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Well there is a far better chance the next guy will if he has had sufficient EFL or equivalent.experience.Not at all - I’m saying if Des goes there’s no guarantee the next guy will do any better!!
Good callWe need to bring in Andy whing
Our budget may be Top 4. However that's made up of players who were here already, and are on over inflated contracts that Robinson dished out while Williams played Tiddlywinks. Thus why im happy to give Des the summer when he can get rid of all of these over inflated contracts. If he is then not good enough, I'll join you in calling for him to leave but he deserves & will get a summer transfer window.Our budget must be top four. We are underachieving. Little Stevenage do well on a much smaller budget, but they have a good Manager. Say what you like about Evans he knows how to build a team.
For the record I can’t stand him, and haven’t since those Boston days.
Yet we were starting to tale off while the staffing structure was ripped apart and not replaced efficiently.
Even if Manning had stayed we were never going to keep up the form of the first 10 games and many pundits were saying as much. Wigan away was one of the most dull, uninspiring performances I’ve seen from an Oxford side in a long time and that was when Manning was still here.
Good call
He has had good and successful experience managing Banbury and Solihull Moors. He.is ready to step up.
Not forgetting Manning v Cambridge of courseLaughable.
Wigan away wasn’t great but it wasn’t a patch on at least eight Oxford games I’ve seen under Des Buckingham. Cheltenham away, Peterborough away, Reading away, Orient at home, Northampton at home, Reading at home, Wycombe away. Say what you like about a Manning team, you knew exactly how they were going to play or try and play. We got a point or two in some of those games I mention but the 90 minute performances were more directionless and spineless than anything Manning served up - Wigan included.
And up to the magic month of November by all accounts.Only way Buckingham goes is if we lose every game left this season.
Not forgetting Manning v Cambridge of course
Or MK Dons
Or Port Vale
Pretty dire performances from.a team with most first choice 11 players available .
Without wanting to sound too rude, nobody expected us to be where we are now when we were in second place.Without wanting to sound too rude, you really are clueless if you ever thought we were good enough to be 2nd in the table.
I watched that Blackburn v Newcastle game last night and that made me wonder if there was ever a realistic chance of getting Eustace. Blackburn were fantastic - energetic, quick in defence and attack, incisive and a joy to watch. There will be a few ruing the missed opportunity with Eustace but not really sure we were ever in with a shout.Yes not every game was good under Manning but there were alot of good performances . And we had a style that we played. I know this is a hyperthetical question but do most fans think we would have more points than we gave now.? and down to managers available there were loads with experience Jones who has gone to Charlton for one .
Probably/possibly on the points, but those extra points would be more down to continuity of the coaching team than anything else, because I think the injuries in the squad were the biggest factor.Yes not every game was good under Manning but there were alot of good performances . And we had a style that we played. I know this is a hyperthetical question but do most fans think we would have more points than we gave now.? and down to managers available there were loads with experience Jones who has gone to Charlton for one .
Totally agree by now with players returning and the time he has had and a better looking squad than Manning started with just over 1 point per game and let's be honest after Portsmouth Saturday will almost certainly be 20 points from 20 games . How many more points should we have ,and the performances have been dire. Let's hope they improve because Des wants more vocal backing and if the performances and points ratio carries on I think it will become more vocal.I’m not so sure those performances were as dire as we’ve seen under Des. Port Vale, for one, was snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. There’s been too many indifferent performances under DB, they were way more sporadic under Manning. The problem under DB is that we are getting worse - individuals look lost, he looks and sounds clueless and the team is shambolic.
Unfortunately it is somebody more closely involved with the squad that is clueless.Without wanting to sound too rude, you really are clueless if you ever thought we were good enough to be 2nd in the table.
The Nigel Pearson who snake replaced? - No thanks!
Without wanting to sound too rude, you really are clueless if you ever thought we were good enough to be 2nd in the table.
I agree, they were sporadic and kind of symptomatic of League 1 football (and the reason most of our players are playing in League 1).I’m not so sure those performances were as dire as we’ve seen under Des. Port Vale, for one, was snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. There’s been too many indifferent performances under DB, they were way more sporadic under Manning. The problem under DB is that we are getting worse - individuals look lost, he looks and sounds clueless and the team is shambolic.
If Pearson came in now he’d get us in the play offs - I have absolutely no doubt about that.Why?
I agree, they were sporadic and kind of symptomatic of League 1 football (and the reason most of our players are playing in League 1).
But Manning had the back end of last season, and a whole transfer window and pre-season to get it right.
Buckingham came in to performances already falling away, a big injury list to some key 1st choice players, a lack of continuity in back room staff, bringing in a load of players in the transfer window through necessity, some of who were clearly not ready for 90mins of football twice a week.
And that's before we mention the bang out of form and clearly knackered players like McGuane, Rodrigues, Long, Brown...and now the injury to our captain (which I think it the biggest loss and reason we conceded so easily/appear so disorganised at the back).
And all of a sudden we expect everything to continue as it was at the end of October, but with a different set of players and a different coaching set up. That's for the birds I'm afraid.
I'm not sure why people are so surprised by the drop off in performance or the complete change in style/lack of set style. It's effectively a very different squad who are desperately trying to find their most effective playing style and coming off the back of an injury crisis and a punishing two match a week schedule.
To put this all at the managers door is imho, missing the much bigger picture.