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Post by Silver Ox on Oct 7, 2017 20:59:50 GMT
James Henry definitely MOM
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Post by eighteen93 on Oct 7, 2017 21:02:07 GMT
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Post by bigronaldo on Oct 7, 2017 21:02:49 GMT
Good result today. Some lovely football at times. I really loved that tackle by Nelson first half and that tremendous cross field ball from Ricardinho... pure class. The tireless Jack Payne was at his impish best. Our midfield were solid and creative and I never thought I would say this, but Thomas looks capable. A very fine day at the office!
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Post by jambon46 on Oct 7, 2017 21:14:26 GMT
Very accomplished performance. Win the muck and nettles and win the game. ‘Ave it’ Ryan Ledson back to his best. Henry my man of the match - he seems to be fit now. Thomas was sharp but you always watch him fearing he is about to have a career ending injury - talk about fragile. AFC are trying to play a progressive game these days and as a result are relegation fodder. Poor central defenders as well. Decent enough crowd today. - very enjoyable afternoon. COYY. Ledson at the age of 20! he is the dogs bollocks, all game he keeps snapping at the heels of the opposition, what a loss to Everton and a gain to OUFC! the is lad top draw.Thomas great play for the goal, maybe doesn't do the dirty work chasing etc but who cares if he scores and maybe that's what he has been told by the coaching staff! I thought Mousinho was very comfortable on the ball and looked very composed, it seems things are coming together in the defence. All in all a good day COYY
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Post by Maurice Earp on Oct 7, 2017 21:30:18 GMT
Oxford win, clean sheet, swindon lose, could it be any better? Yes, it could Northampton to lose at home 0 - 6, is that possible Join OxVox www.oxvox.org.uk/join-oxvox/
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Post by Eaststandboy on Oct 7, 2017 21:40:40 GMT
Glad Xemi got on the score sheet, for obvious reasons!
Gino's "injury" was very interesting.
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Post by bacon on Oct 7, 2017 21:41:22 GMT
It's not just this forum, twitter is a lot quieter after a win too. Eales was getting it from all angles after our 3rd loss on the bounce, but hasn't received any credit for our current good form. Odd that Maybe some of the younger people on here can explain this?? Why do some people seem to revel in us doing badly when it happens? Why do people find it an awful lot easier criticising than praising? I am very confused about all of this. Some 'supporters' seem to almost love us losing and having a go. Very strange people in my view but...why?? I just find it strange that when we lose, it's Eales' fault (not spending money blah blah blah), but when we win it's Pep that takes all the credit...
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Post by eraser on Oct 7, 2017 21:46:23 GMT
Glad Xemi got on the score sheet, for obvious reasons! Gino's "injury" was very interesting. According to my 90 year old father - if players wear ballet shoes then they'll get foot injuries!! He still has his clod hoppers that he needed to kick a proper leather football - footballs with stitches that got heavier when wet!!
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Post by hackneyjack on Oct 7, 2017 21:47:24 GMT
I've got to say all those haters on Henry can hold their heads in shame. He was pivotal last week to at Peterborough. Really? He was poor towards the start of the season and quite rightly some questioned what he brings to the team. I think he was better today and showed more of what he's capable of going forward. For me I could always see he had what it takes, just needed a bit more time than a lot of folk were willing to give him.
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Post by eraser on Oct 7, 2017 21:49:13 GMT
Maybe some of the younger people on here can explain this?? Why do some people seem to revel in us doing badly when it happens? Why do people find it an awful lot easier criticising than praising? I am very confused about all of this. Some 'supporters' seem to almost love us losing and having a go. Very strange people in my view but...why?? I just find it strange that when we lose, it's Eales' fault (not spending money blah blah blah), but when we win it's Pep that takes all the credit... As stated in earlier reply - It's just human psychology. I drive my car every day but I don;t get home and discuss with my partner how well the car drove. But if my car develops a fault then when I get home I whinge..ALL football supporters expect their team to perform as expected - when they don't - it's a mechanical failure!
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Post by Beav on Oct 7, 2017 22:01:02 GMT
Very happy with that performance. Especially when compared with say Walsall, however the level of oppositon was very evident. I said during the game, Wimbledon have 3 good players who they can't seem to pass the ball to. Their back 4 and central midfielders were the worst I've seen with the ball at their feet, yet that's the style of play they're trying to go towards. Shout out to their right back who I can't remember do anything but give us back the ball.
Can't see them staying up.
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Post by RCYellowRC on Oct 7, 2017 22:04:37 GMT
Played our best football in first 20 minutes. We attacked with purpose and wasn't afraid to shoot. Nice to see Eastwood not having a backpass until minute 18 but his distrubtion was class to. Kicking better then recent weeks. Also amusing that Lyle Taylor got outmuscled more then once by Ricardinho who is at least 5 inches smaller and probably 10kg lighter. I forgot about him supposed to have been on MAPP's radar. He was poor After today i'm glad it was Tyler Roberts in the Directors box last season and not him the bloke got smaked in the face by his own shot before turning into a gymnast.
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Post by ttg17 on Oct 7, 2017 22:09:04 GMT
I've always said it, Thomas gets a totally unjustified amount of stick, even one of the hosts on the NTT20 podcast (who is an oxford fan) this week described him as Conference standard, just look how much he bags! He's a goalscorer and if he'd been our main striker instead of Hemmings we would have comfortably made the playoffs. Also - scores important goals, the go-ahead goals - not the 3rd goal in a 3-0 win. Oldham, today, last week, Pompey off the top of my head, all nudged us ahead. He was absolutely brilliant today. Fantastic goal, great performance. That doesn't mean previous criticism of him isn't justified. But then this is my thing. Thomas is a striker. He had a good scoring record last season before his injury, and by all accounts has a very good record this season. He may not do much else, but he scores goals. And that's what I think he should be judged on. As a result, I am very pleased by him. Compare to someone like Ryan Taylor, who I always thought was a very good player. Although he won a lot in the air and generally linked up play well (imo), he didn't score any goals and was roundly criticised by this forum as a result.
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Post by bacon on Oct 7, 2017 22:13:18 GMT
I just find it strange that when we lose, it's Eales' fault (not spending money blah blah blah), but when we win it's Pep that takes all the credit... As stated in earlier reply - It's just human psychology. I drive my car every day but I don;t get home and discuss with my partner how well the car drove. But if my car develops a fault then when I get home I whinge..ALL football supporters expect their team to perform as expected - when they don't - it's a mechanical failure! I get that, but don't get why Eales gets abuse for defeats and Pep gets praised for victories...
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Post by uptheus on Oct 7, 2017 22:18:32 GMT
James Henry definitely MOM You must be joking.
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Post by Toeby on Oct 7, 2017 22:29:14 GMT
James Henry definitely MOM You must be joking. Henry was class today. Nobody had a bad game, but I'd have said a man of the match from Ricardinho, Thomas or Henry would be fair.
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Post by Maurice Earp on Oct 7, 2017 22:30:53 GMT
Glad Xemi got on the score sheet, for obvious reasons! Gino's "injury" was very interesting. According to my 90 year old father - if players wear ballet shoes then they'll get foot injuries!! He still has his clod hoppers that he needed to kick a proper leather football - footballs with stitches that got heavier when wet!! Best wishes to your dad!! I remember back in the sixties when you headed that ball - you really headed it and if you survived you were ok!!!
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Post by eraser on Oct 7, 2017 22:36:42 GMT
According to my 90 year old father - if players wear ballet shoes then they'll get foot injuries!! He still has his clod hoppers that he needed to kick a proper leather football - footballs with stitches that got heavier when wet!! Best wishes to your dad!! I remember back in the sixties when you headed that ball - you really headed it and if you survived you were ok!!! Thanks - He still tells me that the creases on his forehead are from the stitching on the footballs! LOL
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Post by uptheus on Oct 7, 2017 23:08:38 GMT
Henry was class today. Nobody had a bad game, but I'd have said a man of the match from Ricardinho, Thomas or Henry would be fair. He had an ok game, but not class. Agree either Ledson or Ricardinho were MOTM. Thought Thomas wasn't far off either, especially on his first half showing. For me, Henry lacks pace, technique and skill which I'd say are attributes to be a classy winger. He also lacks desire to win the ball, I'd say it's complacency, but he's too experienced for that. May be he's not my type of player.
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Post by oxfordboy on Oct 7, 2017 23:29:54 GMT
Henry was class today. Nobody had a bad game, but I'd have said a man of the match from Ricardinho, Thomas or Henry would be fair. He had an ok game, but not class. Agree either Ledson or Ricardinho were MOTM. Thought Thomas wasn't far off either, especially on his first half showing. For me, Henry lacks pace, technique and skill which I'd say are attributes to be a classy winger. He also lacks desire to win the ball, I'd say it's complacency, but he's too experienced for that. May be he's not my type of player. Well i've been one of his biggest critics but he was very good today, whether he was man or the match or not I don't think matters, but yeah if after today you're saying he lacked technique and skill then it's definitely you, not him, at the absolute least his skill for the second goal was absolute class and he's created a couple of goals in recent games now We all see it different but I think you're absolutely miles off on this, and so does just about everyone else judging by the comments
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Post by oxfordboy on Oct 7, 2017 23:34:35 GMT
I've counted 10 mentions of Henry on the last 2 pages, 9 of which either mentioned him being motm, or words like 'outstanding' and 'class'
The 10th mention is you saying he looked 'ok', think some people turn up with their opinions set and wouldn't change them no matter what, same with idiots behind me calling Ribeiro shit all game
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Post by yellowfever1 on Oct 8, 2017 5:45:33 GMT
I just watched the highlights. James Henry didn't seem to play THAT well. A bit of overreaction on here I think.
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Post by oufc28 on Oct 8, 2017 5:58:57 GMT
I don't know what a player has to do to convince fans sometimes. Henry was certainly one of if not the best player on the pitch today. It's all good watching highlights to judge a player bit how many times did the highlights show Henry going on a run down the right and then beating his man back to the halfway line to defend when the ball was back with Wimbledon. At one point late on in the game he chased an Eastwood goalkick that went out for a Wimbledon goalkick and a minute later he was clearing out his own 18 yards box. He put in a massive shift and his ability to beat a man that had been lacking is starting to show. I agree, Thomas, Ledson and ricardinho had brilliant games too but I think Henry was well on those levels yesterday.
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Post by egox on Oct 8, 2017 6:11:33 GMT
I've counted 10 mentions of Henry on the last 2 pages, 9 of which either mentioned him being motm, or words like 'outstanding' and 'class' The 10th mention is you saying he looked 'ok', think some people turn up with their opinions set and wouldn't change them no matter what, same with idiots behind me calling Ribeiro shit all game He played much better than he has done. Was he class? No. It was a 7/10 performance. No more. However, I'm obviously glad he is improving as he definitely needed to. As he said on the radio. He prefers to play on the right. Difficulty comes trying to play him and Hall.
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Post by williammuir (banned) on Oct 8, 2017 6:14:22 GMT
we played good but lets not get ahead of ourselves now, all it takes is another blackpool result and we are back down in the dumps again lets enjoy it but not too much still a long way to go.
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Post by concretebob on Oct 8, 2017 6:31:15 GMT
we played good but lets not get ahead of ourselves now, all it takes is another blackpool result and we are back down in the dumps again lets enjoy it but not too much still a long way to go. This sums up some people's attitudes. I see a couple of other moaners didn't fancy commenting on another thumping win for us again.
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Post by Toeby on Oct 8, 2017 7:02:01 GMT
Henry was class today. Nobody had a bad game, but I'd have said a man of the match from Ricardinho, Thomas or Henry would be fair. He had an ok game, but not class. Agree either Ledson or Ricardinho were MOTM. Thought Thomas wasn't far off either, especially on his first half showing. For me, Henry lacks pace, technique and skill which I'd say are attributes to be a classy winger. He also lacks desire to win the ball, I'd say it's complacency, but he's too experienced for that. May be he's not my type of player. Doesn't sound like he is your type of player. Whilst Henry lacks pace, I don't think he lacks technique, I would say quite the opposite, and he does have skill too. Look at the highlights below, he makes the second goal. www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/oxford-united/11071326/oxford-utd-3-0-afc-wimbledonSkip to 42 seconds in, that should have been a routine throw in up the line for Wimbledon and it would've been if it wasn't for Henry. He nails the ball with his first touch, pops it away from Trotter, sells Francomb and then delivers a peach of a cross away from the keeper and centre backs. He made the third goal as well, took the sensible decision to shoot and force a rebound, after exploiting the Wimbledon defence when they were asleep.
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Post by foley on Oct 8, 2017 7:39:46 GMT
James Henry definitely MOM You must be joking. Why would he be joking? Even on Goal Rush they quite rightly said that Henry caused Wimbledon problems all afternoon. Some candidates for MOM but I would have Henry as well.
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Post by uptheus on Oct 8, 2017 7:43:18 GMT
I just watched the highlights. James Henry didn't seem to play THAT well. A bit of overreaction on here I think. It's because he played better than normal which isn't difficult.
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Post by uptheus on Oct 8, 2017 7:46:25 GMT
Why would he be joking? Even on Goal Rush they quite rightly said that Henry caused Wimbledon problems all afternoon. Some candidates for MOM but I would have Henry as well. But they're only going by what Radio Oxford/others may have said. I remember Goal Rush saying we were lucky against Notts County a couple of seasons ago when we beat them 4-2 and battered them. If fans think Henry is class then god help us.
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