General theme is that Oxford were brilliant despite getting thrashed. This bit in particular makes no sense at all:
The U's head coach said: “I think there was nothing in the game, except for that three-and-a-half minute spell in the first half.
"That’s very unlike us, the emotion of that moment got us a little bit edgy.
So the Oxford players were suddenly overcome with emotion in the 23rd minute? That sounds very peculiar.
There is one indisputable truth in Nobbo's post-match droning:
He said: “It was the hardest walk around the football pitch I’ve ever had to do, I was biting my tongue while I was clapping.
I don't think any of us have ever been confronted by anything as challenging as Karl Robinson trying to "bite his tongue".
Well done Blackpool. 5-0 at least in the second leg please.
If Oxford had scored more goals they would have won.
Yup, and if my auntie had bollocks she'd be a significantly better football manager than Karl Robinson. Actually, the bollocks are irrelevant. She is a significantly better football manager than Karl Robinson.
General theme is that Oxford were brilliant despite getting thrashed. This bit in particular makes no sense at all:
The U's head coach said: “I think there was nothing in the game, except for that three-and-a-half minute spell in the first half.
"That’s very unlike us, the emotion of that moment got us a little bit edgy.
So the Oxford players were suddenly overcome with emotion in the 23rd minute? That sounds very peculiar.
There is one indisputable truth in Nobbo's post-match droning:
He said: “It was the hardest walk around the football pitch I’ve ever had to do, I was biting my tongue while I was clapping.
I don't think any of us have ever been confronted by anything as challenging as Karl Robinson trying to "bite his tongue".
Well done Blackpool. 5-0 at least in the second leg please.
If Oxford had scored more goals they would have won.
Yup, and if my auntie had bollocks she'd be a significantly better football manager than Karl Robinson. Actually, the bollocks are irrelevant. She is a significantly better football manager than Karl Robinson.
It's all about opinions:
For Karl Robinson to get Oxford into 6th place was a good achievement.
Just like Lee Bowyer he lost his best players and had to try to work with less.
I would always play two strikers in League 1 and Championship with a goal scoring winger/,midfielder to back them up. Doesn't mean they goal hang but when on the attack the best teams always have options when attacking. Nothing is more frustrating other than missing penalties in the last minute against promotion rivals than a winger breaking away and having one marked striker to aim at
Fosu was not considered good enough for Cafc in the latter part of his cafc career in League 1 under Bowyer yet had played well under Robinson. By going to Oxford he resurrected his career under Gobinson and got the move to Brentford and started the first leg of the Championship play off semi final.
Players or managers struggling at Cafc don't always have a correlation on their abilities at other clubs.
Ps. I was pleased Karl moved on and Lee moved on because it was good for both of them and Cafc at that time.
General theme is that Oxford were brilliant despite getting thrashed. This bit in particular makes no sense at all:
The U's head coach said: “I think there was nothing in the game, except for that three-and-a-half minute spell in the first half.
"That’s very unlike us, the emotion of that moment got us a little bit edgy.
So the Oxford players were suddenly overcome with emotion in the 23rd minute? That sounds very peculiar.
There is one indisputable truth in Nobbo's post-match droning:
He said: “It was the hardest walk around the football pitch I’ve ever had to do, I was biting my tongue while I was clapping.
I don't think any of us have ever been confronted by anything as challenging as Karl Robinson trying to "bite his tongue".
Well done Blackpool. 5-0 at least in the second leg please.
If Oxford had scored more goals they would have won.
Yup, and if my auntie had bollocks she'd be a significantly better football manager than Karl Robinson. Actually, the bollocks are irrelevant. She is a significantly better football manager than Karl Robinson.
You don't get to manage for nearly 600 games in the EFL unless you're reasonably good, especially if you're not a "name". And it's not as if he's a Sheridan type, doing 6 months stints everywher
General theme is that Oxford were brilliant despite getting thrashed. This bit in particular makes no sense at all:
The U's head coach said: “I think there was nothing in the game, except for that three-and-a-half minute spell in the first half.
"That’s very unlike us, the emotion of that moment got us a little bit edgy.
So the Oxford players were suddenly overcome with emotion in the 23rd minute? That sounds very peculiar.
There is one indisputable truth in Nobbo's post-match droning:
He said: “It was the hardest walk around the football pitch I’ve ever had to do, I was biting my tongue while I was clapping.
I don't think any of us have ever been confronted by anything as challenging as Karl Robinson trying to "bite his tongue".
Well done Blackpool. 5-0 at least in the second leg please.
If Oxford had scored more goals they would have won.
Yup, and if my auntie had bollocks she'd be a significantly better football manager than Karl Robinson. Actually, the bollocks are irrelevant. She is a significantly better football manager than Karl Robinson.
He's done a decent job this season, although I have to say I don't think they'll do it again next season if, as now looks certain, they don't go up.
General theme is that Oxford were brilliant despite getting thrashed. This bit in particular makes no sense at all:
The U's head coach said: “I think there was nothing in the game, except for that three-and-a-half minute spell in the first half.
"That’s very unlike us, the emotion of that moment got us a little bit edgy.
So the Oxford players were suddenly overcome with emotion in the 23rd minute? That sounds very peculiar.
There is one indisputable truth in Nobbo's post-match droning:
He said: “It was the hardest walk around the football pitch I’ve ever had to do, I was biting my tongue while I was clapping.
I don't think any of us have ever been confronted by anything as challenging as Karl Robinson trying to "bite his tongue".
Well done Blackpool. 5-0 at least in the second leg please.
If Oxford had scored more goals they would have won.
Yup, and if my auntie had bollocks she'd be a significantly better football manager than Karl Robinson. Actually, the bollocks are irrelevant. She is a significantly better football manager than Karl Robinson.
You don't get to manage for nearly 600 games in the EFL unless you're reasonably good, especially if you're not a "name". And it's not as if he's a Sheridan type, doing 6 months stints everywher
Rightly or wrongly, MrLargo just doesn't like Robinson. If you go back over this thread you'll find them taking quite glee when Robinson has lost, definitely been the most active on this thread.
I don't think we are in a position to gloat though, let's not forget Robinson is in the play offs at our expense.
Our Oxford supporting window-cleaner says the majority of their fans are happy with Robinson getting them to the play-offs twice in a row and has done a decent job. I haven't texted him today to find out if that view has changed!
Our Oxford supporting window-cleaner says the majority of their fans are happy with Robinson getting them to the play-offs twice in a row and has done a decent job. I haven't texted him today to find out if that view has changed!
Great manager of the limit of your ambition is failing to get promoted via the League One playoffs. Out of his depth of the expectation is anything more than that.
Don’t hate the guy, he did okay for us in the circumstances but we were never truly any good under him either.
Great manager of the limit of your ambition is failing to get promoted via the League One playoffs. Out of his depth of the expectation is anything more than that.
Don’t hate the guy, he did okay for us in the circumstances but we were never truly any good under him either.
Left a building block for Bowyer to improve and take us to the next level. Imagine KR will get another attempt to get them up next season. Hundred percent got Oxford over achieving when they finished above us, Portsmouth and Ipswich.
are Oxford over achieving? The league table doesn’t lie and in the last two years they have got into the play offs twice. In the same time, Ipswich 0, Sunderland 1 and Portsmouth 1
are Oxford over achieving? The league table doesn’t lie and in the last two years they have got into the play offs twice. In the same time, Ipswich 0, Sunderland 1 and Portsmouth 1
Surely that's exactly the point? He's got Oxford into the play offs when you would expect Sunderland, Ipswich, Portsmouth and even us this season to beat them into it.
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Convincing defeat for Oxford = several paragraphs of waffly bullshit
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/19312270.karl-robinson-oxford-uniteds-3-0-defeat-blackpool/
General theme is that Oxford were brilliant despite getting thrashed. This bit in particular makes no sense at all:
The U's head coach said: “I think there was nothing in the game, except for that three-and-a-half minute spell in the first half.
"That’s very unlike us, the emotion of that moment got us a little bit edgy.
So the Oxford players were suddenly overcome with emotion in the 23rd minute? That sounds very peculiar.
There is one indisputable truth in Nobbo's post-match droning:
He said: “It was the hardest walk around the football pitch I’ve ever had to do, I was biting my tongue while I was clapping.
I don't think any of us have ever been confronted by anything as challenging as Karl Robinson trying to "bite his tongue".
Well done Blackpool. 5-0 at least in the second leg please.
It's all about opinions:
For Karl Robinson to get Oxford into 6th place was a good achievement.
Just like Lee Bowyer he lost his best players and had to try to work with less.
I would always play two strikers in League 1 and Championship with a goal scoring winger/,midfielder to back them up. Doesn't mean they goal hang but when on the attack the best teams always have options when attacking. Nothing is more frustrating other than missing penalties in the last minute against promotion rivals than a winger breaking away and having one marked striker to aim at
Fosu was not considered good enough for Cafc in the latter part of his cafc career in League 1 under Bowyer yet had played well under Robinson. By going to Oxford he resurrected his career under Gobinson and got the move to Brentford and started the first leg of the Championship play off semi final.
Players or managers struggling at Cafc don't always have a correlation on their abilities at other clubs.
Ps. I was pleased Karl moved on and Lee moved on because it was good for both of them and Cafc at that time.
I don't think we are in a position to gloat though, let's not forget Robinson is in the play offs at our expense.
https://www.charltonafc.com/news/hear-former-addicks-and-mk-boss-live-tonight
I’ll be tuning in to see how it goes