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Post by yellowfever1 on Mar 12, 2016 17:12:18 GMT
So on to Tuesday,wish it was away! As the fans are going to be well flat for this game. I kind of agree with the first guy that phoned in. The atmosphere is so bad at the Kassam.
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Post by oxfordboy on Mar 12, 2016 17:12:47 GMT
Lundstram and Sercs have lost form alarmingly, from 2 of our best players every single week to invisible most games
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Post by tonyw on Mar 12, 2016 17:14:36 GMT
Amazing that we've ended still in 2nd place. I'm still not too worried about either Accrington or Bristol Rovers. I just had a look at Bristol Rover's run in and they have some pretty easy fixtures and hitting form. I'm definitely worried about them. Rovers run-in is straightforward - similar to ours, except they have to go to Northampton. Plymouth & Portsmouth both have tougher ends to the season. Having said all that - Newport at home looked like a home banker for Pompey, and look what happened. Anyone can beat anyone in this division.
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Post by newyorkyellow on Mar 12, 2016 17:16:00 GMT
Lundstram and Sercs have lost form alarmingly, from 2 of our best players every single week to invisible most games Have to agree Lundstram have been invisible lately... He's missed the last 3 games with injury!!
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Post by oufc28 on Mar 12, 2016 17:17:57 GMT
I think lundstram was one player trying to get on the ball make forward passes and runs to make things happen. The same can't be said about most of the others.
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Post by bbl1 on Mar 12, 2016 17:18:36 GMT
Lundstram and Sercs have lost form alarmingly, from 2 of our best players every single week to invisible most games Have to agree Lundstram have been invisible lately... He's missed the last 3 games with injury!! lol... You tell him Ricky!
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Post by norwayyellow on Mar 12, 2016 17:22:00 GMT
with a good run now we will be ok, 4wins are possible in the next4 COYY
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Post by bbl1 on Mar 12, 2016 17:23:43 GMT
So on to Tuesday,wish it was away! As the fans are going to be well flat for this game. I kind of agree with the first guy that phoned in. The atmosphere is so bad at the Kassam. Yes I know,but as we know at so called big games in cups etc it can be good! It is like this when it is half full and may be it being like this is a problem for the team . It is not like we can not take the game to home sides when we are away but can not do this at home.
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Post by bbl1 on Mar 12, 2016 17:26:03 GMT
with a good run now we will be ok, 4wins are possible in the next4 COYY Yes norwayyellow you are right! But next Tuesday will show if it is a no show again from our OUFC.
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Post by Gary Baldi on Mar 12, 2016 17:40:35 GMT
I hope the Orient fans enjoyed their little celebration. Most random pitch invasion ever. Did they win the Champion League today? Tin pot tossers!
The team looked off today. Lundstram looked rusty, Mullins had a rare awful game and Bowery was all arms and legs. We need to be far more dirty and cynical as a team. Another team has come here, wasted time, abused the Ref, kicked off the ball and we just let it happen. We need to do the same. We should not have to, but the Refs aren't strong enough to do anything about it. Sod being nice, do the dirty side and not care.
If anyone can explain the hand ball rule, I'm all ears. Same for time wasting. Week on week it's a different interpretation of the rules...
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Post by East Challow Yellow on Mar 12, 2016 17:42:58 GMT
How about we play anti football at home..If you can't beat em join em. Sent from my SM-G900F using proboards What a stupid comment. Proper football wins over anti-football over the course of the season. That's why we're second and teams like Orient aren't. "Proper football wins over anti-football over the course of the season" Does it? I dare say Graham Westley's Stevenage side might have something to say about that.
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Post by oufc28 on Mar 12, 2016 17:49:44 GMT
Just out of interest was orients player rightly sent off? From where I was sat it seemed mistimed but not malicious?
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Post by Gary Baldi on Mar 12, 2016 17:51:25 GMT
It didn't help that he's abused the lino a few mins before. He knew what he was doing by taking the player out, but I was surprised it was a red considering the ref had chosen to keep his cards in his pocket all game. Nolan should've been booked for foul and abusive.
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Post by thehorse on Mar 12, 2016 17:53:04 GMT
I don't think they were that bad for time wasting.
Certainly not one of the worst teams for it that have come here this season.
Yes the ref was poor and they may have slowed things down once they got ahead but we have to stop using these as excuses for not winning games. The red card at the end was never a straight red, so it wasn't all against us in terms of his performance.
The reasons we lost are more to do with our own shortcomings, we were poor out wide today, Maguire especially so but Roofe offered little out there (apart from the run that led to the red card). O dowda while refreshingly direct also wasted a couple of great crossing opportunities with poor crosses.
On a more positive note I thought Dunkley was excellent today. Maybe he could have done better with the headed that led to the goal but from the east stand it's hard to tell so won't blame him for that but happy to hear other thoughts......
we didn't really look like scoring until Sercombe had a good late chance (that probably should have been a goal) yet they had 3 off the line and Buchel made a couple of decent saves, it's hard to make a case against them being the better side and deserved winners on the day.
The Portsmouth and Plymouth results make today slightly better than it was looking like being, but in many ways these two losing make our loss even more disappointing as we could have seen off Portsmouth's challenge today.
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Post by uptheus on Mar 12, 2016 17:53:29 GMT
I thought the atmosphere was poor right from the off today. No real passion, very quiet singing/support, not sure why?
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Post by billyox on Mar 12, 2016 17:53:33 GMT
Today's problems we had no width roofe and Maguire played to centrally so we had no one to pass to. striker's couldn't hold it up and there first touch was woeful. And finally we just don't shoot we keep trying to walk the ball in the net.
Sent from my SM-G920F using proboards
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Post by oufc28 on Mar 12, 2016 17:54:58 GMT
It didn't help that he's abused the lino a few mins before. He knew what he was doing by taking the player out, but I was surprised it was a red considering the ref had chosen to keep his cards in his pocket all game. Nolan should've been booked for foul and abusive. Agreed,orient could have had a few players booked for time-wasting in the first half let alone later on as well as the abuse towards officials!!
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Post by Gary Baldi on Mar 12, 2016 17:57:18 GMT
It didn't help that he's abused the lino a few mins before. He knew what he was doing by taking the player out, but I was surprised it was a red considering the ref had chosen to keep his cards in his pocket all game. Nolan should've been booked for foul and abusive. Agreed,orient could have had a few players booked for time-wasting in the first half let alone later on as well as the abuse towards officials!! Nolan had two pops at the Ref. When he;d been told to go away, he carried on. A very lucky boy. It would have set the tone for the game,
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Post by oufc28 on Mar 12, 2016 18:01:47 GMT
I don't think they were that bad for time wasting. Certainly not one of the worst teams for it that have come here this season. Yes the ref was poor and they may have slowed things down once they got ahead but we have to stop using these as excuses for not winning games. The red card at the end was never a straight red, so it wasn't all against us in terms of his performance. The reasons we lost are more to do with our own shortcomings, we were poor out wide today, Maguire especially so but Roofe offered little out there (apart from the run that led to the red card). O dowda while refreshingly direct also wasted a couple of great crossing opportunities with poor crosses. On a more positive note I thought Dunkley was excellent today. Maybe he could have done better with the headed that led to the goal but from the east stand it's hard to tell so won't blame him for that but happy to hear other thoughts...... we didn't really look like scoring until Sercombe had a good late chance (that probably should have been a goal) yet they had 3 off the line and Buchel made a couple of decent saves, it's hard to make a case against them being the better side and deserved winners on the day. The Portsmouth and Plymouth results make today slightly better than it was looking like being, but in many ways these two losing make our loss even more disappointing as we could have seen off Portsmouth's challenge today. Dunkley was a colossus today! Won everything in the air and on the floor and tried his best to keep things moving forward. Fantastic defensive display. Shame it accounted for nothing.
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Post by dabigfella on Mar 12, 2016 18:03:51 GMT
A lot has been said about Orient's Anti Football style. But a far more important point is that neither the Oxford manager nor the players had the faintest idea how to deal with it. That is really worrying.
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Post by oufc28 on Mar 12, 2016 18:07:43 GMT
A lot has been said about Orient's Anti Football style. But a far more important point is that neither the Oxford manager nor the players had the faintest idea how to deal with it. That is really worrying. What's even more worrying is that it's not the first time and we simply aren't learning from it and falling victim to it every time it happens.
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Post by bashamwonderland on Mar 12, 2016 18:08:39 GMT
I don't think Orient were anti football. They closed us down really well and wasted just enough time when they needed to. We were guilty of smashing it up when nothing worked, we could be accused of being anti football at times in the game.
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Post by bazzer9461 on Mar 12, 2016 18:14:01 GMT
Just in, Where do I start Ref f*cking useless penalty i think was 60/40 60% would give it 40% wouldn't, Please Mapp have a plan B, Fazz/Allen get your players to shoot from distance and not a bit of pussy foot and try and walk it in. Disappointed with the caller moaning about the fans i didn't hear moaning at the players but i did her them moan at the Ref.
On to Tuesday we must get the three points as its the game from April the 2nd and get the points in the bag.
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Post by Toeby on Mar 12, 2016 18:17:57 GMT
I don't think they were that bad for time wasting. Certainly not one of the worst teams for it that have come here this season. Yes the ref was poor and they may have slowed things down once they got ahead but we have to stop using these as excuses for not winning games. The red card at the end was never a straight red, so it wasn't all against us in terms of his performance. The reasons we lost are more to do with our own shortcomings, we were poor out wide today, Maguire especially so but Roofe offered little out there (apart from the run that led to the red card). O dowda while refreshingly direct also wasted a couple of great crossing opportunities with poor crosses. On a more positive note I thought Dunkley was excellent today. Maybe he could have done better with the headed that led to the goal but from the east stand it's hard to tell so won't blame him for that but happy to hear other thoughts...... we didn't really look like scoring until Sercombe had a good late chance (that probably should have been a goal) yet they had 3 off the line and Buchel made a couple of decent saves, it's hard to make a case against them being the better side and deserved winners on the day. The Portsmouth and Plymouth results make today slightly better than it was looking like being, but in many ways these two losing make our loss even more disappointing as we could have seen off Portsmouth's challenge today. I agree with everything you have to say. We never really got in behind them today and struggled to create chances. There was a real lack of quality and incisiveness in the final third today.
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Post by behindthegoal on Mar 12, 2016 18:22:52 GMT
Waring can go back this evening...did he just come on to jog (slowly) around the pitch??
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Post by Toeby on Mar 12, 2016 18:24:14 GMT
Waring can go back this evening...did he just come on to jog (slowly) around the pitch?? Did you miss the bit when he chased back to the corner flag in front of the Orient fans?
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Post by gottagetbetta on Mar 12, 2016 18:31:25 GMT
I swear there was more flapping from our keeper today than you would find in a 20's silent movie about the Charleston. What does Wayne Brown coach them in exactly? So regardless of where we are next season we need two new keepers for next season. That was not the most enjoyable afternoon of my life, you just bloody knew we were going to be mugged. Appleton looked bewildered by what was unfolding before his eyes. He wasn't the only one.
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Post by thehorse on Mar 12, 2016 18:32:30 GMT
Waring can go back this evening...did he just come on to jog (slowly) around the pitch?? Did you miss the bit when he chased back to the corner flag in front of the Orient fans? Waring was on a bit of a hiding to nothing today, came on and all we did was hit balls up to him, while he didn't win as many in the air as we might have like me he wasn't helped in part to the quality of ball up to him but the orient centre halves were pretty good in the air. Had he managed to win a few though, he was often isolated so would have just headed it on into no mans land. In some ways you are almost better off not winning it in that situation and picking up the seconds if you aren't going to get around the big man.
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Post by thehorse on Mar 12, 2016 18:34:05 GMT
I swear there was more flapping from our keeper today than you would find in a 20's silent movie about the Charleston. What does Wayne Brown coach them in exactly? So regardless of where we are next season we need two new keepers for next season. That was not the most enjoyable afternoon of my life, you just bloody knew we were going to be mugged. Appleton looked bewildered by what was unfolding before his eyes. He wasn't the only one. Two new keepers? Are we really going to find two keepers better than slocombe who are happy to sign without assurances that they are to be the first choice......I don't think so. We clearly need a more consistent keeper but I think we sign one and keep slocombe as the number 2
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Post by Toeby on Mar 12, 2016 18:42:55 GMT
Did you miss the bit when he chased back to the corner flag in front of the Orient fans? Waring was on a bit of a hiding to nothing today, came on and all we did was hit balls up to him, while he didn't win as many in the air as we might have like me he wasn't helped in part to the quality of ball up to him but the orient centre halves were pretty good in the air. Had he managed to win a few though, he was often isolated so would have just headed it on into no mans land. In some ways you are almost better off not winning it in that situation and picking up the seconds if you aren't going to get around the big man. Yep, I agree. No point hitting the big man unless you get men near him for the second ball. Carlisle did it well when they played up here earlier in the season when they knocked it into Ibehre, likewise Barnet to Akinde. I wish we could learn to do the ugly stuff well. Many factors will dictate that you can't always play football and although playing nice stuff would always be my preference, the best teams know different ways to win.
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