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We’re still in a great position. I think it’s fair to ask serious questions of Des if we lose the next two games, but let’s wait until the end of the season for all that. Last night may well have been a blip, with a bit of luck we’d have won or drawn that. We could still easily have that luck...

I don’t really agree with this. A feature of how we now play under Des is we look to get our wingers 1vs1 with their fullback and attempt to run at them. It’s something we aim to do. I know generally in football it’s seen as better to have the fullback or another player available for an...

6 minutes added time on was criminal. Only playing 7 when there was about 150+ seconds of stoppages in that time was doubly bad.

McEachran has been good to be fair, as has Dale. Murphy, Goodrham, Rodrigues and Harris all a little disappointing. After a shaky start our passing game improved though and we created some good chances - just need to be clinical and take one! Lincoln are clearly no mugs and look dangerous at...

Blackpool are on a funny old run… In their last eight games their fans have only seen six goals in total! You’re seeing 0.75 goals a game as a Blackpool fan in that run! Six 1-0s and two 0-0s (Oxford fans have witnessed 28 goals in the same period, nearly 5 times as many!) They’ve scored 4...

Not sure that it was used correctly though… 🤔

Well… yeah, in the same way that you yourself said if we win against Lincoln and then again at Stevenage, you’d rest players against Exeter. Are you saying you’d still rest them for that game if we needed a win? If we lose against Lincoln and look tired and leggy then yes, I’d consider rotating...

Well yeah I’m sure he wasn’t having it, because he was the one who chose to play the same team for all three games! I wouldn’t put too much stock by what a beaten manager says after the game, they’ve got their own agenda. Let’s just say that if he could have his time again I very much doubt he’d...

I think the amount of mistakes they made was at least partly due to mental fatigue, but it’s hard to say. It’s unusual to be playing three games in seven days at any stage of the season, so I just think we need to be careful with our somewhat injury prone players, especially as we rely on...

I know you caveated it a bit but I just don’t understand this view at all. Peterborough have shown us what happens when you expect the same 11 players to play three games in seven days. As much as we played brilliantly, if you have a read of the Peterborough forum they’re all saying how their...

Agreed. Mark Harris looked absolutely knackered and was feeling cramp, and looked to be hobbling a bit with his socks down as they did the lap around the pitch after the game. Sam Long went down with cramp towards the end as well. Generally as a team we looked a bit tired towards the end of the...

That doesn’t change the fact that we don’t need at least a point against Stevenage. We might not even need at least a point in the last two games, technically! (Again if we beat Lincoln). Making players with a history of injuries play three games in 7 days is a risk we just don’t need to take...

That’s nearly a week of rest as opposed to two days! We also wouldn’t ’need at least a point’ against Stevenage if we beat Lincoln - we could easily lose that game and still finish in the top 6. It would be absolute madness to beat Lincoln and then play the exact same team who’ve just played...

IF we beat Lincoln I’d like to see all of our key players rested against Stevenage, there’s zero point in making the likes of Murphy, Brannagan, Harris and Rodrigues play yet another game with only a couple of days rest and risk getting injured and missing the playoffs. They can all come back...

We seem to be a counter-attacking side who look to break with pace, so I wouldn’t worry too much about not having possession. It’s very exciting and enjoyable to watch.

It should allow us to have options against a side who sit deep and defend, especially when your two central attacking midfielders can beat a man to open up space, although those games are always tough of course…

Agreed, maybe play a similar team on Tuesday and then bring in Brannagan, Moore, McGuane, Browne etc for Friday?

If only we’d given him two years with an option of a third in the club’s favour!

Rodrigues kept getting in the right positions to pop up late in the box for cutbacks, you can’t put a price on that. I thought he had a very good game.

It shows what an incredible team performance that was when Josh Murphy puts in an absolute attacking masterclass, wins a penalty pretty much solo, scores a goal and gets an assist, runs their defence ragged and put it on a plate for Dale (yes, on a plate) and generally looks like the best winger...