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This is going to a difficult game. Killie have not got the points on the board that perhaps they think their performances have merited. They've had a week off to regroup and will come out the traps fast looking for that important win they feel they deserve and will look to reverse the negative trend and gather some momentum. Particularly against a club who owned them last year. We on the other hand would be reckless if we in any way underestimated them. It's going to be a good game with goals to entertain. I've got a feeling it'll be a draw or by the odd goal either way.

Person not people

I think there's a little blur of the lines here between wildly passionate fan world and the real world. Football is an industry of networking just like many others. There's no corporate confidentiality breach in giving an opinion about a work mate to someone you know or in this case a potential employer. I think it'd be niaive to think we haven't benefited from such conversations in the past.

I doubt we would've been able to afford Keith Wright. Why was it a possibility at the time?

Aye!!!

Agreed. I think that was great piece of business, but by no means a benchmark. When considering risk v benefit of keeping Cadds for a development fee v selling before contract end, we can't guarantee we'll get £600k. Keeping him presents considerable risk. Due to Marvin being a mercenary Englishman, the level of risk against a medium/long term deal of sell clauses is smaller. He came up here with the sole intention of climbing to a deal like the one he secured today. The risk to Cadds being a long term success in England is statistically greater. The release and subsequent return of promising young Scots from English leagues is far greater than any of us would like. I remember reading an article about Jamie Murphy lamenting the fact that he is one of the few to have stuck it out and forge a career in England. Much will depend on the boys character and ambition. The club I'm sure will be able to factor this into their planning. So in essence, it's a very tough call for the club. Either option is a gamble and I would wager that Cadds will go before contract end but won't be in this window.

+1

To be fair, it was that same response I got from the jambo to our hand ball claim.

Agreed. Indeed, I was talking to a hearts fan yesterday at work and he was aggrieved they didn't get a penalty for the Bowman push in the first half. I guess much of this is about the colour of tint your specs are.

Based on what evidence? Honestly not meaning to be controversial or sound like a stuck record, but there's little evidence to suggest that a league 1 club (even the top ones) has signed or willing to sign a CB for the figures you suggest. Granted, as the deadline gets closer and things get crazier, it's not unfeasible that we may manage to get something closer to £500k eluded to in the press for Henaghan. But a number of factors would need to be at play. None of which, we fans are ever likely to know. Agreed, championship clubs have more cash to burn and they would be the ones to have in the bidding war. But for a CB that most likely wouldn't walk into a starting 11 of an upper league 1 team, I would suspect Burrows et al will be hoping for a deal with a league 1 side comprising add ons that replicates the Marvin windfall.

Wasn't it Cardiff?

Quite right to be standing by your convictions. You'll be waiting a long while before the club achieve your expectations though. There's a small issue of market forces and they most certainly are not in our favour.

Stay the fuck away

Craig clay last minute equaliser

An oxford fan blog piss take to an all familiar story. http://oxblogger.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/george-lawrences-shorts-i-like-to-move.html George Lawrence's Shorts - I like to move it Marv it Saturday 12 August Perspective is everything in football. Take resting Premier League giants Portsmouth - Sol Campbell lifting the FA Cup is big, but far away, Danny Rose is small but very close. This can get confusing, especially when getting annihilated 3-0 with goals from a Tap-in Thomas, a wonder strike from van Kessel and a crowning moment from The Hipsters' Choice, Josh Ruffles Ruffels. Afterwards Eveals confirmed that Portuguese village team Hull had put in an offer for Marvin Johnson. He's rejected it screaming "I WANT MORE MONEY TO BUY ANGORA RABBITS". Crack out the castanets, another transfer tango begins. Monday 14 August When GLS was a boy, teenagers spent their time sniffing glue and looking at pictures of Linda Lusardi in a sexy cave girl outfit. Now they set up Twitter accounts called things like EFL Transfer Zone, promising to give you all the latest transfer gossip theyve read in national newspapers or made up themselves. Soft porn will never be the same again. The latest revelation is that Movin Marvin Johnson is demanding a Marv, er, move; "I need to play in the City of Culture, I hear 'A Short History of Tractors in Ukraine' is a triumph" he's alleged to have said. Tuesday 15 August Now Marvin aint movin or at least not at the moment, according to official fan gobshites Oxvox. He hasnt formally asked for a transfer and his agent isnt the same agent who hustled his move from Motherwell. So, that puts that one to bed once and for all. Wednesday 16 August Erm, on, off, not on at the moment, wish it didnt happen at all. Eveals has decided the way to stop teams poaching his best players is by not having a transfer window, at least not one during the season. Eveals spends his summers in his secret underground lair plotting the destruction of the club, so nobody would be able to get to him anyway. Cunning. Thursday 17 August PClot has an eye for spotting an old banger liable to break down on first use. First 84 year-old Mike Williamson, now a 23 year old Rover Metro for the week's worst trainer. A small has-been from the 90s with bad tracking? You might like to think of it as Martin Gray with wheels. Saturday 19 August Marvin wasnt movin much on Saturday as we lost to S****horpe. He was injured with a tight hamstring. That didn't stop his girlfriend from posting a picture of them on Instagram having a lovely day out together, #nofilter #familytime #blimeyhousesinhullarecheap. Monday 21 August In an avalanche of apostrophes, now Movin is movin to Birminham according to teen online soothsayer OxBible. Arry Redknapp has sabotaged Portuguese village side Hull with a £2.5m deal. KerCHING! All that Movin needs to do now is to hope his injured tight hamstring has cleared up sufficiently to pass a medical. Tuesday 22 August Meanwhile, in a surprise move - not least to the permanently bewildered striker himself, Kane Hemmings has gone to Mansfield on loan with the view to a permanent deal. Apparently he's quite happy, because he knows some of the players there like 'Macca' and 'Digger' as well as other members of Auf Wierdeshen Pet. The boy wizard Alfie Potter is there too apparently. The mystic Oxbible predicted this by reading the countless forum posts weeks ago linking Hemmings to the Stags. Hes also been looking into the tea leaves and is now predicting Marvin Emnes is on his way in, as originally predicted by a wholly reliable fake Oxford Mail Twitter account two or three weeks ago. So, in summary, Marvins movin before we start movin for Marvin. Keep up. Wednesday 23 August Not since GLS spent a whole lunch hour cross-checking James Henry's arm tattoo has a picture been analysed so much. PClot took the team go-karting on Wednesday as a team building exercise, posting a picture of the happy band on Twitter. Who was lurking in the background obscured by the hand of Xemi? Was it Movin' Marvin? Thursday 24 August Why yes, not only is movin' Marvin not movin', he's been movin' in trainin' following his "injured" "tight hamstrin'". Seriously, this is a catapostrophe. PClot is pleading with Movin' to focus on playin' well for Oxford and not be distracted by the transfer speculation that, of course, doesn't exist because he's not for sale and only Portugese village team Hull have had a sniff. Also, back in training, in a world where nobody knew he wasn't out of training in the first place, is Tap In Thomas. Apparently he's looking sharp and has even been seen trying some long range from almost four yards out.

Big buff was more than just a centre half, he was a cracking footballer.

[quote name="CoF" post="502434" timestamp="150281514 We don't seem quite as savvy in that market yet - either that or we're getting the market value but fans tend to see our own boys through claret and amber tinted spectacles. Yeh, you get the odd "how the fuck did they manage to get that much" moment but the over all evidence most definitely suggests the latter.

You're quite right, I was only thinking this season. He's done both!!! So for the purpose of debate, surely those stats make a strong argument for 3 at the back?

I would agree with all but one thing. He hasn't plugged a leaky defence....he's gone out and built a new one. It's still very early doors and it's easy to carried away but I haven't felt this enthused by the opening performances of a season in a hellova long time. I'll feel even better when the transfer window is shut.

I'm pretty sure he just had an off day. McHugh will be vital for us in midfield this season

All one line of it. You never used to be this negative. In fact, I used to enjoy reading your posts. It was your balance that I thought brought some sanity to this forum in the past. For reasons best known to you, you've chosen to become hyper critical. Of course, a matter for you.

I honestly don't know what's happened to you lately mate, but you really are a buzz kill. Yes, some things could've been better like ball retention but I don't agree with the majority of what you say here and certainly not in the manner you present it. Equally, I can't agree with other posters decrying the quality of Dunne, Fisher and Bowman. I thought they did ok and the latter 2 were thwarted by the same thin margins that work for a striker on another day. But of course, if folk want to decide with conviction that Dunne is clueless, Fisher is pish and Bowman is worse than a man down on the first day of the season, then they clearly know more about football than me.

I don't think you can blame him for not.

Aye, like the one we should've got in the first half

That is a really soft penalty