Match Thread vs. Oxford City 27.01.21 [FAT QF]

[SwalePie]

Team news in a bit... COYP!

[ivansneck]

Playing the youngsters today. Good to see.

[SwalePie]

Looks a decent lineup. COYP!

[matt_magpie]

Looks a decent lineup. COYP!

Actually starting to think this cup is working for us now in it being a great opportunity to get minutes into players needing them without playing them in the league with no prep.

[Warnocks Legends]

Anyone know why Cal isn't playing? Niggling thigh again?
Also just listening to radio commentary and saying no matter how good these players perform they Ardley will never pick them for a league unless forced too by injury. I hope that isn't the case or that really is a sorry state of affairs at our club!

[countygump]

Anyone know why Cal isn't playing? Niggling thigh again?
Also just listening to radio commentary and saying no matter how good these players perform they Ardley will never pick them for a league unless forced too by injury. I hope that isn't the case or that really is a sorry state of affairs at our club!

Ardley did say in his pre Oxford interview, that Cal was feeling stiff/sore after his 20mins or so against Stockpot. That could well be why.

[Disturbed]

Also just listening to radio commentary and saying no matter how good these players perform they Ardley will never pick them for a league unless forced too by injury. I hope that isn't the case or that really is a sorry state of affairs at our club!

I mentioned last season that saying things like the above is a cause for concern, and also leads to unrest as the players know they will never get a decent shot at a starting place, so what is the point in trying.

This doesn't surprise me in the slightest as this has been the case for the past two seasons. If you are not one of the chosen few, then you will never get a start, unless it is in a mickey mouse competition, no matter how good you perform. I would bet that most of these players starting today will not get a place if we make the final.

[matt_magpie]

I mentioned last season that saying things like the above is a cause for concern, and also leads to unrest as the players know they will never get a decent shot at a starting place, so what is the point in trying.

This doesn't surprise me in the slightest as this has been the case for the past two seasons. If you are not one of the chosen few, then you will never get a start, unless it is in a mickey mouse competition, no matter how good you perform. I would bet that most of these players starting today will not get a place if we make the final.

He was regularly rotating the last 10 games of last season when the games came thick and getting stick for changing a winning side even though we kept mostly winning

[Disturbed]

He was regularly rotating the last 10 games of last season when the games came thick and getting stick for changing a winning side even though we kept mostly winning

Yes, he was rotating certain players, whist always playing a select few, irrespective of performances. Look at the Wembley match. Rawlinson dropped for no reason. We can look at how Crawford was treated, Ozzy and going a little further back, Bird. All these players did well when they came into the side, but were then dropped for no reason, and on a few occasions, they didn't even make the bench after performing well the game before. This is what causes problems and discontent

[LaxtonLad]

Also just listening to radio commentary and saying no matter how good these players perform they Ardley will never pick them for a league unless forced too by injury. I hope that isn't the case or that really is a sorry state of affairs at our club!

Did anyone else hear this?