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POST-MATCH THREAD: Oxford Utd v Charlton Athletic: Saturday 14th March 2026: KO 12:30
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There's no doubt that this season TC has served up more negative/positive comments from lifers than any other player.
I personally think that he's simply not up to the standard we need to be but.... even if Nathan did the unthinkable and dropped him who would take his place? Is it Fev or Fullah cos that's all we have with Apter gone.
Love to hear others views as even me and my daughter can't agree over him!0 -
He has lacked energy and he looks miserable over the last few games. NJ needs to rest him and perhaps use him as a sub for a few games.cabbles said:Good point, kept going to the end and after the exploits to get 2 good wins this week plus the trip up to Boro and short turnaround for today, you’d take it. Wasn’t pretty and shows the limitations we have on the ball. Really pleased with the last few weeks bar Pompey and WBA.Time to recover for next Saturday. Norwich are in form. I’d like to finish as high and as strongly as possible, but it’s so good to observe that relegation scrap knowing we’re pretty much safe. Even if a few teams pick up some results, they can’t all pick up results consistently. Leicester losing today, after a little uptick. There will be others that go on a run, others that now slip up. Was well pleased for Blackburn today for obvious reasons, but that’s only because we’re pretty much safe
He is not living up to his talent at present.
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One already down,so two more ,if we balls it up WBA,Blackburn Leicester,or oxford.2 from 4 is all thats needed.crookester said:
The thing is, it would need 4 teams below us to go on a run, not 1.thickandthin63 said:I admire every ones confidence but this is not cut and dried.3-4 defeats on the spin,someone below us having a run and we are in the shit.Norwich are on a great run and will be very difficult to beat next week,hope I am wrong and we can get over the line but I feel a bumpy ride ahead,especially as we pose no goal threat whatsoever.0 -
Ok thanks, fair enough.👍ateamofcorygibbs said:
Just that he gets ridiculous abuse throughout the game, even when he’s very clearly not at fault. There was one instance where Chambers hit a really poor pass to him that gave TC no chance, but it didn’t stop people around me screaming at him. The constant refrain of ‘lazy’ when his issue has always been one of quality/confidence rather than effort. Not saying he had a great game (no one did) but the scapegoating is unreal.Sword65pf said:
Care to explain? I’m a bit dopey and that’s gone over my head.ateamofcorygibbs said:My main takeaway from the away end today is some of our fans are very weird about Tyreece Campbell0 -
Maybe a few will have to in the summer, if the club is serious about progressing.peterreeves said:There's no doubt that this season TC has served up more negative/positive comments from lifers than any other player.
I personally think that he's simply not up to the standard we need to be but.... even if Nathan did the unthinkable and dropped him who would take his place? Is it Fev or Fullah cos that's all we have with Apter gone.
Love to hear others views as even me and my daughter can't agree over him!
TC frightens defenders with his pace, but I do think he has been sussed out at this level.
We will have to spend a lot of money to better him.3 -
He is the only player who can actually hold on to the ball and give our defence a breather.Just wish he could work on his final ball and cause other defences more problems,maybe this year will be a learning curve and he will come back all the stronger for the experience.peterreeves said:There's no doubt that this season TC has served up more negative/positive comments from lifers than any other player.
I personally think that he's simply not up to the standard we need to be but.... even if Nathan did the unthinkable and dropped him who would take his place? Is it Fev or Fullah cos that's all we have with Apter gone.
Love to hear others views as even me and my daughter can't agree over him!7 -
Not sure if I understand what you mean. There's 6 teams below us so 4 would need to go on a run to overtake us, no? Happy to be corrected if I'm being dense.thickandthin63 said:
One already down,so two more ,if we balls it up WBA,Blackburn Leicester,or oxford.2 from 4 is all thats needed.crookester said:
The thing is, it would need 4 teams below us to go on a run, not 1.thickandthin63 said:I admire every ones confidence but this is not cut and dried.3-4 defeats on the spin,someone below us having a run and we are in the shit.Norwich are on a great run and will be very difficult to beat next week,hope I am wrong and we can get over the line but I feel a bumpy ride ahead,especially as we pose no goal threat whatsoever.0 -
He's an exciting player running at defenders & I'm sure causes panic stations but his final ball seems very much hit & miss, how often do we score from one of his attacking runs. How often does he score when he gets into a shooting position. It would be great to have a similar player but with an end product. Not good enough at this level sorry.peterreeves said:There's no doubt that this season TC has served up more negative/positive comments from lifers than any other player.
I personally think that he's simply not up to the standard we need to be but.... even if Nathan did the unthinkable and dropped him who would take his place? Is it Fev or Fullah cos that's all we have with Apter gone.
Love to hear others views as even me and my daughter can't agree over him!2 -
thing is, if 2 step up out of the 4 then it will just mean the other 2 would stay where they are. Therefore it would still mean all 4 going on a winning streak, which aint gonna happen, they are down the bottom for a reason.thickandthin63 said:
One already down,so two more ,if we balls it up WBA,Blackburn Leicester,or oxford.2 from 4 is all thats needed.crookester said:
The thing is, it would need 4 teams below us to go on a run, not 1.thickandthin63 said:I admire every ones confidence but this is not cut and dried.3-4 defeats on the spin,someone below us having a run and we are in the shit.Norwich are on a great run and will be very difficult to beat next week,hope I am wrong and we can get over the line but I feel a bumpy ride ahead,especially as we pose no goal threat whatsoever.3 -
I think he would have exploited Clarke's long throws better. Our goal on Wednesday, for example, came from his movement creating a space behind him for Coady to score.peterreeves said:Haven't seen the game but for those that did would Dykes have made a difference had he started?0 -
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PWRGod that was awful awful football, horrible advert for the championship. A taste of being back in L1 today
How many pens have we had in front of that car park? Taylor, Jacko, Schwartz, today?!On to next season!2 -
Norwich may look at us and also think we're on a good run - and think we'll be difficult to beatthickandthin63 said:I admire every ones confidence but this is not cut and dried.3-4 defeats on the spin,someone below us having a run and we are in the shit.Norwich are on a great run and will be very difficult to beat next week,hope I am wrong and we can get over the line but I feel a bumpy ride ahead,especially as we pose no goal threat whatsoever.
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54 points is the highest points tally of a club relegated from the Championship.
Peterborough hold that dubious honour 5 -
The general consensus, including Louis and Rich who have seen multiple replays and talked to other journos at the game, is that he did nothing to warrant that decision.chaudhari211 said:We started well with good possession. Kane Ramsey gave away a needless penalty.OU returned the compliment with a needless penalty as well.Again we kept giving the ball away too often.Harry Clarke had a good game. Nobody was at the end of his long throws. They are almost as good as having corners.I think 53 points would be a good safety target.Not sure if any club has been relegated having reached that number of points.It was a great relief getting a draw in the end as they put us under great pressure in the last 15 minutes or so.We still had chances to win it in added time but a fair result in the end.A precious point towards safety.Travelling support was excellent as usual.19 -
That might be true but he was silly to give the referee a decision to make. The contact was fairly minimal but it was also avoidable and unnecessaryPragueAddick said:
The general consensus, including Louis and Rich who have seen multiple replays and talked to other journos at the game, is that he did nothing to warrant that decision.chaudhari211 said:We started well with good possession. Kane Ramsey gave away a needless penalty.OU returned the compliment with a needless penalty as well.Again we kept giving the ball away too often.Harry Clarke had a good game. Nobody was at the end of his long throws. They are almost as good as having corners.I think 53 points would be a good safety target.Not sure if any club has been relegated having reached that number of points.It was a great relief getting a draw in the end as they put us under great pressure in the last 15 minutes or so.We still had chances to win it in added time but a fair result in the end.A precious point towards safety.Travelling support was excellent as usual.3 -
Yep, it's obvious TC is knackered, lost his energy and sharpness.BigDiddy said:
He has lacked energy and he looks miserable over the last few games. NJ needs to rest him and perhaps use him as a sub for a few games.cabbles said:Good point, kept going to the end and after the exploits to get 2 good wins this week plus the trip up to Boro and short turnaround for today, you’d take it. Wasn’t pretty and shows the limitations we have on the ball. Really pleased with the last few weeks bar Pompey and WBA.Time to recover for next Saturday. Norwich are in form. I’d like to finish as high and as strongly as possible, but it’s so good to observe that relegation scrap knowing we’re pretty much safe. Even if a few teams pick up some results, they can’t all pick up results consistently. Leicester losing today, after a little uptick. There will be others that go on a run, others that now slip up. Was well pleased for Blackburn today for obvious reasons, but that’s only because we’re pretty much safe
He is not living up to his talent at present.
There's a big reason he's still being selected...... he's an outlet when our defence is under pressure, can carry the ball and gets us quickly up the pitch.
Who else is there, Février perhaps?
Sometimes Clarke or Carey ....but usually it's only TC doing that
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If you would’ve told me after boro and Oxford we’d have 4 points from them I’d have snapped your hand off. Pretty poor performance generally though and a poor game, Oxford were terrible and so were we. Massively missed dykes. Oh well, on to the next one!0
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He needed to challenge for the ball in that area. He used his upper body strength in the usual Kayne Ramsey way, and as he had done throughout the game, and every other game, without being penalised.fenaddick said:
That might be true but he was silly to give the referee a decision to make. The contact was fairly minimal but it was also avoidable and unnecessaryPragueAddick said:
The general consensus, including Louis and Rich who have seen multiple replays and talked to other journos at the game, is that he did nothing to warrant that decision.chaudhari211 said:We started well with good possession. Kane Ramsey gave away a needless penalty.OU returned the compliment with a needless penalty as well.Again we kept giving the ball away too often.Harry Clarke had a good game. Nobody was at the end of his long throws. They are almost as good as having corners.I think 53 points would be a good safety target.Not sure if any club has been relegated having reached that number of points.It was a great relief getting a draw in the end as they put us under great pressure in the last 15 minutes or so.We still had chances to win it in added time but a fair result in the end.A precious point towards safety.Travelling support was excellent as usual.And if you think you’ve heard that from someone else too, it probably means you’ve listened to Rich Cawley’s post match pod.0 -
He did not need to challenge for the ball, neither of them were getting anywhere near to itPragueAddick said:
He needed to challenge for the ball in that area. He used his upper body strength in the usual Kayne Ramsey way, and as he had done throughout the game, and every other game, without being penalised.fenaddick said:
That might be true but he was silly to give the referee a decision to make. The contact was fairly minimal but it was also avoidable and unnecessaryPragueAddick said:
The general consensus, including Louis and Rich who have seen multiple replays and talked to other journos at the game, is that he did nothing to warrant that decision.chaudhari211 said:We started well with good possession. Kane Ramsey gave away a needless penalty.OU returned the compliment with a needless penalty as well.Again we kept giving the ball away too often.Harry Clarke had a good game. Nobody was at the end of his long throws. They are almost as good as having corners.I think 53 points would be a good safety target.Not sure if any club has been relegated having reached that number of points.It was a great relief getting a draw in the end as they put us under great pressure in the last 15 minutes or so.We still had chances to win it in added time but a fair result in the end.A precious point towards safety.Travelling support was excellent as usual.And if you think you’ve heard that from someone else too, it probably means you’ve listened to Rich Cawley’s post match pod.6 -
No, because it shouldn't have been givenfenaddick said:
That might be true but he was silly to give the referee a decision to make. The contact was fairly minimal but it was also avoidable and unnecessaryPragueAddick said:
The general consensus, including Louis and Rich who have seen multiple replays and talked to other journos at the game, is that he did nothing to warrant that decision.chaudhari211 said:We started well with good possession. Kane Ramsey gave away a needless penalty.OU returned the compliment with a needless penalty as well.Again we kept giving the ball away too often.Harry Clarke had a good game. Nobody was at the end of his long throws. They are almost as good as having corners.I think 53 points would be a good safety target.Not sure if any club has been relegated having reached that number of points.It was a great relief getting a draw in the end as they put us under great pressure in the last 15 minutes or so.We still had chances to win it in added time but a fair result in the end.A precious point towards safety.Travelling support was excellent as usual.
. You want your defenders making contact, having a presence, shoulder to shoulder. Camera suggests that's all it was, so shouldn't have been a decision. Also looks like their lad is between the ref and the incident, so he couldn't have seen.1 -
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The Oxford lad dived for the peno….our one was a definite penalty…..would love to see us score more than one in a game8
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If only the ref had noticed that...fenaddick said:
He did not need to challenge for the ball, neither of them were getting anywhere near to itPragueAddick said:
He needed to challenge for the ball in that area. He used his upper body strength in the usual Kayne Ramsey way, and as he had done throughout the game, and every other game, without being penalised.fenaddick said:
That might be true but he was silly to give the referee a decision to make. The contact was fairly minimal but it was also avoidable and unnecessaryPragueAddick said:
The general consensus, including Louis and Rich who have seen multiple replays and talked to other journos at the game, is that he did nothing to warrant that decision.chaudhari211 said:We started well with good possession. Kane Ramsey gave away a needless penalty.OU returned the compliment with a needless penalty as well.Again we kept giving the ball away too often.Harry Clarke had a good game. Nobody was at the end of his long throws. They are almost as good as having corners.I think 53 points would be a good safety target.Not sure if any club has been relegated having reached that number of points.It was a great relief getting a draw in the end as they put us under great pressure in the last 15 minutes or so.We still had chances to win it in added time but a fair result in the end.A precious point towards safety.Travelling support was excellent as usual.And if you think you’ve heard that from someone else too, it probably means you’ve listened to Rich Cawley’s post match pod.0 -
Only if he’s morphed into peak Kevin De Bruyne.peterreeves said:Haven't seen the game but for those that did would Dykes have made a difference had he started?1 -
Even their own fans didn’t think it was a penalty at the time. I can’t be having criticism of Ramsay there, unless we want football to be a non contact sport.16
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Judging by his reaction, Lloyd Jones would disagree. It was soft, but a push in the back is a foul.PragueAddick said:
The general consensus, including Louis and Rich who have seen multiple replays and talked to other journos at the game, is that he did nothing to warrant that decision.chaudhari211 said:We started well with good possession. Kane Ramsey gave away a needless penalty.OU returned the compliment with a needless penalty as well.Again we kept giving the ball away too often.Harry Clarke had a good game. Nobody was at the end of his long throws. They are almost as good as having corners.I think 53 points would be a good safety target.Not sure if any club has been relegated having reached that number of points.It was a great relief getting a draw in the end as they put us under great pressure in the last 15 minutes or so.We still had chances to win it in added time but a fair result in the end.A precious point towards safety.Travelling support was excellent as usual.0 -
https://youtu.be/rIPXQvOSD80?si=GpSCDLTLToyxc9sYEveryone on the pitch and in the stand’s reactions should tell you whether it was or wasn’t a penalty.0
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Absolutely no one is saying it was a penalty apart from Oxford fansCallumcafc said:https://youtu.be/rIPXQvOSD80?si=GpSCDLTLToyxc9sYEveryone on the pitch and in the stand’s reactions should tell you whether it was or wasn’t a penalty.0 -
no your not dense I am,got that wrong,crookester said:
Not sure if I understand what you mean. There's 6 teams below us so 4 would need to go on a run to overtake us, no? Happy to be corrected if I'm being dense.thickandthin63 said:
One already down,so two more ,if we balls it up WBA,Blackburn Leicester,or oxford.2 from 4 is all thats needed.crookester said:
The thing is, it would need 4 teams below us to go on a run, not 1.thickandthin63 said:I admire every ones confidence but this is not cut and dried.3-4 defeats on the spin,someone below us having a run and we are in the shit.Norwich are on a great run and will be very difficult to beat next week,hope I am wrong and we can get over the line but I feel a bumpy ride ahead,especially as we pose no goal threat whatsoever.1 -
A poor quality and frustrating game until their central defender conceded a completely unnecessary penalty at the death. Thank goodness that Kelman put it away, as it would have been a bitter pill to have lost to such an industrial, albeit defensively well-drilled Oxford side.
I thought that we started the game well enough, moving the ball well, but our attacks floundered in the final third and the first half closed without an effort on target from either side. Oxford clearly took a tactical decision to sit deep, conserve energy and not put any pressure on the ball, although they came out aggressively to press us in the second half and we failed to cope. After Kayne Ramsey conceded the penalty (which looked soft up our end) Nathan changed shape to go with four at the back and we looked increasingly vulnerable to quick, long balls down the middle. From one of those, Lankshear was sent clear one-on-one against Mannion, but fortunately Will got something on the ball and Lloyd Jones got back in the nick of time to clear the ball off the line.
Further changes followed from the bench but Oxford remained resolute at the back, winning practically every high ball into their box, until their centre-half panicked and pulled Lloyd down in the box.
The second half was as ragged a performance as I’ve seen from us for a while but it all ended happily when Kelman stuck the penalty home and maintained our 9 point buffer over the bottom three. The surprise wins for WBA and (especially) Blackburn, emphasised how important this week’s 7 points have been and we are now, happily, almost home and hosed.
I thought that Jones, Docherty and Leaburn all played very well, whilst TC had an extremely poor game by his standards. We looked a bit fatigued and, happily now have a week to recuperate before the Norwich game and a fortnight afterwards to maybe get one or two players back fit.
Nearly home now after a few very pleasant pints around Oxford. If they do go down, I’ll miss the city and the pubs, if not our recent level of performance at the Kassam Stadium.
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Millwall have no sense of honour. We did them a big favour at Middlesborough, then they stab us in the back today.15
