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by Kairdiff Exile
Sun Apr 02, 2023 7:25 am
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Posh point proves potential progress - now including Vale analysis too
Replies: 3
Views: 1711

Posh point proves potential progress - now including Vale analysis too

Forked out my £2.50 to listen on iFollow yesterday, and I’ve never enjoyed hearing a 0-0 draw more. A point and a clean sheet is never a bad result, but yesterday this was even truer than usual. I remember early on in Robbo’s reign after a terrible run we went to Southend and got a 0-0 and it signal...
by Kairdiff Exile
Sun Mar 12, 2023 1:24 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Liam Managing
Replies: 12
Views: 2708

Liam Managing

Thoughts on our new boss then? Personally, I’d have chosen Appleton - not out of misty-eyed nostalgia, but hard-headedly because I think he has the right attributes to sort us out. Manning is more of a blank canvas, but presumably interviewed better than MApp or McCann. I have a residual mistrust of...
by Kairdiff Exile
Sun Feb 26, 2023 5:07 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: KR in / KR out?
Replies: 21
Views: 4453

Re: KR in / KR out?

It's a shame that the change has been made AFTER consecutive defeats against relegation rivals. A caretaker a fortnight ago would have had a pair of eminently winnable games in which to try and get a reaction out of the players. Instead, we've got Lincoln and Derby, both of whom will present problem...
by Kairdiff Exile
Mon Feb 20, 2023 5:01 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: KR in / KR out?
Replies: 21
Views: 4453

Re: KR in / KR out?

Pretty clear consensus on here, and on the Radio Oxford phone-in after Saturday's game - and yet it's now 4pm on Monday and we've had no Club Statement replete with photo of corner flag hanging limply. Meanwhile, Grant Ferguson apparently "liked" an Oxford Mail tweet from Saturday quoting ...
by Kairdiff Exile
Sat Feb 18, 2023 10:02 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: KR in / KR out?
Replies: 21
Views: 4453

KR in / KR out?

I wasn’t there today, but he’s got to go hasn’t he? That post-match interview was execrable. Hitting out at poor Nathan Cooper, who’s hardly Paxman when it comes to tough questioning, felt petty and desperate.

Anyone go to Cambridge today? Sounded pretty toxic on the terraces from what I can gather.
by Kairdiff Exile
Sun Feb 12, 2023 1:14 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Where are they now?
Replies: 2058
Views: 933723

Re: Where are they now?

With Oxford not playing legitimate opposition yesterday, I went to watch Bristol City against Norwich. Mark Sykes stood out for the home side, scoring and being their main creative outlet, whilst Rob Atkinson had an accomplished game in defence, keeping Teemu Pukki in his pocket throughout. I mentio...
by Kairdiff Exile
Wed Feb 01, 2023 7:14 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Heroes
Replies: 2
Views: 1557

Re: Heroes

With so many squad changes over the last few seasons, does OUFC even have such heroes anymore? I'd suggest that Cameron Branagan is a worthy contender. He's done wonderfully for us since he came, has a talismanic presence on the pitch, turned down a move to a club higher up the leagues because he w...
by Kairdiff Exile
Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:51 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Give Us A (Stratfield) Brake
Replies: 56
Views: 11241

Re: Give Us A (Stratfield) Brake

A cautionary tale for anyone naive enough to think that things move quickly and easily with local authorities. Today's Oxford Mail declares that the Cowley Branch Line (which would include a station to serve the Science Park and the Kas Stad) is one step closer to completion after winning the backin...
by Kairdiff Exile
Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:05 am
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Trouble Brewing
Replies: 4
Views: 1726

Re: Trouble Brewing

Agree with all of that, Isaac, except for this bit: For all the fair criticism of Robinson failing to build a balanced squad, it's not often mentioned that he regularly has to sell his best players at the same time (off the top of my head ... Ledson, Fosu, Baptiste, Dickie, Whyte, McNally, Atkinson)...
by Kairdiff Exile
Fri Jan 27, 2023 4:54 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Give Us A (Stratfield) Brake
Replies: 56
Views: 11241

Re: Give Us A (Stratfield) Brake

Strong agree with OY. Oxford United Football Club do not benefit from commercial revenues at their current ground, they won't be benefiting from them at the new one. The best-case scenario is that there are commercial revenues to be had at The Triangle and the owners plough back some of them into th...
by Kairdiff Exile
Tue Jan 24, 2023 7:53 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Where are they now?
Replies: 2058
Views: 933723

Re: Where are they now?

Got all excited this morning when I heard on the Today programme that Paul Tait is part of the interim management team at Everton - but it was the Crewe and Bristol Rovers one and not our one. Not even sure it warrants a post, but I found it interesting at least!
by Kairdiff Exile
Tue Jan 10, 2023 4:14 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Gonners
Replies: 4
Views: 1876

Re: Gonners

Hard to disagree with this analysis which opens the match report in today's Guardian : As third-round ties go this went by the numbers. Oxford United gave Arsenal a game for an hour, without threatening to make things more interesting than that, and could draw on enough positives to hope for a brigh...
by Kairdiff Exile
Sun Jan 01, 2023 9:04 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: All over bar the shouting
Replies: 7
Views: 4262

Re: All over bar the shouting

I think we’re safe from relegation but nowhere near close enough - even with a brilliant window - to be a realistic playoff shot. 15th-18th, that sort of season.

You?
by Kairdiff Exile
Sun Jan 01, 2023 8:26 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: All over bar the shouting
Replies: 7
Views: 4262

All over bar the shouting

Feels like the season has already petered out, doesn’t it? Good enough to beat Charlton but not good enough to beat Exeter a few days later. A bang-average mid-table season. Thank god for the Arsenal game or we’d literally have no meaningful games until August. Or am I being unfair? Maybe a good tra...
by Kairdiff Exile
Sat Dec 17, 2022 8:26 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Sheffuc*ing Frozen Until About Wednesday
Replies: 3
Views: 1800

Sheffuc*ing Frozen Until About Wednesday

Christ that was cold. My first visit to Hillsborough. What a ground. Really lived up to expectations, and well worth the trip. And despite appearances, the game was an engaging spectacle, with some excellent chances for both sides and some real quality on display - albeit alongside some shocking mom...