Van der MoodHoover Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 On 05/10/2023 at 08:41, BathRam72 said: And yet, when we lost to them in August, the forum went into Warne meltdown mode. Yeah. Cos we were dreadful. Worse than garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BathRam72 Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 37 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said: Yeah. Cos we were dreadful. Worse than garbage. My point is, Oxford are doing pretty well. And as such, no real disgrace losing against them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 43 minutes ago, BathRam72 said: My point is, Oxford are doing pretty well. And as such, no real disgrace losing against them. Ah, but that's revisionist. When we played them nobody was hailing then as "one to watch". They'd been close to the relegation spots last season and had signed a couple of players but nothing to suggest that they would be a force. They rocked up at pride park and weren't brilliant - just average. We were so poor we lost, but I didn't hear anyone saying that they were top of the table material. derbydaz22 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BathRam72 Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Van der MoodHoover said: Ah, but that's revisionist. When we played them nobody was hailing then as "one to watch". They'd been close to the relegation spots last season and had signed a couple of players but nothing to suggest that they would be a force. They rocked up at pride park and weren't brilliant - just average. We were so poor we lost, but I didn't hear anyone saying that they were top of the table material. You can say that, no team are the one to watch at the start of the season. That doesn't take away the fact that they are currently in the automatic place. Just because you didn't fancy them shouldn't mean they turn up and not play. They are where they are because they HAVE played well from game one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 @B4ev6is sigh, I knew it! well, they scored a goal, if it hadn’t have been for that meddling keeper, we’d have gotten away with it! Ram@Lincoln 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marriot Ram99 Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 I'm sure they are very scared of us now ... We will be hoping to scrape 6th not challenge for top 2 imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawhillram Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 30 minutes ago, BathRam72 said: You can say that, no team are the one to watch at the start of the season. That doesn't take away the fact that they are currently in the automatic place. Just because you didn't fancy them shouldn't mean they turn up and not play. They are where they are because they HAVE played well from game one. I tipped them for autos before the season started. I think they are certs in a poor league BathRam72 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram@Lincoln Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Top two starting to pull away now, they won't drop many points against teams like this. Sure, Portsmouth did but they are also top and unbeaten. A quarter of the season done, I fear it's starting to slip away from us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gee SCREAMER !! Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Just now, Ram@Lincoln said: Top two starting to pull away now, they won't drop many points against teams like this. Sure, Portsmouth did but they are also top and unbeaten. A quarter of the season done, I fear it's starting to slip away from us. Oxford must be pushing the FFP with a huge pay rise for Brannigan when championship sides had met a 2 million release and I know they outbid Derby on wages last minute for a player. They've also been signing players from Ipswich and similar. They went as high as 700k for Marriott it's believed but didn't get that over the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawhillram Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Close this thread derbydaz22 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawhillram Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 18 minutes ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said: Oxford must be pushing the FFP with a huge pay rise for Brannigan when championship sides had met a 2 million release and I know they outbid Derby on wages last minute for a player. They've also been signing players from Ipswich and similar. They went as high as 700k for Marriott it's believed but didn't get that over the line. Good luck to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Boycie said: @B4ev6is sigh, I knew it! well, they scored a goal, if it hadn’t have been for that meddling keeper, we’d have gotten away with it! Pesky keeper, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTom92 Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 57 minutes ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said: Oxford must be pushing the FFP with a huge pay rise for Brannigan when championship sides had met a 2 million release and I know they outbid Derby on wages last minute for a player. They've also been signing players from Ipswich and similar. They went as high as 700k for Marriott it's believed but didn't get that over the line. Someone on here told me FFP isn’t in league 1 so good for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 3 hours ago, TomTom92 said: Someone on here told me FFP isn’t in league 1 so good for them. I thought it wasn't the same rules but there was still some sort of limit on annual expenditure to make sure it didn't exceed income? Don't know for sure tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BramcoteRam84 Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 4 hours ago, Ram@Lincoln said: Top two starting to pull away now, they won't drop many points against teams like this. Sure, Portsmouth did but they are also top and unbeaten. A quarter of the season done, I fear it's starting to slip away from us. Sure Portsmouth did! Yes they did drop points at Cheltenham just like us. So just overlook a win at Blackpool and focus on Derby dropping points at the same club the top of the league did to say the season is slipping away 11 games in. Garbage! DerbyAleMan and Premier ram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadAmster Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 Not a good start to the season but things are better than they were. Dropping Bird was a mistake. He was excellent when he came on... until Hourihane came on and he had to change position to accommodate CH and much of the game after that was played over his head... Our 3 best dead ball takers are Bird, CH and Sibs (not necessarily in that order). All 3 started on the bench. Not a decision I would have made. NML needs a rest, IMO. Fornah made an error of judgment which led to their goal. We had 17 shots, 8 on target. Saves, blocks on the line helped see us get just the one goal. angieram and archram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 1 hour ago, MadAmster said: Not a good start to the season but things are better than they were. Dropping Bird was a mistake. He was excellent when he came on... until Hourihane came on and he had to change position to accommodate CH and much of the game after that was played over his head... Our 3 best dead ball takers are Bird, CH and Sibs (not necessarily in that order). All 3 started on the bench. Not a decision I would have made. NML needs a rest, IMO. Fornah made an error of judgment which led to their goal. We had 17 shots, 8 on target. Saves, blocks on the line helped see us get just the one goal. Did Bird have to change position, wasn't that down to the manager who didn't want to play through the middle? derbydaz22 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thameram Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 17 hours ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said: Oxford must be pushing the FFP with a huge pay rise for Brannigan when championship sides had met a 2 million release and I know they outbid Derby on wages last minute for a player. They've also been signing players from Ipswich and similar. They went as high as 700k for Marriott it's believed but didn't get that over the line. Watched there game v rovers yesterday both teams no better than us best player on the park was collins of rovers oxford will fade away to play offs at best rovers good football but no striker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadAmster Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 23 hours ago, RoyMac5 said: Did Bird have to change position, wasn't that down to the manager who didn't want to play through the middle? When the manager sends the Captain on and you are instructed to change position then, yes, you have to. RoyMac5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 1 minute ago, MadAmster said: When the manager sends the Captain on and you are instructed to change position then, yes, you have to. Maybe Bird didn't vote for him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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