Oxford United v Swindon Town - Matchday thread

[molepar]

Ojamaa has been a bit of a let down...probably because the YouTube video made him look like the Messi of the Polish league

[Frigby Daser]

Has anybody been as good as they're supposed to be this year? Turnbull, Ajose, Kasim - all key players, all playing noticeably below the standard they're capable of. That's my main gripe with the coaches.

[nigel grays a postie]

Thank f*** Vigs has come back would have been a real hiding without him. Presuming that Turnbull must be due a fine for blatant stupidity - wondering how much loose change he has to pay it with - bit of top banter to lighten the mood. How can Cooper and Power have mismanaged things to such an extent that Rossi Branco is the only central defender at the club available for Saturdays game?

[molepar]

True....Most people have disappointed. I now wonder if Turnbull was actually any good last year or if his defensive mishaps were perhaps not noticed then because of our decent attacking threat. Until recently he has always struck me as a passionate player who is vocal with the officials because of his desire to win for Swindon, but maybe he is actually just overly aggressive and petulant as a defence mechanism for his own shortcomings on the pitch.

[Costanza]

Turnbull is good, without doubt.

[Posh Red]

Turnbull is good, without doubt.

I'd agree, hasn't helped him playing at full back for a number of games

[molepar]

Turnbull is good, without doubt.

How do you think he compares to Jack Stephens or other centre backs of recent years such as Greer, Ifil, Cuthbert, O'Hanlon etc? It's always hard to directly compare players when they aren't playing in the same team. I think Williams looks like our most solid centre back this term...Typical Swindon luck that he's injured for a few weeks.

[Oxfordhater]

bring back Di Canio

[Batch]

Great ball player, fairly composed for a centre half. Not nasty enough/commanding enough at times. Good player.

[Riddick]

I like Turbull. I thought he was the better defender between him and Stephens with Stephens more suited to midfield. Williams looked like a very good CB in pre season and i was hopeful that Turbull/Thompson/Williams would have been a better back three than we had last year. Its never happened and doesn't look likely to with injuries now.

[leftside]

bring back Di Canio

Ideally, I'd like to see Cooper succeed, however, if we were to change manager soon it would be great to have him back. He's certainly preferable to someone like Sean O'Driscoll.

I just can't see it happening though. He'd have to work under very different circumstances to last time - wages, players, owner. Having said that, it is an assumption that he has not evolved as a manager/character in the past couple of years, which may be completely wrong.

[Batch]

DiCanio, the ultimate control freak, work under Power, with no transfer budget ? I reckon I'm ahead of him in the queue!

[Oxfordhater]

Best years we had at the club, regardless of the circus it was at times. I'd have him back in a flash.

[molepar]

At the time it did seem great but he was rumoured to be dishing out contracts worth 14k per week in league 2. I prefer Power's more measured approach, but admittedly would like to see a slightly less fiscally conservative regime!

[Red Frog]

Best years we had at the club, regardless of the circus it was at times. I'd have him back in a flash.

Which would be about as long as you'd have your club.