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Reply | international call ups
at 21:18 19 Oct 2025
That must’ve been a different Casemiro who went off injured after 58 minutes then…. |
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Reply | New keeper.
at 09:15 19 Oct 2025
The ball over the top for the first goal was 90/10 ‘keepers ball’ but Nardi as we know doesn’t leave his 6 yard box so having a glacial defence leaves you extra exposed to anything over the top putting you in trouble.
Second goal the touch off Varane takes it off Cook’s head but Nardi is glued to the spot as usual like he’s wearing lead boots. Not his fault per se and any save would go down as a fantastic one, but frustrating to see him once again making Frey look like Usain Bolt.
The one a couple of minutes earlier was far worse - hopeful ball put into the box, simple grab for a Sunday league goalie, let alone a professional and he’s glued to the floor again with their striker given a free header 6 yards out that he somehow misses… |
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Reply | New keeper.
at 16:51 18 Oct 2025
Whose fault would it be that a goalkeeper who is not good enough was signed 12 months ago on a chunky contract that meant we couldn’t get rid of him this summer when we tried?  |
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Reply | Kolli up front in a two
at 18:58 8 Oct 2025
I mean it’s a bit of a daft post as we could’ve signed Saito at any point in the 6 months prior to when we did….
He missed the whole preseason here and our first two games for one reason - we couldn’t afford him until it was clear the Eze money was coming. |
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Reply | Kolli up front in a two
at 18:56 8 Oct 2025
The contract was a no-brainer as one, he’s by all accounts a very decent kid who loves it here, and two, when they refused the clubs suggestion to go see out his previous contract on loan in Saudi, the club had to fold and give in to their ‘optimistic’ demands. Since that point he’s had the long term future of a Trump cabinet member.
They won the battle but lost the war. The Nice thing happened because he was going there until it collapsed late in the day. |
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Reply | Kolli up front in a two
at 11:49 8 Oct 2025
Should he be used? Sure, he works hard, can put himself about, knows where the goal is and has a bit of quality about him.
Will he though? No, at the risk of being a stuck record, him and his dad are as welcome at the club as a dude in a gimp suit. |
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Reply | Armstrong.
at 10:45 5 Oct 2025
I mean with Armstrong there wasn’t much of an art to learn, he’s 22 now and still fails to grasp the most basic intricacies of football, such as the offside trap…
After a couple of years of his Bristol contract, if he’s got someone handling his money smartly he’ll be setup for a very nice life after football so he should really look to drop down a couple of leagues where he can have success being an unrefined athlete, enjoy his football and see how far back up the the pyramid he can climb. It was painfully clear even before he left us that everybody knew how to deal with him - put a defender touch tight and one 5 yards off and he was completely nullified. |
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Reply | COOK
at 10:29 5 Oct 2025
It’s pretty clear he’s the best CB at the club, anyone that suggests otherwise had lost their mind. Obviously needs to be managed though at 34 and with plantar fasciitis - I’m sure the club would have loved the have JCS available and Mbengue not to be a headcase to be able to use him more sparingly so far. |
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Reply | Shipshape and Bristol Fashion Match Thread
at 18:45 4 Oct 2025
Great result and a perfect summary of what I’ve been whinging about for weeks now - Esquardinha *HAS* to start the majority of matches for the rest of the season. He’s raw, he’s going to give away some goals getting drawn into 50/50 interceptions but he’s learning rapidly and is one of the few we could feasibly sell on in 12-24 months for a healthy profit. |
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Reply | Data Analysis in Sport
at 18:59 3 Oct 2025
To give some sort of insight into the level it goes, I’ve posted before I think that a relative works for City as a sports scientist and as some examples, every player has a specially designated meal plan pre and post sessions, ice bath lengths are specialised for each player and the temperature of the post ice bath warm water dip is also designated per player by the sports science team.
There are countless more examples but it’s insane the level of detail they get into at the top top level. |
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Reply | A big IF !
at 10:50 3 Oct 2025
They will spend big regardless of where we are, but if we were in contention they’d go stratospheric.
Promotion is the only chance Ruben has to get out at his number and the guy would really love to get out.. |
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Reply | RND
at 14:39 2 Oct 2025
I would agree if you didn’t list two players who don’t have any long term future at the club as examples 😐 |
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Reply | RND
at 14:36 2 Oct 2025
He’s a perfectly serviceable LB at this level and on the face of it a decent signing as we needed depth there.
My only issue with him is that we’ve spent two years being condescended about the #project. We will buy low, develop and sell high and have to lose some game in the pursuit of that.
Now in most cases our young players are frankly crap - Sutton can’t get off the bench for Morecambe bottom of the conference ffs.
But we have a decent young LB who we could actually be developing and yet he’s riding the bench learning nothing. And of course there are some good wingers at this level where we will need RND’s experience, Esquardinha vs Fatawu or Thomas would require defibrillators on standby in the crowd , but Oxford are crap. We are too but they another matter. Last night Eswuardinha should’ve been playing the 90 and learning something, rather than Sheff Utds player.
Or it could be the #project is all bullsht to justify the existence of catastrophically under qualified and under delivering CEO….but again that another topic. |
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Reply | Oxford Utd Reflection
at 07:36 2 Oct 2025
Some people dream about world peace for humanity, or ending world hunger - noble causes for sure.
For me though, the enduring mystery of the world is how Michael Frey can be so catastrophically immobile at only 31?!?
I’d lay my mortgage on our 9 month old daughter beating him over 10 yards ffs.. |
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Reply | Lesser spotted Clarke Salter
at 12:01 1 Oct 2025
I dunno lads, I’m starting to think Williams might not be any good….
Lucky we didn’t unofficially make him deputy-CEO |
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