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Oxford United (Nuneaton) Match Thread (1 Viewer)

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  • Start date Jul 29, 2015
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stupot07

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  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #176
LJC_CCFC said:
If we had been convincingly dominated by Pompey, Luton, Cambridge and Oxford then I might be a little worried. So far we have competed against teams that aren't that far off League 1 standard sides in all reality. The friendlies just can't replicate competitive football for a multitude of reasons. Add to this the fact that the transfer window is still open for another month and at no point has TM stated we are finished signing wise. We are by no means the finished article at this stage - very much competitive in comparison to the majority of teams in the league - but that doesn't mean we are doomed to another season of being relegation fodder.
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No good dominating possession but creating very little with it. It's back to the Pressley days, not slating Mowbray but we desperately need to find some penetration, the season starts next week.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - so please excuse any spelling or grammar errors
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #177
Well its pretty clear where we're lacking but thankfully we now have a manager who acknowledges that rather than constantly saying everything is fantastic. Hopefully he can get someone in before next Saturday.
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #178
Lee Burge can take confidence from a clean sheet and his display today.
 

vow

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #179
Grendel said:
I find your Avatar amusing. It's Janet Leigh emerging from the shower to see Andy Thorn is back as manager of ccfc.
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Not as bad as that.....she gets murdered.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #180
CCFC said:
Lee Burge can take confidence from a clean sheet and his display today.
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He made some good stops
 

LJC_CCFC

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #181
stupot07 said:
No good dominating possession but creating very little with it. It's back to the Pressley days, not slating Mowbray but we desperately need to find some penetration, the season starts next week.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - so please excuse any spelling or grammar errors
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Is it? The Pressley days being those in which he didn't have a clear footballing philosophy. We need more attacking options of course, I think everyone realises this.
 
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SBT

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #182
LJC_CCFC said:
Pre-season is over!!!
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How many goals did we score - two? That must be a record.
 

LJC_CCFC

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #183
SBT said:
How many goals did we score - two? That must be a record.
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We are going down!!!
 

hill83

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  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #184
Right shall I bin my season ticket and go on a killing spree or not?
 

Terry Gibson's perm

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #185
Shall I go and collect mine or just leave it
 

LJC_CCFC

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #186
hill83 said:
Right shall I bin my season ticket and go on a killing spree or not?
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You'd only fail to buy the right weapons to give you the desired penetration. Best off just giving up on life completely.
 

LJC_CCFC

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  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #187
Friendly logic:

This City team: CITY XI: Hart, Sagna, Kompany (C), Mangala, Kolarov, Evans, Nasri, Silva, Navas, Bony, Sterling #cityontour #mcfc

are 4-0 down to Stuttgart...

...at half time.
 

Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #188
hill83 said:
Right shall I bin my season ticket and go on a killing spree or not?
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If you are going on the killing spree could you start at the Sisu offices and work back please
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #189
chiefdave said:
Well its pretty clear where we're lacking but thankfully we now have a manager who acknowledges that rather than constantly saying everything is fantastic. Hopefully he can get someone in before next Saturday.
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Not being bi polar but Pressley also recognised we were lacking in penetration
 

pw362

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  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #190
LJC_CCFC said:
Friendly logic:

This City team: CITY XI: Hart, Sagna, Kompany (C), Mangala, Kolarov, Evans, Nasri, Silva, Navas, Bony, Sterling #cityontour #mcfc

are 4-0 down to Stuttgart...

...at half time.
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Couldn't give a shit
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #191
LJC_CCFC said:
Is it? The Pressley days being those in which he didn't have a clear footballing philosophy. We need more attacking options of course, I think everyone realises this.
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What is the philosophy? If we've got an incomplete team how can we have a philosophy?
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #192
LJC_CCFC said:
Friendly logic:

This City team: CITY XI: Hart, Sagna, Kompany (C), Mangala, Kolarov, Evans, Nasri, Silva, Navas, Bony, Sterling #cityontour#mcfc

are 4-0 down to Stuttgart...

...at half time.
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Really?

Just stuck my life savings on Man City to get relegated then, its a sure thing.
 

vow

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #193
hill83 said:
Right shall I bin my season ticket and go on a killing spree or not?
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Bin it, but you'll need one of these, me duck.

 

SlowerThanPlatt

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #194
We're not Man City though are we? They're players on 200k a week I doubt they give a shit.
 

Terry Gibson's perm

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #195
fernandopartridge said:
Not being bi polar but Pressley also recognised we were lacking in penetration
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I have not seen any of the pre season games but going a bit from last year Fleck is a big problem, the other players are carrying him while he holds hands with the centre backs it is like playing with ten at times, he reminds me of sideways Sammy.
 
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Chipfat

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #196
Result are not any indication in reality of how a teams season will go,, the games are to provide knowledge for the manager fitness, form and team shape for the players.. However winning games within the schedule helps bring confidence within any team and help players believe in what is being asked by the management is working,, TM needs at least 4 new players in over the next 2 weeks, as he knows we lack depth in more than a few areas of the pitch, you put injuries and suspensions in this squad and we would struggle to compete.

Lets see what time brings, TM will have a plan to make the team stronger and finish higher than we did last year. Lets just see where that is and take any improvement as a good thing and the first step to turning the club round....
 

LJC_CCFC

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  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #197
SlowerThanPlatt said:
We're not Man City though are we? They're players on 200k a week I doubt they give a shit.
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He's right you know, they just don't care or try.
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #198
fernandopartridge said:
Not being bi polar but Pressley also recognised we were lacking in penetration
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Trouble is he couldn't solve it and had ample opportunity to do so, Mowbray hasn't really had enough time to solve it yet.
 

SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #199
LJC_CCFC said:
He's right you know, they just don't care or try.
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I doubt they care enough to win the game, just out there to fill grounds and build a bigger worldwide fanbase.
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #200
LJC_CCFC said:
He's right you know, they just don't care or try.
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I'd advise everyone to do the same as me and lump on them for relegation at 5000/1, its like printing money.
 

ccfcway

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #201
interesting reading this thread compared to the ones against the other teams pre season.

It certainly reads a little darker than the others.

If Stokes and Swanson are out of next week, its a pretty threadbare squad going into the Wigan game.

I wonder if anyone there today would revise their comments on the below thread ?

http://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/58928-Predicted-Finish
 

SlowerThanPlatt

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #202
TM: shows how far we off. Oxford gave us a lesson
 

SlowerThanPlatt

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #203
TM: Armstrong is not my type of forward
 

ccfcway

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #204
SlowerThanPlatt said:
TM: Armstrong is not my type of forward
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you might need to expand on that one ?.
 

SlowerThanPlatt

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #205
TM doesn't even know who Conor Thomas is just asked whos that
 

SlowerThanPlatt

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #206
ccfcway said:
you might need to expand on that one ?.
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He's not a player I would play upfront he said..eek
 
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Kingokings204

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #207
God that was awful. Left 10 minutes before the end. I'm sorry but I'm with slowerthanplatt all day long. We are no means ready and we lack in the biggest areas. We won't score any goals until we sign some quality forwards. The trouble is now of course they won't have time to bed in.

If anyone thinks we will give Wigan a game next week. No chance. Not saying the seasons over but we are not going to do anything August.

Before anyone critiques me I went today and my opinion is based on what I saw and I saw a team hit the post twice and hit the bar and then miss a penalty oh and dominate possession against a small toothless Coventry side.
 
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rupert_bear

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #208
48 years ago i am certain we didn't win any of our pre-season matches including Dudley Town away which we drew 2-2, i know that because half a dozen of us went on our push bikes, took a bloody week to get over it.
We went on to win the championship and get into the top flight.
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #209
Did Mowbray really ask who Connor Thomas is?
 

Wheelfass

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2015
  • #210
TM really didn't sound as confident as he usually does did he??
 
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