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Post by unification on Apr 8, 2016 16:59:53 GMT
So me move on from the mild disappointment that was the JPT final. We need to get back to winning ways and so do my match day threads – a loss and a draw for my last two.
Hugely significant game this. We’re not playing too badly and our form is generally ok, but against really stern pressure from the likes of Bristol Rovers, a couple of good results from Plymouth lately despite their wobbly form and the team that are like a floating turd that won’t flush away, Accrington, the mini league at the top has never been closer. It’s straight shootout time now – keep on winning and we can make it.
The good thing is that we hold that precious two point advantage as well as having a very good goal difference going into this one. The more concerning news is that we have such a mediocre opponent with nothing to play for that it could well be a banana skin. Mark Yates has a bit of history of nabbing us with a painful result, but I’m confident that we can get one over on the side that we drew 1-1 with so very long ago.
Sans Skarz and Lundstram, we need all of the squad fighting for those three points tomorrow. COYY!
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Post by chuckbert on Apr 8, 2016 17:07:45 GMT
Bizarrely enough, every day I cycle from home in Wembley to work in Crawley - 4.5 miles (in Perth). I'm taking that to mean that we're going to batter Crawley by 4-5 goals. Would be nice after last week.
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Post by Paul Cannell on Apr 8, 2016 17:12:38 GMT
TBH, I'd be happy if we won 5-4. Full of hope for this. COYY!
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Post by bazzer9461 on Apr 8, 2016 17:14:50 GMT
A win any way will do 1-0 5-4 3-2 it doesn't matter I would have to say this is a must win a chance to put a bit of distance with the gas away to the cobblers
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Post by unification on Apr 8, 2016 17:21:17 GMT
A win any way will do 1-0 5-4 3-2 it doesn't matter I would have to say this is a must win a chance to put a bit of distance with the gas away to the cobblers Yep. I'm an honourary Cobblers fan for the day. 'Chrissy Wilder's maroon army' and all that! Since they can secure promotion tomorrow, I hope they go all out on Bristol Rovers. However can't and shouldn't focus on other teams. It's all about us beating Crawley tomorrow.
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Post by Junior on Apr 8, 2016 17:23:25 GMT
First must win game of the season??
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Post by holdsteady on Apr 8, 2016 18:25:17 GMT
3-0 win, Hylton, Roofe and Evans. 1,550 of us, 2,250 of them. The Last Samurai to win the national just after.
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Post by yellowg on Apr 8, 2016 18:53:04 GMT
1-0 Oxford, Danny hylton 89 mins, 1623 yellows, Mapp twists his right testical after running 60 yards down the touchline and getting his knee slide tragically wrong...but he earns his salary tomorrow.
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Post by eighteen93 on Apr 8, 2016 18:54:56 GMT
Mark Yates pre-match.
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Post by worleox42 on Apr 8, 2016 19:13:02 GMT
God he is so boring...
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Post by bigronaldo on Apr 8, 2016 19:14:04 GMT
A win tomorrow is vital if we are serious about automatic promotion and, to calm the nerves, I think we'll win this one 3-1.
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Post by bashamwonderland on Apr 8, 2016 20:22:24 GMT
I apologise in advance for the unbridled anger tomorrow if we don't win.
2-1 Oxford, I think this one will really impact on our auto hopes either way.
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Post by oxfordboy on Apr 8, 2016 20:32:18 GMT
First must win game of the season?? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk For me, yes.
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Post by oxfordboy on Apr 8, 2016 20:34:51 GMT
You'd be surprised if all the other promotion chasing teams won tomorrow so it's a chance to really reopen a bit of a gap
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Post by amershamdave on Apr 8, 2016 21:04:21 GMT
I had a lot of people coming up to me at Wembley, commenting on my not-so-perfect predictions. Quite a few said they had lost money, betting on my suggestions. Two had got divorced and three had attempted suicide. I was called all manner of names, so I think I owe it to these people to really think hard - which is what I've done. I firmly believe that we will come away from Crawley with a 1-1 draw. Roofe will score at both ends. There will be 1506 Oxford fans, in a crowd of 3989. Before the game, Skarz, although injured, will be in the changing room with the players. He will make some joke about Sercombe having an amount of money stashed away in Panama and end up with a fractured clavicle. Crawley will give their youth team player his debut and he will be booked twice. His name is Ivan Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychhwyrndrobwillllantysiliogogogoch. Just before he tries to write it for the second time, the ref (Mr Dick Head) will let him off with a stern look. The Oxford players, suitably annoyed, will complain and he will just write 'The Welsh one' in his book, then send him off. This will happen in the 94th minute and the ref will go on to write a book called 'What's the point?'. MAPP will be told to sit in the stand by the ref. As they kick off the second half, their number 9 will stand on the ball and fall over, fracturing his coccyx. Dunkley will go to head the ball, but it will be already 45 yards up the pitch. He will go on to claim he had double vision. A hot air balloon will fly over the stadium - with no-one in it. A gaggle of geese will fly over the stadium after 56 minutes and one of them will drop down dead onto Dunkley's head, confusing him even more. That bird Ashleigh, who won BGT in 2012 will come onto the pitch at half-time with 'Pudsey' the dog, to entertain the crowd. He will promptly drop a turd on the pitch and she will be fined £1000 for not having a 'pooper scooper'. A Crawley fan (Ringo Something or other) will bring his complete drum set into the ground and play really cool music all through the game. Roofe will take a penalty for us, but will hit the crossbar - so hard, the ball will bounce all the way back to Buchel, who will miss it - hence Roofe's own goal. One of the floodlights will explode and A Crawley fan will let off a firework. That just about does it for me.
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Post by oxfordboy on Apr 8, 2016 21:06:34 GMT
Agree with everything you said, Cuddy
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Post by uptheus on Apr 8, 2016 22:48:54 GMT
Do we know how many tickets we've sold for this match?
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Post by Denissmithswig on Apr 8, 2016 22:58:02 GMT
5-1 Oxford*, Roofe 2, Sercombe 1, Hylton 2.
I think we will really send a message out to our rivals tomorrow. I also think the players will want to show intent after the wembley defeat.
*this prediction is after a few whiskeys so please feel free to take it lightly!
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Post by shaunrice on Apr 9, 2016 7:00:32 GMT
5-1 Oxford*, Roofe 2, Sercombe 1, Hylton 2. I think we will really send a message out to our rivals tomorrow. I also think the players will want to show intent after the wembley defeat. *this prediction is after a few whiskeys so please feel free to take it lightly! Absolutely we'll send a message out today, which one will it be tho? I'm worried that we'll struggle to create chances as we have in some recent fixtures (admittedly at home). I'm so nervous about this game. I hope we're 5 nil up at half time so I can relax and start worrying about the boxing :-)
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Post by Junior on Apr 9, 2016 7:20:52 GMT
We need to start fast and be aggressive. Take it to Crawley from the start. Don't let them settle into getting men behind the ball and time wasting.. They have nothing to play for so so t wanna be in a battle..
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Post by The Fence End on Apr 9, 2016 8:10:42 GMT
300 pay on the day tickets available according to the club's twitter this morning, we'll get very close to a sell out I reckon.
I'm nervous, very nervous. But then I will be every game between now and the end of the season!
We're missing Lundstram badly so hopefully we can get something out of today and then really kick on when he returns next week.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2016 8:39:05 GMT
I'm nervous about this one. Can see a draw, but all of the chasing pack slipping up to still leave us with the initiative Hate the thought of Luton or Wycombe stopping us going up. This is a really really must win
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Post by notaswindonfan on Apr 9, 2016 8:48:50 GMT
I had a lot of people coming up to me at Wembley, commenting on my not-so-perfect predictions. Quite a few said they had lost money, betting on my suggestions. Two had got divorced and three had attempted suicide. I was called all manner of names, so I think I owe it to these people to really think hard - which is what I've done. I firmly believe that we will come away from Crawley with a 1-1 draw. Roofe will score at both ends. There will be 1506 Oxford fans, in a crowd of 3989. Before the game, Skarz, although injured, will be in the changing room with the players. He will make some joke about Sercombe having an amount of money stashed away in Panama and end up with a fractured clavicle. Crawley will give their youth team player his debut and he will be booked twice. His name is Ivan Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychhwyrndrobwillllantysiliogogogoch. Just before he tries to write it for the second time, the ref (Mr Dick Head) will let him off with a stern look. The Oxford players, suitably annoyed, will complain and he will just write 'The Welsh one' in his book, then send him off. This will happen in the 94th minute and the ref will go on to write a book called 'What's the point?'. MAPP will be told to sit in the stand by the ref. As they kick off the second half, their number 9 will stand on the ball and fall over, fracturing his coccyx. Dunkley will go to head the ball, but it will be already 45 yards up the pitch. He will go on to claim he had double vision. A hot air balloon will fly over the stadium - with no-one in it. A gaggle of geese will fly over the stadium after 56 minutes and one of them will drop down dead onto Dunkley's head, confusing him even more. That bird Ashleigh, who won BGT in 2012 will come onto the pitch at half-time with 'Pudsey' the dog, to entertain the crowd. He will promptly drop a turd on the pitch and she will be fined £1000 for not having a 'pooper scooper'. A Crawley fan (Ringo Something or other) will bring his complete drum set into the ground and play really cool music all through the game. Roofe will take a penalty for us, but will hit the crossbar - so hard, the ball will bounce all the way back to Buchel, who will miss it - hence Roofe's own goal. One of the floodlights will explode and A Crawley fan will let off a firework. That just about does it for me. Far be it for me to cast doubt about your mystic powers, but if the ref booked him once his name is already in the book, just put x2, or am I looking to deep into this.
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Post by sarge on Apr 9, 2016 9:38:03 GMT
Oxford fans there in huge numbers , 3-1 away win, CO'D , macca & Bowrey
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Post by Ocracoke Ox on Apr 9, 2016 10:02:47 GMT
On the coach Only expect a win COYY
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Post by amershamdave on Apr 9, 2016 10:03:54 GMT
I had a lot of people coming up to me at Wembley, commenting on my not-so-perfect predictions. Quite a few said they had lost money, betting on my suggestions. Two had got divorced and three had attempted suicide. I was called all manner of names, so I think I owe it to these people to really think hard - which is what I've done. I firmly believe that we will come away from Crawley with a 1-1 draw. Roofe will score at both ends. There will be 1506 Oxford fans, in a crowd of 3989. Before the game, Skarz, although injured, will be in the changing room with the players. He will make some joke about Sercombe having an amount of money stashed away in Panama and end up with a fractured clavicle. Crawley will give their youth team player his debut and he will be booked twice. His name is Ivan Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychhwyrndrobwillllantysiliogogogoch. Just before he tries to write it for the second time, the ref (Mr Dick Head) will let him off with a stern look. The Oxford players, suitably annoyed, will complain and he will just write 'The Welsh one' in his book, then send him off. This will happen in the 94th minute and the ref will go on to write a book called 'What's the point?'. MAPP will be told to sit in the stand by the ref. As they kick off the second half, their number 9 will stand on the ball and fall over, fracturing his coccyx. Dunkley will go to head the ball, but it will be already 45 yards up the pitch. He will go on to claim he had double vision. A hot air balloon will fly over the stadium - with no-one in it. A gaggle of geese will fly over the stadium after 56 minutes and one of them will drop down dead onto Dunkley's head, confusing him even more. That bird Ashleigh, who won BGT in 2012 will come onto the pitch at half-time with 'Pudsey' the dog, to entertain the crowd. He will promptly drop a turd on the pitch and she will be fined £1000 for not having a 'pooper scooper'. A Crawley fan (Ringo Something or other) will bring his complete drum set into the ground and play really cool music all through the game. Roofe will take a penalty for us, but will hit the crossbar - so hard, the ball will bounce all the way back to Buchel, who will miss it - hence Roofe's own goal. One of the floodlights will explode and A Crawley fan will let off a firework. That just about does it for me. Far be it for me to cast doubt about your mystic powers, but if the ref booked him once his name is already in the book, just put x2, or am I looking to deep into this. Ah! I think you may have missed the ref's name? (Mr. Dick Head)
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Post by londonroader on Apr 9, 2016 10:10:20 GMT
I would take a point today with us being further under strength ?
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Post by bazzer9461 on Apr 9, 2016 10:19:30 GMT
3 points is what is required some difficult fixtures in L2
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Post by bigfella72 on Apr 9, 2016 10:23:18 GMT
I would take a point today with us being further under strength ? Arguably our easiest match that we have left! So quietly confident for three points!
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Post by mooro on Apr 9, 2016 10:34:48 GMT
I would take a point today with us being further under strength ? Arguably our easiest match that we have left! So quietly confident for three points! Easier than our auto rivals, more to the point, so a win would be a massive step forward Two early goals for us, they get one back just after half time, squeeky bum time from thereon in, with a late goal (but for which side? )
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