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Des looks like a manager now rather than a lost soul.
Oh absolutely. He deserves a huge amount of credit for what he’s done. Incredible.Let's celebrate it. He's worked thru a difficult time and come out like a hero.
It's geet lush, man. May it last.
I don't think anyone is rewriting history and I don't think anyone is saying it was a matter of time.Let’s not rewrite history, parts of this season were f*****g dire and actually getting worse.
Did anyone, genuinely, hand on heart see this coming after Bolton?!
It’s been an incredible turnaround and huge credit given, but to suggest it was only ever a matter of time is fanciful at best. Something changed and clicked.
Des looks like a manager now rather than a lost soul.
I don't think many expected to see it turn around so quickly and click like the way it did post-Bolton, but that's what can happen when you give a new manager time. Sometimes things won't work out immediately, and sometimes it might not always be clear what the manager is trying to achieve due to the execution on the pitch; but a little bit of trust, faith and patience can go a long way.Let’s not rewrite history, parts of this season were f*****g dire and actually getting worse.
Did anyone, genuinely, hand on heart see this coming after Bolton?!
It’s been an incredible turnaround and huge credit given, but to suggest it was only ever a matter of time is fanciful at best. Something changed and clicked.
Des looks like a manager now rather than a lost soul.
The change around just in his manner is incredible- he’s very confident now but was frankly gormless when he arrived.I don't think many expected to see it turn around so quickly and click like the way it did post-Bolton, but that's what can happen when you give a new manager time. Sometimes things won't work out immediately, and sometimes it might not always be clear what the manager is trying to achieve due to the execution on the pitch; but a little bit of trust, faith and patience can go a long way.
In a world where everyone wants everything immediately - be it fast food, a bingeable series on Netflix, next day Amazon delivery or a new manager to start winning from day one - sometimes it's better allowing some time for things to grow and flourish.
Let’s not rewrite history, parts of this season were f*****g dire and actually getting worse.
Did anyone, genuinely, hand on heart see this coming after Bolton?!
It’s been an incredible turnaround and huge credit given, but to suggest it was only ever a matter of time is fanciful at best. Something changed and clicked.
Des looks like a manager now rather than a lost soul.
Fair play to Posh, they’ll feel hard done by to have come away from that without at least taking it to ET, especially after the late chances. Fine margins in play-off football, but thought the way #oufc defended to a man was phenomenal.
We were always going to have to hurt this eve, we had to sit off and invite them onto us as anything else would have been a kamikaze way of defending a lead at maybe the league’s best home team, but we conceded very few chances from open play which is promising
There will be spells at Wembley where it will be the same, but we carried a threat on the counter tonight and that’s important. That experience this evening will be invaluable if the players have to step up under pressure again.
Special mention to Jamie Cumming, who has come in for some criticism since coming in but was the difference today. What a save at the death and he was the difference. Brown and Bennett also immense, and we’ll always have that Sam Long clearanceEI EI EI O
Yeah, Des stopped trying to play the way manning played & decided to input his own tactics & system, it was always going to take time, he was never going to get sacked and nor should he of. He came in halfway through the season with hardly any backroom staff, funny now he has his analyst we are flying.. coincidence? I think not. Up the yellows!Let’s not rewrite history, parts of this season were f*****g dire and actually getting worse.
Did anyone, genuinely, hand on heart see this coming after Bolton?!
It’s been an incredible turnaround and huge credit given, but to suggest it was only ever a matter of time is fanciful at best. Something changed and clicked.
Des looks like a manager now rather than a lost soul.
I don't think anyone is rewriting history and I don't think anyone is saying it was a matter of time.
What I think a lot of people are rightly saying is that, not everything going wrong on the pitch up to and including Bolton was Des's fault and he was having to deal with a lot of farcical issues post-Manning due to the incompetence above him.
The support he received from Williams and Ferguson in those first couple of months was not right and it was embarrassing watching the assistant manager debacle play out in public. The Bolton performance backed him into a corner and he's come out firing on all cylinders. It's even more power to Des that he's been able to turn it around DESPITE the obstacles put in front of him.
This is a man who has taken us to Wembley after finding out his dream job wasn't the perfect scenario he hoped it would be and has been vindicated for sticking with it despite taking dog's abuse from some fans. Most of us are just delighted for him for coming through it and for seeing an Oxford boy thrive, I don't see much 'I told you so' tonight.
A few good points from the Des lovers tonight, but I saw his hands go in his pockets for a brief moment.
#DesOut
The players don't call it Des's Office.It is nice to see him just peeping out from beneath his office table, amongst all the downed tools.