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Matete is a holding midfielder.I wouldn’t drop McGuane away from home to Bolton and go with a midfield of Brannagan, Matete and Rodrigues, I think you are looking at letting in more than our customary 1 or 2 a game if we leave the middle of the pitch that open.
Personally would put Rodrigues on the bench and go with McGuane holding with Brannagan and Matete in front of him.
See I don't think I've ever been back to the town (well, village) that I was born in since I was two days old and leaving the hospital.
I always think of myself as being "from" Oxford, but we didn't move there until I was 4 years old. But maybe I'm really not?
Matete is a holding midfielder.
You’re a cockneyQuite an interesting philosophical question that. Does being born somewhere make you "from" there. One for plato and aritstotle.
If you were born in London but moved to Glasgow aged one month are you a Londoner?
I have AFCW ST mates. Burey was there until 16-17 when he was poached by Millwall. They weren't sorry to see him go. Constant stories that he was very difficult to 'manage' in training etc. Shame, as he's obviously got ability.Seems like a Perkins 2.0 situation. He was excellent against Reading but I don’t think he’s had a sniff since even getting on the bench. Real shame because he would be ideal going into the final quarter but if he’s throwing this opportunity then it’ll be unfortunate for him because if he ain’t careful, he’ll end up at the likes of Bromley or Sutton.
Ability or not, we are not a home for waifs and strays with an attitude problem...two and a bit more months and Burey will be free to enjoy all the Smörrebröd he likes for the rest of his career.I have AFCW ST mates. Burey was there until 16-17 when he was poached by Millwall. They weren't sorry to see him go. Constant stories that he was very difficult to 'manage' in training etc. Shame, as he's obviously got ability.
See I don't think I've ever been back to the town (well, village) that I was born in since I was two days old and leaving the hospital.
I always think of myself as being "from" Oxford, but we didn't move there until I was 4 years old. But maybe I'm really not?
He didn't say whether he was born within the sound of Bow Bells!!You’re a cockney
As we have seen with Dale, let’s not write players off too soon. Especially since Matete is proven at this level.Matete might well be a holding midfielder but he is rubbish at it, for arguments sake stick with McGuane and be done with it.
Leave Matete at home for the game, Smith can hold.
As we have seen with Dale, let’s not write players off too soon. Especially since Matete is proven at this level.
If we get into the play-offs then it will be because of the incompetence of the teams currently above us. Let's plan for next year.
It's these comments that are embarrassing.
Cheltenham are actually above Oxford in the form table for the last 25 games even after our win yesterday. Might provide a crumb of comfort to some.
That'll be me then, born in Hackney , lived in Oxfordshire since I was 2, so nearly 62 yearsYou’re a cockney
That makes you unlucky!Quite an interesting philosophical question that. Does being born somewhere make you "from" there. One for plato and aritstotle.
If you were born in London but moved to Glasgow aged one month are you a Londoner?
Unless he was from the most north or west of the county then hed only be about 30 minutes away from Reading so he wouldnt need to actually live in Reading.Is the "Luke Southwood is from Oxford" thing definitely true?
He was born in Oxford but the fact he was at Ding suggests he may have grown up in Berks?
I understand the desire, to get the ball wide to create space but we do not have the players to play that style. We are regularly overrun in midfield and because we cannot move the ball quickly, we have to rely on a 40 yards wonder pass or breaking the press. Nobody moves to fill the midfield hole so we regularly look unbalanced.You must be the only one seeing any sort of emergence of a system. It’s too simplistic to just say we play into midfield, out to the wings and cross it in. I see as many balls played down the sides as I do into midfield and I also continually see Brannagan hitting 45 yard diagonals from deep - completely bypassing the midfield. I agree we move the ball too slowly but it’s not so much the pace when defenders have it, it’s that their instinct has become to use Cumming rather than progressing the ball through midfield.
There were a few times yesterday when our defenders had it and you could see their comfort pass was back to the keeper but the crowd urged a forward pass and they turned around and played a ball forward but it was obvious it wasn’t what they were instinctively wanting to do.
I suppose there is a system of sorts, sadly I’m not seeing the same one that you are though. I see you say you know Des, that explains an awful lot of what you post.
This.I understand the desire, to get the ball wide to create space but we do not have the players to play that style. We are regularly overrun in midfield and because we cannot move the ball quickly, we have to rely on a 40 yards wonder pass or breaking the press. Nobody moves to fill the midfield hole so we regularly look unbalanced.
Whenever we have dominated, we have broken the press and moved it quickly but we have also conceded as many goals as we have scored by getting caught trying to break the press.
Personally, the weakness of this management is not recognising that weakness and playing to the current squads strength, Manningese if you like.. I understand the desire to want to play a certain way but you do when you have the necessary players. To not adapt is insanity, you forget your desires and play a style that suits your squad. It can never be the other way round, not if you want to survive.