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Yahoo
11-08-2025
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Our predicted starting XI for Carabao Cup tie
OXFORD United face off against Colchester United in the first match of their Carabao Cup campaign on Tuesday night. Following Saturday's defeat to Portsmouth and ahead of Sunday's league clash against Hull City, expect Gary Rowett to rest most of those who started against Pompey. Here's who we think will be the names featured in Rowett's starting XI. READ ALSO: Key talking points as U's begin season with home defeat GOALKEEPER Expect to see Matt Ingram between the sticks. This will give Jamie Cumming a rest ahead of the weekend after his efforts against Pompey. Ingram's last appearance for the U's was against Swansea City in May. DEFENCE Peter Kioso might make an appearance at right back having not even featured in the matchday squad against Pompey. Colchester could be a good opportunity to give Jack Currie another chance to prove himself after an impressive season on loan at Leyton Orient. The left back came on with just over 20 minutes left against Pompey and showed plenty of promise. Starting him against Colchester gives him another opportunity to impress as he looks to make a case to put himself into the starting XI for the league campaign. Sam Long seems an obvious choice for centre half after not getting minutes on Saturday. Michal Helik appears to be the only other option to play alongside Long, with Elliott Moore going off injured on Saturday and Ciaron Brown still recovering from a knee ligament injury. CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE OXFORD MAIL ONLINE (Image: Newsquest) MIDFIELD With new signing Brian De Keersmaecker injured and Cameron Brannagan likely to be rested, Louie Sibley should get a start in centre midfield after coming on late against Pompey. We expect the midfielder to start in a flat two alongside Will Vaulks, who played the majority of the game on Saturday. We believe Rowett will play a 4-4-2 against Colchester, with Siriki Dembele playing on the left of the midfield four. Dembele came on for the last quarter of the game on Saturday and proved to be a real handful for defenders at times last season. Matt Phillips is our guess for who will be playing on the right side of this midfield. STRIKERS It would make sense for Gatlin O'Donkor to start up front for United alongside Tom Bradshaw, with Mark Harris and Will Lankshear likely to be rested following their starts on Saturday. SUBSTITUTES There is likely to be an opportunity for exciting academy prospect Leo Snowden on the bench. Jamie Cumming and Hidde ter Avest, plus the aforementioned Moore and Leigh will be good reinforcements at the back. Brannagan, Stan Mills, Tyler Goodrham and Lankshear will also likely appear in the squad.
BBC News
25-07-2025
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Colchester defender Iandolo out for up to 12 weeks
Colchester United defender Ellis Iandolo will be out of action until October with a knee 27-year-old was not involved in the pre-season 5-0 win at Dagenham and Redbridge on that win, U's manager Danny Cowley told BBC Essex that Iandolo had damaged medial ligaments during training."We are all with Ellis, he's such an important player to us so that's a tough one for us to take," Cowley said. "It was just an innocuous tackle in training on Friday and it's just opened up his knee, they are always hard to say but I would imagine he's out for 10 to 12 weeks."Left-back Iandolo played 50 times for the U's in the 2024-25 also had an update on the future of last season's top scorer Lyle Taylor."I think we are hopefully moving closer to getting something agreed," he said."Lyle is injured himself, from the injury that he did last year. We really missed him at the back end of last season."He is now in the final stages of his rehab and we are hoping he is going to be back on the grass at the end of this week."We're really hopeful we can get something which is agreeable for all parties."Colchester kick off their League Two campaign at home to Tranmere Rovers on Saturday, 2 can listen to a full interview with Colchester boss Danny Cowley on BBC Sounds here.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
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United book place in President's Cup final with comfortable win
OXFORD United booked their place in the final of the President's Cup in Indonesia with a 4-0 victory against Arema FC. The win backed up the 6-3 success in the Group A opener against a Liga Indonesia All-Star side Przemyslaw Placheta gave the U's an early lead against Arema, the 2024 winners, while Ole Romeny doubled the advantage just a few minutes later. United academy graduate Leo Snowden netted the third goal of the evening just before half-time at the Si Jalak Harupat Stadium in Bandung, while Gatlin O'Donkor headed in the fourth with 20 minutes left on the clock. Five minutes into the game, a floodlight failure ensured the match was delayed for more than 20 minutes, and soon after the clash kicked off again, United nudged in front. Jack Currie directed a deep cross over to Placheta on the far side, and the Polish winger finished smartly at the back post. As quickly as the U's took the lead, they then doubled it. Josh Johnson played a great ball over the top and Romeny finished with aplomb past Lucas Frigeri in the Arema goal. There was then concern for Indonesia superstar Romeny, who was on the receiving end of a crunching challenge from Brazilian attacker Valdeci, shown a yellow card for the tackle. Romeny couldn't continue and was cheered off the pitch on a stretcher by the supporters who have quickly grew to idolise him. Louie Sibley replaced Romeny in the attacking midfield role behind Tom Bradshaw. Seven minutes before the break, Placheta cut inside from the right-hand side onto his left foot, however his low effort was claimed with relative ease by Arema goalkeeper Frigeri. United added a third goal before half-time, as Sibley did well down the right-hand side to then pick out Snowden, who managed to touch the ball over the line from close range. There was one final opportunity for the U's to get on the scoresheet in the first half, when Currie crossed for Bradshaw, whose header teed up a volley for Sibley on the edge of the penalty area, but the midfielder smashed over the crossbar and the offside flag went up against Bradshaw regardless. Gary Rowett made four changes at the break, introducing Michal Helik, Will Vaulks, Stan Mills and Mark Harris for Peter Kioso, Cameron Brannagan, Snowden and Bradshaw. Further alterations were made just after the hour mark, as Aaron Lacey and O'Donkor replaced the impressive Johnson and Placheta. O'Donkor scored the fourth goal of United's evening, attacking a Vaulks cross from the right to head in from close range. Arema FC (3-4-1-2): Frigeri; Motta (Bayu Setiawan 46), Lira, Koerich; Tuharea (Balinsa 46), Hariono (Dedik Setiawan 67), Guevara (Mardiyanto 67), Alfarizi; Valdeci; Paulino, Dalberto (Rifai 88). Unused subs: Booked: Valdeci, Bayu Setiawan. Oxford United (4-2-3-1): Cumming; Kioso (Helik 46), Moore (McIntyre 76), Johnson (Lacey 62), Currie; Brannagan (Vaulks 46), De Keersmaecker (Griffiths76); Placheta (O'Donkor 62), Romeny (Sibley 17), Snowden (Mills 46); Bradshaw (Harris 46). Unused subs: Ingram, Eastwood, Knightbridge. Booked: Brannagan, Currie. Referee: Wimat Jumpaoon. Attendance: TBC
BBC News
02-07-2025
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Oxford forward Goodrham signs new 'long-term' deal
Oxford United forward Tyler Goodrham has signed a new "long-term" deal with the Championship 21-year-old academy graduate made his U's debut in 2019 and has since made 141 appearances for Oxford. During that time, he has scored 18 goals and contributed 13 assists, and last season he made 41 Championship appearances as Oxford retained their second-tier status."This club is important to me and for my development," Goodrham told Oxford's website., external"The people within this environment really care and I feel it's the place to stay and consistently perform in the Championship."The club is very forward thinking and progressive, we are looking to compete and keep pushing up the league which is very important for me."I love it here, coming through the youth academy there are a lot of familiar faces and it helps me to come in, be myself and play freely."Despite describing the deal as "long-term", Oxford have not specified the length of the contract. The U's are preparing to begin pre-season with a tour of Indonesia, facing Liga Indonesia All-Stars on Sunday in Jakarta and Arema FC in Bandung next week.
Yahoo
01-07-2025
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FORMER U'S: Experienced defender links up with Championship side
Done deal - ex-Colchester United defender Danny Batth, pictured in action for Stoke City, has signed a one-year deal with Derby County (Image: MIKE EGERTON/PA) FORMER Colchester United defender Danny Batth has swapped one Championship club for another after signing for Derby County. The 34-year-old, who played for the U's on loan from Wolves between July 2009 and August 2010, has signed a one-year deal at Pride Park Stadium. Advertisement Batth has joined the Rams as a free agent following the conclusion of his contract at Blackburn Rovers, where he made 41 appearances in all competitions last season. Batth told the Derby website: 'I just think it was a great opportunity for me to come and help the team, help the club. 'I've played against Derby over the years and I know what an occasion it is when you play at the stadium and the support the club gets. 'I just wanted to be part of that and it's a real project. 'The foundations were set last year and obviously the club are looking to move forward, so I want to be a big part of that.' Advertisement Tim Foley 'disappointed' after takeover talks end without agreement Batth signed for Colchester back in the summer of 2009, joining on a season-long loan from Wolves. At 18 years old, the centre-half was handed his professional debut by Aidy Boothroyd in the U's 2-0 win over Hartlepool United. He went on to make 18 appearances for the U's before returning to Wolves where he enjoyed a stellar career, playing more than 200 games at Molineux over a ten-year period. Robbie Cowling confirms that Colchester United takeover is off Since leaving Wolves in January 2019, Batth has played for Stoke City, Sunderland, Norwich City and Blackburn Rovers.
