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    Matches Top 6 Race 2023/24

    Yep! I suppose it’s a reflection of where moneys gone as much as anything and maybe the market is still catching up on Lincoln. Great odds though.
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    Matches Top 6 Race 2023/24

    We’re 15/8 with the bookies. Favourites for 6th place. Stevenage 9/4, Lincoln 5/2. We have a pretty good chance for sure, and supposedly, a better chance than any of our competition. Regardless of anything else, I’d be a little surprised and disappointed if we weren’t in the top 6 after 42...
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    Current Player #39 Gatlin O'Donkor

    Perfect move for him. He’s got so much going for him, but while playing him in L1 might have helped him develop in some ways it seemed to be damaging in others. His finishing was unrecognisable from the Youth Cup games and he looked completely out of his depth at times. Another 6 months at...
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    Away Match Day Thread 12/03/24 - L1: Bolton Wanderers v OUFC

    It cost them a lot of money to get him out of the City Group, but that contract should be riddled with exit clauses. Opportunity of a lifetime for Des - take over your boyhood club at a level way higher than you’ve managed at previously? He should be far more sackable than Karl was last year.
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    Home Match Day Thread 09/03/2024 L1: OUFC v Cheltenham Town

    You certainly don’t but it’s a convenient narrative to hide behind if something has happened with Burey that the club don’t wish to air in public. Whether personal or professional, it seems clear that the club don’t wish to comment externally on it at this point and seeing as we don’t actually...
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    Home Match Day Thread 09/03/2024 L1: OUFC v Cheltenham Town

    There were plenty of occasions where he tried to drive us forward, but got us in trouble with how congested it was at times. If you play football the Darrell Clarke way, it makes it easy to make those midfield areas busy and Brannagan’s diagonals were key at times. My hope for Tuesday is that...
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    Home Match Day Thread 09/03/2024 L1: OUFC v Cheltenham Town

    Slow start - took a while to come to terms with the way Cheltenham played. Moore and Brown dealt with plenty, far better than Negru and Thorniley did at their place. Expected us to start the second half as we ended it, but came out completely flat and passive again. Good job Cheltenham scored...
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    Manager/Coach Des Buckingham

    I’m not convinced there’s been a huge difference in performance level across Northampton, Wigan, Portsmouth, Wycombe, Reading, Carlisle, Charlton… Some have gone our way and some haven’t. Burton was an outlier as much as Rovers was the other way. The performance level has been consistently...
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    Manager/Coach Des Buckingham

    There is clearly an enormous opportunity to fix the squad in the summer to the point that Des’ life becomes significantly easier. For a while he had extremely poor depth in attacking positions, lately it’s been the defence. Has he been good enough to deal with those issues? Not really. I think...
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    Ex-Staff Chris Williams Leaves

    We won’t be any more sustainable in the Championship, but could bump ourselves to a competitive budget at that level with the extra revenue and another increase to the losses. That might make us uncomfortable as supporters, but I’m not sure sustainability as a football club is the priority for...
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    Ex-Staff Chris Williams Leaves

    This has really got me questioning what makes a successful football club. My mate owns shares in race horses, day to day they’re low down his list of priorities and he loses a bit of money, but he can afford to and he makes the right investments to give him a decent chance of winning big. Gets...
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    Home Match Day Thread 20/02/2024 L1: OUFC v Northampton Town

    We clearly should’ve won yesterday, but it’s a huge ask on the attack when the defence gives away a couple of goals a game under no great pressure. As it did against Wigan. As it did last night. Moore helps for sure, but he even he looked unsettled last week with Long being taken to the...
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    Home Match Build Up 20/02/2024 L1: OUFC v Northampton Town

    Conscious Simpson scored against us at their place and they had a good win Saturday, but no Sam Hoskins still feels significant.
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    Home Match Build Up 20/02/2024 L1: OUFC v Northampton Town

    Hadn’t realised that, that’d potentially create a run of four back to back games against teams 17th or below.
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    Home Match Build Up 20/02/2024 L1: OUFC v Northampton Town

    I don’t think 8 would be an issue. 2 home wins, a couple of draws and lose one. Tomorrow’s the big one. Ideally take three points and we can tick over with mid-table form for a month whilst playing 2 of the top 3 and Orient. Then it’s Vale, Lincoln, Fleetwood, Shrewsbury, Burton where I’d...
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