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Absolutely agree with all of this, which is why the Woking 0 - 0 was so gut-wrenching. They knew how to stop us playing (time wasting, physical, basic organisation) and we lacked the wit and the skill to do anything about it. In such cases, we need the skill to score an early goal, and make them cha...

I would agree with all this, especially the impact of Trainer in the first half. It felt like this might be an important night, especially since Murray started playing imaginative little balls of the sort he did last season. False dawn, perhaps, but it was such a contrast to Saturday. The main diffe...

I'm glad others thought we played well. I thought there was variety and skill in the approach, I thought there was 'honest effort' in Patto terms, and I thought Constable was able to hold the ball up better than anyone last season, so that the hoof from the back four actually had a chance of staying...

I don't have major concerns, as I also think Clarke will improve. However, he was given a difficult time by Ishmael Walsh in the first half at FGR last season, and his temperament needs work. More than once he allowed himself to get riled by opposition players, and - cf. Duffy - if this gets known, ...

At both Rochdale and Macclesfield, stewards advised me on how to pay less to get the family in.

This issue of 'punishment' merely exposes the complexities of football clubs which this forum has rehearsed before. Insofar as they are commercial organisations, then a sanction for financial imprudence is reasonable. In the sense that they are sporting organisations, it only makes sense because mon...

A bit odd, this. I thought Howard did really well for us, and despite the Morecambe context for his comments, his enthusiasm for Oxford comes across strongly. This suggests either that Patto thinks Carruthers is a better player, or that we were unwilling to meet his preferred personal terms.

Is there a Legister / Day link?

With Joel gone, we can up the offer to Day without compromising other plans?

For me, at his best, Eddie is more mobile, more flexible and more capable of producing an unexpected pass than anyone apart from Murray. Therefore he can 'unlock' a defence which might be resistant to conventional assault. That flexibility can be his downfall, as he can also go missing, both physica...

I know very little about betting, but struggled to discover why there were not 25 sets of odds. It is Halifax who are missing.

Presumably, this is because of their financial situation, not because it is a 'chapel' part of the world?

This is a fatuous question, but it is tempting to say any team selection which avoided Burgess being turned inside out at Left Back must have given us a better chance.

... and you have to ask yourself how different everything would feel if the results were reversed. There would have been choruses of 'Patterson out' for some time now, players wanting to leave, etc.

This is a tough one. Listening to Yemi's RadOx interview on Saturday, I would be pretty certain that he is emotionally committed to Oxford. And, of course, it is hardly his fault that a previous manager threw money at him, if indeed this is the case. Patterson seems to have done very well on the mot...

I also think there is a case for the Northwich team we beat 3 - 1 in the cup earlier this season - they certainly looked totally uninterested in proceedings. Stafford Rangers and Weymouth last season were pretty poor as well. I also take heart from Paterson's clear strategy, and - as several have sa...

Agree with most of this, although I thought the performance was weak rather than awful. I thought our biggest weakness was that when it became clear that we were second to the ball in midfield, we did not respond by changing our tactics. Stevenage allowed us a little room to play, and too many playe...