Home Match Day Thread 19/10/2021 L1: OUFC v Shrewsbury Town

[GRB]

Williams got a start against Stevenage and was terrible.

Dead comp that the players don't want to play in.

 

[gingerox]

Stevens
Forde Moore Thorniley Seddon
Henry Kane Brannagan
Whyte Taylor Bodin

Attack attack attack, 3-1.

Taylor + Whyte x2.

 

[ttg17]

Play the same side that blew away the league leaders second half until Whyte tired on Saturday. That’s our best XI I reckon. Whyte with a run of games at RW is going to get better and better, second half on the weekend was the best we’ve seen him since his return.

 

[RyanioBirdio]

I’m worried about the chip shop.

Home win.

 

[ljs]

Play the same side that blew away the league leaders second half until Whyte tired on Saturday. That’s our best XI I reckon. Whyte with a run of games at RW is going to get better and better, second half on the weekend was the best we’ve seen him since his return.

Agree with that line up and positioning, and I think even KR eventually came round to seeing he had started Whyte and Henry in the incorrect positions.

But, not sure Whyte had actually tired on Saturday, it was just one of KR's pre planned subs... no matter how the game is panning out.

 

[mooro]

We were a better side on Saturday prior to Sykes coming on.
I'd like to see Whyte get a few games in his proper position... as in, where he was playing during our dominant half hour on Saturday.

To me, the improvement was more down to Henry being in the right place than Whyte, plus Taylor dropping deeper.
Whyte just seemed to look lost for vast parts of the game, pre and post shift

 

[werthersoriginal]

To me, the improvement was more down to Henry being in the right place than Whyte, plus Taylor dropping deeper.
Whyte just seemed to look lost for vast parts of the game, pre and post shift

Yes you'd expect a player as good as Whyte to be taking apart teams down the right, and he just wasn't doing that. Henry was much more involved than he was.

 

[Oxymoron]

Robinson likely to miss the game whilst awaiting results of s PCR test. He visited a school yesterday.

Bit soon for an infection to show up from that visit - more likely he was in contact with someone at a venue two or three days prior......

 

[Sarge]

gonna be wet and windy at the breeze block this evening....

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[Mad Dog]

gonna be wet and windy at the breeze block this evening....

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Normal then

 

[Yellow There!]

Williams got a start against Stevenage and was terrible.

So was Agyei. And he is viewed as a God. So…

 

[Oufcrealist]

Agree with that line up and positioning, and I think even KR eventually came round to seeing he had started Whyte and Henry in the incorrect positions.

But, not sure Whyte had actually tired on Saturday, it was just one of KR's pre planned subs... no matter how the game is panning out.

KR confirmed it was a pre planned sub around the hour as Gav had covid a few weeks ago. He seemed like he was fine to me and having his best period of the game when he came off!
He was anonymous in the central role and couldn't get into the game at all.

 

[Mad Dog]

So was Agyei. And he is viewed as a God. So…

Nobody thinks that about Agyei, and the truth is nobody knows how good he really is or isn’t, because we haven’t seen anywhere near enough of him.

But he’s shown signs he could be very useful and dangerous, and people would just like to see him be given a proper spell in the side, certainly longer than 5 or 10 mins once in a while!

 

[mooro]

What position (s) does Billy bodin actually play?

 

[WhyteMustard]

KR confirmed it was a pre planned sub around the hour as Gav had covid a few weeks ago. He seemed like he was fine to me and having his best period of the game when he came off!
He was anonymous in the central role and couldn't get into the game at all.

Couldn't agree more

 

[werthersoriginal]

What position (s) does Billy bodin actually play?

Left back (in the dressing room).

 

[Teddydee1980]

Isn't it weird how you play someone in their actual position (Whyte) and they play well. Who would have thought. Henry makes much more sense in the middle too.

 

[Foley]

I’d rather have quality, than pace but no end product.

But of course we’d all like to see Whyte on the right, in his best position, but just like with Agyei being given a proper chance in his best position, Robbo has made it pretty clear, it ain’t gonna happen!

Didn't Whyte play the second half on the right on Saturday?
Surely Whyte, Holland or Bodin have to start to give some pace.

 

[Foley]

Agree with that line up and positioning, and I think even KR eventually came round to seeing he had started Whyte and Henry in the incorrect positions.

But, not sure Whyte had actually tired on Saturday, it was just one of KR's pre planned subs... no matter how the game is panning out.

Do you seriously believe that?
Do you think that any of the managers in the Top 4 Divisions ( actually any division) make substitutions based on what they thought before the game and taking no account of how the game is panning out?

 

[Foley]

What position (s) does Billy bodin actually play?

He can play innquite a few positions by the looks of it.