🎧 Is the new manager bounce over?
"The game just descended into a terrible affair between two pretty poor teams."
Robyn Cowen and Jerome Sale are joined by former Oxford United defender Ben Purkiss and podcaster George Elek to discuss the U's disappointing loss to Portsmouth, which incurred a 30-minute interruption due to a medical emergency.
You can listen to the full episode and more on The Dub podcast.
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