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In Perth WA at the moment. Glad I woke up at 5am to see how we were doing. Went from 2-1 down to 3-2 win. Excellent result

Son used to live in QLD. Terrible floods there at the moment. Glad he's moved to WA! Daughter lives in Mandurah so our time split between them. I'm back for the Millwall game

Perth area

A Christmas first for us. Visited family in Oz many times but not in December. So will be lobster, giant prawns, turkey wings, glazed ham and various salad selections. Very much an outdoor Christmas

Ha! Food's usually quite good and it's a good social occasion for older reds to reflect on perpetual disappointment and continuing poor decisions by the owner.

JL is supposed to be the guest speaker at Senior Reds Christmas lunch today. I'm in Oz at the moment so will miss his words of wisdom regarding our promotion push.

I suspect that Manning thinks he's cleverer than he really is. Repeatedly squandering points, some of which I have no doubt Nige would have secured. We have replaced a very experienced managerial team with a wealth of knowledge, and who were making steady progress, with a bunch of inexperienced newbies at this level. Manning is trying to change the playing style and consequently is undoing the strengths and team spirit created by his predecessors. Could turn out to be an almighty blunder from JL and his henchmen.

Guest speaker at the Christmas senior Reds lunch!

I wonder if he is referring to the egg chasers ko?

That didn't work for me. I'm in Perth at the moment and watched on Robins TB. Game finished just before 1130pm local time. I was so cross/feed up with the performance & result I couldn't relax and get to sleep . I fear that when I'm back and get to my next game on Jan 1st, our points tally will be the same.

Always nice to have a choice!

I think Yeboah offers a lot more than Mehmeti as an impact sub.

Wherever he lives, he manages to get to senior Reds most months.

I know that they offer different attributes and skills etc. but when he came on Harry immediately got stuck in and made a significant and worthwhile contribution. Anis barely got involved until he made a great run almost resulting in a goal. Needs to offer more all round and especially defensively.

Nothing but a win will do as we are a front foot attacking team heading for a top six finish.......... apparently

Going back quite a bit, Tony Cook, GK, was often the worse for wear on Boxing Day games. I think !

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I tend to agree with you. Plus they dip into the full catalogue of their music. Playing a lot of the early Peter Green tracks. Seen them a number of times and they never disappoint

I've seen Livewire a few times and they are very good. Also the Illegal Eagles are excellent as are the ELO experience. Rumours of Fleetwood Mac are outstanding

Guess that you will pay a premium for restricted view.......and even more for no view

For all of the undeniable individual ability this is a very poor team performance. Made mediocre opponents look quite good.

No VAR?

I respect your thoughts and am aware that you have worked in scouting etc. However Oxford's high end midfield players didn't stop us putting 9 past them in two games earlier this season/preseason. My limited knowledge/observation is based on over 70 years following this club. During that time only three managers have really impressed. AD for obvious reasons, GJ who almost pulled it off, and Cotts who gave me the most enjoyable season ever. I was starting to think that Pearson, given time and backing might have added to the very small list. I have real doubts about the new guy. Mainly because of those in control and making the decisions. I wonder whether getting rid of Pearson was more important to them than appointing Manning. I so want to be proven wrong.

My thoughts are that it is irrelevant how Oxford play. They're in League One. Championship is a big step up(apart from Ipswich ) Also any new coach/manager would surely have encouraged the players to stick with Pearson's style of play for today's game and then use the international break to work on their own particular way that they want to affect change.