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Post by ox4eva on Sept 12, 2017 21:16:44 GMT
It was sore but overall happy with a draw!
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Post by saddletramp on Sept 12, 2017 21:17:10 GMT
NEVER come back. And that'll be too soon. Yep,lets ban everyone that has an opinion you don't agree with. The way i see it,at the moment our results show we are where we deserve to be. We have beaten 24th,21st,13th (Pompey,who weirdly moved up a place despite losing 3-1) Drawn with top,4th and 15th. Lost to 11th. When we get everyone fit and the team starts to REALLY get to know each other,then i'm confident we can show more consistency. At the moment we look better than the worst,but struggle a bit against the better teams. All our wins are to nil,when we concede we seem to lose our shape. Blackpool are on a roll,Saturday is another challenge.
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Post by holdsteady on Sept 12, 2017 21:27:44 GMT
Enjoyed the game but disappointed, thought we were the better team and deserved the win, at times they struggled to live with us on a wet and windy night, given how late that equaliser came it does feel like 2 points dropped.
Rothwell was absolute quality today, best centre midfield display by an Oxford player in years and how he wasn't given man of the match is baffling.
All in all, this is the most positive I have felt about this season but at the same time gutted. Still roll on Saturday and a beano in Blackpool and 3 points.
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Post by Gary Baldi on Sept 12, 2017 21:27:45 GMT
I didn't get the negativity on Rad Ox. It is very disappointing to concede so late, but felt like the right result for me. This team has ways to go, but the potential for it is exciting. As fans, we need to stick with it while it settles down.
Good goal from Rothwell, good following in from Wes. Not sure why it wasn't a penalty when Hall was taken out in the box but was given more outside the box. Feel a bit hard done there. Hall had every right to complain, especially when he was constantly left on the deck and little given.
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Post by oufcyellows on Sept 12, 2017 21:31:02 GMT
NEVER come back. And that'll be too soon. Yep,lets ban everyone that has an opinion you don't agree with. The way i see it,at the moment our results show we are where we deserve to be. We have beaten 24th,21st,13th (Pompey,who weirdly moved up a place despite losing 3-1) Drawn with top,4th and 15th. Lost to 11th. When we get everyone fit and the team starts to REALLY get to know each other,then i'm confident we can show more consistency. At the moment we look better than the worst,but struggle a bit against the better teams. All our wins are to nil,when we concede we seem to lose our shape. Blackpool are on a roll,Saturday is another challenge. We may have drawn with 4th but we played them off the park. They were good on the counter attack and defended with 10 behind the ball. Apart from that I wasn't that impressed with them. Just lacked that last little link up, Robbie hall needs to lay it off a bit more outside the box instead of running into dead ends or shooting from 30 yards. Gino needs to run round people rather than straight f*cking into them. Henry just needs to run . That's the only negatives I can find, we look so much more of a footballing side to what Appleton even managed. Main difference today, everyone wants to bring the ball forward. From Nelson to modus to lego. If there's someone In The way quick one touch passing around them. Quick being the key word, we play so much quicker with rothwell than lunny. Both he and lego never stopped running, chasing, wanting the ball. We have a top 3 squad in midfield defence and goal. We have a top 3 player in Robbie hall and Payne. Obika makes the difference, for me we're just lacking something down the left (possibly Gino) and a final bit of decision making and finishing.
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Post by 1976bantam on Sept 12, 2017 21:31:33 GMT
Their forum's hilarious, all saying how it's a great point, changed their tune completely. Think they underestimated us Evening. When you go 2-1 down in the 87th minute away from home then yes, it's a great point. This seems to happen with some of our fans though. A dodgy start to the season in terms of performances if not results, culminating in chucking away a 3-0 lead at Walsall and everything is doom and gloom, McCall clueless, owners to blame etc. Fast forward two games, following two excellent performances and 6 goals and things head towards the other extreme. There was certainly a fair degree of confidence on our forum ahead of this game, I agree. To be fair, ahead of these two away games the vast majority said 4 points would be a great return. I just think the nature of the win and performance at Posh perhaps took us a bit by surprise. Looks like Oxford are putting together a decent side and I'm fine with a point. We have to be pleased with our improved confidence going forward, just a shame that at the moment we can't seem to defend for shit! I suspect we'll see a Thompson come in at CB sooner rather than later. Good luck for the rest of the season.
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Post by tonyw on Sept 12, 2017 21:36:01 GMT
Really frustrating in the end. Would probably have taken a point before the start, and definitely at half time - but the equaliser is a kick in the teeth coming in the 94th minute.
Still, early results would suggest that there could be a right old barny in League One this year with ten or eleven decent teams in the mix, of which we're clearly one. Gonna be a fun season, but we've got to close out games like these if we want to be top six, let alone top two.
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Post by newyorkyellow on Sept 12, 2017 21:40:52 GMT
Great game, not too gutted. We're as good as anyone in this league once we settle. We're already showing how good we are gonna be in the last couple of games. One comment on Gino, he is so bloody raw in so many ways, but if he is coached right I think he could be devastating.
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Post by Common Villager on Sept 12, 2017 21:42:57 GMT
Thought we played well tonight. They started the brighter, but we then took control until their goal, which came against the run of play.
I think we missed Obika. Thomas didn't have a bad game, but he just doesn't have the same presence. I think that's why Payne struggled a little, particularly in the second half, as there just wasn't the same space.
It was a good move to bring on Van Kessel, just a same we couldn't take him back off again! We look so much more like scoring when he's on the pitch, but also so much more like conceding. He's so erratic and causes the opposition defence problems, be he lacks any sort of defensive awareness.
Ultimately it was just a lack of game management that killed us. We should've done so much better at seeing out the match. Van Kessel had a chance to take it into the corner but elected to shoot, and Ricardinho tried a quick throw down the line to Mowatt when it really wasn't necessary.
Definitely positive that we put in a very good performance against a good team in Bradford. Hopefully we'll make it a good point with three more on Saturday.
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Post by hackneyjack on Sept 12, 2017 21:51:50 GMT
how come that greatuncletit not be blocked yet Blocked for stating that we threw away a lead by not concentrating very late in the game. A top team would see that game out. Credit on the comeback but its two points thrown away. Go away.
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Post by bigronaldo on Sept 12, 2017 21:52:11 GMT
On a pure entertainment level, that was a fantastic match. So much of what we did tonight was just superb to watch. I enjoyed the way we passed and moved the ball. The goal at the end was a sucker punch but let's not let that detract from a wonderful team performance that we should be proud to watch.
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Post by RCYellowRC on Sept 12, 2017 21:54:23 GMT
Decent game, a point i would've taken at half time but disappointed now. Think our defence needs to work on aerial balls and crosses as that's where 5 points have been dropped at home because both Shrewsbury and Bradford bombarded our box. Eastwood and the full backs needs to work on dealing with a player cutting in because we've conceded four goals from a player cutting in and shooting from corner of the box.
Positively Rothwell WOW give him a new contract.
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Post by foley on Sept 12, 2017 21:56:21 GMT
Whew, what a game.
Two very good sides in my view , generally attacking and looking to win.
It was good seeing us come back from being behind and continue to try and play football (no hoofing at all?). Thomas did well but we missed Obika's presence. Mousinho was excellent at right back and I could see him keeping his position there.
Rothwell is doing really well and is keeping Ruffels and Mowatt out of the side deservedly. What a second goal. Williamson won the ball in our own area and found Robbie Hall. He turned and beat a couple of players before finding Gino who was composed in finding Rothwell on his left. A very good finish and Rothwell seems to be a very good finisher.
Incredibly frustrating that we didn't win that as there were around 10 seconds left. But there are a load of positives at the moment.
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Post by gofish2 on Sept 12, 2017 22:04:27 GMT
Great game, fantastic performances and whilst disappointing to concede at the death, it was one of the best games i've seen. Passing, 1-2s, triangles and splitting passes in particular were very promising.
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Post by lukehudson on Sept 12, 2017 22:08:49 GMT
Rothwell is class lets get him on a new contract soon please, a draw seems like a bad result due to the time of conceding the last goal however most would have settled for it before the game and even half time. Today proved what a big miss Obika is for me and is much better than Wes up top on his own, I think he would've caused there defence much more problems. Final thing GVK or Henry, Henry is the more steady player who can help out defensively and spray a few good balls, however whilst Gino is clearly the bigger threat going forward I am not sure we can rely on him defensively.
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Post by uptheus on Sept 12, 2017 22:13:12 GMT
Great game/performance. Should have seen the game out. Henry was good for first 25/30 mins, but went back to normal self e.g. Too slow, no urgency. We lack a good out an out left winger. Van Kessel is so erratic, poor defensively, so still notvsute about him overall, but things do seem to happen when he comes on.
With Obika out and Thomas looking like he's picked up another injury I think not having a fit striker could cost us.
Just hope we can avoid injuries to give us a chance.
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Post by ttg17 on Sept 12, 2017 22:13:41 GMT
Didn't think much of Bradford. Their poster above says they can't defend, but I thought their greatest attribute was that they looked reasonably solid and difficult to break down. Certainly didn't have much going forward - although I can appreciate that their big number 9 is a very good hold up man for this level. I thought Mowatt looked pretty good when he came on. Composed on the ball. Good option to have. Ricardinho is just so much fun to watch, my first time seeing him and I can see why everyone raves about him - he's absolutely fearless and so good on the ball. Loved that bit in the first half when he beat the attacker on our touchline with a stepover and then just sort of meandered through his own penalty box with the ball looking for a pass! So composed. Hall is great. Love how he runs at people. Yeah he often gives the ball away and nothing comes of it, but I love how he's trying stuff every time he gets the ball. And when he does break away, it can be to devastating effect - see our second (which, by the way, was one of the most beautiful, free flowing pieces of football I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing). Final thought, I think if Thomas had stayed healthy last season we would have made the playoffs. He gets a bit of stick on here and at games, but he's a goalscorer. He has that knack of being in the right place at the right time and chips in with important goals, which, as has been well documented, is something we conspicuously lacked with Hemmings last year. Would Thomas netting a few tap-ins over the course of the season last year have given us the points we needed to finish above Millwall? Certainly possible.
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Post by eighteen93 on Sept 12, 2017 22:19:12 GMT
On a pure entertainment level, that was a fantastic match. So much of what we did tonight was just superb to watch. I enjoyed the way we passed and moved the ball. The goal at the end was a sucker punch but let's not let that detract from a wonderful team performance that we should be proud to watch. Agree - the first 25 minutes was argubly the best football we have ever played at Grenoble Road. Ledson put in his best Oxford performance and Payne and Rothwell were superb and Henry also produced some good moments. The passing and movement was terrific and the only thing we lacked was the goal. GvK is an enigma - exciting and bustling going forwards but does not have a defensive bone in his body. It was criminal we allowed the ball to firstly get wide and then to allow the cross to come in.Oxford had three players ambling back and nobody pressed. Easty didn't seem to go for for the header either? Overall it looks like it's going to be s decent season. Lastly - where are the fans ? Those that went saw a really good game.
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Post by quickheart on Sept 12, 2017 22:19:34 GMT
Can't remember being happy enough after losing with 30-secs to go. Came away from the game feeling we get better and better every game we play and it suggests there is more to come. Gino had two assists credited tonight and Ricardinho and Williamson were excellent. Still worry about Ledston losing the ball in front of the back four as did Lundstram - who I do not miss in this squad. In spite of his goal I'm still not convinced about West Thomas though. Onwards and upwards!
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Post by ryaniobirdio on Sept 12, 2017 22:20:00 GMT
I don't have much new to add, but I always enjoy watching two teams playing football the right way. Really open and both sides played some really nice stuff. A pleasure to watch and full credit to both sets of players for playing the game so entertainingly and in the right spirit.
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Post by eighteen93 on Sept 12, 2017 22:23:16 GMT
Can't remember being happy enough after losing with 30-secs to go. Came away from the game feeling we get better and better every game we play and it suggests there is more to come. Gino had two assists credited tonight and Ricardinho and Williamson were excellent. Still worry about Ledston losing the ball in front of the back four as did Lundstram - who I do not miss in this squad. In spite of his goal I'm still not convinced about West Thomas though. Onwards and upwards! We did not lose - but it felt like a defeat!
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Post by quickheart on Sept 12, 2017 22:27:16 GMT
That's the bit I don't get! I don't feel like that. I feel we're getting better and better and thereby encouraged. Strange really, I should feel as you are suggesting!
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Post by yellows1 on Sept 12, 2017 22:38:56 GMT
Fantastic display, a lot to be positive about, Burton man was superb, Ribero could well be third choice now behind him and Carol - We'd be 2nd in the league now if Johnson was in the place of Henry, sorry he's just not doing enough for me ATM but early days.
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Post by derek on Sept 12, 2017 22:45:29 GMT
Bloody hell, only just got back! Random points:
That game showed me how good Obika is. We were moving the ball around nicely but about ten yards too far back. Didn't think Mowatt offered that much when he came on. Their first goal was a superb strike and came from the first time our defence got slightly out of shape. Can't remember Eastwood having to make any real saves. I think Gino might turn out to be a flash in the pan - one of his shots was so bad in turned into a deep cross.
Glad I went - shame to have lost to a last-minute sucker punch but a draw was fair and I think Bradford fans will be thinking they should have won it. Onward and upward!
Night night.
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Post by plonker on Sept 12, 2017 22:48:03 GMT
That's the bit I don't get! I don't feel like that. I feel we're getting better and better and thereby encouraged. Strange really, I should feel as you are suggesting! I agree. It didn't feel like a defeat to me; we played some excellent football and were caught out in the last minute. A real sucker punch, but it happens in football (same fixture last year we snatched the win in the last minute or so). We should have managed the final few minutes better, absolutely, but those final few minutes can't make us forget about the 90 minutes prior. Some of our play tonight was so pleasing to watch. It honestly didn't feel like a division 3 game of football to me. With 39 games to go, I feel genuinely optimistic.
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Post by 1976bantam on Sept 12, 2017 22:51:09 GMT
Didn't think much of Bradford. Their poster above says they can't defend, but I thought their greatest attribute was that they looked reasonably solid and difficult to break down. Certainly didn't have much going forward - although I can appreciate that their big number 9 is a very good hold up man for this level. I thought Mowatt looked pretty good when he came on. Composed on the ball. Good option to have. Ricardinho is just so much fun to watch, my first time seeing him and I can see why everyone raves about him - he's absolutely fearless and so good on the ball. Loved that bit in the first half when he beat the attacker on our touchline with a stepover and then just sort of meandered through his own penalty box with the ball looking for a pass! So composed. Hall is great. Love how he runs at people. Yeah he often gives the ball away and nothing comes of it, but I love how he's trying stuff every time he gets the ball. And when he does break away, it can be to devastating effect - see our second (which, by the way, was one of the most beautiful, free flowing pieces of football I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing). Final thought, I think if Thomas had stayed healthy last season we would have made the playoffs. He gets a bit of stick on here and at games, but he's a goalscorer. He has that knack of being in the right place at the right time and chips in with important goals, which, as has been well documented, is something we conspicuously lacked with Hemmings last year. Would Thomas netting a few tap-ins over the course of the season last year have given us the points we needed to finish above Millwall? Certainly possible. Fair enough, you can only go off what you saw tonight. I guess it's more a case specifically of an inability to keep a clean sheet (only one in nine games in all competitions so far). That was always going to be a challenge tonight as you're clearly a decent side, but frustrating nonetheless. We appear to have sacrificed some of our defensive solidity from last season in favour of scoring a lot more, with 20 goals in those nine games. I don't have an issue with that for the most part, as we've struggled to score goals in any great number in recent times, but an inability to keep clean sheets will inevitably cost us in some games this season. Despite not showing a huge amount going forward tonight - probably a fair criticism - we've scored twice and hit the bar, away to a good side. We'll probably have better days in terms of our attacking play, but I'll take that for now.
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Post by pottersrightboot on Sept 12, 2017 22:53:26 GMT
Well worth battling through the traffic to see this.
Thought Bradford were terrific defensively - they deserved their point. They will be in the top 4.
Loved how we stuck at it in the second half even though second best and then socked it to them. We are tougher than last season.
Motm Mousinho. He is excellent technically and quicker than Ribeiro.
Van Kessel is a true headless chicken - he's entertaining to watch though - he runs like Oscar Pistorious.
The Brazilian is the Da Vinci of League 1.
We are going to have a good season.
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Post by charliesghost on Sept 12, 2017 23:04:48 GMT
how come that greatuncletit not be blocked yet Blocked for stating that we threw away a lead by not concentrating very late in the game. A top team would see that game out. Credit on the comeback but its two points thrown away. Well, we are not a 'top team' and no-one sensible is saying that we are. We are a work in progress still trying to find the best 11, the best 16, the best formations etc. As are a lot of the other better teams in this league. But one cannot be gloomy about 8th place after seven games unless one had tipped OUFC to walk the league (which you very much did not). If we can be in touch with the top 6 after ten games then that is very much 'job done' for August and September, given the upheavals on all fronts. I said after Scunny that I thought we were a top 6 side, maybe even a top 2 side, just lacking a convincing frontman. I think I'd still stand by that. Neither Thomas not Obika are poor playets by any stretch if the imagination. But when you think about our promotions (almost any clubs promotions) they come with a really good focal point. Beano in the conference; Hylton and Roofs in League 2; Moods in League 1; Biggins in League 1; Aldo and Hamilton in the Championship. It's not just about goals, but an indefinable talismanic presence. And I don't quite see that in Wes or Obika. But.... still..... early days and you'd have to give it at least seven out of ten thus far. One other thing I would say is that this looks like being a very competitive top 10 this year. There must be at least that number of clubs spending north of 3 million quid on wages. And then there are a heap spending 2 million or less. It could end up being quite uneven, with well north of 70 points needed for play-off.
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Post by salaghaf on Sept 12, 2017 23:18:35 GMT
Blocked for stating that we threw away a lead by not concentrating very late in the game. A top team would see that game out. Credit on the comeback but its two points thrown away. Well, we are not a 'top team' and no-one sensible is saying that we are. We are a work in progress still trying to find the best 11, the best 16, the best formations etc. As are a lot of the other better teams in this league. But one cannot be gloomy about 8th place after seven games unless one had tipped OUFC to walk the league (which you very much did not). If we can be in touch with the top 6 after ten games then that is very much 'job done' for August and September, given the upheavals on all fronts. I said after Scunny that I thought we were a top 6 side, maybe even a top 2 side, just lacking a convincing frontman. I think I'd still stand by that. Neither Thomas not Obika are poor playets by any stretch if the imagination. But when you think about our promotions (almost any clubs promotions) they come with a really good focal point. Beano in the conference; Hylton and Roofs in League 2; Moods in League 1; Biggins in League 1; Aldo and Hamilton in the Championship. It's not just about goals, but an indefinable talismanic presence. And I don't quite see that in Wes or Obika. But.... still..... early days and you'd have to give it at least seven out of ten thus far. One other thing I would say is that this looks like being a very competitive top 10 this year. There must be at least that number of clubs spending north of 3 million quid on wages. And then there are a heap spending 2 million or less. It could end up being quite uneven, with well north of 70 points needed for play-off. Sorry, lost all respect for anything you say after your recent digs. Suppose today's superb performance doesn't really sit too comfortably with you and your "agenda". At least you've thrown a few crumbs of recognition back there in that post. We're going up, face it. Pep's revolution!!
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Post by Beav on Sept 12, 2017 23:20:01 GMT
For f*ck sakes.
What a game though, both really decent outfits. Bradford might have been the most organised team I've ever seen. I can't imagine us going 90mins without scoring at the moment.
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