07-09-2016, 17:06
I didn't believe our initial results, but enjoyed them anyway.
There's very little between teams in this division and small changes make victories into defeats.
We can't afford to be relying on occasional non-triers; we aren't good enough. When we carry O'Shea and Gardner we'll always lose, when they are doing well we'll often win.
Oxford kept an immediate clean sheet by putting in RAGLAN. Our centre backs are not a pair - they have the same weakness - no pace. Darikwa and Jones seemed like a successful pair of full backs; I'm not sure about McGinn and Donohue. Are you? And I reckon loaning out Raglan is a major error.
One could play Nolan, Liddle and Dimaio in midfield and have three going forward in Ariyibi, Evans and German. We'd lose a few, but teams would be wary of pushing defenders forward and giving us space.
There's very little between teams in this division and small changes make victories into defeats.
We can't afford to be relying on occasional non-triers; we aren't good enough. When we carry O'Shea and Gardner we'll always lose, when they are doing well we'll often win.
Oxford kept an immediate clean sheet by putting in RAGLAN. Our centre backs are not a pair - they have the same weakness - no pace. Darikwa and Jones seemed like a successful pair of full backs; I'm not sure about McGinn and Donohue. Are you? And I reckon loaning out Raglan is a major error.
One could play Nolan, Liddle and Dimaio in midfield and have three going forward in Ariyibi, Evans and German. We'd lose a few, but teams would be wary of pushing defenders forward and giving us space.