It has now been announced that we can buy tickets for the scum away game on Monday. I cannot wait.
In other news the fantasy football (fantasy.premierleague.com) is up and running with a cool new look. I have picked my team :-
De Gea (6.5) Schwarzer (5)
Sagna (6.5) - Clichy (6) - Jose Enrique (5) - Elokobi (4.5) - Alcaraz (4.5)
Young (10) - Downing (8.5) - Etherington (6.5) - Whitehead (5) - Tiote (4.5)
Carroll (10) - Berbatov (9.5) - Gyan (8)
Not too shabby eh? Wing backs are the way forward, Baines was 8 and although he makes my team every year, he's not worth 8. They get assists and clean sheets so they are in preference.
Downing is still a Villa player and I can imagine a move to Liverpool will increase his price so I couldn't say no to a bargain.
Other players I considered were Marc Albrighton - who I think is fantastic, he's so young and he's bound to start now. His crossing is brilliant and you'll get him at a mere 6.5. Friedel for Spurs at 5.5 isn't a bad shout. Assou-Ekotto and/or Dawson as well. 5 and 5.5 (No Spurs defenders are about 5.5 yet a lot of their midfield is above 7)
There are still weeks to chop and change and decide so have fun with it. Might even make a bloggers league!
Oxford United Squad 11/12
So, I think we're basically done except a second goalkeeper, we've strengthened in all areas and have gone from 12th favourites (where we finished last season) to 4th favourites behind moneybags Crawley, Fascist Inbreds and Bristol Rovers.
Signings -
Ryan James
Michael Duberry
Tony Capaldi
Andrew Whing
Peter Leven
JP Pittman
Deane Smalley
Defensively we have signed an inexperienced (never played a league game) centre back in James. He's left footed and looks okay but I'll have to see him play first. Then the exact opposite in Michael Duberry, been there, done that, got the t-shirt. Played as high as you can get but since lost his legs.
We have Whing RB from Orient who dropped down a level for his family and Capaldi who had a poor season for Morcambe due to waiting too long in the transfer market or something.
In midfield we've signed Leven. Leven looks the part but is currently injured, I can only say from what everyone else has been saying but I haven't heard a negative review with most people expecting Leven to go up instead of down.
Upfront we have JP Pittman and Deane Smalley, Smalley looks class from his pre-season games, as does Pittman actually.
So our squad at the moment -
Clarke
Batt
Tonkin
Whing
Capaldi
Wright
Duberry
Worley
James
Clist
Leven
Hall
Heslop
Payne
McLaren
Pittman
Potter
Woodley
Smalley
Constable
Craddock
Pre-season highlights -
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