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Just concentrate on the rugby and cricket please you Aussies.

Worth changing the keeper for. Not.

Yep.

Australia’s Zelco Kalac moment

I know a few Oxford fans and I can assure you they are saying the same things about players missing sitters, conceding late goals, poor refereeing decisions etc. and what might have been. The difference is that Oxford went down having tried their best under a manager who was able to motivate them, they just needed a bit more quality. Rowett is an ok manager, no more than that, but the players showed absolutely no commitment and your right, we would never have stayed up whoever the manager was.

Easy big boy. It’s not that we finished 5th it’s the direction of travel since and the fact that everything was thrown at Champions League qualification and it didn’t work out. I realise we’ve been the third tier, I’ve supported this club since 1968 and I’ve seen more ups and downs than you’ve had hot dinners mate. Don’t be such a complete t*t.

23rd May 2021. Lost 4-2 to Spurs. Had just won the FA cup but again finished 5th in the Premier League and again just missed out on the Champions League. We’ve been going slowly downhill ever since.

We relegate.

We need to keep anyone capable of putting in some sort of performance when we’re getting pulled apart away at Bromley.

Yes I’d keep him if assuming things continued progressing well. It takes two managers in succession to turn a team around. The first one a builder, like Pearson followed by a second to take things on, like Ranieri. Puel for all his faults was a builder, Rodgers (for a time) developed the team. It’s rare for one manager to do it all on their own. And Rowett could be a builder.

Looking better but need to get some key injured players back like James and Leschelles. it would also give more options to have Aaron Ramsey and dare I say Vestergaard back. Good start from Rowett but we really need more options.

Yes, overall another crap weekend. Rowett is going to have to get them hitting the sort of form that would normally be expected for the play off spots. Too many better players are injured as well. Need to get them back asap and the defence must be tightened up quickly. It’s not impossible to escape relegation but a change in mindset is needed urgently. As an earlier poster said, maybe they do need less slating and an arm round the shoulder from the manager and fans because their confidence needs lifting very quickly. We all know the problems in the club but that will just have to be put to one side for the time being because the players don’t respond well to the negativity.

I saw Oxford under Rowett a number of times last season. They were well organised and efficient although not particularly exciting to watch. I saw them defeat Sunderland and Sheffield United at home. No mean feat at that time. Here’s an article about his early time there. Not saying it will work for us but I think it’s a reasonable appointment given the lack of options available. https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/24867801.gary-rowett-changed-fortunes-oxford-united/

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Definitely McLintock. Followed by Taylor, although from memory we were amazingly top of the First Division under Taylor for a short time not long after he took over.