| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford 09:39 - Jan 20 with 31497 views | E17hoop |
Someone had to start it.
I just reread Clive's match report for the home game and asked myself why I'm going to this again tonight.
Bare bones, DS players filling the bench, Handsome Ronnie back? He's bound to score in the 1-0 win. |  |
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| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 09:27 - Jan 22 with 593 views | SW_Ranger |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 23:28 - Jan 21 by Wegerles_Stairs |
We were barely in the play-off positions. Sorry, I should have been clearer - I meant post-Leicester when we were crap over Christmas. Even Sheffield Wednesday when we picked up the injuries was pretty crap. |
To be fair Wegers, you’re either in the play-off position or you’re not, you can’t be ‘barely’ there. Bit like you can’t be nearly pregnant! Funny how there’s a lot of glass half full / glass half empty going around. Funny old game! |  | | |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 10:40 - Jan 22 with 444 views | nix |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 15:32 - Jan 21 by daveB |
I thought we were having a really good season upto Leicester, we've been a bit weird since then.Not terrible just some really odd performances.
I think we are 2 points ahead of the same stage last season so a real opportunity to have a much better season, the fear is we won't and with what we've spent thats not ideal.
I do tend to agree it's been overly negative the last few weeks. we'll always have runs of 4/5 games where we drop off a cliff and lose a few, we can talk about standards etc but we're a championship side and all championship teams do this, even Coventry had a crap run recently.
Stats can always be framed to suit a narrative. We're either 3 league games unbeaten with 3 clean sheets or one win in 7 games, Both are true and both paint very different stories.
I've quite enjoyed this season so far and I think when it all ends we'll have finished around 12th-15th with more points than last season which is an improvement but probably not enough of one given how much we've spent. |
Yes just checked Dave we had 35 points after 27 matches last season having had a really good run from November until January and 38 points after 28 - spot on. We then went into a big slump and lost eight out of the next twelve from the 25th January until April. We only won two matches and drew two.
Let’s hope we don’t go into one of those spirals. [Post edited 22 Jan 10:42]
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| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 10:57 - Jan 22 with 387 views | Wegerles_Stairs |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 09:27 - Jan 22 by SW_Ranger |
To be fair Wegers, you’re either in the play-off position or you’re not, you can’t be ‘barely’ there. Bit like you can’t be nearly pregnant! Funny how there’s a lot of glass half full / glass half empty going around. Funny old game! |
I think it's because we can see it's a comparatively weak league this season and a half-decent side could make the play-offs. Judging by recent performances, I don't think that's us. |  | | |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 10:59 - Jan 22 with 386 views | francisbowles |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 14:58 - Jan 21 by baz_qpr |
Watched on TV
The conditions were crazy not seen anything like it for years, wind blowing deadballs a metre of where they were placed. Crosses that were whipped deviating by 5 -10 metres in the in the air.
The wind seemed to be blowing directly from goal to another.
I can't see why anyone would be surprised the game was how it was. The two most expensive players on the pitch Madsen and Dembele (along with Smyth) seemed to be the only ones that could control it, Madsen the only one who could pass it. Defenders struggled to read the flight in the air. Keepers kicking from keeper to keeper with the wind or barely getting it over the half way line against it.
If you ever played any sport to any decent level you know you players and teams are at their best when you are not having to think about technicalities, ball control, your swing in golf, bowling action or position on the crease in Cricket. Thinking about technical things such as strength or lightness of touch or pass, means you are always a split second or so slower making decisions and choices leads to poorer performances and decision making which ends up being rushed.
My point is no alternative formations or game plans would have made much of a difference, even if you played short and on the floor the conditions would have had an impact there.
If ever there was a case for a winter break last night made it very strongly, benefited no one that game. |
Winter break, nah we put extra games in over Christmas and three match weeks in January!
I'd look at reducing those but not a break. When would you schedule it? The weather can be very bad in January and February, sometimes from late November to late March. Wet and windy can happen throughout the year. Having a break would add to late season fixture pile ups. | | | |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 12:58 - Jan 22 with 264 views | TheChef |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 10:59 - Jan 22 by francisbowles |
Winter break, nah we put extra games in over Christmas and three match weeks in January!
I'd look at reducing those but not a break. When would you schedule it? The weather can be very bad in January and February, sometimes from late November to late March. Wet and windy can happen throughout the year. Having a break would add to late season fixture pile ups. |
"Winter break, nah we put extra games in over Christmas and three match weeks in January!"
There must be a better way for the EFL to work the schedule when the weather is better; but I suppose bloody Sky want their "we're showing 5,000 live games over Christmas!!!". FFS. |  |
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| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 14:29 - Jan 22 with 193 views | Hunterhoop |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 10:40 - Jan 22 by nix |
Yes just checked Dave we had 35 points after 27 matches last season having had a really good run from November until January and 38 points after 28 - spot on. We then went into a big slump and lost eight out of the next twelve from the 25th January until April. We only won two matches and drew two.
Let’s hope we don’t go into one of those spirals. [Post edited 22 Jan 10:42]
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A slump caused by injuries and unavailability, if I remember…
Sincerely hope it doesn’t happen this season, but I’m concerned it might given the injury situation we far now, and recent performances. |  | | |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 15:09 - Jan 22 with 114 views | nix |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 14:29 - Jan 22 by Hunterhoop |
A slump caused by injuries and unavailability, if I remember…
Sincerely hope it doesn’t happen this season, but I’m concerned it might given the injury situation we far now, and recent performances. |
Yes I agree we had a poor injury situation then too.
That would be a big downer. Having said that we’ve got a couple of players who’ve come in and with a bit of luck some players due to come back in well before April so hopefully we’ll steady the ship.
Also we’ve got no midweek matches until February 24th now so we’ve got more time on the training pitch and more rest in between matches for our players that have been flogged like Kone, Madsen, Dunne and Cook. We’ve got a couple of tough matches at home with Wrexham and Cov but then hopefully a bit easier/players coming back with Charlton and Blackburn. | | | |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 15:41 - Jan 22 with 77 views | PunteR |
| The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford on 15:09 - Jan 22 by nix |
Yes I agree we had a poor injury situation then too.
That would be a big downer. Having said that we’ve got a couple of players who’ve come in and with a bit of luck some players due to come back in well before April so hopefully we’ll steady the ship.
Also we’ve got no midweek matches until February 24th now so we’ve got more time on the training pitch and more rest in between matches for our players that have been flogged like Kone, Madsen, Dunne and Cook. We’ve got a couple of tough matches at home with Wrexham and Cov but then hopefully a bit easier/players coming back with Charlton and Blackburn. |
Im staying positive about this season. I think our squad is better to cope with the injuries then it has been in a while. Yes, its been a bit meh the last couple of games in the final third , but we look solid at the back and Edwards hasn't even kicked a ball yet. Chair wont be far off, Burrell will be back for the home straight. We're only 3 points away from the playoff places. For Julien Stephan's first season in the championship, i think he's doing pretty well , albeit with a better squad then Cifuentes had.
I think we'll finish just outside the top six, with all eyes on next season. |  |
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