Sykes, Eastwood and Agyei all need to go in January.
Sykes was culpable for that second goal and was so so poor. Agyei hasn't improved at all since signing. Eastwood - words fail me.
I usually don't like singling out individuals for criticism.....but after losing to the worst Scum side that I can ever remember seeing, at home, after completely bossing the first hour - I think it's fair game today.
And that 30 minutes from Sykes joins my list of worst performances ever seen from an Oxford player (and I've been watching for ~30 years now).
He basically panicked and gave the ball away every time he received it; which is bad enough - but to then switch off and not track your runner into the box from a simple throw-in is just criminal. I know that James Henry has not been playing the way he can this year.....but he at least has experience and composure. At the moment, all Sykes seems to offer is energy and that's just not enough.
There's nothing much you can say about Eastwood. An utter, utter howler and sadly those have been piling up in the last twelve months. I think we need to give Stevens a run right now......and if he can't hack it, then we need to be prioritizing a new keeper in January.
And then that was KR's worst half as Oxford manager today.
I'm using the word twice in the same post.....but what you needed today was
composure to see the game out against a terrible side that was offering nothing.
Instead he brings on three youngsters who ran around like headless chickens, took off his captain and possibly the MoM to that point who had been bossing the midfield in McGuane, and leaves the three guys who've seen it all before (Mous, Forde, Hall) twiddling their thumbs on the bench.
So, so bad - and if he, and they, don't get it together soon then we're at serious risk of Barrow on a Tuesday night next season.