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Our attitude to playing Oxford Utd stank today. Yes, we had plenty of possession and arguably a few chances to win it (though we did not create as many chances as we should have by a long way) and the Ref made some poor decisions (arguably for both sides). But you could sense it in the body language, the way the players did not seem to have no sense of urgency or strong will to fight for a win. It was as if, we just expected to just turn up and win. Even when the minutes were ticking down there was no sense of urgency. Some strange decisions by Eckert as well - why would you take off Scienza and Fellows (unless they are carrying an injury or on a yellow) when we are not winning? Our midfield was so ineffective today - almost non-existent as any sense of force.
That’s three away games on the bounce that we’ve thrown points away.
Millwall, just about acceptable given their league position.
Norwich, you could make a case that all teams miss penalties.
But today it was Oxford for pity sake, a team of players nobody has ever heard of and a ground with only three sides.
We spent the whole game playing side to side and backwards football and had 70% possession in areas where Oxford just couldn’t have given a damn.
When we do manage to get forward, playing stuff from the Russell Martin playbook our forwards confirm (not that any confirmation was necessary) that they simply can’t hit a barn door with a banjo.
The new manager clearly hasn’t any clue about tactics or substitutions, once again taking off players who were at least trying and replacing them with no hopers like Archer.
To add insult to injury Bazunu gets beaten from a mile out yet again.
Commiserations to the fans who made the trip, at least you didn’t have far to travel.
Anyone on here knows I have banged on about the need for an experienced manager for a while and hI and others couldn't deny the fantastic turnaround when Tonda took over, so I thought maybe just maybe, this guy has it. But that's 3 games without a victory now and terrible defeat to Oxford again. It's going to end in tears again isn't it.
Clueless manager, proving me right that he should not get the job
Everytime commentators said one of our players is causing a lot of problem he subs them off Defenders playing about again looks like they dictate the style of play, to slow getting forward Players not shooting when in a great position Total waste of time, where is the urgency when the manager was a caretaker manager
Here we go again, making myself look stupid Part IV.
Birmingham City 1 vs Derby County 1 Millwall 0 vs Ipswich Town 1 Coventry City 3 vs Swansea City 0 Leicester City 2 vs Watford 0 Middlesbrough 2 vs Blackburn Rovers 1 Norwich City 1 vs Charlton Athletic 0 Oxford United 1 vs Southampton 1 Portsmouth 1 vs Queens Park Rangers 2 Sheffield Wednesday 0 vs Hull City 2 Stoke City 0 vs Preston North End 0 West Bromwich Albion 1 vs Bristol City 1 Wrexham 2 vs Sheffield United 2
In our quest for additional firepower I was looking at top scorers in League 1. Top performer is 11 goals, in equal second with 10 is a certain Dom Ballard. Maybe we should have kept hold of him? Probably not the big strong old fashioned No 9 we need to bully centre backs, but could be more affective and passionate to succeed than Archer.
Feckin miles from home but Mrs Frog and me are enjoying christmas in sunny Valletta, anybody else away from the UK for the festive break? Oh and have a merry Christmas wherever you are.
Me Spurs fan Arsenal fan Palace fan Wolves fan ( surely they will not show up) Flora Tallinn fan...that'll be my daughter (who has Asperger's Syndrome ) for whom Estonia is a special interest. AND Sister in Law. She is a consultant micro-biologist at a major London Hospital and, having no connection at all with the "real" world, thinks Willy Caballero is a serious prostate condition. If she had been alive in 1939 she would have had a fiver on Poland to win World War 2.
I've asked the white bearded reindeer fiddler for promotion this season.
1. Saints to finish in the play-offs. Or second if we can sign a decent striker in January. Personally I would offer Wrexham £10 million for Kieffer Moore and see if they budge.
2. Ipswich to win the division. Coventry to choke, and finish third if Saints sign Kieffer Moore, or they will limp into second if we don’t.
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