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Post by warehamgas on Oct 9, 2023 18:46:16 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-67052207Meanwhile, while we’re arguing about a stand Oxford have unveiled plans for a new ground. if Oxford’s new ground is built the bottom line is that our inability to build a new ground is pretty pathetic whatever the excuses or reasons might be. They will have had two new grounds and we might have just about built a temporary stand by that time. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 8, 2023 13:32:34 GMT
Thought we were unlucky, bossed it first half not so good second, why do we do stupid petulant things like kicking the ball away, and cheap dissent, which ultimately lead to dismissals. Not so disappointed created quite a few chances, not our day today. We will be there or thereabout at the end of the season. I’ve read a few people criticise Jevani for kicking the ball away, I thought the yellow was very, very harsh while watching yesterday. Just watched a replay this morning and the lad had ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE of stopping executing his shot, the whistle blew as he was shooting! So when posters say he was stupid and petulant they are way wrong 👍🏾 As I was the first one who tried to explain the reasons for the booking I’ll guess that might have been aimed at me. 😉 At no time did I call him ‘petulant’ or ‘stupid.’ But when you do what he did, given the rules this season, it gives the ref a reason to do what he did. It was a harsh booking but I’ve seen that happen this season on numerous occasions and I’ve seen 7 live games this season, PL and League 1. Of all the bookings I think it was the harshest but had the most impact. I thought the whistle went earlier but it is what it is, unfortunate for us, fortunate for them because he was a threat to them. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 8, 2023 13:22:11 GMT
For those interested out of the top 7 teams in National League South the order is…. 1st Yeovil 2nd Taunton Town 3rd Bath City 4th Maidstone 5th Worthing 6th Aveley 7th Torquay Perhaps it’s going to be a local promotion battle. Yeovil starting their comeback, Taunton massively over achieving and Bath having a good season so far. Torquay with some work to do. I’m more interested in second place and third in ligue 1 in France 🇫🇷 2. Nice 3. Brest Ok. I guess they’ll move up and down all season. Happy watching.😉 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 8, 2023 8:38:53 GMT
For those interested out of the top 7 teams in National League South the order is…. 1st Yeovil 2nd Taunton Town 3rd Bath City 4th Maidstone 5th Worthing 6th Aveley 7th Torquay Perhaps it’s going to be a local promotion battle. Yeovil starting their comeback, Taunton massively over achieving and Bath having a good season so far. Torquay with some work to do. Nice to see Taunton on an equal footing with Yeovil after so many years apart. Bet it annoys the hell out of Yeovil who'd rather be playing a Bristol club. 👍 It is, I agree. I don’t think it will continue, I know they struggle with squad numbers when they are playing Sat-Tues-Sat so I expect them to drop down eventually into a more mid-table position. But still doing well considering where they’ve come from. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 7, 2023 19:52:36 GMT
As so many will be unhappy with the ref and about diving, kicking the ball away and time wasting I haven’t seen it mentioned about how good it is to see multiple balls being used and clubs making sure at throw ins that a ball is ready for the players to use. I think it’s another change for this season brought in that has really improved the flow of the game. Obviously the losing team is usually quicker to keep the game going rather than the winning team. Anyway, well done whoever did this.
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 7, 2023 19:47:19 GMT
Time wasting is a bookable offence. It's to prevent the opponent getting the advantage they are due after a foul. Context isn't really a factor. Exactly what I said earlier in this thread. How the hell can a player be booked for time wasting, when his team are losin? Perhaps the crackpot ref didn't know which team were winning. Worst decision I have seen in 59 years of watching football. That presumes players have logical thought processes in the heat of the moment. My 60 years of watching Rovers and a load of other live football has taught me that players rarely do logical stuff. It was a frustrating thing to happen to us but already this season I’ve seen several players booked for carrying on playing or kicking the ball away as JB did today. Was a shame it happened today because we had a good chance of rescuing a point at least if not more. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 7, 2023 16:23:17 GMT
For those interested out of the top 7 teams in National League South the order is…. 1st Yeovil 2nd Taunton Town 3rd Bath City 4th Maidstone 5th Worthing 6th Aveley 7th Torquay
Perhaps it’s going to be a local promotion battle. Yeovil starting their comeback, Taunton massively over achieving and Bath having a good season so far. Torquay with some work to do.
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 7, 2023 14:46:51 GMT
You make your own luck in front of goal. We were unlucky with the brown situation but not scoring enough goals today wasn’t down to luck. You lost to 9 men That comment just about qualifies you as a WUM. Just celebrate a great win for your team without trying to wind up others who’ve been very welcoming to you. 🤔 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 7, 2023 14:38:44 GMT
Well firstly what a dreadful referee, I mean wtf was browns first yellow for ?Oxford may have had two sent off at the death but that in no way made up for us having to play with 10 men v 12 for 40 minutes. Having said that we have to be more clinical , in that first half we had so much of the ball in their half and didn’t score. Overal a decent gutsy performance gutted we didn’t get something from a game where we were probably worth a point. For carrying on playing when the ref had whistled. I’ve seen it given several times this season (mind you I’ve also seen it missed!) and it was a great finish. It was a silly card to get which really cost us. Their first sending off was for exactly the same but of course happening in the 94th minute is different than ours. Very frustrating. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 7, 2023 14:34:11 GMT
Well if Oxford are one of the best in the League then I am very optimistic we will be all right this season. Thought we did enough for a point at least .. too many not on their top game today…. Woods and Bogarde and Martin I thought were all very poor. Yes we will be. Lots of players out injured but our squad is strong and we will do well. Oxford a good team but we competed and could be considered unlucky to come away without anything. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 7, 2023 14:27:26 GMT
Referee has ruined a great game of football. He hasn’t been good but…. Kick a ball away you get booked. When a foul has been given and you carry on playing it’s a yellow card. I’ve seen it several times this season and it will happen a lot this afternoon. It was frustrating watching us but the ref hasn’t cost us the game. Connor T’s slip for the BB goal cost us as did the poor pass in midfield that meant Jevani B had to do what he did and get sent off were more important. Felt sorry for Connor T because he was very good, that mistake apart, and will be massive for us this season. And I felt sorry for Matt C at the second goal as the Oxford player in front of him did put him off. I thought he was offside but there was another player to the right who may have played him onside. We were by far the better team in the first half but didn’t take our chances. Even when we were playing well our crossing into the box was poor. Had Oxford taken their chances we could have been 4/5 down in the second half. I think we will do well this season, not top of the table but we outplayed the team who are for long periods of this game. Well done the team for making it tighter than it should have been. More displays like that and we’ll be closer to the top than the other end. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 7, 2023 9:03:19 GMT
sadly wrong call for him. Should have waited until Jan and would have got a better gig. Will not even be in the top half of favourites in division 2 next season and that will leave him as a jobbing division 2 manager from there on. Bit early to be passing judgement on DC's career choice when you have no idea why he went there. Maybe he admires the elegant Georgian architecture of Cheltenham. They might not be favourites in League 2 next season because they might not be in League 2 next season. If he keeps them up then they wil start again in the same league as big timers like ourselves, so maybe not such a bad choice, but we shall see. And maybe he just needs to be working again. Been a tough couple of years for him and his family so perhaps he just needs to be busy doing something he loves. I’m sure he’s been well paid but once that stops like anyone he needs to work to pay the bills. (Though I suppose being on gardening leave I suppose that was still being paid.) Whatever his reasons good luck to him. And if he keeps them up or even avoids bottom place it willbe some achievement and perhaps that’s a driver. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 6, 2023 19:52:46 GMT
Everton v Bournemouth. 2-1 Cardiff v Watford. 2-1 Sheff Wed v Huddersfield. 1-2 Oxturd v Gas. 1-1 Exeter v Barnsley. 1-1 Bradford v Swindon. 2-1 Salford v Crewe. 1-0 Tranmere v Grimsby. 3-1 Ebbsfleet v Halifax. 1-0 Slough v Weymouth. 1-1 WSM v Chelmsford. 1-1 Yeovil v Aveley. 2-1
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 6, 2023 19:38:22 GMT
9899 with 1489 gas.
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 6, 2023 15:53:52 GMT
Congratulations Matt. Is he one who we could have looked to sign permanently? This will put a bit on his price. I very much doubt it. Highly regarded at Brentford. It’s a shame but I think you’re right. But playing for England U21s will boost his reputation and is a sign that he’s playing well and we are benefitting from it. Have to say that JBs loans are a mark above what we’ve been used to. Anderson, Bogarde, Thomas (both of them), Taylor, Connolly, Crama, Quansah were all good. The goalie last season had a tough time but overall the standard has risen remarkably. And the impact playing for us has had on Anderson, Quansah, even Bobby Thomas has been good. I would think managers overall would like what we’ve done to their players. Oh and more to the point well done Matt for your call-up. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 5, 2023 21:08:05 GMT
See Quansah played tonight for LiVARpool in their Europa league match And was part of a defence that kept a clean sheet. Well done Quansah. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 5, 2023 15:10:38 GMT
What is this, 20 Questions? Prince Rupert…why post in the first place then given your OP? Seriously. UTG! Calm down mate, clearly it was a question asking if anyone had heard a rumour about the UWE. It was mentioned on twitter (X) earlier. Sorry for the confusion this caused you Perfectly calm thanks and no confusion. Just asking as you were. Basically nothing then.😉 UTG!
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UWE
Oct 5, 2023 14:44:38 GMT
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 5, 2023 14:44:38 GMT
What is this, 20 Questions?
Prince Rupert…why post in the first place then given your OP? Seriously.
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 5, 2023 14:31:30 GMT
Thats a shame. I had hoped when it hadn’t been called off when the others were we would be playing. My first home game of season will now have to wait. Hey ho.
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 4, 2023 13:33:22 GMT
Port Vale manager telling his keeper to go down injured so he could give them revised instructions 4th official and assistant should be spotting that. Spot on, of course someone should notice that and bring it to refs attention. Unfortunately it’s all part of the gamesmanship that all clubs employ today. I don’t believe we’d be any different if the circumstances dictated it btw. But listening to the PV manager speaking afterwards showed the slightly delusional nature of football managers. Apart from the 15 minutes at the start, PV were completely outplayed by us. So when he said they dominated the first half he really meant the first 15 minutes. When Crosby said he was ‘proud’ of his players I took it that it was code for “I’m bl**** relieved we didn’t get dicked 7-0 like we did at Barnsley opening game of the season.” A manager who knows his attack isn’t good enough and despite a few good games is likely heading for a difficult winter. But in the end who cares, we got 3 points in the first match of a month when we could and should pick up a fair few points. And they thought this guy is better than DC!!! Blimey. UTG!
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