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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Jan 22, 2018 9:22:54 GMT
www.bbc.com/sport/football/42772878League One club Oxford United have sacked manager Pep Clotet. The 40-year-old Spaniard, who took over in July, was dismissed following Oxford's 2-1 loss at home to League One's bottom side Bury on Saturday. The U's have failed to win nine of their past 13 league games, including a 7-0 loss at home to Wigan in December. "The board has taken the decision after much consideration, and in the best interests of Oxford United FC," a statement read on the club website. "Pep has worked extremely hard throughout his time at Oxford. The board thanks him for his efforts and wishes him every success for the future." Clotet's assistant Derek Fazackerley has been put in charge of first-team affairs until a successor is appointed. Having been a coach alongside Garry Monk at Swansea City and Leeds United, Clotet was given his first managerial role in England when he succeeded Michael Appleton as Oxford boss. He had previously spent short stints as manager of Malaga and Espanyol's reserve teams in the third tier of Spanish football and a spell in charge of Swedish side Halmstads. He led Oxford to two successive League One wins at the start of his reign, but the club did not win again in the third tier for a month before going on a four-game winless run. Three successive league wins at the end of September and start of October saw the club move back into the play-off places, but they won just twice more in the league in 2017 as the club fell back into mid-table.
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Post by Captain Jayho on Jan 22, 2018 9:26:24 GMT
Well this looks like it has all the makings of a total Fazuckup.
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Post by 2nd May 1990 on Jan 22, 2018 9:37:29 GMT
'The U's have failed to win nine of their past 13 league games, including a 7-0 loss at home to Wigan in December.'
What a bizarre interpretation of their form, to give a negative spin. They have failed to win 9? Therefore they have won 4 of their last 13. They have also drawn 3 so that makes 15 pts from 13 matches.
I could put a positive spin. The Us have avoided defeat in all but 6 of their last 13 matches, winning four of them, including thumping Plymouth 4-0 away!
Not great but also not relegation form. They are in 10th place with all to play for. He was always going to have a tough job on his hands taking over from Appleton. Another weird decision, on the face of it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2018 9:42:59 GMT
Sacked at the first sign of trouble. Ridiculous.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Jan 22, 2018 10:01:36 GMT
'The U's have failed to win nine of their past 13 league games, including a 7-0 loss at home to Wigan in December.' What a bizarre interpretation of their form, to give a negative spin. They have failed to win 9? Therefore they have won 4 of their last 13. They have also drawn 3 so that makes 15 pts from 13 matches. I could put a positive spin. The Us have avoided defeat in all but 6 of their last 13 matches, winning four of them, including thumping Plymouth 4-0 away! Not great but also not relegation form. They are in 10th place with all to play for. He was always going to have a tough job on his hands taking over from Appleton. Another weird decision, on the face of it. Have to agree, it does seem too soon to be sacking him. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Jan 22, 2018 10:07:58 GMT
Is that four gone in January alone now?
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Post by philbemmygas on Jan 22, 2018 12:06:59 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2018 12:46:16 GMT
Maybe the board at oxford believe the club should be in the top 5 and have backed the manager with that in mind pre-season?
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 22, 2018 13:12:29 GMT
Maybe the board at oxford believe the club should be in the top 5 and have backed the manager with that in mind pre-season? Or maybe they are just clowns running the club, as it seems unlikely they would have a bigger playing budget than the likes of P'boro & MK Dons etc. |
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Post by pirate on Jan 22, 2018 13:40:10 GMT
Maybe the board at oxford believe the club should be in the top 5 and have backed the manager with that in mind pre-season? Or maybe they are just clowns running the club, as it seems unlikely they would have a bigger playing budget than the likes of P'boro & MK Dons etc. Last season Oxford had an everage attendance of 8.297 and Peterborough 5.581. I'm not sure what MK Dons or Peterborough's shows, but Oxford’s latest accounts reveal the club lost more than £1.8million in the 12 months ending June 2016. Turnover for the period rose sharply, from £2.9m to £5.1m, but operating costs also rose, from £3.7m to £4.7m. The cut-off date at the end of June means the accounts do not include income from the lucrative transfer fees received for Kemar Roofe and Callum O’Dowda. Since then they have also sold Marvin Johnson for £2.5mil. |
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Post by gasincider on Jan 22, 2018 14:57:48 GMT
Suggest Rovers board take note please. To start with upgrade Sercombes contract. Don't let's get to the last year again and nothing to bargain with. |
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Post by pirate on Jan 22, 2018 15:03:39 GMT
Suggest Rovers board take note please. To start with upgrade Sercombes contract. Don't let's get to the last year again and nothing to bargain with. I'd already be looking to extend it. He's class, enjoys playing for us and likes the area. He's our biggest asset playing wise and is already worth 10 times what we paid for him IMHO. |
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Post by South Stand Ultra on Jan 22, 2018 17:41:43 GMT
Suggest Rovers board take note please. To start with upgrade Sercombes contract. Don't let's get to the last year again and nothing to bargain with. I'd already be looking to extend it. He's class, enjoys playing for us and likes the area. He's our biggest asset playing wise and is already worth 10 times what we paid for him IMHO. How much did we pay for him? I seem to remember £150,000? But not 100% sure. |
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Post by pirate on Jan 22, 2018 17:51:32 GMT
I'd already be looking to extend it. He's class, enjoys playing for us and likes the area. He's our biggest asset playing wise and is already worth 10 times what we paid for him IMHO. How much did we pay for him? I seem to remember £150,000? But not 100% sure. The figure quoted at the time was around the £150,000 mark. A bargain. |
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 22, 2018 18:48:25 GMT
'The U's have failed to win nine of their past 13 league games, including a 7-0 loss at home to Wigan in December.' What a bizarre interpretation of their form, to give a negative spin. They have failed to win 9? Therefore they have won 4 of their last 13. They have also drawn 3 so that makes 15 pts from 13 matches. I could put a positive spin. The Us have avoided defeat in all but 6 of their last 13 matches, winning four of them, including thumping Plymouth 4-0 away! Not great but also not relegation form. They are in 10th place with all to play for. He was always going to have a tough job on his hands taking over from Appleton. Another weird decision, on the face of it. It does seem a weird decision and seen in the terms above it’s even stranger. But they were hammered at home 0-7 by Wigan and then lost to 2 late goals against Bury at home on Saturday. 2 very bad results and perhaps the board know something we don’t because on the face of it half the managers in the league would be sacked with that type of form. B*****, now they’ll get a new manager lift against us!! UTG! |
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Post by drasim on Jan 22, 2018 23:15:20 GMT
I was reading the Oxford forum after their loss to Bury and the general feeling is that the togetherness was being lost after the summer shake-up which gradually deteriorated over time. Fans getting frustrated with poor player position choices which boiled over on Saturday where Pep allegedly gave the shushing gesture to fans.
Although to us it probably seems weird given their current position, Oxford don't look in great shape right now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2018 23:31:58 GMT
Maybe the board at oxford believe the club should be in the top 5 and have backed the manager with that in mind pre-season? Or maybe they are just clowns running the club, as it seems unlikely they would have a bigger playing budget than the likes of P'boro & MK Dons etc. They signed about 14 players including 2 who played in the championship for wolves as well as paying £225k for a young liverpool player. They lost 7-0 at home to wigan and 2-1 at home to bury. When oxford fans booed a substitution the manager he made shushing gestures to the crowd which didnt go down to well with supporters. In the club statement it says the board is focused on maintaining a challenge for promotion to the championship and will announce a new manager asap. Just some stuff i looked up. Im not agreeing or disagreeing with what you said but it seems like their board expect them to be right up there in the promotion mix. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2018 0:12:05 GMT
Suggest Rovers board take note please. To start with upgrade Sercombes contract. Don't let's get to the last year again and nothing to bargain with. IMO its a 3 year deal on pretty good money right now[relative to our wage bill]. |
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Jan 23, 2018 0:39:10 GMT
Suggest Rovers board take note please. To start with upgrade Sercombes contract. Don't let's get to the last year again and nothing to bargain with. I'd already be looking to extend it. He's class, enjoys playing for us and likes the area. He's our biggest asset playing wise and is already worth 10 times what we paid for him IMHO. 1 word - Ellis |
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Post by Qatar Gas on Jan 23, 2018 4:55:52 GMT
Maybe the board at oxford believe the club should be in the top 5 and have backed the manager with that in mind pre-season? Maybe but we are only half way through the season. Look at our last three promotion seasons and where we were in January? Apart from the conference promotion, nobody was even thinking about going up! |
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