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by SmileyMan
Tue May 29, 2018 12:30 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: OUFC Women
Replies: 17
Views: 1729757

Re: OUFC Women

The FA have turned the women's game into a franchise operation, for one year, to let a couple of "big clubs" that have up to now not supported the WSL, buy their way into the top divisions. Next year, of course, the plan is to revert to the pyramid structure, pulling up the drawbridge. It ...
by SmileyMan
Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:23 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Going Down??
Replies: 90
Views: 68104

Re: Going Down??

OUFC4eva wrote: Wed Apr 25, 2018 7:27 am A point versus ‘Dale and we’re guaranteed safety.

I am pleased that we go into the game where we have to be proactive - we must not sit back. Let’s have a go at them.
Job done, and with a bit of style too. Decent chance of a solid mid-table finish when all the shouting's done.
by SmileyMan
Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:38 am
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Going Down??
Replies: 90
Views: 68104

Re: Going Down??

Nah, we're safe. 53 points is more than enough - I suspect safety will be confirmed on Saturday whether we win, lose or draw against 'Dale
by SmileyMan
Fri Mar 16, 2018 2:13 am
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Records show structure of Oxford United takeover deal
Replies: 7
Views: 7977

Re: Records show structure of Oxford United takeover deal

Kernow Yellow wrote: Sat Mar 10, 2018 3:11 pm Also, Tiger is putting the club into debt rather than himself - to fund the purchase of the club! Isn't this basically what the Glazers did at Man Utd which pissed so many of their fans off?
Yes, although if you do it with a house it's called a 'mortgage' and I've heard they're quite popular....
by SmileyMan
Tue Feb 06, 2018 1:20 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Who do you want next?
Replies: 91
Views: 67166

Re: Who do you want next?

Whilst we've all been frothing at the mouth with speculation ( Lampard , Grayson , Unsworth , Bellamy ) Eales has finally broken in silence in today's Oxford Fail , saying he's in no great rush to appoint and that he's happy with Faz being in charge for the time being. That probably means an new ma...
by SmileyMan
Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:44 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Who do you want next?
Replies: 91
Views: 67166

Re: Who do you want next?

Big Jim is out of work!

I've always reckoned he could do a job for us - a ropey record at the top level doesn't mean he's not good enough for mid-table League One.
by SmileyMan
Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:34 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Pep Booted
Replies: 18
Views: 13264

Re: Pep Booted

This article in the Oxford Mail sums the situation up nicely. What a good article! I can't blame Eales for keeping his mouth shut and keeping his distance from the club - he only ever gets asked if he's selling and when. Maybe a certain organisation should make more effort with the actual owner rat...
by SmileyMan
Wed Jan 10, 2018 2:38 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Simon Eastwood
Replies: 8
Views: 6406

Re: Simon Eastwood

Given that he's been MotM in virtually every match this season, then this would be a complete disaster without a proven better replacement lined up.

It might be his agent being naughty in preparation for an increased wages bid...
by SmileyMan
Tue Jan 02, 2018 3:21 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: When do we start panicking?
Replies: 57
Views: 47028

Re: When do we start panicking?

Where I do disagree with KY is on the topic of January signings. Our close season recruitment was basically knackered by Appleton leaving when he did. Pep brought in some very quick signings, of varying quality and pretty much all with injury issues. That's okay in some respects - they bought him s...
by SmileyMan
Mon Dec 25, 2017 3:34 am
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Wembley FC
Replies: 8
Views: 5443

Re: Wembley FC

I have signed. What staggers me is that this appalling organisation not only considers it right to pursue this trivial issue, but seems blind to the awful PR that will follow. Trademarks aren't like copyright - if you don't defend them then you can lose the right to hold them. Which quite often lea...
by SmileyMan
Sun Dec 24, 2017 10:16 am
Forum: Raging On
Topic: The Road to Wigan Pier
Replies: 13
Views: 10524

Re: The Road to Wigan Pier

Someone please tell me something positive. All I can see I a prolonged, agonising car crash. 0-7 is still only 3 points in the most important column of the table. Put's a dent in the one next to it though... Wigan are clearly a class apart, which tells us a) we're unlikely to get battered like that...
by SmileyMan
Wed Nov 22, 2017 10:43 am
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Rovers Return
Replies: 17
Views: 11729

Re: Rovers Return

Bollocks :cry: :oops:
by SmileyMan
Tue Nov 21, 2017 12:44 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Rovers Return
Replies: 17
Views: 11729

Rovers Return

Our first league match in 25 years, punctuated only by last year's FA Cup thrashing. They of course went on to get promoted in the '92 season and win the Premier League a few years later. We...errrrrr...didn't have quite the same trajectory. But a quarter century has passed, and we're within touchin...
by SmileyMan
Sun Nov 19, 2017 10:13 am
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Doom and Gloom
Replies: 10
Views: 6249

Re: Doom and Gloom

Nothing to see here, move along! Okay, Plymouth were pretty woeful and going a man and goal down so early pretty much sealed their fate, but you still have to beat what's in front of you, so credit to the team for a nice solid victory and a healthy jump back up the table thanks to the goal differenc...
by SmileyMan
Sun Oct 22, 2017 11:31 am
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Appleton in!
Replies: 6
Views: 4578

Re: Appleton in!

Well his 100% record against Swansea continues!