General Ox U18’s v Bournemouth u18’s

[Junior_1]

Will post updates seeing as the Ox Twitter is quiet..

No team sheet but looks like Lopes is on the bench.

 

[Junior_1]

Slow start from oxford. Bournemouth looking sharp. Crooks first effort wide.

 

[Junior_1]

Spasov fires wide when should have done better..

 

[Junior_1]

Crooks again fires over with his left from 20yards out. Ox dominating l.

 

[Junior_1]

Crooks again fires over with his left from 20yards out. Ox dominating l.

Ox free kick. 20 yards out central to goal...

 

[Junior_1]

Over the bar!

 

[Junior_1]

Pen oxford.

 

[Junior_1]

Missed pen.. probs justice to be fair as never a pen..

 

[Junior_1]

1-0 Bournemouth. Poor defending.

 

[Junior_1]

2-0 Bournemouth- oxford played offside and a simple finish. Poor.

 

[Junior_1]

Bournemouth the better side but very physical and clever with it. Ref should have booked 2/3 of them. Ox need to improve.

 

[Junior_1]

Lofthouse didn't take the pen after missing in ET at Burnley. Niblett scored in the shootout at Burnley but missed today!
Pen practice for next week then.

Dragged the pen wide. Poor effort.

 

[Marked Ox]

My take, 2 even teams and a scrappy game. The difference was poor decision making at key moments by our lads and them showing composure at those times. We haven't shown that composure at the key times.

You wouldn't tell Bournemouth are the youth team of a PL side at halftime. Our subs are doing a proper warm up whilst theirs are just kicking the ball around like a Sunday Lg team.

 

[Junior_1]

Crooks made that goal! Spasov with the tap in.

 

[Junior_1]

Just as robbo, faz and Allen turned up!

 

[Junior_1]

2-2 James! Slipped by Savi.. lovely finish with his right

 

[Malc]

COYY

 

[Junior_1]

3-2 Bournemouth: think that’s a hat trick for the number 9. Very good player

 

[Junior_1]

Lopes fires over. Games got scrappy with subs on both sides..

 

[Junior_1]

Oxford hit the bar and after a scramble lopes missed his kick! 10 to go

 

[Junior_1]

Owen James our bests player today, skins the full back and fires just wide..

 

[Junior_1]

3-3 get in!

 

[Junior_1]

Stevens, not the keeper scores!

 

[Junior_1]

All over 3-3 cracking game. Oxford did very very well to come back from a very poor first half. Fair result.

 

[Malc]

Thanks junior

 

[Sarge]

yep, cheers @Junior_1 ... I was hoping to catch the game. Change of plans last night meant I didnt

 

[Gary Baldi]

You can tell the goal really means something to the U18s:

 

[joshua]

1 nil oxford

yep, cheers @Junior_1 ... I was hoping to catch the game. Change of plans last night meant I didnt

What a pleasure to watch a game where players are tackled, get up and get on with it instead of rolling over 20 times as if they had been shot
A special to mention to Karl Robinson in the past I’ve been one of his critics, he’s changed my mind, he was watching the game and at the final whistle as the the players went into the dressing room he shook everyones hand including the Bournemouth players, fair play to you Mr Robinson. I think it’s fair to say he is committed

 

[MJB]

You can tell the goal really means something to the U18s:

Indeed!

 

[MJB]

1 nil oxford


What a pleasure to watch a game where players are tackled, get up and get on with it instead of rolling over 20 times as if they had been shot
A special to mention to Karl Robinson in the past I’ve been one of his critics, he’s changed my mind, he was watching the game and at the final whistle as the the players went into the dressing room he shook everyones hand including the Bournemouth players, fair play to you Mr Robinson. I think it’s fair to say he is committed

He has always been great at this, even when he was getting pelters during our very poor form.