YellowSubmarine
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Plus PlymouthKarl’s dismantled one
Been back quite a bit then!!A defeat and he’s magically back .
Eastwood was fine and Stevens just needed to get over his illness etc, but the whole thing was managed horrendously.Whatever the back story with Stevens, there’s no hiding that he and Eastwood were statistically two of the poorest goalkeepers in the division. It was very much a problem that needed dealing with.
However, loaning out the (marginally) better of the two, putting the wobbly backup in full-time and buying an unproven lad to throw in at the deep end was not the way to handle it.
It’s a problem we haven’t dealt with. In fact, we’ve made it worse with another sub-par goalkeeper at the club. Stevens simply has to come back and play and send McGinty out on loan. If Stevens is still poor come the summer, we need to go big on a GK.
A Facebook post just came up of my boy as mascot against Exeter Boxing Day 2015. Back when we could win 3-0 on 26/12.
We’ll be lucky to sign one quality player in January.To me that match more or less confirms that our promotion chances this year are as close to zero as you can get. Unless the club signs eight or nine quality player in January (unlikely as very few of such quality would want to join) then a lower mid table position is the most likely. Current form over the last ten league matches of win two, draw six and lose two would also confirm this.
With the long term aim this season of avoiding relegation each match will have to be taken on its own. And expectation taylored to that end.
But for how long!!!MK DONS ARE 5 POINTS BEHIND US
Great post.Well my first game of the season live (watched plenty on iFollow) and where to start.
1. This season reminds me a little of the league two relegation season where we were all focused on the playoffs and whether we could make them and nobody ever considered we might be in a relegation battle until the last minute. (2 wins in 9 games / 5 points off the drop zone, 10 points from the playoffs)
2. I was perplexed in the build up to this as to so few tickets sold and so little activity in the forum discussing a sell out game against a big team. I walked into the away end and grabbed a beer and the fans seemed defeated already. I can’t recall feeling this vibe in forever. I was shocked, Having watched the game I understand why there’s apathy.
3. The players. As Tonyw says….tell me which of our current players would make a top two team. Cam Bran if he recovers form? The transfer activity has been so utterly woeful that it’s not just made us weaker, it’s also contractually locked us into 24 months of future weakness. This is even more depressing when you think he’s been given FIVE YEARS to get to this point and our biggest ever budgets. Robinson is accountable. And he still doesn’t know his best team or line up with almost no injuries. And he’s about to compound this with another window. He absolutely needs to be removed from the club. Even if you think he may repair some of the current mess he’s never getting us promoted. Which is our budget and goal and new stadium need. So why bother keeping him ?
4. Our starting team doesn’t have goals. We score a goal every 80 minutes. The lack of pace is startling.
Bodin doesn’t even bother trying to beat his man as he knows he’ll get caught. The full back knew this in the opening five minutes after their opening encounter when it was crying out for him to attack outside but he checked back…twice. But if he does get a cross in it’s a lonely Taylor battling big tall center backs in an aerial battle …or a near post swinger that Taylor can no longer be arsed to chase towards
Taylor looks done. No pressure, no legs, no energy, just a belligerent uninterested player. And he’s a player I’ve loved.
Henry. Gosh. A league one bergkamp to that. Just done. Thank you for the memories.
Browne - I can’t judge on this game but based on Iplayer we’ve bought a solitary unit who doesn’t care for the team game we are supposedly trying to play. Plus he’s still a sicknote
Long - that left wing was quality but long couldn’t get close. He’s a lower half full back. He can survive but he can’t thrive at this level
McGinty -
You could see the gradual disintegration of the the team and their desire / confidence / effort as the game drifted on. Once the first goal went in I was 100% convinced we may as well go home, you could feel it all over.
Overall it was good to be back amongst Oxford fans. I thought the team looked vaguely ok for 15 minutes but the last third decision making was ponderous, slow, conservative , and playing from fear. After that we didn’t have any decisions to make in the last third so that resolved that.
Some good chants today ….when the rather weird Ed Sheeran styled light show started in the second half with Ipswich fan camera phones I liked “is there a power cut”. You little rascals.
Good luck and thank you to those who go every week. You keep the club alive and allow part timers like me to stroll in and opine.
Plus I took my daughter today to edify her on why American sports environments are sanitized dull. She loved it. Hoping she didn’t understand the f**k your mums, all inbreds, paedo light show chants given the language barrier !
clearly not or so it would appear at leastAnother total f**k up of tactical awareness. I’m completely fed up with this manager and his mess of a team. So Browne (our ONLY attacking threat with a modicum of pace) goes off, and on comes …. Henry. !! Three forward players with no pace. A completely swamped midfield. A full back who gets done time after time. Defensive players playing out of position.
The atmosphere among the away fans was defeatist from the start. Understandably. We are a shambles of Robinson’s making.
Can we get rid of this man now?
Please.
the board would appear to be as shambolic as him - they deserve each other but we deserve betterAnother total f**k up of tactical awareness. I’m completely fed up with this manager and his mess of a team. So Browne (our ONLY attacking threat with a modicum of pace) goes off, and on comes …. Henry. !! Three forward players with no pace. A completely swamped midfield. A full back who gets done time after time. Defensive players playing out of position.
The atmosphere among the away fans was defeatist from the start. Understandably. We are a shambles of Robinson’s making.
Can we get rid of this man now?
Please.
I would agree if I knew how much Robinson had to do with the recruitment process. A lot of rumours say that he didn't really want a number of players signed. From the odd remark I suspect McGinty wasn't his choice for instance. He was also annoyed hat the club wasn't prepared to lay out the money to retain certain players as well.Another total f**k up of tactical awareness. I’m completely fed up with this manager and his mess of a team. So Browne (our ONLY attacking threat with a modicum of pace) goes off, and on comes …. Henry. !! Three forward players with no pace. A completely swamped midfield. A full back who gets done time after time. Defensive players playing out of position.
The atmosphere among the away fans was defeatist from the start. Understandably. We are a shambles of Robinson’s making.
Can we get rid of this man now?
Please.
I'm not denying there has been an argument for sacking KR this season but describing the board as shambolic is over the top. It's just a marginal difference of opinion.the board would appear to be as shambolic as him - they deserve each other but we deserve better