Shosho
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It was a great pass and run. I don't think anyone has a problem saying Rotherham were good, and I don't think they scored that goal because of Eastwood, but I don't think Eastwood could have done much more to make it easier for them. Below screen shows the moment the ball is hit. I don't think he had any more awareness of Vassell's run than Dickie did, and if he had stayed put then he would have made the striker do more to earn the goal. He ends up getting out of the way. I like Eastwood, I think he's a great keeper for us, there's no harm in calmly pointing out that he is one of four or five players who could have done something differently.
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I think those of us that spend too much time thinking about Oxford games on here are present whether we win or lose. Most of us are being pretty reasoned about it, and personally I enjoy looking at football in detail and trying to learn more about it. I don't agree that football analysis is made up by pundits, I think that professional clubs are going to continue to develop the way they approach the game and ask more from their players in terms of preparation and awareness.
We employ Garry Parker specifically to analyse the opposition and prepare the players for the match plan in training sessions, and we can be sure plenty of other clubs are looking at us in more detail each week than the handful of anoraks on here. Not really sure who we're harming to be honest.
If Kelly is fit to play then he could be a very interesting option whilst Brannagan recovers. Play him deep and let Baptiste push forwards a bit more.
I could get behind the Browne/Sykes idea for Tuesday, probably spot on about not throwing Holland in at the deep end. What we saw was so promising though!
CamBran clearly wants to play, which is a good thing. Now we know he might be too eager, it's up to Robinson to manage it.
If you look at the start of the move Long is level with Vassell. Long simply doesn't stay with the runner, or, as a second option communicate to Dickie the striker is behind him. It is just a straight run from Vassell, despite being a great ball we could have done a lot prior to this point.