Transfer News 2022/23 Season Incoming Transfers and a few other things

[JOHN BOY]

I was at the game today I think it's very obvious we need better options at full back neither good enough Henry struggled on the right.on the plus side mcguane done well also Findlay and Moore looked solid. Desperate for a striker Taylor was very poor.

 

[oxfordfan1]

Just got home from the game today, henry was non existant and may aswell of not been on the pitch. He no longer offers anywhere near the level we need to push for promotion. Taylor needs a strike partner, I was surprised by mcguane best performance in a oxford shirt for me today getting stuck in. Lacking that cutting edge and need to stop playing around at the back our wing backs are not good enough.

 

[Northstandboy]

Feels like it already has.

I can't wait to LOCK it

 

[holdsteady]

I can't wait to LOCK it

January transfer window thread starts the moment you do.

 

[Bicester Yellow]

To be fair, the right winger was, by a distance, the best player on the pitch and he‘d have given most L1 full backs a headache on that showing.

Was that Mendez Laing, he was decent at Sheffield Wednesday last season but their fans didn’t rate him. That being said. Seddon really wasn’t afforded any help. The amount of times he was left 2 on 1 was a joke.

 

[Bicester Yellow]

If he doesn’t sign a left back he’s an idiot. Seddon was targeted all game by Derby.

Wasn’t really afforded any support though either. The amount of times he got targeted 2 on 1 and nobody could be asked to support him. Bodin in the first half was particularly at fault. I thought he had a decent ish game personally seddon. He looked bad defensively because nobody was tracking back to help out.

 

[Teacher]

I’ve been calling for a new first choice LB on here for ages, but I have to say I thought Seddon did alright today, given the pressure he was under.

Haven’t changed my mind though, it should still be top of the shopping list.

 

[YellowinBirmingham]

We looked solid in a 4-2-3-1 but Henry looked knackered from the start, Long offered little going forward and Seddon was targeted going back. Everything went wrong when Gorrin came on, his passing was bad and positioning suspect, which affected Findlay.

In summary, no new information from pre season! New CDM, at least one full back and a striker required. Plus cover on the wing.

I was asked twice on the train home if I'd "enjoyed my day out". No, I didn't. But we'll get stronger.

 

[holdsteady]

Gorrin must be very rusty, he had played half an hour of a pre season friendly since last October, asking a lot for him to return up to speed after that sort of lay off.

 

[Yellowoptimist]

Gorrin must be very rusty, he had played half an hour of a pre season friendly since last October, asking a lot for him to return up to speed after that sort of lay off.

Should’ve been nowhere near playing yesterday but we had to because we had failed during the summer . Including not getting a player registered that had been with us for 2 months. As was said on another thread that is amateurish especially given the state of our bench yesterday

 

[OX14]

Should’ve been nowhere near playing yesterday but we had to because we had failed during the summer . Including not getting a player registered that had been with us for 2 months. As was said on another thread that is amateurish especially given the state of our bench yesterday

You could argue what's the point in having youth players on the bench if they're never going to get a look in, unless Karl intentionally bought on Gorrin to park the bus so to speak, but if he did he deserved to fail and its proved he's learned nothing from Bolton and Rotherham away games last season where being negative cost us valuable points.

5 players needed through the door now and no more bloody excuses or square pegs in round holes!

 

[bromsgroveox]

You could argue what's the point in having youth players on the bench if they're never going to get a look in, unless Karl intentionally bought on Gorrin to park the bus so to speak, but if he did he deserved to fail and its proved he's learned nothing from Bolton and Rotherham away games last season where being negative cost us valuable points.

5 players needed through the door now and no more bloody excuses or square pegs in round holes!

Spot on! Why not bring on O’Donkor? Taylor down with cramp after an hour I’d have loved to have seen him have 20mins. It would have least added some energy!

 

[Bicester Yellow]

So, after watching us play, I'm only going to adjust my 'What we need' post very slightly. Now it's:

1) RB - because at the moment, if Sam Long gets injured, our plan B is apparently to play a 17 year old out of position there!

2) Striker - key position, but we can conceivably play Browne or Murphy up top if we need to. And Baldock will hopefully be back one day; still very important that we bring in an alternative option to our master poacher. And now, having seen that KR doesn't seem comfortable playing Browne or Murphy up top, and instead left Matty T on the pitch despite the fact he was spent - it's even more vital to get this done asp

3) CM - Less important than it was in the middle of the day Thursday! But we're still light in terms of bodies, and definitely light in terms of defensive capabilities. So McGuane was excellent today, and did make me think that I might be wrong, and he could play that CDM role......in which case, we need another more creative midfielder, so that when we feel we need to get more solid, we can play a tight midfield three; and in case anything should happen to Cam.

4) LB - I still think Brown is a CB not a LB, but I guess we could muddle through with him and Seddon if we absolutely had to. Yeah, no we can't. I guess I'd forgotten over the summer how weak Seddon's defending is - just doesn't seem to have any awareness of how the play is progressing around him, and players were getting in behind him constantly. That's not a lack of confidence that does that, and it's not something that's easy to learn. Maybe he could be a decent LWB because he does have some skills going forwards. But a League One playoff-standard LB, he is not.

5) Winger - would be more of a luxury signing. Even with Wildschut's injury, we now have three excellent options in Jones/Browne/Murphy, plus two who can play there in Henry & Bodin, and Goodrham as well. Would still be nice to have more depth given the injury histories of the players we do have.


In terms of timing, the equation is pretty simple now that the games have started.
The longer it takes us, the more points we're going to drop because we're short in all these areas. It's criminal nowadays to only have two subs that you're comfortable bringing on before the 97th minute.
And the more points we drop in August, the less likely we are to be in the picture come April.

Seddon had a 2 on 1 against him all the time though. Literally had a thankless task as first half Bodin didn’t track back once. I agree he’s not the strongest defensively but once on a yellow card I thought he did well. He will get burnt out again though if we don’t sign some cover, brown is not that. He’s a CB who can play there. He doesn’t have the energy and pace to get forward. Would be like having two Sam Longs on the pitch and would offer us nothing from full back.

 

[uptheus]

Spot on! Why not bring on O’Donkor? Taylor down with cramp after an hour I’d have loved to have seen him have 20mins. It would have least added some energy!

Like another poster said, I think Taylor only went down so Karl could have his 2mins of fame chatting to the players which ultimately back-fired.

 

[Bicester Yellow]

When Gorrin came on we dropped way too deep. Gorrin basically dropped in between the two CB’s rather the pushing up and closing the space. Maybe to be expected after being out for so long.

Poor to have O’donkor & Goodrham on the bench and not even bring them on. Especially when you have 5 subs and at that point nothing to lose in the game. Throw a CB on in the 90th minute though for a free kick. Very poor decision making there from KR imo. Very little to lose from being on Donk & Goodrham.

 

[uptheus]

Seddon had a 2 on 1 against him all the time though. Literally had a thankless task as first half Bodin didn’t track back once. I agree he’s not the strongest defensively but once on a yellow card I thought he did well. He will get burnt out again though if we don’t sign some cover, brown is not that. He’s a CB who can play there. He doesn’t have the energy and pace to get forward. Would be like having two Sam Longs on the pitch and would offer us nothing from full back.

Totally agree with you re; Seddon, but he’s poor defensively which is your primary role as a defender, and tends to be out position. He over commits himself leaving himself exposed for pace which he doesn’t have. Skarz didn’t have pace, but read the game well and knew his own strengths.

Agree with you about Bodin, hence why I didn’t rate him mark wise (6/10), and gave the ball away too many times and weak in the challenge until he woke up.

 

[uptheus]

When Gorrin came on we dropped way too deep. Gorrin basically dropped in between the two CB’s rather the pushing up and closing the space. Maybe to be expected after being out for so long.

Poor to have O’donkor & Goodrham on the bench and not even bring them on. Especially when you have 5 subs and at that point nothing to lose in the game. Throw a CB on in the 90th minute though for a free kick. Very poor decision making there from KR imo. Very little to lose from being on Donk & Goodrham.

The thing is, we were already on the back foot for 10-15mins before Gorrin came on because we were too deep, wasting time and generally trying to break up the game to not allow them any rhythm, but due to these tactics it stopped any rhythm of our own too which we had in the first half, that’s what was so frustrating. It was so obvious we set our stool out to either nick a 1-0 win or draw. Karl does it so many times e.g. over thinks things. Then when we’re 1-0 down he’s urging them forwards, but the mind set is now difficult to change, especially when you bring on an unfit defensive central midfielder what do you expect, we’re not suddenly going to be on the front foot pushing forward for an equaliser.

Poor management on both fronts e.g. tactics and squad assembly. Pisses me off because we never seem to learn.

We’ve got 3 or 4 players (may be more) at least you you know they’re one tackle from being out long term and wince when they go in for one. Yes, one or 2, but not half the team.

 

[Bicester Yellow]

Totally agree with you re; Seddon, but he’s poor defensively which is your primary role as a defender, and tends to be out position. He over commits himself leaving himself exposed for pace which he doesn’t have. Skarz didn’t have pace, but read the game well and knew his own strengths.

Agree with you about Bodin, hence why I didn’t rate him mark wise (6/10), and gave the ball away too many times and weak in the challenge until he woke up.

Yeah, I agree with you on that. He does get sucked to the ball way too often, kind of a thankless task mind you if all it takes is that the two players he’s defending against only have to play a 1-2 & there’s no cover in sight and Bodin is standing on the half way line.

As an aside. I thought the ref was awful. Could easily of been a red apiece in that game. I thought we could also of had a penalty in the second half too.

 

[IsleofWightYellow]

To be fair, the right winger was, by a distance, the best player on the pitch and he‘d have given most L1 full backs a headache on that showing.

Problem is I’ve seen Seddon have that exact same performance for us (suddenly being ten yards behind his winger as the opposition repeatedly break down his side of the pitch, getting beaten all ends up once then twice, caught miles out of position, constantly targeted etc) multiple times. Time and time again. It can’t always be because his winger is great or he’s not getting help from whichever player is in front of him that week. Strange that all those times we saw it from Seddon last season and now this, we almost never see it from Sam Long. League One must have the world’s strongest right wingers compared to left, or our right wingers must be the hardest working in football…

 

[uptheus]

Problem is I’ve seen Seddon have that exact same performance for us (suddenly being ten yards behind his winger as the opposition repeatedly break down his side of the pitch, getting beaten all ends up once then twice, caught miles out of position, constantly targeted etc) multiple times. Time and time again. It can’t always be because his winger is great or he’s not getting help from whichever player is in front of him that week. Strange that all those times we saw it from Seddon last season and now this, we almost never see it from Sam Long. League One must have the world’s strongest right wingers compared to left, or our right wingers must be the hardest working in football…

And Karl thinks the right back position is a priority! Worrying!

They both need addressing in my eyes if we want to be automatic promotion/play off contenders.