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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...

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.

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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...

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...

Yeah, any major development that close would see a sizeable Section 106 contribution towards improving local amenities - ie, the developer would be required to make a significant financial contribution which the council would likely earmark for nearby community / youth sports facilities given the ci...

What do we make of yesterday's news and today's statement then? All feels a bit depressing to me. The new site is much smaller, and it's hard to see how the Board can develop all the ancillary facilities around the stadium that they presumably need in order for the whole thing to wash its face finan...

I was at a different game on Saturday, but I listened to Radio Oxford's post-match analysis and KR's interview, and it was all very gloomy. Blaming referees and injuries may well be fair, but how long will it wash with the Board if results don't pick up? As Dr Bob says, two very tricky away trips no...

Weirdly, I spent half an hour in the middle of the night on Thursday trying to stave off insomnia by unsuccessfully seeking to recall the name of the ineffective striker we signed from Aldershot during the relegation season to the conference, who turned out to be utter sh*t. The next day, scrolling ...

Not sure how many of you listen to the consistently-excellent Fence End podcast, but in their latest episode the consensus seemed to be that KR has enough credit in the bank that if he's saying the poor form is due to injuries, we should wait until the key injured players are back before we judge hi...

I wasn't there yesterday, and it sounds like a peculiar game given the lengthy mid-match delay (and obviously we all hope the fan who was taken ill improves). No getting away from the fact that it was a poor result, and it sounded from what I heard and read as though things got pretty toxic during a...

I hope the club doesn’t find itself subject to rent again, when (if) there is a stadium move. This is the big priority for me as well. Otherwise we'll have just moved to a nicer (and likely more expensive) rental property but will still have almost zero assets of our own. I'd like to see OxVox be m...

Announced today, some 558 days (apparently) since we were told that a change was coming.

Thoughts? Sounds like there's money, experience and capacity to move forward on the #StadiumSituation, but I guess it'll be a while until the owners' wider intentions become clear.

This has the feeling of being one season too many (quite a few around me today said it feels like The Last Days of Wilder). Yes, that thought was in my mind on Saturday night too. Just like with Wilder, KR is clearly a good manager and a decent human being, and I've no doubt he'll succeed in the fu...

Well I wasn’t there today, Jerome (as I wouldn’t ever watch a game against football’s Pariah Club - see threads passim for further details), but in the interests of getting some discussions going here were the views of my elderly mum who did go! “ It was a truly dismal performance. I think that Robi...

Well I've not gone anywhere else! Still check here most days, and don't check/post elsewhere. The Other Place has too much 'noise' and arguments, whereas the regulars on here have always been a bit more circumspect and articulate.

Happy to commit to posting on here more often if others will!