Wilder OUT

[The Boys from Up the Hill]

I think it's more the case that in this day and age it's easy for half a dozen excitable kids with access to the internet to wind themselves and each other up and appear to be some kind of group or movement.

Woah, don't assume that it's just kids that go around shouting Wilder out because they're impatient etc. I've been backing Wilder to the hills on here and on Bbc Oxford and I'm 16, whereas when we've been on a really bad run (ie the one of Autumn/Winter last year) my Dad, who's 50 hasn't been so sure.

Yeah, but there's a difference between being privately 'not sure' and very publicly setting up facebook groups and starting shouty topics on forums. I reckon it's mainly kids that do the latter. And when I say kids I don't necessarily mean schoolkids, I just mean younger fans who haven't experienced the hell of watching a really shit Oxford team for years on end and are used to arguing with people from behind their keyboards without much thought.

I actually feel that younger fans tend to be more enthusiastic and optimistic. It usually takes a few years to become embittered!

[Baboo]

I actually feel that younger fans tend to be more enthusiastic and optimistic. It usually takes a few years to become embittered!

As the WSC t-shirt says - &quotBitter and twisted old fashioned football fan&quot. I got mine years ago.

[Yankee Clipper]

He just needs to ditch the half-time team talks...

http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/D3/fsthalf.html

The flipside of this is actually quite a worrying trend.

We have a 7 - 1 - 1 record and would be top in the first half of games

But a 1 - 4 - 4 record and would be 22nd in the second half of games.

But we all know we sit on a lead, really wish we would push on and go after teams we have the beating of

[Snake]

I actually feel that younger fans tend to be more enthusiastic and optimistic. It usually takes a few years to become embittered!

As the WSC t-shirt says - &quotBitter and twisted old fashioned football fan&quot. I got mine years ago.

Ditto, and for many years now I’ve been tempted to put my t-shirt in a charity shop bag. The thing is, we’re still in Division IV after all these years of hurt.

[SmileyMan]

Sorry, but I couldn' let Tabbernackle's shame drop off the front page!

[Tabbernackle]

We've done o k have'nt we ? since my little rant.

[Paul Cooper]

We've done o k have'nt we ? since my little rant.

Yes but I expect that if we lose 2 games in a row again we will have it all again .......

[Tabbernackle]

It got you all posting though in what was a very quiet period.- In Wilder we trust.

[Snake]

A weird FA Cup draw as Chris Wilder canÔÇÖt lose. Also strange that Oxford City have more chance of progressing to the next round than Us (according to the bookies).

[The Boys from Up the Hill]

We've done o k have'nt we ? since my little rant.

Yes, we have.

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[OUFC4eva]

The point about Stevenage is an excellent one. I think there may be a subtle but important sense in which CW is spoilt, in that he knows he can afford to make some mistakes. Spending extra cash, in any business, looks easy but actually requires the same ruthlessness as making savings.

However, looking at the Wembley 14, we have retained Clarke, Batt, Wright, Constable and Potter. Potter is a player with whom CW has shown patience, interestingly. Special circumstances apply to Adam Chapman, Tonkin is still at the club, and so we are not so far from the Stevenage '8'.

Personally, I think there is no case for having retained Creighton, Day, Midson or Green. Leven does seem to offer more than Simon Clist, although I think the latter has been harshly dealt with. This leaves Bulman and Deering...

Talking of Stevenage, they face Danny Wilson's Sheffield United this Saturday at the Lamex.

I wonder if they will beat up the Blades before we play them in the cup.