He is still staying until end of Dec apparently. May yet get game time. A shame it hasn't worked out as well as hoped. I still feel there is a strong future for him.
Be interesting what we do with him come Jan, whether we try to get him a new loan or keep him for the rest of the season. As MrsG says I'm not sure if we can blood two youths in the same position in one season, but if they are doing the business in training - give them a go. As long as we pull away from the relegation zone, we definitely aren't going to challenge for european places this season so it doesn't matter if we finish 9th or 15th due to mistakes as we give them chances.
Apparently we’re selling Oxford because Bilic said he isn’t as good as Mbappe. There are no quotes whatsoever and the whole thing makes extremely little sense
Tell me I’m being crazy, but to me the BBC report into Oxford’s debut is extremely negative while their report into Sancho’s is favourable, despite both being extremely similar circumstances and only a year apart in age.
He's played the last 2 games for Borussia Monchengladbach (played the full 90 mins in one and in the other he played for over 80 minutes). One game he played at right back and one game in central midfield.
I feel that if he was in England right now, Moyes would use him. Especially as we are a bit light in midfield and Moyes gives youth players a bit more of a chance.
I've been reading what the Monchengladbach fans have been saying about him on one of their forums. I've Google translated 2 different forums below. One of the forums has a massive thread on him which is over 30 pages long. You can also google Mochengladbach highlights videos from their last 2 matches to see how Oxford has done.
@welovethehammers would you mind posting the original links, too? My German isn't too bad and I'd like to read it in the original. Oh, and I don't have the time to go looking atm. ;wink
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Be interesting what we do with him come Jan, whether we try to get him a new loan or keep him for the rest of the season. As MrsG says I'm not sure if we can blood two youths in the same position in one season, but if they are doing the business in training - give them a go. As long as we pull away from the relegation zone, we definitely aren't going to challenge for european places this season so it doesn't matter if we finish 9th or 15th due to mistakes as we give them chances.
Apparently we’re selling Oxford because Bilic said he isn’t as good as Mbappe. There are no quotes whatsoever and the whole thing makes extremely little sense
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/west-ham-could-ready-sell-11337498
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/slaven-bilic-sends-warning-west-11332765
Although the quote from Slaven doesn't really say what the Mirror says it does ;doh
Not forgetting the always popular #trashjournalism
I feel that if he was in England right now, Moyes would use him. Especially as we are a bit light in midfield and Moyes gives youth players a bit more of a chance.
I've been reading what the Monchengladbach fans have been saying about him on one of their forums. I've Google translated 2 different forums below. One of the forums has a massive thread on him which is over 30 pages long. You can also google Mochengladbach highlights videos from their last 2 matches to see how Oxford has done.
https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&nv=1&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=http://forum.borussia.de/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=56991&p=4113164&hilit=Reece+Oxford&usg=ALkJrhiYpkYe68Tj7a5fZACJ973O-mR9nw#p4113164
https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&nv=1&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/reece-oxford-3-/thread/forum/21/thread_id/346755/page/31&usg=ALkJrhhYjqOoZSsVQMb2b0bnMsvfgkFHow
Oh, and I don't have the time to go looking atm. ;wink
http://forum.borussia.de/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=56991&p=4113164&hilit=Reece+Oxford