Oxford up next

Shankster · Oct 9, 2018

Perhaps their abject season (so far) will be the fortune Argyle need?

I’m travelling up for the game and then onwards for a Jeff Lyne ELO gig in his home town, SO I’ll have a good end to the day even if the potentially sad football experience reflects the season so far

cheshiregreen · Oct 9, 2018

Oxford beaten 2-1 at home by Northampton in the waste of time Cup tonight.

As an aside, Stevenage beaten 8-0 at home by Charlton.

A bad result for us on Saturday will see a rather poisonous atmosphere on here I fear.

nick_PASTIE · Oct 9, 2018

Oxford have a poor manager but a generally promising team. Eastwood, Nelse, James Henry, Marcus Browne (loaner from West Ham), Baptiste, young direct midfielder- all quality players. Also Gavin Whyte who scored for N Ireland on his debut. They lack a striker and a coherent system . Robinson is a scam artist of a manager who does self publicity well enough but no one at Oxford I know is convinced.

They have drawn with Sunderland, comfortably beaten Burton, gave Man City a decent game in the League Cup but suffered abject defeats to Walsall, Pompey, Coventry (sound familiar!) And tonight really won't have helped as the fans h8 Northampton, although nowhere near as much as Scumdon (boooooo!)

So Argyle are predictably boring and poor this season. Oxford are unpredictably poor with elements of wow, flattering to deceive. It's a great time to have an emotional attachment to these two wonderful football teams, as you can imagine.

Balham Green · Oct 9, 2018

0.0 written all over it

Army green · Oct 9, 2018

samjones":jgftw368 said:
God help us !

Another must win game and DA has no idea how we are going to achieve it IMHO

Based on tonight he has completely lost the plot

How has he lost the plot based on tonight? That’s a ridiculous comment. He kept the same back four, keeping a bit of much needed continuity, he rested key players, he gave players coming back from injury some match time. His selection in my opinion was correct. The performances tonight by some players was embarrassing, they need to take a large part of the blame tonight I’m afraid.

AdelaideGreen · Oct 9, 2018

Balham_Green":200hhu48 said:
0.0 written all over it

You are in complete agreement with the Oxford fan forum

https://yellowsforum.co.uk/threads/9-10 ... 333/page-8

It's interesting to see that natural positivity and optimisim is not limited to us.

Emeraldinho · Oct 10, 2018

I reckon we all know all to well how teams on abject losing runs do when they play Argo. So, for that reason and the conviction that the win against Wimbledon was a fortunate blip, I'm sadly seeing a 2-1 loss. By 'eck, it'll be pretty toxic on here come 5pm on Saturday should that happen! :silent:

Lundan Cabbie · Oct 10, 2018

I went to the pre season friendly, Oxford v Palace and I am surprised to see them where they are right now. Palace won that day but Oxford were good and their pressing was exceptional, even to the final minutes. I seriously thought they would be battling at the other end of the table.

IJN · Oct 10, 2018

Yep, caught me by surprise as well.

Steve Evans · Oct 10, 2018

dreading this match after the misery of last night.i hope oxford don't have pace in their side as we have some of the slowest players i can remember playing for us.

HongKong Green · Oct 11, 2018

A few of us eagerly making the trip over for this one. Looking forward to visiting a few old uni haunts in the center for a few proper ales, before catching the bus out to the Kassam (oh how I miss the days of the Manor Ground). Plenty of fantastic pubs in central Oxford, with last season Argyle fans seemingly spread across all of them. With the lack of decent watering holes around the ground (avoiding the bowling alley), expect we will also try and grab a swift beer at the ground itself if we can beat the traffic into the industrial estate.

With Oxford similarly struggling, this should make for an interesting game. with both teams desperate for a win it could develop into a cagey affair. That being said, an early goal could open it up into a free flowing game of end-to-end football - it seems both teams are playing decent football but just not getting results. I'm plumping for an Argyle win, Ladapo to bag a couple as he steals a march towards League 1 Top Goal Scorer. Oxford 0 - 2 Argyle.

See you there :scarf:

Ipplepen green · Oct 11, 2018

Having never visited the ground before, could anyone give details as to parking and pubs etc? Thanks

slingsbypobble · Oct 11, 2018

I’m there. Just checked the forecast, we should be dry but it’s windy. Let’s hope the wind blows it into their goal for a flukey 0-1 win.

We can’t even sing about them only having 3 stands, because that’s the same amount as us this season.

slingsbypobble · Oct 11, 2018

The ground is out of town. When we went last time there was parking when we arrived at 1:00 but it soon went. There is some sort of bar restaurant place next to the ground but I haven’t tried it so can’t comment.

I seem to remember going one year and parking on a nearby housing estate so that might be back up plan.

Keepitgreen · Oct 11, 2018

Ipplepen green":2lmkcemb said:
Having never visited the ground before, could anyone give details as to parking and pubs etc? Thanks

All you need to know is here:

Football Ground Guide - Oxford

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