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Post by davidm on Feb 12, 2022 17:25:26 GMT
An amazing score.
We played well but Oxford looked a good team so all credit for getting a win out of this game.
We could have gone behind after only 3 minutes when Morley went to sleep on a throw in and left their man clear – the shot skimming the far post.
We went behind when Johnston was beaten and gave away a free kick on the very edge of the area. The shot was excellent and curled back into the far post.
We immediately equalised when Charles and Bakayoko set John clear on the left and he put in a lovely shot to score.
Oxford scored again when Bodin turned a static Williams and scored from 25 yards. Again a great shot.
We could have buckled but kept going when a move down the left resulting in the ball going all the way across to Fossey on the right and he turned and struck a wonderful left foot shot.
There could have been more goals for both sides – Bakayoko should have done better when Charles put him through but he is so left footed that he had to juggle the ball off his right and the chance was gone. Santos also headed over when clear in front of goal.
2nd half was a bit calmer and Oxford dominated with some good passing but we stood firm. A few panicky moments but we did OK and then 5 minutes from the end Fossey made a great break and a perfect centre for Bakayoko to win it.
Well, we had to win and we did so onwards we go. No complacency against Burton please.
Well done
Marks:-
Trafford - 7 Beaten by 2 great shots and for the most part good. Dropped the ball in the last minute to scare us all
Jones - 7 Usual solid display. Oxford made it difficult for our defenders throughout
Santos - 8 The usual 1 or 2 odd bits but pretty strong. Should have scored but he cannot direct headers.
Johnston - 7 A couple of iffy moments early on when Oxford probably should have scored. Good 2nd half.
Fossey - 8 Non stop. Great shot for the goal and, as importantly, what a break for the winner. Defensively he has a few iffy moments
John - 7 Great goal and some good runs down the left
Williams - 6 There is something not quite as dominant about him recently. Tuned inside out for the 2nd goal.
Morley - 6 Not quite as sharp as previous
Lee Injured
Bakayoko - 7 I was all for taking him off when Bodvarsson came on but he was in exactly the right place to win the game for us
Charles - 7 Tremendously busy – scared the Oxford defence.
Dempsey - 5 Not quite fitting in as yet
Bodvarsson - 6 Strong
Afolayan - 6 A couple of good runs. Needs to learn not to mouth off to the ref.
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Post by realtrottersforever on Feb 12, 2022 17:26:58 GMT
better up my stakes on making the play-offs. much quieter 2nd half. not many chances and Oxford probably had the best of those.
Radio Manc team of Dearden and Phil Brown commenting on Santos nearly heading into his own net, then another mis-kick which conceded a corner & general confusion.
then we go straight upfield and nick it.
corner count . 10: 1 to Oxford. only 43% possession for us. we almost seem to do better lately in these lower possession games nowadays.
any time it's a football only battle..we do seem to do better to. less aerial duels etc.
only listened on radio so can't really comment too much on player performances.
among the better players it seemed. Fossey, Morley, John ( continued his improved form) , & Dion ( 1st half esp).
far stronger bench than Oxford to change things overall.
lots of floundering in the results of teams above us.
Oxford drop out of the play offs zone.
Wycombe, Mk, ipswich, sunderland all dropped points.
Plymouth only ones to win.
Sunderland only had 1 shot on target, to Wimbledons 6. still no goal for Defoe.
among the other results, less relevant, but interesting to know who the players to watch are.
Accy beat Crewe 4-1, with Mcconville getting 3 assists and a goal. now top assister in the Div. not a player i was aware of. signed from non-lge Chester.
got promoted from Lge 2 with Accy. then hit 15 lge goals in lge 1 (18/19), and presumably laid a few on for Dion when he was there last season.
Alfie May scores again for Cheltenham.
Wycombe dropped points at Lincoln. they had 28 shots, yet only scored 1 goal.
Pompey win, and are just 1 pt behind us, with a game in hand, but they did only beat Donny.
next up for us in the hectic schedule is Burton away- on Tuesday
they played Cambridge at home today 2-2. only 3 shots on target. so neither attack or defence really functioning & 1 of those goals/shots was a pen. I would expect a win there.
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Post by OohMac on Feb 12, 2022 18:24:41 GMT
In our good run I did question what will happen to Trafford when he starts to concede first and what will happen when Fossey fades as he inevitable will.
Well weve not had it all our own way in the last 3 matches so it bodes well that Trafford will just get on with things. And Fossey isnt fading, hes just a dynamo.
Only negative is that we knew that a win wouldnt elevate us any higher in the league and by beating the team the team in the play off spot we havent actually got closer, just knocked Oxford out. And even if we win the next game we wont go higher. But dont win and we'll lose our place. Seems unfair but such was that bad period.
Guess we just keep plodding on and see where we end up or see how many points we claw back in Feb, then March and see if we can do something in the last furlong.
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Post by whitesince63 on Feb 12, 2022 19:20:00 GMT
Been out all day, strangely at my sisters in Harwood this afternoon so I only got the second half commentary coming home until it ran out just before Leeds but not until the last goal, so I was sweating until I heard the final result. Fantastic win and that propels us right into play off trajectory. I fear nobody now with this squad. It’s not just the skill but the attitude too, we’ve got winners at last both in the team and on the bench. I just hope we don’t waste todays result by losing on Tuesday because another 3 points is well within us at Burton. Win that and we really are in amongst it.
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Post by OohMac on Feb 12, 2022 19:50:16 GMT
Whats more encouraging is that we havent really seen Sadlier, Dempsey and we have Isgrove to come back.
Now talented players arent even guaranteed to sit on the bench.
We had Delfouenso, Mitch Henry a matter of weeks ago. The turnaround is just night and day.
There is just no or very very little margin for error.
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Post by thegrud1 on Feb 12, 2022 21:32:05 GMT
anyone got link to fossey celebration i follow missed it
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Post by realtrottersforever on Feb 12, 2022 21:46:16 GMT
anyone got link to fossey celebration i follow missed it |
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Post by OohMac on Feb 12, 2022 22:51:49 GMT
anyone got link to fossey celebration i follow missed it Such a killjoy that I think Fossey shouldnt risk injury, we dont need that, he can do the Pederson bird instead. |
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Post by Pedro on Feb 13, 2022 11:44:53 GMT
anyone got link to fossey celebration i follow missed it Moi aussi. Just watched the ten minutes extended highlights and it is not on there either  . Great performance but two things I did notice were that Trafford hardly got off the ground in his effort for one of the goals and why can't Santos head the ball accurately and in fact why even attempt it when he knows how useless he is and he had John right next to him in a better position? WOT do they do in training?  |
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Post by realtrottersforever on Feb 13, 2022 14:33:35 GMT
Sheff Wed lost 2-0 to Rotherham today, so 3 more points reeled back on SW. not seen highlights but Rotherham keepers stats been pretty good all season. definitely one of the better ones in the Div.
SW a bit unlucky it would seem. 6 to 2 shots on target in their favour.
what a record that is.
only 5 away goals conceded all season !! . beating the records of Leeds from the '70's & Mourinho's Chelsea. etc
in comparison, we've conceded 23. 2nd best record in the Div is Wigan with 13 (from a lesser number of games. ).
Sunderland have conceded a whopping 33..even allowing for 6 by us, that's a huge total. worst in Div..Donny only conceded 5 more (38 ).
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Post by davidm on Feb 13, 2022 16:09:00 GMT
Sheff Wed lost 2-0 to Rotherham today, so 3 more points reeled back on SW. not seen highlights but Rotherham keepers stats been pretty good all season. definitely one of the better ones in the Div. SW a bit unlucky it would seem. 6 to 2 shots on target in their favour. The game was all Sheff W but Rotherham do what Rotherham do – not concede and grab goals from set pieces. A good result for us, hopefully it will knock Sheff W’s confidence. Rotherham’s first goal was almost identical to the 2nd one they scored against us in our home game. A deep corner to the small midfielder (Wiles?) who headed it back across for a goal line tap in. Then a scramble from a corner and a lovely curler from Smith. Neither of the Rotherham front men had much of a touch but both scored – sign of a promotion side that. Rotherham have still got Wigan, Plymouth, MK Dons, Wycombe and Sunderland to play – a few wins there would do us some good. |
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Post by riochforthereebok on Feb 13, 2022 16:49:13 GMT
Been out all day, strangely at my sisters in Harwood this afternoon so I only got the second half commentary coming home until it ran out just before Leeds but not until the last goal, so I was sweating until I heard the final result. Fantastic win and that propels us right into play off trajectory. I fear nobody now with this squad. It’s not just the skill but the attitude too, we’ve got winners at last both in the team and on the bench. I just hope we don’t waste todays result by losing on Tuesday because another 3 points is well within us at Burton. Win that and we really are in amongst it. Completely agree there W63 and we owe Burton a good hiding for playing so negatively and boring at our place and surely coming for a point Sorry to go off tangent here but young kids are being stabbed to death almost on a weekly basis Women and young girls are either being harassed, sexually harassed and even murdered. My point being, we’ve certainly got the message on Black Lives Matter and taking the knee before games, surely now is the time to change that message to help clear up the aforementioned issues. Maybe, perhaps, mix it up a bit so that all issues can be raised through the power of football. I would even go as far as to say EA Sports might add something to their FIFA 23 game, or Microsoft add something to their Fortnight games or similar, something must be done and done now I cannot imagine the #blm being used in the Qatar World Cup as I’m sure they wouldn’t even do anything to prevent harassment of women over their and I very much doubt there’ll be even a single stabbing for fear of the death penalty so maybe through the FIFA games they could use this as a platform for change Just a thought 🤔 |
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Post by realtrottersforever on Feb 13, 2022 17:38:18 GMT
just had a quick look at the bookies odds for various long term punts.
prices for finish in top 6.
Bolton 7/1. piled in on that. seems a good 80% chance we'll do that. bookies sleeping IMO a bit like last year. seem to think same team as 1st half of season is playing.
to be promoted :
they've got us at 25/1. another quite tasty price.
considering they've got Sunderland as 2/1. with that away defensive record i've stated above, and recent form.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if we reeled them back in. I don't know if they are just covering existing liabilities of the sheer numbers of optimistic Sunderland pre-season punts or what.
don't understand how they've got Pompey above us at 20/1.
they've got Oxford and Plymouth at 6/1. crazy esp Oxford. as far as i can see, Oxford haven't kept a clean sheet since late December.
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Post by whitesince63 on Feb 13, 2022 18:13:23 GMT
Been out all day, strangely at my sisters in Harwood this afternoon so I only got the second half commentary coming home until it ran out just before Leeds but not until the last goal, so I was sweating until I heard the final result. Fantastic win and that propels us right into play off trajectory. I fear nobody now with this squad. It’s not just the skill but the attitude too, we’ve got winners at last both in the team and on the bench. I just hope we don’t waste todays result by losing on Tuesday because another 3 points is well within us at Burton. Win that and we really are in amongst it. Completely agree there W63 and we owe Burton a good hiding for playing so negatively and boring at our place and surely coming for a point Sorry to go off tangent here but young kids are being stabbed to death almost on a weekly basis Women and young girls are either being harassed, sexually harassed and even murdered. My point being, we’ve certainly got the message on Black Lives Matter and taking the knee before games, surely now is the time to change that message to help clear up the aforementioned issues. Maybe, perhaps, mix it up a bit so that all issues can be raised through the power of football. I would even go as far as to say EA Sports might add something to their FIFA 23 game, or Microsoft add something to their Fortnight games or similar, something must be done and done now I cannot imagine the #blm being used in the Qatar World Cup as I’m sure they wouldn’t even do anything to prevent harassment of women over their and I very much doubt there’ll be even a single stabbing for fear of the death penalty so maybe through the FIFA games they could use this as a platform for change Just a thought 🤔 Agree on the Burton thing rftr, we owe them big time so hopefully we’ll come away with the 3 points. They don’t look much anyway at the moment so I’d be disappointed if we didn’t win. The only thing is that the pitch is heavy and with more rain forecast it could get worse, even force the game off, but I hope not as we need to keep the momentum going. I watched the Rotherham game today and agree with David, that Wednesday had much more of the game but couldn’t find a clear opening whilst Rotherham again picked their pocket with two good set pieces. Great result for us though but I was sat on the sofa between a Miller and an Owls fan at my granddaughters birthday party!! 😉 On the other matter, I don’t want politics of any kind interfering with the football because if we start bringing all the other problems into it where do you stop? Whilst I don’t like the taking the knee and still consider it BLM related this political, I can live with the anti racism message but to be honest I think even that’s run it’s course now and should stop. It was adopted in haste, wrongly in my opinion and should finish at the end of this season. There are enough ways to publicise serious social issues without lumping it onto sport. |
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Post by OohMac on Feb 13, 2022 19:08:13 GMT
just had a quick look at the bookies odds for various long term punts. prices for finish in top 6. Bolton 7/1. piled in on that. seems a good 80% chance we'll do that. bookies sleeping IMO a bit like last year. seem to think same team as 1st half of season is playing. to be promoted : they've got us at 25/1. another quite tasty price. considering they've got Sunderland as 2/1. with that away defensive record i've stated above, and recent form. I wouldn't be at all surprised if we reeled them back in. I don't know if they are just covering existing liabilities of the sheer numbers of optimistic Sunderland pre-season punts or what. don't understand how they've got Pompey above us at 20/1. they've got Oxford and Plymouth at 6/1. crazy esp Oxford. as far as i can see, Oxford haven't kept a clean sheet since late December. We have such a small margin of error though. We would need Championship winning form. No mistakes. So see the thinking. Though you wouldnt miss £20. £10 on playoffs and £10 on promotion. |
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. Great performance but two things I did notice were that Trafford hardly got off the ground in his effort for one of the goals and why can't Santos head the ball accurately and in fact why even attempt it when he knows how useless he is and he had John right next to him in a better position? WOT do they do in training? 
