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by Dr Bob
Sun Aug 24, 2025 2:55 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Plus ca change
Replies: 5
Views: 433

Re: Plus ca change

No idea why commentaries of live broadcasts are not available, but my guess is that it is not down to the BBC, but to whichever broadcaster pays the most and controls rights access. Whatever the reality, it once again sees supporters being treated abysmally. Despite having my travel plans disrupted,...
by Dr Bob
Fri Aug 15, 2025 12:29 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Plus ca change
Replies: 5
Views: 433

Re: Plus ca change

You raise an important question, AC. The challenge with keeping this going is limited numbers of engaged readers and contributors. The alternative is not to keep going...but what does that mean? Shutting the whole kit and kaboodle down would mean simply archiving what is here (I assume), but not add...
by Dr Bob
Sun Aug 10, 2025 11:12 am
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Plus ca change
Replies: 5
Views: 433

Plus ca change

What on earth was I expecting? I say every year at this time that my pre-season optimism usually lasts 45 minutes. But as Oxblogger's always excellent piece makes clear, opening games of the season really tell us nothing. The one statistic from last season I still cannot quite comprehend is that had...
by Dr Bob
Mon May 05, 2025 1:55 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Championship 2024/25
Replies: 29
Views: 12174

Re: Championship 2024/25

Saturday was my wife's birthday so did not even bother asking for a pass. Missed the atmosphere but watching from afar it was a crazy match to end an amazing season. Given the downs in form as well as the ups under GR, I am staggered that had the season started when he joined we would have been in t...
by Dr Bob
Sun Apr 27, 2025 1:44 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Championship 2024/25
Replies: 29
Views: 12174

Re: Championship 2024/25

What a performance from the team, fans, everybody that was against Sunderland. Appropriately, a Championship performance to confirm staying in the Championship. They really put out a strong team, but the way we went at them from the very start set the tone. Even when the intensity dropped towards th...
by Dr Bob
Sun Apr 13, 2025 4:30 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Championship 2024/25
Replies: 29
Views: 12174

Re: Championship 2024/25

I still wonder during most matches where our goals will come from, other than corners, free kicks, and now long throws. That said, that is three 1-0 victories recently achieved via long throws and a strong defence. We did create more from open play against Wednesday than other matches recently - alb...
by Dr Bob
Sun Feb 16, 2025 12:15 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Championship 2024/25
Replies: 29
Views: 12174

Re: Championship 2024/25

A couple of weeks on and I find myself irritated by how my concerns are still present. After the lack of ambition against a Derby side that could only offer physical combat as a solution to what we were offering, the lack of any sort of quality again Pompey was so depressing that for the first time ...
by Dr Bob
Mon Feb 03, 2025 5:12 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Championship 2024/25
Replies: 29
Views: 12174

Re: Championship 2024/25

...or just Professor Yellow? Following Oxford never guarantees a smooth ride. Things are looking a lot better than they were, but nothing can be taken for granted. I guess the question is, can the wheels come off under GR as quickly as he put them on. Other teams are picking up, but the more there a...
by Dr Bob
Thu Jan 09, 2025 5:17 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Championship 2024/25
Replies: 29
Views: 12174

Re: Championship 2024/25

And whatever the actual fee paid for the new striker, it seems likely that our record incoming transfer fee has been utterly smashed. Quite a commitment. Now just waiting to see if Negru goes into our 25-man squad, or heads out on loan to a League 1 side. I meant to say previously, as you have, I do...
by Dr Bob
Tue Dec 17, 2024 5:11 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Championship 2024/25
Replies: 29
Views: 12174

Re: Championship 2024/25

Our first season in the 2nd division in a quarter of a century, performances up and down, results up and down, a loved manager sacked - and not a hint of a sniff of a suggestion of a comment. Are we pulling the plug on this forum? It appears to be in a deep coma. Just wondering.
by Dr Bob
Tue Oct 08, 2024 12:03 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Championship 2024/25
Replies: 29
Views: 12174

Re: Championship 2024/25

One of the staging posts in judging performance is usually given as 10 games. Looking at your posts, Slappy, I get the distinct feeling that such is the financial gulf between teams in this division, 10 games is too soon. Pompey's opening fixtures have been really difficult. We have had a mixed bag ...
by Dr Bob
Tue Sep 17, 2024 1:20 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Championship 2024/25
Replies: 29
Views: 12174

Re: Championship 2024/25

Many thanks. I was just about to start a thread about this! Actually I shall be getting to more games this season, because I am about to cease full-time employment via a MARS/sort-of-voluntary-redundancy scheme. This will give me the time and energy to get to midweek home games and more away games. ...
by Dr Bob
Mon May 20, 2024 9:14 am
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Wem-Ber-Lee!
Replies: 8
Views: 4909

Re: Wem-Ber-Lee!

Really? 36 hours and no posting? Listening to some of the Bolton fans on the tube heading towards Wembley, I just kept thinking about one thing - that we were above Bolton in the 4-game, 6, 8, and 10 game form tables at the end of the season. Then I heard the stats about how few goals we had concede...
by Dr Bob
Wed May 15, 2024 1:35 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: Wem-Ber-Lee!
Replies: 8
Views: 4909

Re: Wem-Ber-Lee!

by Dr Bob
Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:50 pm
Forum: Raging On
Topic: play-off run in
Replies: 15
Views: 9416

Re: play-off run in

I know that, theoretically, we could still make the play-offs with a draw or even a loss: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/24268777.oxford-united-need-finish-league-one-play-offs/ But realistically, we need to win. Exeter are top of the 6-match form table (followed by Lincoln then Blackpool, as it...