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Post by jonnyb on Jan 5, 2013 17:39:59 GMT
I mean that the result was a poor one which is fairly obvious isn't it. I mean that the run that we have had has taken us to mid table in the league which is as good as we are - not a top three team that has been unlucky I mean that we continue to underperform. What do you want a novel ? If you're responding to me - do please learn to use the quote function - the result was 0-3 against a team one and a half leagues above us. Expected rather than poor, so your comment wasn't at all obvious, and means we didn't under-perform today at all. Your second paragraph doesn't make sense. We're 13th, not 3rd, so losing to Sheff Utd is no disgrace. I don't want a novel, just intelligent comment. Please do come back when you have some. We essentially agree then You thought the result was expected - so you thought we would lose 3-0. you don't think much of the team then If we are three goals worse at home to a team in the league above we are 'off the pace' I hope for a bit more and don't think we are progressing
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Post by sox on Jan 5, 2013 17:47:50 GMT
Thought that was a decent performance but clearly the right result.
Plenty to be positive about. Good performance for Richards and Capaldi today, would love to know Wilders reasons why Rigg didnt start, maybe illness?
Heslop, not good, worse player on field. Let's hope the new chap means we won't need to see him again.
We really do need someone who can finish but I guess that is why we are where we are!
I think we can push on in league from here. Happy enough this evening! 😀
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Post by bigfella72 on Jan 5, 2013 17:52:23 GMT
If you're responding to me - do please learn to use the quote function - the result was 0-3 against a team one and a half leagues above us. Expected rather than poor, so your comment wasn't at all obvious, and means we didn't under-perform today at all. Your second paragraph doesn't make sense. We're 13th, not 3rd, so losing to Sheff Utd is no disgrace. I don't want a novel, just intelligent comment. Please do come back when you have some. We essentially agree then You thought the result was expected - so you thought we would lose 3-0. you don't think much of the team then If we are three goals worse at home to a team in the league above we are 'off the pace' I hope for a bit more and don't think we are progressing Score 0-3 For those who were there 2 goals from set pieces and one on the break at the end!! Stats show we had more chances and as I said on another post "the league 1 team finished their chances better"!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2013 17:56:01 GMT
If you're responding to me - do please learn to use the quote function - the result was 0-3 against a team one and a half leagues above us. Expected rather than poor, so your comment wasn't at all obvious, and means we didn't under-perform today at all. Your second paragraph doesn't make sense. We're 13th, not 3rd, so losing to Sheff Utd is no disgrace. I don't want a novel, just intelligent comment. Please do come back when you have some. We essentially agree then You thought the result was expected - so you thought we would lose 3-0. you don't think much of the team then If we are three goals worse at home to a team in the league above we are 'off the pace' I hope for a bit more and don't think we are progressing We only agree marginally, at best. I expect Oxford to lose to a team 1.5 divisions above us, as would any bookie. Nothing to do with not thinking much of the team, it's a question of relative positions in the hierarchy. That's your definition of "off the pace" which you won't find in any dictionary, not one that's universally understood and accepted. It still makes no sense.
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Post by Sicknote on Jan 5, 2013 18:02:56 GMT
Whilst I'd have preferred him to start I think it's pretty obvious that Rigg was sacrificed in any effort to double up on Blackman who was by far and away their biggest threat.
As others have said, 3-0 massively flatters them and the only real difference was the finishing.
Anyone who suggests that is a poor result is an idiot.
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Post by jammydodger on Jan 5, 2013 18:18:12 GMT
What was Clarke doing for the first goal? No pace on the ball what so ever and he just stood there. Just a chip over the wall and it was fairly close to him. For the second goal it was a cheap free kick to give away and we couldn't deal with the in swinging ball. 3rd goal was a top finish but against the run of play.
We didn't take there chances, they did. Ref was poor for both teams but Sheffield liked the pitch a bit too much. Sheffield were not as good as the score sounds.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2013 18:23:32 GMT
Richards? His miss was appalling, Should have buried it. Poor miss. All round play was average. Work to be done.
Heslop did the simple well enough, not the worst player by a long stretch.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2013 18:24:26 GMT
What was Clarke doing for the first goal? No pace on the ball what so ever and he just stood there. Just a chip over the wall and it was fairly close to him. For the second goal it was a cheap free kick to give away and we couldn't deal with the in swinging ball. 3rd goal was a top finish but against the run of play. We didn't take there chances, they did. Ref was poor for both teams but Sheffield liked the pitch a bit too much. Sheffield were not as good as the score sounds. After with you about the 1st goal, Clarke hid behind his wall. Poor from him. However, was it a free kick?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2013 18:26:50 GMT
Oxford played very well today. Clarke should of moved for the first goal.
We were in control for the majority of the game and played some good stuff. It was only the whistle happy ref and poor gamesmanship from the northerners that spoiled the game for me.
Richards held the ball up well despite being constantly fouled. Should of scored, but he looked fit considering he hasn't played much football recently.
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Post by Gary Baldi on Jan 5, 2013 18:29:36 GMT
To get it out of the way, the Referee and the linesman on the South Stand were simply appaulling. Awful, inconsistent and sometimes downright wrong. The first goal was never a free kick. It was one of many times he got conned today. If he is reading this, I have a friend that has a great air conditioning business in the north pole that is looking for investors...
I was surprised the Blades were so poor. They deserve credit for taking the chances where we didn't, but apart from 1 time, they created little in open play. Kitson should retire as he is not good enough. Maybe they had an off day.
Richards did all we can ask of him. Heslop was fine. Wright was amazing today. Best Centre Back on the pitch by far.
3-0 flatters the Blades massively.
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Post by oxfordgobrach on Jan 5, 2013 18:41:35 GMT
The first goal was a free kick to be fair, Wright caught his leg after Murphy turned, there wasn't much contact but it was enough. It was clever on Murphy's part. Doobs should've just made the tackle earlier. The ref wasn't as bad as people said, but he wasn't great. He kept calling fouls for small things and didn't play advantage enough at times. One Leven free kick sticks out in the mind, shouldn't have been a free kick, should've taken the advantage. Also hardly anyone saw this, and it was too late anyway but Craddock had a shot with a tiny deflection, should've had a corner. Doubt we'd have taken advantage mind.
The difference today was in quality, they needed fewer touches to make things happen, they were clinical. We had the possession and more chances but couldn't finish. If you can't finish, you don't deserve to win. Think against other teams in our league we could've done ok with that performance.
It's early days but I see good things in Justin Richards. Think he fits in with what we like to do pretty well. Better match fitness and better confidence in himself and we could get a few goals out of him possibly. He was beating himself up about every mistake but I think unlike say Smalley or Pittman in time when they're played up front, he could have some goals in him if more confident - much more of a threat than those 2 anyway.
Despite the result, I don't think anyone played really badly.
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Post by jammydodger on Jan 5, 2013 18:45:17 GMT
Heslop had a good game. Never understood why he gets slaughtered. We have had much worse midfielders that have played more games than him in the past.
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Post by greatunclekip on Jan 5, 2013 18:51:48 GMT
Heslop had a good game. Never understood why he gets slaughtered. We have had much worse midfielders that have played more games than him in the past. Agreed. Completely scapegoated and it's really quite sad.
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Post by Lithuanian Disco Power on Jan 5, 2013 18:52:39 GMT
These threads highlight beautifully who went and who didn't.
Played well enough, dominated/controlled the game for large periods. Sheffield United countered well and stuck to their match plan and saw it through!
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Post by blox21 on Jan 5, 2013 18:55:04 GMT
Heslop had a good game. Never understood why he gets slaughtered. We have had much worse midfielders that have played more games than him in the past. somebody had a bit too much to drink before the game !
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Post by hades on Jan 5, 2013 19:04:41 GMT
Just got in from the game. Listen they really are wizards because they certainly had the officials under a spell. We were the better team until the first goal. A shocker from the ref and yet again I pay my hard earned money to watch the ref steal the show. The score line doesn't reflect the performance we were in the game despite the decisions going against us. One thing I will add though I saw Sheffield utd players using the elbow on a number of occasions and palming off our lads in the face on more then one occasion. But they didn't moan or complain once which is more then can be said for there lot going down like they had been karate kicked by chuck Norris.
We made a good account for ourselves. Dust off get up and bounce back. Well done lads. COYY
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Post by oxfordgobrach on Jan 5, 2013 19:06:50 GMT
Heslop had a good game. Never understood why he gets slaughtered. We have had much worse midfielders that have played more games than him in the past. somebody had a bit too much to drink before the game ! Nah to be fair, Heslop wasn't that bad. One of the weaker players probably, but it was ok performance. Doesn't merit the stick he got.
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Post by bicesterox on Jan 5, 2013 20:12:17 GMT
Why the f*ck don't they assistant referees ASSIST the referee? Are they scared to point things out to the ref? But Sheff Utd took chances and we didn't , simples
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Post by uptheus on Jan 5, 2013 20:18:54 GMT
Heslop had a good game. Never understood why he gets slaughtered. We have had much worse midfielders that have played more games than him in the past. Agree.
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Post by uptheus on Jan 5, 2013 20:19:45 GMT
Heslop had a good game. Never understood why he gets slaughtered. We have had much worse midfielders that have played more games than him in the past. somebody had a bit too much to drink before the game ! Obviously you, scapegoat?
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Post by londonroader on Jan 5, 2013 20:54:24 GMT
The first goal was a free kick to be fair, Wright caught his leg after Murphy turned, there wasn't much contact but it was enough. It was clever on Murphy's part. Doobs should've just made the tackle earlier. The ref wasn't as bad as people said, but he wasn't great. He kept calling fouls for small things and didn't play advantage enough at times. One Leven free kick sticks out in the mind, shouldn't have been a free kick, should've taken the advantage. Also hardly anyone saw this, and it was too late anyway but Craddock had a shot with a tiny deflection, should've had a corner. Doubt we'd have taken advantage mind. The difference today was in quality, they needed fewer touches to make things happen, they were clinical. We had the possession and more chances but couldn't finish. If you can't finish, you don't deserve to win. Think against other teams in our league we could've done ok with that performance. It's early days but I see good things in Justin Richards. Think he fits in with what we like to do pretty well. Better match fitness and better confidence in himself and we could get a few goals out of him possibly. He was beating himself up about every mistake but I think unlike say Smalley or Pittman in time when they're played up front, he could have some goals in him if more confident - much more of a threat than those 2 anyway. Despite the result, I don't think anyone played really badly. Yep that sums it up for me, I think we would have had a better chance with Beano playing today, but we will never know now. Worried where the goals were going to come from today.
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Post by danoufc on Jan 5, 2013 21:09:16 GMT
First game for me since our home defeat against the Daggers, perhaps I'm the bad omen! I thought we played pretty well for the majority of the game, good interchange of passing, good movement with Richards playing competently in a target man role. What frustrated me was our lack of testing the keeper, we missed 3 good chances in the first half which were blazed over the bar. Sheffield Uniteds movement and energy was evident and it was always going to be a threat to us. Personally felt the first goal wasn't a free kick, Clarke could have done better. Second goal - why can't we defend set pieces and I didn't see all of the third but it was a great finish. All in all we played ok, good in spells but lacked a cutting edge, also feel we missed Cox, there was so much free space in front of our back four which Sheff took advantage of a few times. Shame it wasn't a win but we must prioritize the most important thing, the bread and butter of the league!
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Post by concretebob on Jan 5, 2013 21:37:17 GMT
Disappointed with the result because 3-0 flattered them. They certainly were not as good as last season and the only real difference was the finishing.
Concentrate on the league and all that. After the Beano debacle, in a way I'm glad we aren't the FA's Competition anymore. Call me a grump or not.
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