Oxford United Vs The Gas Build Up/Match Day Thread And Poll

Oxford United Vs Bristol Rovers, Kassam Stadium, Oxford, Saturday 9th February 2013, KO 3:00pm

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Oxford United Club Info

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Nickname: The U’s

Founded: 1893

Stadium: Kassam Stadium

Address: Grenoble Road, Oxford, OX4 4XP

Telephone:01865 337500

Website: http://www.oufc.co.uk/

Forum: http://yellowsforum.proboards.com/

Manager: Chris Wilder

Current League Position - 13th PLD 29 W 11 D 6 L 12 GD -3 PTS 39


Last Five League Games

Cheltenham Town (H) W 1-0

Bradford City (A) W 2-1

Fleetwood Town (A) L 1-3

Burton Albion (H) D 1-1

Southend United (A) L 1-0

Current Form (last 5 games) W W L D L – 7pts From 15pts


Last Two Meetings Vs The Gas

Saturday 18th February 2012 The Gas 0 – 0 Oxford United

Saturday 18th August 2012 The Gas 0 - 2 Oxford United


Head To Head Table (overall)

Oxford United PLD 45 W 17 L 16 D 12 GF 59 GA 57

Bristol Rovers PLD 45W 16 L 17 D 12 GF 57 GA 59


At The Gas

Bristol Rovers PLD 22 W 11 L 5 D 6 GF 29 GA 19

Oxford United PLD 22W 5 L 11 D 6 GF 19 GA 29


At Oxford United

Oxford United PLD 23 W 12 L 5 D 6 GF 40 GA 28

Bristol Rovers PLD 23 W 5 L 12 D 6 GF 28 GA 40


Game(s) To Remember

Saturday 22nd January 2000 - Oxford United 0-5 The Gas – League Division Two

Saturday 21st April 2001 - The Gas 6-2 Oxford United - League Division Two


Game To Forget

Tuesday 10th August 2010 - Oxford United 6-1 The Gas – League Cup


The U's So Far

Well it started off well for the U’s this season which saw them win three games in a row in August which was then followed by one mighty down fall in September which saw them lose six names in a row so zero points from a possible eighteen and finding the net only five times and let in a whooping eighteen goals. It’s quite surprising how manager Chris Wilder kept his job after that so luckily for him Oxford aren’t in the dizzy heights of the Premiership or he would be looking for another job. The month of October was a bit patchy for the U’s but they went a tad better then the previous month picking up ten points from another possible Eighteen. Closer to the end of the year they started to repeat the form they had at the start of the campaign going eight games unbeaten between November 20th right up to January 12th in this period they picked up Eighteen points which included four victories on the trot.
So maybe The Gas are playing them at the right time as it seems there’s a possible dip in form again they have managed only one point from their last nine plus we are owed a victory over them the last being nearly ten years ago which saw The Gas win 2-0 at the Memorial Stadium. It will be interesting to see if James Constable will play he’s still The U’s second top goal scorer with ten that’s two behind Tom Craddock. There’s three ex Gas players to look out for Ryan Clark has mustarded up an impressive 158+ games since joining Oxford in 2009 and has remained there number 1 choice between the sticks in the last few years the others being Sean Rigg who joined from Port Vale in May 2012 and Justin Richards who left the our club way back in 2003 after playing sixteen games without finding the net.

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How Will It Go

IMO this game will be a tougher away trip then the previous three games away from home. Oxford has never been the best hunting ground for the Gas down the years (just under 10 years ago) but that said we are all on a high and everyone is buzzing and with a never give up attitude from our players I think we can bring home a point or three.

Gasheadseamge’s Final Score Prediction

Oxford United 1 – 2 The Gas

 

What Oxford Fans Are Saying About The Game

http://yellowsforum.proboards.com/thread/13004/rovers-saturday

 

Gas win 1-0 - although it'll be another tough game. Let's hope it's the crap Oxford that turn up - they can be very good, but are inconsistent. Their influential midfielder Peter Leven is out injured which is good news for us

 

3-1 gas.......end of

 

A win be great as 4 points from Cheltenham and Oxford is a great achievement. But I think it will end 1-1 again.

 

I would still be happy with a draw but I sense another late winner

 

JW Will Only Sign Loans In Case Of Emergency

JW elieves he has built a squad capable of avoiding relegation and will only dip into the loan market in case of emergency.
Ward recruited six players during January to bolster what was a threadbare squad prior to last Thursday night’s transfer window deadline.

The loan market re-opens for business tomorrow following a seven-day break from all transfer activity, but Ward says the imminent arrival of any more new faces is unlikely.
He said: “I’m happy with the squad. The situation at the moment is that we will dip in to the loan market if and when we need to should we pick up a few injuries here and there.

We have improved the strength and depth of the squad over January, but if we were to see two or three key players ruled out over the remaining weeks of the season, then it is obviously something we’d look at.
“I won’t be looking to do anything imminently because we are quite solid and I don’t want to disrupt what we have going here at the moment.
“We have people watching games and assessing what players may be available so that if we need to do something at any time we can do it quite quickly and sensibly.”

 

Weather update in Oxford for the next few days

http://uk.weather.com/weather/10day-Oxford-UKXX0106

 

Latest Tweets

https://twitter.com/Official_BRFC

 

1-0 win for the Gas

Another great match thread seamge

 

Cheers

 

Last time I went to Oxford I couldn't get in the Gas end and had to become an Oxford boy. Ha Ha. Very difficult to moan each time we scored!!

 

Last time I went we lost 6-1 in the league cup and the time before that we won 5-0 at the Manor Ground

 

Last time I went was the 6-1 hammering, and **** am I going again

Hope we can get a win, but I think a draw is likely. Mind you we could end up getting battered again

 

6-6 on agg over 2 games. not bad.

 

On league position we should but i think we owe them after getting spanked in recent years by them.

I think we will get at least a point.

 

I was at the Manor ground for that 5-0 - it was blinkin' mental, Cureton scored a hatful - about 4k Gasheads crammed into the away end. Mind you, last time I saw Oxford was last year down the Mem - 0-0 and dull as ditchwater.

1-0 to the Gas!

 

Yeah it was always packed on that away end every time I went there remember cuckoo lane he had to walk up it to the turnstiles.

 

Possible Line-ups (evil post)

The Gas

Mildenhall

Smith_Parkes_McChrystal_Brown

Anyinsah_Norburn_Clucas_Woodards

O'Toole

Brunt


The U's

McCormick

Batt_Raynes_Wright_O'Brien

Potter_Chapman_Montrose_Rigg

Constable_Richards

 

I reckon Anyinsah might not start. He wasn't that effective on Tuesday
and earlier that day I saw him at the Mem. having a bit of a fitness
test...lots of running.
The bubble will burst sometime but I'll go for 2-2, perhaps even a 1-2 away
win for Rovers.