Matchday Thread: Oxford v Derby

[Geoff Parkstone]

Until the second half....

[ramAnag]

Well that's as bad a half as we've had

Got exactly what we deserved. Lazy, lacklustre, disappointing and worrying.

[Andy_Faber]

Hopefully. 1-2.
No.
Possibly.

Wrong. Right. Right

[Geoff Parkstone]

Got exactly what we deserved. Lazy, lacklustre, disappointing and worrying.

A sort of Starmer of a performance then ,😃

[macstheman]

Eusless blamed it on the break when we had 4 players away!!!! *******s!!

We were tripe end of and if he talks tripe we'll continue to be tripe!

[Andy_Faber]

Eusless blamed it on the break when we had 4 players away!!!! *******s!!

We were tripe end of and if he talks tripe we'll continue to be tripe!

He either genuinely thinks that and he?s delusional or he doesn?t think that and he?s lying. Neither are acceptable

[swaledale]

Utter ****e! IF Warne had spent this much money, fans would be calling for him to be sacked!

Same old derby it seems, spend a few quid on players and they play utter garbage for us! That's generally been the case bar the odd season and those hoping for an outside chance of the playoffs, now ahve to think we are in danger of being relegated.

Eustace's record until this season has been good, but for some unfathomable reason his tactics, his subs etc. etc. seem to be piss poor!

Something has to change and soon, if there is no improvement over the enxt month, Eustace's future has to be in question.

I was looking forward to a reasonably relaxed season, didn't expect us to trouble the playoffs, but thought we'd be a decent mid table team, it looks like another season best forgotten!

I guess there is some comfort that Sheff Utd and Norwich, who ahve bigger budgets and more settled squads than Derby's are doing equally badly, but still.

[SithHappens]

I'm getting worried, I expected us to struggle to start due to absences but the players have come in and, to date, haven't improved things. If anything wrong seem to have gone backwards.

Hopefully Tuesday will see a much improved performance.

[ramAnag]

Utter ****e! IF Warne had spent this much money, fans would be calling for him to be sacked!

Same old derby it seems, spend a few quid on players and they play utter garbage for us! That's generally been the case bar the odd season and those hoping for an outside chance of the playoffs, now ahve to think we are in danger of being relegated.

Eustace's record until this season has been good, but for some unfathomable reason his tactics, his subs etc. etc. seem to be piss poor!

Something has to change and soon, if there is no improvement over the enxt month, Eustace's future has to be in question.

I was looking forward to a reasonably relaxed season, didn't expect us to trouble the playoffs, but thought we'd be a decent mid table team, it looks like another season best forgotten!

I guess there is some comfort that Sheff Utd and Norwich, who ahve bigger budgets and more settled squads than Derby's are doing equally badly, but still.

I doubt we’re in danger of relegation, it’s mid October and we’re just ten games in after all.
Eustace’s achievements in the final quarter of last season were, imo, second to none in recent times at Derby and we shouldn’t forget that.
Having said that and having not seen them ‘live’ since early September, I was actually shocked by how bad we were yesterday.
Three or four nil wouldn’t have flattered Oxford and, apart from the lack of pace, leadership, and supply (crosses) it was the absence of commitment and desire to win that was, to me, so shocking.
Hopefully the return of Langas will change things, not least in terms of example and attitude, but my pre season expectation of a finish somewhere between 5th-10th is looking increasingly unlikely.
Surrender to Norwich on Tuesday and I fear Pride Park’s atmosphere will become toxic.

[MadAmster]

That was awful. Worst display of the season.

I've posted over previous games that oppo players had oceans of space and 3 or 4 players in space as an outlet. Today their players had the freedom of Oxfordshire. It wasn't absolutely dismal marking simply because we weren't marking them. We didn't track back often either.

Tackles weren't being made. We passed poorly. Couldn't control the ball. What have they been doing the past 2 weeks?

Our MOTM was JWZ by a country mile.