Oxford United (h) - 09/12/25

[Upside Down]

18 minutes ago, desrover said:

Venkys are not bothered whether you stay at home or give them money! They have still lost quite a bit anyway!

Given the severity of the cuts they're making it obvious does bother them how much it is costing.

Don't give them money. Don't subsidise their destruction of this football club.

[Exiled_Rover]

5 minutes ago, Blow-in said:

One or two saves a blinder? I think not.

I wish our GK would make one or two saves...

[cesus]

Im sorry but if anybody tries to talk about the Championship being a good league I'm going to have to walk away from the conversation. That is yet another absolutely awful game of football from both teams at Ewood. Absolutely terrible! 

[Exiled_Rover]

6 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

Yeah he was covering a lot of ground today, like the look of him.

It's more the quality on the ball that stood out. He's clearly nowhere near fit - although he does look mobile. 

[Lancaster Rover]

3 minutes ago, pick32 said:

Looking forward to seeing a fully fit Baradji and Tronstad running the midfield with Morishita, Cantwell and Gudjohnson in front of them 

 

Pity it won’t happen as I can see Cantwell and Tronstad going in jan

[Exiled_Rover]

4 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Two hours of my life Ill never get back.

Still more abandonments than home wins this season.

Ismael got the line up wrong at the start. Usual no show in the first half. Marginally better 2nd.

Overall a point not good enough. I think we're going down.

Who would you have played instead?

[OsloRover]

Some positives for sure. Baradji, Pratt, De Neve. Morishita my man of the match today.

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, cesus said:

Im sorry but if anybody tries to talk about the Championship being a good league I'm going to have to walk away from the conversation. That is yet another absolutely awful game of football from both teams at Ewood. Absolutely terrible! 

Best paid cloggers in the world. 

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, Lancaster Rover said:

Pity it won’t happen as I can see Cantwell and Tronstad going in jan

That would be suicide, so you're probably right. 

[desrover]

5 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

Given the severity of the cuts they're making it obvious does bother them how much it is costing.

Don't give them money. Don't subsidise their destruction of this football club.

But thousands have already walked away over 15 years. They are still here! 

[Blow-in]

2 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I wish our GK would make one or two saves...

Not saying we didn't have the better of the chances but two incredibly wasteful shots straight at him would point more towards poor finishing than a GK having a blinder.

 

It's all subjective and you are probably right.

[47er]

5 minutes ago, Blow-in said:

I really don't think we are going down this season, but next season?

It'll be touch and go! Incredible if our away form saves us.

Home form will of course be down to our poor support!

[RevidgeBlue]

2 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Who would you have played instead?

We looked better when Cantwell, Moreshita and Baradji came on.

[Rover down South]

Missing Toth & Tronstad in the side and dare I say it, Hedges who has been solid this season.

Could well be forced to start with Tavares and a half fit Baradji on Saturday who looked good tonight, but 90 mins a big ask.

Up front we lack consistency. Ohashi runs his socks off and Andri is either good or absolute shite. Gueye must be on his way in January to not feature at all tonight.

Miller has been poor since the last international break. 

I would like to see Harry Pickering get at least half an hour soon, just so we can see what VI is seeing. He must have had a huge dip in form to not be considered in front of De Neve and Ribiero.

[Andy]

I feel like I repeat myself after every home game, but two incredibly poor quality sides hoofing the ball back and forth.

Marginally better when Cantwell and Baradji came onto the pitch, but just not good enough.

1 home win in mid November is beyond awful.

[Exiled_Rover]

1 minute ago, RevidgeBlue said:

We looked better when Cantwell, Moreshita and Baradji came on.

Moreshita started and Cantwell and Baradji clearly aren't fit.

So go on then, who would you have played?

[StHelensRover]

4 minutes ago, cesus said:

Im sorry but if anybody tries to talk about the Championship being a good league I'm going to have to walk away from the conversation. That is yet another absolutely awful game of football from both teams at Ewood. Absolutely terrible! 

There was a few seconds of play in the second half near the Darwen End that was like a comedy sketch, both sets of players trying to control the ball, failing and knocking it into the opposition player, who then did the same. Several people round me just laughed.

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, Rover down South said:

Missing Toth & Tronstad in the side and dare I say it, Hedges who has been solid this season.

Could well be forced to start with Tavares and a half fit Baradji on Saturday who looked good tonight, but 90 mins a big ask.

Up front we lack consistency. Ohashi runs his socks off and Andri is either good or absolute shite. Gueye must be on his way in January to not feature at all tonight.

Miller has been poor since the last international break. 

I would like to see Harry Pickering get at least half an hour soon, just so we can see what VI is seeing. He must have had a huge dip in form to not be considered in front of De Neve and Ribiero.

Pickering. Cannot. Run. 

Ribeiro, who's faster than Pickering (marginally) offered nothing on the left hand side today.

It really is a case of stumbling across a formation that works for most of our players, but unfortunately it leaves our two LBs with no role to play. 

[G Somerset Rover]

3 minutes ago, Andy said:

I feel like I repeat myself after every home game, but two incredibly poor quality sides hoofing the ball back and forth.

Marginally better when Cantwell and Baradji came onto the pitch, but just not good enough.

1 home win in mid November is beyond awful.

Add a month on to that, Andy.

One more chance in 2025…

[RevidgeBlue]

3 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Moreshita started and Cantwell and Baradji clearly aren't fit.

So go on then, who would you have played?

Bore off.

[RevidgeBlue]

6 minutes ago, G Somerset Rover said:

Add a month on to that, Andy.

One more chance in 2025…

Tbh if you've one home win by Christmas you dont deserve to stay up.

[bazza]

5 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Bore off.

Be honest Rev. There's nobody else in the squad.

[roversfan99]

2 really poor teams who will finish in the bottom 6 playing out a poor game absent of quality.

Tavares deserves a shoutout for being absolutely hopeless. Miller also poor. Baradji with a bright cameo but thats the first time hes offered anything and its December which is the issue.

[Elrovers]

Alebiosu is a good player but his decision making at times is questionable. Surprisingly thought de neve was pretty solid. Hes a good attacking sub to make. Ribeiro I thought was solid too. Miller wasn’t good enough and my god Tavares is one awful of a player. I’m glad baradji is getting up to speed otherwise could you imagine. He done more than Tavares did in the 80 minutes. 

[DE.]

20 minutes ago, cesus said:

Im sorry but if anybody tries to talk about the Championship being a good league I'm going to have to walk away from the conversation. That is yet another absolutely awful game of football from both teams at Ewood. Absolutely terrible! 

This league is the polar opposite of whatever a good quality competition is. Look at the amount of teams that struggle to beat Sheffield Wednesday - and I say that as no disrespect to the Owls, but that's a team ripped apart and destroyed by the owner before the season kicked off. Yet the majority of teams in this league are scraping past them. Watford had to score in the 97th minute tonight to avoid losing to them at home. It's embarrassing. A significant portion of players in this division are either stealing a living, or the standard below the PL is truly dire.