Oxford United (A) - Match Thread

[Dr The Singh]

Guys, whisky or beer to start with....

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

9 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

How anyone expected JJ to start is beyond me, he met the manager and the squad for the first time 48 hours ago, and our two centre midfielders had their best game for us in the last fixture.

 

I still don't think Skipp and Soumare were particularly good against Birmingham and they've set a phenomenally low bar but maybe I'm being overly harsh

[HighPeakFox]

There is plenty of season left for changes to be made. 

[Verumex]

Laughing at everyone going into meltdown because BDR has shown up as the McAteer replacement. 

 

It's not exactly the role with the highest level of responsibility, is it?

[Dahnsouff]

Lets get on with not missing Bilal  - go Ramsey!  

[Nalis]

Uninspiring line up but should be enough to win

[Jock's Hill]

Nelson was an Oxford player last season. Maybe there is some psychology in leaving him out today????

[surrifox]

25 minutes ago, copunk said:

Didn't Marti say he had picked up a knock? 

Tight hamstring 

[Product of 84]

He has to protect the youngsters. They've all been playing through the international break. We've the luxury to do this.

[Phube]

Anyone surprised by BDCR being back in the squad didn’t listen/watch Martì’s interview… he basically said he bloody loves him! 

[shen]

25 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Shame to see Page lose his place in the squad and that Reid is back

Cifuentes has praised BDCR and mentioned Page will likely miss out. No surprise here. 

 

25 minutes ago, Lesta2014 said:

No Nelson in squad, marti don’t rate him does he? 

He constantly says he rates him very highly, but I assume he rates Vestergaard more in possession and defending. He's said that the pairing matters, so Okoli is pretty much a cert because he can cover better than any of the others.

 

22 minutes ago, Noahfence said:

It’s such a horrible set of names isn’t it  

I was actually going to say I'm astonished at how strong the squad still looks despite all the departures. That bench would be the envy of all clubs outside the top 2 or 6.

[Patrick]

A Skippmare midfield again, ffs.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Just now, Phube said:

Anyone surprised by BDCR being back in the squad didn’t listen/watch Martì’s interview… he basically said he bloody loves him! 

 

Been told they've kissed at seagrave 

[Long Eaton Fox]

Isn't Nelson nursing an injury too?

[whoareyaaa]

Wasn't Nelson on international duty ? probably explains why he is not involved today

[Pliskin]

This team more or less battled well against Charlton, I’m expecting similar today. So I’m not unhappy with this team. There’s also options on the bench to turn the screw when needed. 

[kingfox]

On 01/09/2025 at 20:34, kingfox said:

Welcome Jordan.

 

I’m already looking forward to the Soumare & Skipp midfield pairing against Oxford. 

[tcrofts]

Could be a 'My mate is the ref' moment, but I think BDCR will do alright in this league. Ruud or Cooper didn't get much out of him but they didn't get much out of anyone else either, hopelly Marti will

[moore_94]

3 minutes ago, shen said:

Cifuentes has praised BDCR and mentioned Page will likely miss out. No surprise here. 

He actually said he was alright and will probably be available

[jonthefox]

4 minutes ago, Patrick said:

A Skippmare midfield again, ffs.

Did ok last time out to be fair. 

[shen]

1 minute ago, moore_94 said:

He actually said he was alright and will probably be available

True, I just interpreted it as 'he's fine, but we probably won't risk him'.

[Aleksz]

Nelson is also carrying a knock, missed out on the England U21 matchday squad in the week. 

[JimJams]

21 minutes ago, Dandy king said:

Thought he had a minor niggle ? 

Pretty sure I'd seen something, although can't remember where tbh that said he'd picked up a knock.  Though given I can't recall where, it was probably bullshit or outdated.  But in this instance, bizarrely I'd prefer it to be the case.

 

 

*Having carried on through the thread, seems others have said similar.

Edited 13 September 2025 by JimJams

[Richmondfox]

Still a stinking midfield.  Fatawu needs Ricardo to play and Hamza just blasts the ball from deep and expects him to do something with scraps.  Okoli and Hamza need to wise up with their passing as well. 
 

Ramsey, Fatawu and Mav contain all the attacking talent so it’s on them, avoid Ayew in any build up and they will be fine.

 

Hopefully it’s a good team performance rather than individual moment of skill. 

[Noahfence]

Be good to hopefully have some composure and quality on the ball in Ramsey