Oxford United at home - first round of the Carabao Cup

[cityexile]

Home v QPR or Norwich.

Dull, but a home tie I suppose.

Edited August 9, 2023 by cityexile

[Super]

At least its home.

[Malago]

Just now, Super said:

At least its home.

And winnable.

[Super]

Forgot Chelsea and Spurs were in the draw. 

[BCFCGav]

Would rather QPR than Norwich of course, but home and doable so we’ll take it.

Good win tonight, well in lads ️

Edited August 9, 2023 by BCFCGav

[TomThumb84]

Decent draw that.

This forum seems even more strange then ever at the moment! Its not a dull draw at all.

Seems we would only be happy with Man U, or Man C, or Liverpool or Arsenal, get beat, but have a great night that we talk about as a high for years on end, wrap it in meaningless hype, and lose the four surrounding league games.

Deja vu! 

 

[Nogbad the Bad]

Anyone at home is a good draw.

[E.G.Red]

11 minutes ago, TomThumb84 said:

Decent draw that.

This forum seems even more strange then ever at the moment! Its not a dull draw at all.

Seems we would only be happy with Man U, or Man C, or Liverpool or Arsenal, get beat, but have a great night that we talk about as a high for years on end, wrap it in meaningless hype, and lose the four surrounding league games.

Deja vu! 

 

Rather we meet one of the big teams later on . Tottenham away would be nice

[slartibartfast]

2 hours ago, redkev said:

I know his wages will be a massive step up from us but don’t get this Bournemouth thing 

12,000 max home gates , pretty poor away support , no real football vibe in Bournemouth it all feels a bit safe to me 

I said the same with Antoine & Kelly ,  think he could have done better myself and the other 2 , still prem I suppose though .

TBF they hardly ever get THAT !

[The Bard]

3 hours ago, robin_unreliant said:

Not sure I would describe the midfield as 'strong'. We will see.

Didn't do bad did it?

[TomThumb84]

1 minute ago, The Bard said:

Didn't do bad did it?

Quite a lot of concern about one we are losing rather than the ones we have got.

Jason Knight is an excellent signing.

[slartibartfast]

Does anyone know why QPRv Norwich wasn't played this week ?

[ralphindevon]

12 minutes ago, TomThumb84 said:

Decent draw that.

This forum seems even more strange then ever at the moment! Its not a dull draw at all.

Seems we would only be happy with Man U, or Man C, or Liverpool or Arsenal, get beat, but have a great night that we talk about as a high for years on end, wrap it in meaningless hype, and lose the four surrounding league games.

Deja vu! 

 

For me the cup is a chance to see City at a ground I haven’t been to or not been to for a while. Or if it’s a home draw a team and players you’ve not seen play recently or at all.

Also it’s dull having a team you’re going to play again soon or just played but having looked we don’t have either team until December I think so that’s not so bad. 

[TomThumb84]

1 minute ago, ralphindevon said:

For me the cup is a chance to see City at a ground I haven’t been to or not been to for a while. Or if it’s a home draw a team and players you’ve not seen play recently or at all.

Also it’s dull having a team you’re going to play again soon or just played but having looked we don’t have either team until December I think so that’s not so bad. 

Yeah get that. For me its dull worrying about a competition we are not going to win that costs us league points but I guess Im unfashionable and find being mid-bottom half of this league dull.

[ralphindevon]

2 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

Does anyone know why QPRv Norwich wasn't played this week ?

QPR still having renovation work done on their ground

[Claverham_Red]

3 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

Does anyone know why QPRv Norwich wasn't played this week ?

From the QPR site: "The club would like to thank the EFL and Norwich City for accommodating our request for the tie to be played a week later than all other first round matches.

This request was made in order to provide additional time for our pitch to settle following extensive works during the close season."

[slartibartfast]

Just now, ralphindevon said:

QPR still having renovation work done on their ground

OK, thanks, have they knocked one down and forgot to get planning permission ?

[chowie]

3 minutes ago, ralphindevon said:

QPR still having renovation work done on their ground

Luton just been drawn at home for Rnd 2, they may have similar problem

[redkev]

8 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

OK, thanks, have they knocked one down and forgot to get planning permission ?

no one’s that stupid 

[slartibartfast]

Just now, redkev said:

no one’s that stupid 

Don't you believe it !

[A Horse With No Name]

12 minutes ago, Claverham_Red said:

From the QPR site: "The club would like to thank the EFL and Norwich City for accommodating our request for the tie to be played a week later than all other first round matches.

This request was made in order to provide additional time for our pitch to settle following extensive works during the close season."

Are they moving the goal forward so it can be seen from the upper tier?

[MelksRed]

58 minutes ago, Jerseybean said:

Home to QPR or Norwich 

Ooooo great let's see if the tickets are £12 again.....

[slartibartfast]

Not a bad crowd, more than a sagfull................ many Oxford there?

[Spike]

I just caught up with the highlights, that Roberts assist was a great turn and great ball, he looks exciting. 

[Tinmans Love Child]

8 hours ago, Port Said Red said:

Even have time to take in the beautiful sunset over the Gate.

 

It was a great night to watch football, so warm!

[Robbored]

6 hours ago, Spike said:

I just caught up with the highlights, that Roberts assist was a great turn and great ball, he looks exciting. 

Yeah, Roberts looks like he’ll become the fan’s favourite if he can perform like that every week. Knight looked a real bargain as well. Some excellent recruitment by Nige this window.

A far better showing than on Saturday albeit against lower league opponents. Good for morale throughout the club.

[archie andrews]

8 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

Does anyone know why QPRv Norwich wasn't played this week ?

Qpr getting a new santas grotto... The deep clean taking longer than normal.... 

[JBFC II]

7 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

Not a bad crowd, more than a sagfull................ many Oxford there?

I'd say 1200ish.

Made a good noise for around 50 minutes as well to be fair to them

[TV Tom]

9 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

Does anyone know why QPRv Norwich wasn't played this week ?

Their 4-0 defeat at Watford on Saturday should of been at Loftus Road, it means Watford's first two league games are at home and QPR's first two league games are away

[Steve Watts]

They were very well crafted and taken goals last night.  We moved the ball around with ease after we went 2-1 up. Arguably our opener was against the run of play, and we could have found ourselves trailing had it not been for some woeful finishing from them.

Each goal you can pick out a really good moment in each of the moves.  Movement off the ball for the opener, the dribble and cross for the second.  The turn for the third. The steal and the touch around the keeper for the fourth and the chip from Wells into Naismith for the fifth.  Sadly their goal was a mess from our point of view.  Tanner completely losing his man and then Max getting caught flat footed with a tame header.

Nice to see we are capable of still playing some nice stuff even without Scott in the engine room.