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Absolutely! The old days of wingers getting to the by line and crossing for a forward to finish is relatively rare these days. Most wingers now prefer to cut in and shoot or cross early. I guess the stats gurus have worked out that you are less likely to concede by having a full back tucked in...

Clement was long gone - shame as he turned into a top defender once he left us and was moved from midfield. Never really felt he was given much of a chance by Strachan.

For all that its a nonsense that they seem to have formed a new found burning resentment for something which happened over 40 years ago, our supporters who embrace this 'rivalry' by venturing onto their forums seem just as sad.

Shipley might not be one of our best 11 players when everyone is fit, but that is often a dumb way to pick a team, as anyone remembering England trying to shoehorn Gerrard, Lampard & Scholes into the same team will testify. I think Shipley helps give the team a really good balance, and even if...

When Sillett & Curtis took over, it was after 3 seasons of final day relegation escapes. Although both had long associations with the club, Curtis was an iconic figure to many fans, much like Dublin is to our fans of a more recent generation, and he was revered as a player. Sillett was the coach...

Shipley and O'Hare were the stand outs for me. O'Hare's close control is outstanding, and he seems to have the ability to turn his opponent with ease. We obviously rode our luck tonight, but this sides ability to come from behind and score late goals is something I'm just not used to. Hopefully...

I'm not too worried. He seems a good fit with us and I think his experience after leaving us previously will make him think long and hard before doing so again. That said I wouldn't be surprised to see other sides try for him. Stoke look a likely candidate to sack their manager, while if...

Not disputing what you & ccfcway say, but if you look on this thread and others, you will see there are plenty of our supporters who would ordinarily go on a Saturday, that will be remaining at home watching it on iFollow. That's the reality.

Midweek games being in Birmingham rather than Cov, and the availability of IFollow to users without having to pretend to be be abroad, will inevitably affect the attendance more than for a Saturday game, particularly if the opposition are not a great draw. Given the start we have had I reckon...

Man of the Match for me was Hyam, closely followed by McFadzean. Walsh was fantastic 1st first half, but was less effective & faded a little in the 2nd. Be interesting to see what Robins does when Kelly is fit. Barring a catalogue of injuries or a change of formation I don't see them playing in...

How many World Cups did we qualify for in the 70's?

Wasps will play enough home games that can be targeted for protest, without having to pick one that clashes with a City match. If we carry on in our current form the MK game will inevitably attract another huge away following for us. Surely it would be better for the Trust to pick a televised...

Robins tends to be quite conservative in his team selections, so I suspect he will stick with Westbrooke and Shipley for the moment. If O'Hare were to start I would prefer if he keeps Shipley in ahead of Westbrooke, as he provides a better balance to the team on that left hand side together with...

Kastaneer is a strange player to me. From what I've seen so far I don't see him being a starter, barring a catalogue of injuries. He does however look like he can produce the unexpected, be it a shot hitting the corner flag or a screamer into the top corner with his weaker foot. I get the...

Perhaps in his efforts to learn English, he has been reading this forum and he was cupping his ear to his critics on here :)

I thought until Dabo's first own goal that for all Oxford's pressure, that Rose and Hyam were soaking it all up fairly comfortably, clearing all their corners etc, and were our best players. You can't countenance for own goals like Dabo's. I don't think McFadzean coming on would have changed...

If you also look at those highlights you will see Kelly visibly slow up when he realises the Oxford player will get to the ball first, which makes his decision to then dive in a particularly bad one. It would have also helped though if someone had gone to back him up, but all our players stayed...

Agree with your positives. In terms of negatives though, I would say the draw at Bolton is an effective 2 point loss to all our rivals, which could prove costly at the end of the season, and secondly that we have had a fairly easy group of fixtures so far, which probably provides a poor guide to...

Much unfair marking & comments on McCallum here without any recognition that he was hung out to dry by a lack of support from Hiwula, and was having to cover both Henry and Cadden on his own as a result. Mason wold have also struggled under those same circumstances.

Also spotted that Mick Coop was coach to the 1986/87 youth cup winning side.