Oxford United Post Match Thoughts

[CAMiller]

It might seem early but the clocks have gone back

Just kidding, in the UK but won't be at NYS or online at all tomorrow due to Grandad duties so putting this up early and hopefully someone will remember to bump it after full time when I'm predicting an easy 3-0 win.

[loyalmiller]

Won’t be easy. Oxford are one of the form teams at the moment, scored 20 odd goals in the last 5 games.

That said I still think we’ll win because they’ll come and attack and we do better against teams who do that than we do against teams who park the bus.

2-1 millers

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Yet again we let in another soft goal, we need a........

[gm_gm]

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yet again we let in another soft goal, we need a........

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[Brin]

Well done to Oxford, they thoroughly deserved the win.

I'm amazed we scored today such was the poor flow to our game. Back to hoof ball to Smith who when he lost or couldn't win the aerial battles, we had nothing else on offer. Not one to single out players but why did Warne persist with Wiles? Shocking corner taking and except for a good chase back in the second half to prevent another Oxford attack, he had a poor game.

Crooks should never had started the game and was rightly subbed but way too late in the game. Why does it take Warne 15 minutes to make a sub when we as fans can clearly see the game is getting away from us?

Talking to fans who went to Blackpool last week, and they told me not to get carried away with the back to back wins as we were average/poor and did a smash and grab on Blackpool, their words not mine. I saw what they meant.

Overall today I thought the lack of effort by many a player was evident and Oxford just over ran us though midfield, were dangerous on the counter attack and simply wanted it more than us. They always left one out on the halfway line which we never do. Warne can have no complaints today that he was out managed by a better manager.

Ipswich next, please don't start with the same 11 we'll get hammered!

Praise today for Irvesen who kept the scoreline down to a respectable level. Could he have made a better effort to save their second goal? According to the reporter on the radio he could have. Lindsay for me is the only one in the middle who can hold his head high tonight.

Back to the drawing board.....

[jakethemiller]

Lost to a better team today, better effort, better tactics and more nous. I'll not say better players because we have some good players who ought to be worrying teams in this division. Oxford were organised solid and played some good football, their left winger was the best player I've seen this season. Our midfield is poor, Warne needs to get it sorted, the experiment of playing Crooks behind Smith was a one trick pony against Coventry it didn't work last week and it certainly flopped today. We were playing 4 2 4 today whatever Warne tries to say, and that meant we only had Lindsey in the middle of the park as Barlaser is a waste of a shirt. Robertson has served his penance after Bristol and now needs to comeback for Wood.
Iversen. Radio Dee Dah reckon he should have got the second but I do know that without him we would have had a drubbing today.
Olosunde. Second poor game on spin admittedly against a good player, at fault for their first. Good management would have known how they play and played Jones.
Mattock. Wasn't brilliant but wasn't that poor either.
Ihiekwe. Rightly MOM, I'll chip in a couple of Bob to get him signed on longer
Wood got caught a couple of times and dropped us in it in second half, luckily Lindsey got back to cover, back to bench for me and restore Robertson.
Lindsey. Poor lads on his own in the middle of the park, he breaks play down well but has no support.
Barlaser. Full of skill we never see, doesn't get stuck in and gets nudged of too easily, he his a passenger we can't afford, needs to go back in January and be replaced by someone who contributes.
Wiles. Wasted out wide, if we're playing like today then we might as well play a winger. Terrible corners. Needs to be in midfield.
Hasty. We must gave ruined the lad. Another mediocre game well below the standard he showed on his debut.
Crooks. Waste of space today, strolled about, wanted too much time on the ball and almost always ended up losing it. Played too far forward leaving midfield exposed.
Smith. Won nothing at all, their back 2 played him better than anyone I've seen.
I thought that after last week's battling rearguard victory we could go on a run but today we have been brought back down to earth.
As a footnote why are we trying to walk it in. Have a shot lads

[Back of the net]

The team are a reflection of the manager.
You really want them to do well but deep down you know that they aren’t good enough.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

The team are a reflection of the manager.
You really want them to do well but deep down you know that they aren’t good enough.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the nicest team of all?

[crookadile]

Oxford were faster,fitter and above all could pass the ball to someone in the same colour shirt. Our passing in the second half was abysmal. Balls into the box were atrocious. Oxford thoroughly deserved the win.

[great_fire]

Praise today for Irvesen who kept the scoreline down to a respectable level. Could he have made a better effort to save their second goal? According to the reporter on the radio he could have. Lindsay for me is the only one in the middle who can hold his head high tonight.

Back to the drawing board.....

Iversen should have come off his line for that second goal, soft one.

Overall, end of October and Warne still has no idea of his best team and which formation to play.