Looking messy! And not in the Lionel sense!
Passes going short or long etc...
Oxford done their homework eg...googled Notts and High Press and boom.
Loads of mistakes from Notts and Oxford deserve the lead so far.
We've got Knowles and Palmer playing the Wootton Enzio roles with exactly the same result. No service at all so how they expected to score.. FFS.. 😡
How on earth does it take 32 minutes for us to have our first corner at home? This is the problem we are just not dangerous or forceful enough in the final third.
I do agree with Bird, he was solid, there were suggestions by ardley and players he wasn’t a great trainer, I would have been happy based on his appearances he stayed. Ozzy and Crawford did ok in games and wouldn’t have minded them staying but we all need to honest about none of us to my recollection were waxing lyrical about them last season. Osbourne and Crawford certainly were picked out at times of having poor performances, these weren’t 17 year olds, 20+ and getting a few chances.
I think Oxford City look like a good team. They look really fresh, energetic, well organised and are prepared to have a go. Roberts is the best player on the pitch in my opinion and it's not Cal Roberts for us as he's not playing.
In some ways I think we can consider ourselves lucky to only be 1-0 down as they have had much more quality in our final third and are more dangerous than what we have been at the other end.
I guess it's a game of 2 attitudes.
Notts attitude manifests itself through a team half made up of fringe players who don't give much of a toss and Oxford's attitude is based on a team who could be playing their last game of the season if they lose. Plus, it's a cup game and we are one of the so called 'giants' and we're rife for a 'killing' at the moment. It's horrible and no more than I expected to be honest.
Not often have I criticised the manager this season, but that was rubbish. One half to sort it out Ardley.