Andrew3000

Well, my knowledge of him is a bit sketchy, but he's good at drawing defenders, his final ball is on point and could lead to a fountain of goals in our team, especially if you subscribe to the view that we are keeping didzy and our coaching staff have some useful tips.. The only blot on his copybook is flipping his lid occasionally. Good on pens and is sure to make his mark somewhere next season. I've never felt so sure about a signing.

Makes sense to go for proven talent in our league and champ, but I hope we pick up the odd player from Scottish, Irish and scandi leagues- no reason why not now we have fresh recruitment personnel. I suppose the point is, its not just on Warne or his contacts, and we don't know the full extent of their strategy or scouting reach. It's intriguing!

I think Flint is done too, that’s why we shouldn’t sign him 🤔

I must admit, his playing the victim and talking about his daughters being on suicide watch does seem very manipulative. Whatever happened, how he can deny that he has misused his power is beyond me. And let's not forget, he failed to report his brothers crime, but hey, that's OK he gave him a jolly good telling off.

I must admit, his playing the victim and talking about his daughters being on suicide watch does seem very manipulative. Whatever happened, how he can deny that he has misused his power is beyond me. And let's not forget, he failed to report his brothers crime, but hey, that's OK he gave him a jolly good telling off.

The only thing more risible than old Pip painting himself as the victim in this tawdry affair, is Eamon Holmes giving it the 'come on if you think you're hard enough' routine. Just a pair of narcissistic bellends IMO.
 

Looking at his face, Holmes has been under the hammer.

The coverage is a bit much now, saying that he has the money to go into hiding until all blows over.
If you take the fame, rightly or wrongly you have to accept the press that will come with the good and the bad.
That interview will have done him no favours at all. If anything, backs up what Eamon Holmes was saying...it's all about him.

What a deeply selfish man , he feels like the victim of hate , he says homophobia is behind some of it , he says he knows how Caroline flack felt , he says his daughters are keeping him away from suicide, he says his carrer is gone and can only see gloom ahead and won’t know how to be or what to do with his days ,,, ,
you know what how about not putting your daughters through sheer worry and misery and saying you know what girls you don’t need to worry sick as I’m going to get through this for YOU , YOU are the most important things in my life and I would never put you through that ,
he has ducked up big style , take it FULLY on the chin ,accept what comes with that , never do it again and try to do some good and put back in as many areas as you can in life 🤷🏻‍♂️

I might have posted this before.
Can't think why? 🤦‍♀️

Good knowledge, Andrew. All I know is that his nickname is 'His'.

Well, my knowledge of him is a bit sketchy, but he's good at drawing defenders, his final ball is on point and could lead to a fountain of goals in our team, especially if you subscribe to the view that we are keeping didzy and our coaching staff have some useful tips.. The only blot on his copybook is flipping his lid occasionally. Good on pens and is sure to make his mark somewhere next season. I've never felt so sure about a signing.

Did you read that in the paper mate?

Would that be because his name is Sam Nombe?

If we were to look at the Irish league, Neil Farrugia would be a perfect Paul Warne player, plays left wing back or right wing back, very good going forward and defensively, is a great dribbler and creates lots of chances from out wide. Is a great athlete aswell at 6 foot 1 and has recently been called up to an Irish training camp hosted last week. 

Sign Pennington and Knibbs

So has he penned a deal yet?

Wouldn't be a bad rotation option as one of the '10s'. Mendez-Laing, Sibley, Knibbs and one other.
Not sure where that leaves Barkhuizen. Potentially backup for the wing back positions.

Not done super in depth research but I’m pretty sure Oxford picked up a few from Ireland in the tenure of our new head of recruitment. 

Consistently scored and assisted goals in the championship and league one, playing in midfield for a top 6 (horrible) championship side this season, managed by a player who knows a bit about playing in midfield. He combines goals and assists with being combative in midfield, he’s exactly the type of player we would need in the middle of the park to complement Bird/Knight/Hourihane.
A team is more than just the sum of its parts. Warne has been able to build sides capable of promotion from this league that have scored goals and been able to defend. Some of the players in those Warne sides have gone on to play well at other clubs. Your argument that he can’t find a player, especially now supported by a “recruitment expert” who found a number of gems for Oxford at this level just seems to ignore what facts are out there in favour of your dislike of Warne. 

The issue is that we spend an exorbitant amount of money to develop players and end up with bigger clubs coming in an cherry picking anyone with a lot of potential.
We could just as easily let the bigger teams develop these players and then pick up the ones who just don’t make it, like Haydon Roberts, who can step into our first team squad immediately.

Deserved a thread of its own really. 

Just bumped into Old Trampie in the outer recesses of my mind. You’ll be pleased to know he’s been happily ensconced in a romantic interlude with a tea lady in someone else’s head for the last eighteen months but he’s back for at least a couple of weeks. As long as I keep him in cheap cider.
Anyway, it seems he’s been keeping his ears and eyes open…
Apparently, given the play off result yesterday Trampie’s is swearing on a can of White Lightning that Derby are planning to contact Barnsley about the availability of Kitching and Anderson. Kitching is now our number one target and Warne see’s Kitching as the central defender leader to lead the Rams to glory in this division and the one above. Initial bid will rise to a Barker sized fee with add ons, but this does represent roughly half of our transfer budget / war chest.
Anderson is the more achievable, with the player keen on the move and would provide height and steel alongside Harding as Warne is fearful of playing Harding and Cashin in the same back three as neither are six footers. Trampie expects us to drive a hard bargain on this one though. Meaning that both transfers require ‘work’ and could drag on later into the window.
The oracle has spoken.