
OUFCwaffle
Level: Yemi Odubade
(158 Apps, 31 Gls)
Underrated: Mark Harris, Elliott Moore, Fin Stevens, Alex Gorrin (before injuries)
Overrated: Nobody because we're such a fickle bunch
Overrated: Nobody because we're such a fickle bunch
MJB
Level: Les Phillips
(224 Apps, 15 Gls)
I was just thinking about players who rarely got injured and how a couple of those right now would help us out.
And who should come to mind for that - Dannie Bulman. Got rid of way too quickly by Wilder (and he admitted as such) and then played a further 422 matches after leaving us including two promotions.
One of my favourite players from that era.
And who should come to mind for that - Dannie Bulman. Got rid of way too quickly by Wilder (and he admitted as such) and then played a further 422 matches after leaving us including two promotions.
One of my favourite players from that era.
We replaced him with Josh Payne who didn't do much at all.
Paul McLaren
Josh Payne
Paul Wotton
Ryan Burge
Mark Wilson
Lewis Montrose
So many pretenders that followed. Oh, Dannie Boy …
MJB
Level: Les Phillips
(224 Apps, 15 Gls)
A player I had completely forgotten about until your mention there. The only detail I could recall was that he came through the Youth System at Manchester United. A classic Wilder panic buy.
m
Level: Les Phillips
(224 Apps, 15 Gls)
Man, how did you manage to get such mediocrity into so few names?
MJB
Level: Les Phillips
(224 Apps, 15 Gls)
Blimey. Only last twenty minutes longer than Beano in the game, which is kind of fitting for his spell here I guess.
Incredible isn’t it? He was 32 when he left and played over 400 games more!
As an aside, I seem to remember that our first competitive game at the Kassam was against Rochdale when a 41 year old Tony Ford was man of the match.
Wilson and Burge are drawing a complete blank, Wotton, Payne and Montrose mediocre but McClaren was fairly decent just his legs were going if I remember correctly. Hardly a murderers row of tough tackling midfielders to replace Bullman with though.
Saying that my missus uncle supports Brentford, goes to half their home games and a couple of away games every season and he can't remember Josh McEachran playing for them which I suppose I should have taken as a sign for what was to come from him this season.
werthersoriginal
Level: James Constable
(280 Apps, 106 Gls)
I had a season ticket but I only really remember Josh Payne! I recall him being quite good but with some sort of issues, he went to jail I think.
WuTang
Level: Yemi Odubade
(158 Apps, 31 Gls)
Underrated: Defensive midfielders
By: OUFC
By: OUFC
werthersoriginal
Level: James Constable
(280 Apps, 106 Gls)
Overrated: our midfield! Cam and McGuane are a canny pair at this level, but as a collective we're too often overrun. Cue discussion of defensive midfielder. RR is particularly unconvincing when we're up against it though looks great against the likes of Burton.
