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Brannagan was furious with the team, shouting at them to work harder, hes never a problem.Much as Iβve wanted Des Buckingham to succeed at Oxford, it became crystal clear tonight that the directors made the wrong choice. An expensive choice. I donβt recall a single effort on goal. What is wrong with Goodwin that he canβt start, and dare I say it, Cumming looks the wrong choice..,Cheltenham look to have a better keeper than we do.
Iβm normally Brannagan biggest fan and he was uninterested tonight.
I really believe the dressing room has been lost and I donβt envy the task the incoming manager will have sorting the shambles out.
As for a choice of a new manager. Andrew Crofts, maybe, but definitely not Appleton, Robinson or any journeymen wanting to enter the fray
Completely agree, such a bad call by Des to start him. We had a ready made replacement in Bodin. Marcus McGuane seems off the pace as well, and has been for a while.Iβd be quite happy for Des or any other manager to give Ruben a spell on the bench to find his sense of professionalism again.
He canβt pass the ball ten yards and turns slower than the titanic & we all know what happened there!
Imagine if Karl Robinson had spent Β£400k on a player who, months later, isnβt fit enough to start games and is seemingly still carrying an injury. People would have an absolute meltdown.
Agree apart from Cumming. He needs to go. Error prone, can't kickMy list would be for tonightβs players
Cumming unsure
- Stevens leave
- Moore keep
- Brown leave
- Leigh keep
- Brannagan keep
- McGuane leave
- Rodrigues needs to buck up or go
- Dale Keep
- Murphy keep
- Harris keep
- SUB: Long leave
- SUB: Bodin leave
- SUB: Goodwin keep
- SUB: Henry leave
- SUB: Bennett keep
Agree apart from Cumming. He should go. Error prone. Can't kick.My list would be for tonightβs players
Cumming unsure
- Stevens leave
- Moore keep
- Brown leave
- Leigh keep
- Brannagan keep
- McGuane leave
- Rodrigues needs to buck up or go
- Dale Keep
- Murphy keep
- Harris keep
- SUB: Long leave
- SUB: Bodin leave
- SUB: Goodwin keep
- SUB: Henry leave
- SUB: Bennett keep
You know your tactics are a bit off when the other team seem to have more players than you, regardless of whether they're attacking or defending. Brannagan and an uninterested McGuane trying to hold off their three midfielders was asking for trouble and it's hardly as if their formation was a surprise.Completely agree, such a bad call by Des to start him. We had a ready made replacement in Bodin. Marcus McGuane seems off the pace as well, and has been for a while.
I know Bolton played well but it felt like we didnβt have a centre midfield at times tonight.
Iβd be concerned if players werenβt having a go at each other when you are 5-0 down and get out played in every way.Telling that whenever the camera panned on to one of our players they look utterly pissed off and are usually arguing with their team mates. It looks a camp divided, the way we were set up lent itself to getting completely overrun and that's what happened. It must be incredibly frustrating getting picked off constantly by a team who know what they're doing, not to mention embarrassing. Not helped by some of your team mates completely phoning it in either.
Brown will pass to mcguane or brannagan then will get it back 2 seconds later then has to kick it up the pitch cause he gets closed down and then people say heβs bad at passing because he has to kick it up the pitch there are some dumb fans on here who you can tell have never played football beforeI would hate to be an Oxford defender at the moment. They are all asked to start attacks as the midfield certainly don't
Donβt disagree but when they canβt pass 5 yards and have the composure of me on ice skates, then they arenβt very good.I would hate to be an Oxford defender at the moment. They are all asked to start attacks as the midfield certainly don't
He is actually just tactically wrong.We tried to match Bolton but we did nothing to change the game or take it to them. I cannot for the life of me understand why he won't play Goodwin and Harris up top together?
Look, I'm not saying the players are blameless for tonight. Pretty much to a man they were poor. I think the likes of Brown, Leigh, McGuane and Rodrigues need to have a long, hard look at themselves as their performances since Des came in have been nowhere near the standards they set in the early part of the season.
But Des too is at fault. He's been too tactically rigid and doesn't seem to be able to motivate the players. He's had enough time to get some messages across, but there just doesn't seem to be any sustained improvement.
I'm not saying I want him out (I'm probably one of very few that won't call for his head just yet), but he needs to get his act together very, very quickly.
Thankfully.Whatever you want to say about Robinson, Buckingham isnβt in his class as a manager.
And in your opinion, that is.....?Frauds on the pitch. The biggest one is never called out
Every time brown does pass it more than 5 yards he spoons it out of play. He gets the nickname of 50p foot off me for a reason.Brown will pass to mcguane or brannagan then will get it back 2 seconds later then has to kick it up the pitch cause he gets closed down and then people say heβs bad at passing because he has to kick it up the pitch there are some dumb fans on here who you can tell have never played football before