04-10-2016, 12:20
Very disappointed about Ariyibi, but you have to remember he's a young lad who, since Evans injury, has been looked to to carry our attacking threat and was the subject of bigger clubs looking at him. Give him time to get his head together and keep playing him (we have no other options anyway!) I'm not much for possession stats, but players who take men on always risk losing the ball ....... & when it is obvious their side is being hammered for possession they can't play their game, because they can't take that chance. Remember when Dancing used to castigate Tendayi for losing the ball, but we almost always dominated possession then, so the positives he gave us overrode everything. Now in a Burnley side set up to function on thirty per cent possession he's not even rated worth a place on the bench - they can't afford profligacy when they have the ball.
Saturday's was a failing team before the kick off wasn't it? It is a big ask for reserve players to lift themselves twice in a week, especially when the second ask is so huge.
More negatively the Raglan situation is beyond me. He has clearly radically improved Oxford's defence. They are hardly conceding and are now well above us. Has somebody taken a Tommy Wright?
Danny's substitutions look random. We are losing and he takes off Dennis, possibly our best hope of a goal and replaces him with Dimaio, a defensive midfielder. Then after ten more minutes of no goal threat, he removes Nolan and gambles on young German ........ Now wouldn't you think it would've been Dimaio for Nolan then German for one of two front men for the last ten? I'm afraid it looks like Danny is firefighting, chucking on a change, then thinking of the next thing .... with no more plan in mind than a hope that something might happen.
It's a bonus that Maguire is making the most of his chance, but the best thing that has happened to us is the ridiculous international games on Saturday, because it'll give everyone chance to come together after tonight's probable debacle.
My last guess is Danny doesn't like either O'Shea or Gardner's work rate. I reckon he's on the money that we can't afford both on the field, but is consigning both to the bench a step too far? Clearly on Saturday he concluded O'Shea was a better bet than Mtichell (and Pooch agreed).
Saturday's was a failing team before the kick off wasn't it? It is a big ask for reserve players to lift themselves twice in a week, especially when the second ask is so huge.
More negatively the Raglan situation is beyond me. He has clearly radically improved Oxford's defence. They are hardly conceding and are now well above us. Has somebody taken a Tommy Wright?
Danny's substitutions look random. We are losing and he takes off Dennis, possibly our best hope of a goal and replaces him with Dimaio, a defensive midfielder. Then after ten more minutes of no goal threat, he removes Nolan and gambles on young German ........ Now wouldn't you think it would've been Dimaio for Nolan then German for one of two front men for the last ten? I'm afraid it looks like Danny is firefighting, chucking on a change, then thinking of the next thing .... with no more plan in mind than a hope that something might happen.
It's a bonus that Maguire is making the most of his chance, but the best thing that has happened to us is the ridiculous international games on Saturday, because it'll give everyone chance to come together after tonight's probable debacle.
My last guess is Danny doesn't like either O'Shea or Gardner's work rate. I reckon he's on the money that we can't afford both on the field, but is consigning both to the bench a step too far? Clearly on Saturday he concluded O'Shea was a better bet than Mtichell (and Pooch agreed).