Current Player #8 Cameron Brannagan

[Scrongo]

Nobody is saying never shoot from range, we just seem to show a complete disregard for other options now that’s all. Like a lot of our play now it’s basic and leaving too much to chance.

Yes ,because the option is to tippy tappy & pass back to much. Your not seeing decent crosses in the box no more, & the striker scoring a bullet header. No overhead kicks, etc etc .
Basically trying to walk it in ,& tap it in .
Not enough variation,no more.....

 

[Scrongo]

Imagine having someone of that ability playing for us in L1 tbf.

Yes ...boy did they score some thunderbolts...

 

[LowerSouth]

Yes ,because the option is to tippy tappy & pass back to much. Your not seeing decent crosses in the box no more, & the striker scoring a bullet header. No overhead kicks, etc etc .
Basically trying to walk it in ,& tap it in .
Not enough variation,no more.....

But didn’t we see the largest number of crosses into the box against Northampton

 

[chromeyellow]

Against Northampton we had 18 shots in total
8 inside the box and 10 from outside
(OUFC on the left NTFC on the right)

6	Shots on target	2
7	Shots off target	1
5	Shots blocked	3
8	Shots inside box	4
10	Shots outside box	2
18	Total shots	6

 

[Coffin dodger]

Yes ,because the option is to tippy tappy & pass back to much. Your not seeing decent crosses in the box no more, & the striker scoring a bullet header. No overhead kicks, etc etc .
Basically trying to walk it in ,& tap it in .
Not enough variation,no more.....

We don't talk about passing back anymore.
It's taken me 40 years to get over the Brock back pass.

 

[Scrongo]

We don't talk about passing back anymore.
It's taken me 40 years to get over the Brock back pass.

Don't..... I'm still not over it..

 

[Scrongo]

But didn’t we see the largest number of crosses into the box against Northampton

Yes ,I think that maybe because we got a proper striker now.. who incidentally scored with his head..
Long may it continue...

 

[Coffin dodger]

Yes ,I think that maybe because we got a proper striker now.. who incidentally scored with his head..
Long may it continue...

I told you, don't say Long

 

[Followtheox1]

Imagine telling, Bobby Charlton or Pele ,
why did you shoot , instead Of the option

Nice bit of humour.

 

[Swaby39]

Yes ,because the option is to tippy tappy & pass back to much. Your not seeing decent crosses in the box no more, & the striker scoring a bullet header. No overhead kicks, etc etc .
Basically trying to walk it in ,& tap it in .
Not enough variation,no more.....

It had us in contention for automatic promotion places for a period recently. A lot to be said for it when done properly.

It may not get you out of your seat for the full 90 minutes but I’d give my left arm for that feeling back that we can win every week and fear nobody.

 

[Scrongo]

I told you, don't say Long

I thought of that ,after writing it....

 

[Scrongo]

It had us in contention for automatic promotion places for a period recently. A lot to be said for it when done properly.

It may not get you out of your seat for the full 90 minutes but I’d give my left arm for that feeling back that we can win every week and fear nobody.

I know what you mean, but it doesn't have to be tippy tappy ,pass back .To fear nobody& feel we can win every week.
There's more than one way to play football, there's different styles for different matches, & set times in game play.. we're to predictable.....

 

[Swaby39]

I know what you mean, but it doesn't have to be tippy tappy ,pass back .To fear nobody& feel we can win every week.
There's more than one way to play football, there's different styles for different matches, & set times in game play.. we're to predictable.....

Oh I definitely agree on how predictable we are. In case it wasn’t obvious I don’t like much at all about our team at this current moment and miss the Manning days terribly.

All about achieving a balance and finding the answer to what’s in front of you - neither of which we’ve managed under Des but had begun to master under Manning. So it’s disappointing to see us losing discipline and rushing to long range shots by default when the same core group of players have been seen to be a much better side than that this season.

 

[Paul Cannell]

Imagine having someone of that ability playing for us in L1 tbf.

Dead? Andy Burgess, Alex Jeannin, Dwight Tiendalli, that Philiskirk, Francis Green. We've had loads.

 

[cotswoldu]

A very good player certainly but sometimes thinks he's Steve Gerrard. Shoots too often, assists too rarely.

Maybe those primarily there to score goals should shoot a little more often?

 

[chromeyellow]

Maybe those primarily there to score goals should shoot a little more often?

Possibly- we had 18 shots against Northampton, (10 from outside the area) so it’s not just frequency that’s relevant

 

[neyo]

Interesting to see he’s still the best performing player in the league (almost 8/10 avg) according to FotMob but also can see he’s getting better - both by average rating and also goal contributions.

 

[IsleofWightYellow]

Currently our joint most important player along with Josh Murphy. Need both of them to stay fit and in form for the rest of the season to have any chance of promotion.

 

[Sheik djibouti]

Currently our joint most important player along with Josh Murphy. Need both of them to stay fit and in form for the rest of the season to have any chance of promotion.

And to think...some were even suggesting he wasn't trying because Buckingham was in charge.....

He was clearly frustrated when things were going so wrong (who wasn't) and he will still ball players out when he can see them making brainless decisions and mistakes (as he did against Fleetwood), but nobody could ever accuse him of phoning it in.

He also looked more of a leader on Monday too. Not a natural captain but still an influential and respected senior member of the squad who needs to continue to assert that on and off the pitch.

 

[dickwalton1964]

Playing out of his skin again, he's everywhere. As great a pro as he is - and as well rewarded as he supposedly is - I do wonder with CB just how much energy he has got left to try and get us promotion if we don't make it this season. It's seems to have been a personal mission of his to get us promoted and no one, absolutely no one, has tried harder - on the field or off the field. It would be a real shame if he were to end his career here with nothing to show for it, he deserves better than that.