Home Match Day Thread 30/01/2021 L1 OUFC v Fleetwood Town

[Shaun Rice]

I'll see your 2 nil and raise you to 3 nil, Winnall getting the third from off the bench.

Very fine lines! You actually should’ve been right.

 

[West Oxon U’s]

Various sources claim Glyn Hodges has been sacked ahead of Tuesday’s Quarterfinal

https://twitter.com/x/status/1355582850637115392

 

[West Oxon U’s]

 

[Oxymoron]

Be interesting to see if Agyei isn’t seen again for a while....KR is clearly unhappy with him.

I don't think anyone is particularly happy with him at the moment - I suspect not even Dan Agyei is happy with Dan Agyei.....

 

[Shaun Rice]

Wonder if Sykes will now get a chance again with Agyei being the man KR now freezes out.

I thought Agyei was terrible today. Not just for the missed a sitter chance but it seemed like everything he did was poor. Giving the ball away, silly free kicks, poor touches. Rightly took it badly at the end. KR might have been harsh on him in his interview but I’m sure he’ll come back stronger.

 

[bazzer9461]

“ Dan ? Don’t know why he was doing “ brilliant

 

[Marked Ox]

Missed Robbo’s post match interview. Did he talk about Dan specifically?

Yes because he got asked directly about him.

 

[Marked Ox]

FInally we beat Fleetwood, hallelujah! Motm for me was Elliott Moore, a rock at the back and upfront for set pieces.

 

[white horse]

Is it just me, or do we just fall to pieces a bit as soon as subs are made? (usually 60 mins or so) it has been like this since (and in) the swindon game.
We've held it together and got good results but has ended up as squeaky bum time, today was a good example.

 

[Kiewhite]

Went onto say Griggs name multiple times. Let's hope he does not come here.

Mate he would be a good signing. Robbo knows how to get the best out of him. Not to mention he’s played at a higher level and for country.

 

[IsleofWightYellow]

Is it just me, or do we just fall to pieces a bit as soon as subs are made? (usually 60 mins or so) it has been like this since (and in) the swindon game.
We've held it together and got good results but has ended up as squeaky bum time, today was a good example.

Seems to often happen when we make three at once.

 

[RyanioBirdio]

Agyei had a mare today. Should’ve just put the rebound into the net first time. It went from bad to worse after that - he has to be better than that. But I also didn’t hear him getting praised when he smashed the ball into the bottom corner from 20 yards only a few days ago. When he messes up he gets slaughtered; when he does something brilliant that helps to win a game he’s largely ignored. It isn’t balanced, I’m afraid. No wonder the guy seems all over the place mentally at times. He also shouldn’t ever be played on the wing, especially the left. He is abysmal there - at least on the right he can drift in on his stronger foot and ends up centrally a bit where he’s comfortable. When he’s on the left he’s consistently terrible. He also can’t track back, commits loads of fouls in trying to do so and generally looks woeful because he simply doesn’t know how to track a full back or tackle a player who dribbles at him in the way that centre backs don’t. He cannot play there. It actively affects him because he’s so uncomfortable and then the team suffers for it. Either put him through the middle or don’t play him at all. Nobody is benefitting from this, and while I once again have to say he was rubbish today and he needs to shoulder the blame for that above anyone else, I don’t know why anybody expects him to be any better when he gets the crap kicked out of him. How many players have been terrible, ineffective or missed chances that actually mattered in games and not had half as much spotlight and attention put on them? It’s disproportionate. If that was Jamie Mackie today and he tripped over his own feet he wouldn’t be getting anywhere near the level of stick or public slating, I’m absolutely certain of that. From anybody. Agyei’s goals to minutes ratio (especially given he’s almost exclusively played out of position) is actually pretty respectable, but the way he’s spoken about you wouldn’t think he had ever contributed a thing.

I don’t think it will ever happen for him here either way. Some of it is his own fault and some of it isn’t, but it’s kind of irrelevant. He’s becoming too polarising a figure - damned if he does and damned doubly if he doesn’t.

 

[IsleofWightYellow]

Agyei had a mare today. Should’ve just put the rebound into the net first time. It went from bad to worse after that - he has to be better than that. But I also didn’t hear him getting praised when he smashed the ball into the bottom corner from 20 yards only a few days ago. When he messes up he gets slaughtered; when he does something brilliant that helps to win a game he’s largely ignored. It isn’t balanced, I’m afraid. No wonder the guy seems all over the place mentally at times. He also shouldn’t ever be played on the wing, especially the left. He is abysmal there - at least on the right he can drift in on his stronger foot and ends up centrally a bit where he’s comfortable. When he’s on the left he’s consistently terrible. He also can’t track back, commits loads of fouls in trying to do so and generally looks woeful because he simply doesn’t know how to track a full back or tackle a player who dribbles at him in the way that centre backs don’t. He cannot play there. It actively affects him because he’s so uncomfortable and then the team suffers for it. Either put him through the middle or don’t play him at all. Nobody is benefitting from this, and while I once again have to say he was rubbish today and he needs to shoulder the blame for that above anyone else, I don’t know why anybody expects him to be any better when he gets the crap kicked out of him. How many players have been terrible, ineffective or missed chances that actually mattered in games and not had half as much spotlight and attention put on them? It’s disproportionate. If that was Jamie Mackie today and he tripped over his own feet he wouldn’t be getting anywhere near the level of stick or public slating, I’m absolutely certain of that. From anybody. Agyei’s goals to minutes ratio (especially given he’s almost exclusively played out of position) is actually pretty respectable, but the way he’s spoken about you wouldn’t think he had ever contributed a thing.

I don’t think it will ever happen for him here either way. Some of it is his own fault and some of it isn’t, but it’s kind of irrelevant. He’s becoming too polarising a figure - damned if he does and damned doubly if he doesn’t.

Brilliantly put and more articulate than I could be, but I agree with all of that. For a club which apparently prioritises players mental health so highly, you do wonder how he will be dealt with when he was apparently in pieces sat on the pitch after the game. He’s just a human like anyone else, and it clearly means something to him.

 

[FatOldSun]

Anyone else just hear Nick say that our running win continues..?

Sad me in hitches.

That's nearly up there with "Slatter got his ball to the head".

 

[FatOldSun]

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT ?

Agyei takes it first time, blasts it over the fence and knocks over the poor fellow on his scooter.

 

[Wandering Yellow]

I don't think anyone is particularly happy with him at the moment - I suspect not even Dan Agyei is happy with Dan Agyei.....

Agyei played well at Rochdale..

 

[West Oxon U’s]

Dan fluffing his lines :

 

[Paul Cannell]

When he messes up he gets slaughtered; when he does something brilliant that helps to win a game he’s largely ignored. It isn’t balanced, I’m afraid. No wonder the guy seems all over the place mentally at times. He also shouldn’t ever be played on the wing, especially the left. He is abysmal there - at least on the right he can drift in on his stronger foot and ends up centrally a bit where he’s comfortable. When he’s on the left he’s consistently terrible. He also can’t track back, commits loads of fouls in trying to do so and generally looks woeful because he simply doesn’t know how to track a full back or tackle a player who dribbles at him in the way that centre backs don’t. He cannot play there. It actively affects him because he’s so uncomfortable and then the team suffers for it. Either put him through the middle or don’t play him at all. Nobody is benefitting from this, and while I once again have to say he was rubbish today and he needs to shoulder the blame for that above anyone else, I don’t know why anybody expects him to be any better when he gets the crap kicked out of him. How many players have been terrible, ineffective or missed chances that actually mattered in games and not had half as much spotlight and attention put on them? It’s disproportionate. If that was Jamie Mackie today and he tripped over his own feet he wouldn’t be getting anywhere near the level of stick or public slating, I’m absolutely certain of that. From anybody. Agyei’s goals to minutes ratio (especially given he’s almost exclusively played out of position) is actually pretty respectable, but the way he’s spoken about you wouldn’t think he had ever contributed a thing.

Yeah, he needs out.

 

[RyanioBirdio]

For a club which apparently prioritises players mental health so highly, you do wonder how he will be dealt with when he was apparently in pieces sat on the pitch after the game.

Brilliant. Presumably the manager didn’t take the opportunity to slap him in public while the local media spent the first 15 minutes after the game solidly talking about him, despite the fact that his mistake didn’t affect the result and he had just scored a peach four days earlier, with barely as much as a grunt of approval to show for it?

Oh. Well, as long as it’s all fair and reasonable and in keeping with the message of doing right by people as human beings. Mental health and doing things the right way, yeah?

A few people need to take a long look at themselves.

 

[Mad Dog]

It wasn't just the miss though. Thoughtless booking, slow in thought.
Agyei can be excellent at times but you just don't know which Dan Agyei is going to turn up.

I agree, he was poor today.

It's frustrating, as at times, Agyei doesn't really seem to have much of a football brain, or maybe it's a lack of confidence, from feeling unsettled at not playing regularly, but whilst he can put it all together and look pretty good at times, at other times he looks like he hasn't got a clue what he's doing, and I think that makes it very difficult for Robbo to know what his best position is.

Is he a winger or a striker? I think the latter.

That said, I think the whole team is looking a bit dis-jointed at the moment. Alright, so we've won our last 7 games, and are within touching distance of the playoffs, which is a fantastic achievement, considering the start we had, and Robbo and the lad deserve massive credit for that.

But we've not exactly been playing the free flowing football of last season, when we were blowing teams away, instead, we're digging deep, and grinding out results, which is a skill in itself, and shows great character and team spirit, and deserves credit.

But I just feel we don't really have the players for any sort of variation of 433 formation, as we don't really have any out and out wingers who can get to the byline and get a cross in, we seem to rely on our full backs for that anyway.

And we don't have the players for a 4231 formation either, which I'm glad about to be honest, as I hate that formation, it's an awful, negative formation, that leaves your striker isolated and your full backs exposed.

But I think we have the perfect players for a 442 diamond, and it could give Agyei a chance to start more regularly in a front two, which is supposedly his more natural position, and would also allow Henry to play centrally, at the tip of the diamond.

Something like:

Stevens
Long Moore Atkinson Ruffels
Gorrin
Brannagan Mcguane
Henry
Agyei Taylor

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That team would destroy opposition in my opinion, and would stand the best chance of getting the best out of Agyei, who in my opinion, needs a proper run of games in a front two, in order to build confidence and show what he can really do.

Don't get me wrong, I'm ecstatic with how things are going at the moment, and our defence has been fantastic, but there are flaws in our style of play when going forward, and I think, with the players we currently have, a simple tweak of the formation could make us frightening, whilst giving Agyei the best possible chance to really kick on.

Of course, that might all change if Robbo brings in a striker and winger on Monday!