Lanterne Rouge

That lad Orsi is on fire in the play offs. Four goals up to now isn`t it? I wonder what the record for a play off campaign is.

1 hour ago, richwwtk said:

We had a 2-1 win at Crewe which gave Gerry Sweeney his 100% record as City manager.

Won 1-0 up there with a John Bailey screamer once IIRC.

Yep, it`s Accrington Stanley although there is a case to be made for the g*s as they`ve only played at Wembly.

10 minutes ago, Robbored said:

Sky sports will probably do something similar today.

On any highlights programme they probably will but with the two games being shown live I would think it`s pretty much impossible. They may show any incidents from one game in breaks in the other but to instantly switch would be a tech nightmare. What if whilst they`re showing, say, a red card in one game a goal is scored in the other?

Edit: the Arsenal game isn`t on Sky anyway!

The EFL show spliced it for the last day(s) of the League and I found it irritating TBH.

The League Two play off kicking off at 1pm. Crawley getting to Wembley means only one club in the current 92 has never played there - any idea who?

5 minutes ago, David Brent said:

He’s had an interesting career. Began coaching in Oxford’s academy at 18

Des Buckingham - Wikipedia.

he certainly has, very well travelled to say the least!

One other good thing from today is that there`s another proper big club staying in League One and taking six points off the also-rans from Horfield.

Just now, Kodjias Wrist said:

Thought we played them early 2000s in LDV may be wrong. 

I don`t think so - I can`t recall it anyway. They moved there in 2001 so you could well be right. Amazing to think we haven`t been in the same division as them for 23 years though!

Just now, Kodjias Wrist said:

Fair play Oxford, new away day for many I imagine! 

We`ve never played a competitive game at the Kassam I don`t think.

9 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

I see Thomason has picked up his 22nd booking of the season……….suggests he’s a cynical bastard, can’t tackle or simply doesn’t get there on time!!

He just looks a niggly bugger always in the ref`s ear and getting involved when players get fouled.

6 minutes ago, REDOXO said:

Was he the bloke thrown off tv for calling Drogba a lazy N**+** ? While his Mike was still hot in Asia?

He was but it was Marcel Desailly not Drogba.

6 minutes ago, 22A said:

OK, so it appears Oxford are coming up.Who will be their "Local rivals" next season? Reading, Luton or Watford?

For younger forum members, there may still be some bad blood with Reading; 

Shortly before the end of the 1982–83 Football League season, Robert Maxwell, the then-owner and chairman of Oxford United Football Club, announced that he had made a deal with the owners of nearby Reading to amalgamate the two teams to create a new club he proposed to name "Thames Valley Royals". This appellation combined a loose term for the geographical region, "Thames Valley", with the Reading team's nickname, "the Royals". With each team having financial problems, Maxwell claimed that both were on the verge of going out of business and that uniting them was necessary for the region to retain a Football League club. Maxwell envisioned the Thames Valley Royals' future home as an unspecified location somewhere between Oxford and Reading where a new stadium would be built, perhaps in Didcot; home matches would alternate between Oxford and Reading 

Reading are in League One. Oxford is probably closer to Coventry or Baggies than any other Championship side.

2 minutes ago, Swede said:

What you have to remember is that they won't have any outstanding  parachute money so will be looking to offload players. So not necessarily an attractive proposition.

 . . . . He's off then.

 

Now, who do we know who knows the area, can come in at short notice & do a really good job???

I was going to say LJ until I saw that bit.

Just now, eardun said:

Possibly - 27 in Sept so last chance I guess. Just needs to stay injury free as he looked a decent player. 

Is he really 27? I thought he was about 24!

1 minute ago, Roger Red Hat said:

Who was?

Mousinho?

Just now, eardun said:

A shame for Walsh. Sounds like non-stop injuries both with Swansea and us. 

He`s still got time to rebuild his career, maybe go to a decent League One side like Barnsley or Posh and start again.

Maghoma subbed. Oxford have really done a job on him today, let him know he was in for a rough ride early doors.

Half hearted from the Bolton defender. If he gets a proper head on it it`s over the bar but what he did just took it away from the keeper. It looked like he couldn`t decide whether to jump or not.

Just now, 22A said:

Stranraer's ground has a capacity of 4.190 and were hoping for their season's highest attendance today; 1,800. East Kilbride have a capacity of just 660, (400 seated).

Or, as they`re known in the suburbs of Bolton, Stranbloodyraer.

Nice to see Fabrice Muamba looking so well. He is really into supporting the British Heart Foundation and fair play to him.

Oxford on the basis that we ought to finish above them so just need to find two other teams and it`s all good...........................................

Fair play to Chris Dawson (The Range). He took a massive gamble years ago and bought all of MFI`s stock when they went bust including ship loads of the stuff that was stuck in mid-ocean. He ploughed every penny he had (and a lot he didn`t!) into the venture and it`s good to see it pay off long term.

One that always winds me up far more than it should is `at the helm`. You`re managing a mediocre football team not navigating a supertanker through an Atlantic hurricane FFS!

6 hours ago, phantom said:

Been announced that he is the new head coach at St Albans City, will be assisted by Jon Meakes

That`s where he was before he went to Wealdstone wasn`t it?