Oxford v Charlton - Post Match Views

Squad is as good as any in this division. 16th is appalling.

ShootersHillGuru said:

Squad is as good as any in this division. 16th is appalling.

Exactly

ShootersHillGuru said:

Squad is as good as any in this division. 16th is appalling.

It's a very tight table though.

Charlton may be only 3 points from a relegation place - but only 3 points from the play offs.

It's too early in the season to mean anything.

Still early days and we'll go on a run at some point. I'd be perfectly happy to give Slade the whole season even if we finish bottom half.

One of the most disappointing away days I've done. Oxford, as a place is well overrated, transport is dogshite and the people are just as rude as London folk.

The game, awful perfomance. Negitave from the off. Why take Lookman off? Lennon looked shaky.

HOWEVER
the most disappointing from all was the small group behind me, they didn't clap the team on (or off) the pitch, and spent most of the game in silence, until any anti Roland song went up and they pathetically attempted a 'red army' to drown any Anti-regime chants out. Shame on them, not fans at all.

Bow_Addick said:

One of the most disappointing away days I've done. Oxford, as a place is well overrated, transport is dogshite and the people are just as rude as London folk.

The game, awful perfomance. Negitave from the off. Why take Lookman off? Lennon looked shaky.

HOWEVER
the most disappointing from all was the small group behind me, they didn't clap the team on (or off) the pitch, and spent most of the game in silence, until any anti Roland song went up and they pathetically attempted a 'red army' to drown any Anti-regime chants out. Shame on them, not fans at all.

Did you pay for their travel and tickets?

ShootersHillGuru said:

Oggy Red said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

Squad is as good as any in this division. 16th is appalling.

It's a very tight table though.

Charlton may be only 3 points from a relegation place - but only 3 points from the play offs.

It's too early in the season to mean anything.

Two wins in nine with arguably the best squad in the division isn't great though Oggy is it ?

I know what you mean, Shooters - disappointing, because we all expected to be in the top 6 by now.


Okay, here's the proverbial if ....... if we hadn't effed up late against Wimbledon last week, we'd now have been 6th and in the playoff places.

Or .... the last 2 away games, we've created good chances and hit the woodwork late in both games, or denied by very good saves from the keeper.
If just one of those chances had gone in either game, we'd be 2 points better off and 1 point outside the playoff positions.

Fine margins and all that.


Right now, the table is wide open to rapid change.
Let's see what happens in these next 2 home games, eh?

I shouldn't comment as I wasn't there but it depends which way you look at it

9 played only 4 at home
Only lost 2 but only won 2
3 points off relegation, 3 points off playoffs

So is an away draw so bad IF they win the next 2 home games?

Maybe Slade is a 'set up to draw all away games and win all th home games.' kind of manager.

Trouble with that is having to win the home games.

cabbies
4-5-1 job today. Thanks for info. Explains why we can't score enough goals to win games.
Yet again we fail to close out match after taking the lead. Rusty tactically naïve (again) today?

a packed defence and midfield so of course we concede a goal on the break .. somehow we were wide open and caught by a very quick player in Hemmings who laid on their well taken goal having left our defence in his slipstream.. proof that positive substitutions can work ..
as written above, we only looked dangerous when Holmes came on, far too late of course ..
a midfield of Jackson, Fred, Crofts and Foley is two old(ish) men too many .. like @ForeverAddickted I am an eternal optimist .. but Slade's negativity is becoming a bit of both a bore and a danger .. ((:<) .. we need more pace injected into a VERY pedestrian team, slow all over the park .. roll on the 'January Window'

The Red Robin said:

The writing was on the wall in the summer. The recruitment was nowhere near good enough.

if you think that you wait until the suspensions and longer-term injuries start kicking in ...

Oggy Red said:

wellwickman said:

cabbies

Yet again we fail to close out match after taking the lead.

Rusty tactically naïve (again) today?

We got caught badly on the break ..... that's down to players' own discipline when committing to attack, and the need to keep the team shape once that move breaks down.

Even Slade can't be blamed for that.
And I don't suppose he was too impressed himself!

He and his players knew that Oxford were good in the counter and played that way often, so yes he can be blamed!

Failure to have a full game plan and plan b , as well as sticking to even the basics of concentrating on the scouting reports to nullify your opponent!

mogodon said:

The Red Robin said:

The writing was on the wall in the summer. The recruitment was nowhere near good enough.

What we need is a 20-something computer geek with dodgy hair and no idea about football to advise us on recruitment.

are you certain that this is not the case right now ? ..