Home Match Day Thread 02/11/2024 - Championship: Oxford United vs Swansea City

[Yellows1]

Brown was my MOTM vote today looked like the only one that cared

Elliot Moore cleared everything, absolutely amazed he didn’t get motm

 

[Tobytrotters]

Brown was my MOTM vote today looked like the only one that cared

Even though he was at fault for the first goal, and never really did anything else of note.

 

[Tobytrotters]

Careful, Brown is the latest hate figure to some on here.

Hate figure only a happy-clappy would say that

Careful, Brown is the latest hate figure to some on here.

o

 

[JOHN BOY]

Brown was performing superbly alongside Moore, we were unbeaten at home, and comfortably in the top half of the table, before Des changed things and put him at LB.

We haven't won a game since, but in that time, Brown has been our most consistent performer, again.

But yeah, Brown's the problem

But Nelson is a better centre back than Brown.

 

[greatunclekip]

I think you might be pushing it a bit by saying we were annihilated by Swansea Kip

Not be scoreline but in terms of play we didn’t get near them.

 

[Symp59]

Cumming is doing well week in week out ,he's a great signing

 

[Steve Gilbert]

Cumming is doing well week in week out ,he's a great signing

I thought that when watching the game yesterday. Unless we want to go and spend a couple of million on a new keeper, there aren’t many better shot stoppers out there in this league. His kicking is also slowly improving.

 

[Swaby39]

Cumming is doing well week in week out ,he's a great signing

He’s had a remarkable 12 months. Really settled down now and looks very comfortable in the shirt which wasn’t always the case and we’ve come up a league since the worst of it. A keeper of his profile that’s this consistent regardless of wider team form wouldn’t be cheap to buy and he’s a true asset to us.

From an individual player POV, there aren’t many weak positions now. But for whatever reason they’re not being assembled with anywhere near as much care or effect as the start of the season regardless of injuries. Partnerships that were once great have either separated or faded and we’ve lost that personality in our play that made us so difficult to beat. Tactics are meaningless if we don’t bounce out of that dressing room and give it everything.

 

[dabigfella]

Up till now I have been fairly comfortable with our performance.Even when we lost. But this match has really worried me.We were basically outclassed by an average middle of the table side and there was very little on the bench to turn things around. A number of players worried me. Sibley is not a creative playe. A good runner and has vicious shot. But no creativity. Goodrahm look vastly better on the right wing that he does on the left. Dale spent so much time covering for Kiosk that he did little actual wing work. But the main problem for me is Buckingham's reliance on wingers for almost all attacking moves. The major injury problems have left us with little real option on the wing and he doesn 't seem to have any alternatives. In fact looking at the squad there doesn't seem to be any alteratives. Injury clear ups will help a great deal,but in the mean time we are now only two points off the relegation places. (Rant over)

 

[werthersoriginal]

Up till now I have been fairly comfortable with our performance.Even when we lost. But this match has really worried me.We were basically outclassed by an average middle of the table side and there was very little on the bench to turn things around. A number of players worried me. Sibley is not a creative playe. A good runner and has vicious shot. But no creativity. Goodrahm look vastly better on the right wing that he does on the left. Dale spent so much time covering for Kiosk that he did little actual wing work. But the main problem for me is Buckingham's reliance on wingers for almost all attacking moves. The major injury problems have left us with little real option on the wing and he doesn 't seem to have any alternatives. In fact looking at the squad there doesn't seem to be any alteratives. Injury clear ups will help a great deal,but in the mean time we are now only two points off the relegation places. (Rant over)

I’m concerned that we suddenly have no ability to pass the ball. Swansea looked beatable but were able to pass crisply and quickly ( and had a goalie able to find his man on the wing with a hard, low kick), whereas we were just resorting to ballooned balls that immediately put the front players under pressure. I’m sure El Miz will start on Tuesday but I can’t really see a midfield combination that will work.

 

[Yellow River]

Swansea played a very high back line, probably the highest of any team to visit the Kassam this season. They knew we had no pace on the wings and easily pushed us back.

Harris tried to take advantage of that high back line but got caught offside several times.

We’re going to struggle until we get some pace back in the team.

The lack of positive news about injuries is concerning.

 

[MiddleBartonYellow]

Hate figure only a happy-clappy would say that

o

Only an idiot would say otherwise, bit like yourself.

 

[The mighty Aldo]

I think people are being harsh on Harris for that miss, in equating it with other sitters this season.

Yes, if he's in the groove he scores it, but the ball's coming in fast, he's coming in fast, and he's at full stretch - did well to get anything on it.

Unfortunately I think we're going to have to sit it out until the cavalry return - without wingers or our best midfield combo, we're struggling.

That’s the whole point about Harris, a natural goal scorer wouldn’t be stretching he would anticipate that ball and been just six inches further forward, exactly the same as their striker for their first goal.
I have always had my worries about Harris since day one, last year he came good but still missed several presentable opportunities. This year at this level chances are at a premium, you have to put them away. For me Scarlett is more of a natural striker but doesn’t work as hard as Harris.
Not criticising Harris his work rate is second to none, but he does lead the line and as such needs to be more clinical.

 

[bazzer9461]

Even though he was at fault for the first goal, and never really did anything else of note.

You just have watched something else he may have been partly at fault for the first but he worked his socks of but he had been immense for us this season as in the previous seasons

 

[Steve Gilbert]

Hate figure only a happy-clappy would say that

o

Happy clappy? Are you 12?
You do know people are allowed to still be positive about the season so far and try to avoid from constantly laying into players individually?

 

[werthersoriginal]

Happy clappy? Are you 12?
You do know people are allowed to still be positive about the season so far and try to avoid from constantly laying into players individually?

He may well be 12

 

[Jaxon]

Even though he was at fault for the first goal, and never really did anything else of note.

Apart from assist for our goal!!!!!

 

[Eaststanding]

That’s the whole point about Harris, a natural goal scorer wouldn’t be stretching he would anticipate that ball and been just six inches further forward, exactly the same as their striker for their first goal.
I have always had my worries about Harris since day one, last year he came good but still missed several presentable opportunities. This year at this level chances are at a premium, you have to put them away. For me Scarlett is more of a natural striker but doesn’t work as hard as Harris.
Not criticising Harris his work rate is second to none, but he does lead the line and as such needs to be more clinical.

Does Harris work harder than Scarlett?

 

[Mad Dog]

Even though he was at fault for the first goal, and never really did anything else of note.

Silly boy

 

[Jaxon]

Happy clappy? Are you 12?
You do know people are allowed to still be positive about the season so far and try to avoid from constantly laying into players individually?

He starts Kindergarten at 8.30am