Next Season

[Ralphy]

div3's tough and all the players that come down here from div2 always say it, i don't think you'd fininsh in the play-offs.

But Oxford will win the league  

[Spud]

div3's tough and all the players that come down here from div2 always say it, i don't think you'd fininsh in the play-offs.

But Oxford will win the league  

They do every year *In their own head*  

[oxford_fan]

div3's tough and all the players that come down here from div2 always say it, i don't think you'd fininsh in the play-offs.

But Oxford will win the league  

no, we'll get promoted

[Ralphy]

div3's tough and all the players that come down here from div2 always say it, i don't think you'd fininsh in the play-offs.

But Oxford will win the league  

no, we'll get promoted

 

[Spud]

div3's tough and all the players that come down here from div2 always say it, i don't think you'd fininsh in the play-offs.

But Oxford will win the league  

no, we'll get promoted

But you lot say that every fucking year!, give it up ffs.

[Sade]

 And so the banter with the oxford fans starts all over again...

Ahh league 2 life.

[oxford_fan]

we don't belong there

[oxford_fan]

div3's tough and all the players that come down here from div2 always say it, i don't think you'd fininsh in the play-offs.

But Oxford will win the league  

no, we'll get promoted

But you lot say that every fucking year!, give it up ffs.

its not exactly rocket science, take off your red tinted specs and, like i said, the bookies will put us up there (if we stay up, and it is still if) now that we've got jim and a chairman who will invest.

[oxford_fan]

I've totally forgot about this season now and am looking forward to a succesful one in league 2

look its easy

[Sade]

we don't belong there

We're a fairly big club with an excellent history unlike most in league 2, I think is what ralphs point was.

[Dazzza]

Depressing stuff but looking at those that have gone down over the past 5 years....

04/05
Torquay - 23rd & Candidates for relegation to the conference
Wrexham - 12th League Two
Peterborough - 8th League Two
Stockpork - 20th League Two

03/04
Grimsby - 3rd League Two
Rushden - Conference football next year
Notts Cunts - 18th League Two
Wycombe - 5th League Two

02/03
Cheltenham - 6th League Two
Huddersfield - 4th League One
Mansfield  - 15th League Two
Northampton - 2nd League Two

01/02
Bournemouth - 3rd League One
Bury - 17th League Two
Wrexham - 12th League Two
Cambridge - Non League

00/01
Bristol Rovers - 9th League Two
Luton - 10th Championship
Swansea - 6th League One
Oxford -  

Only four plus Wrexham (who subsequently went back down) have managed to win promotion back out of the basement league.

On top of that all four have had a change of regime and a degree of investment or in Swansea’s case had serious development off the pitch.

On top of that the current top five in league two have all had varying degrees of investment from Northampton and Wycombe who have spent a considerable amount of money to the more modest yet notable Carlisle and Orient.

50% of all of those sides are now languishing in the bottom half of the table, can’t see how we'll be any different.  

[oxford_fan]

we don't belong there

We're a fairly big club with an excellent history unlike most in league 2, I think is what ralphs point was.

unfortunately though history doesn't mean anything and your league status is down to results. if you look at the table there are a few teams there with decent pedigree in terms of what division they've been in over the years.

[Ralphy]

We don't belong in league 2 Oxford Fan, look at the teams in that league. Apart from yourselves, Carlisle, Rovers  and maybe Notts County, we're be the biggest club in that league next season.

Carlisle of course will be in league 1 though.

[Reg Smeeton]

We don't belong in league 2 Oxford Fan, look at the teams in that league. Apart from yourselves, Carlisle, Rovers  and maybe Notts County, we're be the biggest club in that league next season.

Carlisle of course will be in league 1 though.

 Don't for one sec think we're too big for L2, we're there because our budget and set up is very much L2 and in  many ways sub Conference.

 Next season is about trying to hang onto league status...we've a number of players signing up who on recent evidence would struggle to get a game for Salisbury.

[Ralphy]

I'm purely judging on history Reg, i know we're shit