Oxford United matchday thread

we have got to drop westbrooke and Grant, we have to play players in there position

Ten mins stoppage !poking forward to Cheltenham

Dare not think about Tuesday JCH and Posh on Tuesday !

Rochdale winning 2 1 next Saturday relegation 6 pointer.

Only player to earn his wage today was Hanlan, the rest of the team are not good enough, I thought Westbrooke, Baldwin & Grant had stinkers today, Oxford head and shoulders the better team.

We subbed MCormick, our only fit ball winning playmaker and replaced him with statues.

Wael appointed Loser Boy.

Wael was full of himself, telling anybody who would listen about his master plan to turn us into a L1 version of Southampton.

It's just cowardly not to accept responsibility for your own mistakes, which is why I'm sure Wael has drafted his apology already and will tell us that in future he's only going to deal with the business side of the club and he's going to leave everything football related to people who know what they are doing.

I don't share the confidence many of you show in our avoiding relegation. We're a bit rubbish.

We've been very rubbish for our last three league outings.
When Daley, Nicholson & Oztumer come back, then I think we have enough quality to stay up.
Just.

19th position.

An apology won’t achieve anything though will it ?

What Wael needs to do is to find a way out of the mess he has created.

For his sake and for Rovers’ sake.

Oh dear.
Again.

This is again the worse a performance that I've seen from a relegation threatened team.

How a team that lacks goals plays only one up front again, I have to question the starting lineup? A like for like replacement in form of Ogogo for Upson was never going to convince anyone we were in for an attacking display.....the irony is, Ogogo missed the easiest chance of the match by somehow managing to hit wide from the six yard box!? Ok, McCormick distracted him.

Too many unforced errors and lack of basic football skill will see us exactly where we are.

Instead of simple passing and movement, which Oxford and Crewe managed to do easily, we try to pass to their players or take the whole opposition on (yea, Baldwin you're really gonna get away with that?)....the training ground can only teach you so much.

We have no structure in creative open play, only relying on set pieces to score.

A headless chicken has more composure and cohesion.

PT says he was disappointed... That's an understatement.
PT says he's learning about his players... Yet he still continues to play the underperforming ones.
PT says he's inherited the squad... Well he's had 23 days + to alter that.
PT says he's seen enough to stay up... I haven't.


Hey, I'm never the sort of guy to turn around and say I told anyone so, but we are reaping what we've sewn. BG squad was too light, too lopsided and little or no experience without the knowledge how to change things....we have been put back years with the loyalty/faith (which was admirable) shown in BG acquisitions, that PT is struggling with. It isn't with hindsight, others and I were saying bring in a manager with some of his own players before close of summer transfer window.....now, PT has to work with a defence that can't reasonably defend, a midfield that chases the game and can't pass, and one jewel in the crown of Hanlan coming deep to rob possession, sweetly strike from 30 yards, but has little or no support....we have no strikers after 23 days of transfer window!?