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Oxford v Swansea Mon 29 Dec 19:45
Second-half of the season starts with this match and within only a few weeks of last meeting them we play the return match at Oxford. They had a big home win against Southampton yesterday to close the gap on us as we floundered at Coventry. If we had taken our chances it could have been a different outcome there but the reality is that it was another defeat on the road.
This match is now a big six pointer and we will have to be at our best to get something at the compact Kassam Stadium.
We are playing better under Matos, you can see what he is trying to do, but individual mistakes are costing us. Yesterday we looked a decent side, but vulnerability to the long throw-ins, which are such a big part of football games recently, is not a good trait. We didn’t actually touch the ball as it was thrown into the box and headed on to the deadly Mason-Clark who swivelled and fired home, with his marker Vipotnik mesmerised. One lapse in concentration, one goal conceded and the three points gone.
We are not creating enough chances, we need Galbraith back in midfield and we need a quality right-back replacement in the Transfer Window to bolster the defence, Key’s confidence is shot and he needs time out. We also need a right-winger who can actually beat his marker and put in decent crosses, Ronald is not the answer at the moment unfortunately.
Second-half of the season starts with this match and within only a few weeks of last meeting them we play the return match at Oxford. They had a big home win against Southampton yesterday to close the gap on us as we floundered at Coventry. If we had taken our chances it could have been a different outcome there but the reality is that it was another defeat on the road.
This match is now a big six pointer and we will have to be at our best to get something at the compact Kassam Stadium.
We are playing better under Matos, you can see what he is trying to do, but individual mistakes are costing us. Yesterday we looked a decent side, but vulnerability to the long throw-ins, which are such a big part of football games recently, is not a good trait. We didn’t actually touch the ball as it was thrown into the box and headed on to the deadly Mason-Clark who swivelled and fired home, with his marker Vipotnik mesmerised. One lapse in concentration, one goal conceded and the three points gone.
We are not creating enough chances, we need Galbraith back in midfield and we need a quality right-back replacement in the Transfer Window to bolster the defence, Key’s confidence is shot and he needs time out. We also need a right-winger who can actually beat his marker and put in decent crosses, Ronald is not the answer at the moment unfortunately.
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