Oxford United Match Thread.............. - Page 2

football19 · 27-04-2014, 10:00

Agree with that smudge,there's a fine line between giving young lads a run in the team and still getting results,as once you get on a losing streak it's difficult to break.
Think JB got the balance right,eventually !!, and it paid dividends
We have the makings of a decent team,but realistically it's down to budgets/wages at the end of the day

Revived Red · 27-04-2014, 10:14

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Originally Posted by football19

realistically it's down to budgets/wages at the end of the day

Mmmmmm? I wonder??

I think it's a bit more than that. See Manchester United for evidence.

cashman · 27-04-2014, 10:24

I think its down to em, in the sense of signings. which i heard was the reason Ormerod went elsewhere.

football19 · 27-04-2014, 10:34

IMHO you have to operate within your means (presume acci now do ), and our budget is way below any other league club,therefore staying in the league is a remarkable achievement,
Would never begrudge a player moving on as long as he gave everything to the cause !!

MikeA · 27-04-2014, 11:09

From Oxford's forum:

this will be feast of exciting, flowing, attacking football with goals a'plenty from a fired up forward line. The strikers eager to fill their bootswill run rampant over a hesitant and pedestrian defence. A glorious exhibition of the wonderful game.
Not sure how Oxford will do.

sherry · 27-04-2014, 11:26

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Originally Posted by Redraine

All season I have trawled our opponents forums to see their reaction after matches. This is the first game where I haven't seen a single mention of Stanley's performance. This lot are tso far up their own posteriors it isn't true. What a miserable lot!

Obviously not everybody posts on forums.
A number of Oxford fans congratulated us on being safe in the League
and said they looked forward to our twice yearly meetings particularly
as we were so friendly and welcoming compared to some others.

Revived Red · 27-04-2014, 12:09

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Originally Posted by football19

IMHO you have to operate within your means (presume acci now do ), and our budget is way below any other league club,therefore staying in the league is a remarkable achievement

100% in agreement. But your previous post seemed to suggest that there is a connection between size of budget and relative success. Sometimes it is - Barnsley and Yeovil being examples. But sometimes it isn't - Manchester United failing to achieve what their budget suggests they should. And locally Burnley and of course our own Stanley have proved that there needs to be an extra ingredient.

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Originally Posted by football19

Would never begrudge a player moving on as long as he gave everything to the cause !!

Again, 100% in agreement. But some of those who have moved on have failed to achieve as highly as their Stanley performances suggested. Moly and Rommy are examples - and Jimmy Ryan seemed to be a shadow of the player that we knew at Stanley.

cashman · 27-04-2014, 12:49

In fairness Jimmy Ryan is highly regarded by the Chesterfield Fans, The Scunny fans i spoke to the other season rated him also, But didn't rate Bobby Grant.

Redraine · 27-04-2014, 12:52

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Originally Posted by sherry

Obviously not everybody posts on forums.
A number of Oxford fans congratulated us on being safe in the League
and said they looked forward to our twice yearly meetings particularly
as we were so friendly and welcoming compared to some others.

Fair enough!

cashman · 27-04-2014, 15:13

Great interview wi Wiley on fishy now.

Chimer · 28-04-2014, 16:14

This .......

BBC Sport - Gary Waddock says Oxford United have losing culture

...... really made me laugh.

They lose six games out of seven after he takes over, having been rock-solid safe in a playoff place all season, and it's the players who have a losing culture. Seems to me the only difference between a winning squad and a losing squad was that they changed the manager ....

LongLostSon · 28-04-2014, 20:27

aye, he'd make a good prime minister the way he identifies why it's not his doing.

football19 · 29-04-2014, 10:14

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Originally Posted by football19

Agree with that smudge,there's a fine line between giving young lads a run in the team and still getting results,as once you get on a losing streak it's difficult to break.
Think JB got the balance right,eventually !!, and it paid dividends
We have the makings of a decent team,but realistically it's down to budgets/wages at the end of the day

you have to give credit to Northamptons manager on saturday,plays a young kid up front,no experience,in one of their biggest games of the season and scores two !!,masterstroke which could have back fired