Just noticed Marcus McGuane is starting for Oxford (ie. the lad who left us a few seasons ago to join Barca as ana academy player). Wonder how he feels about the choices he made with his career...?
Soft free.
Nice pass from El Neny there
Viera our most sickly looking player since Rosicky?
Jaysus there's a fuckin Newcastle player playing for this lot
Pepe LeFrits his twin brother. Was confused for a second when I saw it. Especially since he came off the bench in their last game lol.
Nketiah looking a little off
Poor so far. Midfield isn't good enough at all.
Elnenys gloves are off, he's going to score a screamer now.
Decent commentator on ESPN+
Not sure why we continue to challenge their LB in the air
Lacklustre performance so far.
Expecting a lot more of Sambi
IBL
I half agree but a big part of me is kinda 'what do you expect' given he barely gets any minutes. I still believe he has a lot of potential (fantastic first time pass in our best move of the game) but I think we've pissed around with his development.
Tomi, Holding, and Tierney looking quite poor out there. Elneny, Sambi, and Vieira mediocre at best.
Saka really is next level, even when he's sloppy he's brilliant.
flobaba what was that about getting into a commanding position early?
I'd take Elneny and Sambi off for Xhaka and Partey.
Qwiss ja, apparently even this team isn't strong enough to cause Oxford significant problems. Quality gap between our squad and first team is currently just too steep.
Don’t think Martinelli has their RB beat, so let him come narrow and have Tierney provide the width. Doesn’t feel like those two are combining well out there.
Viera looking blunt so far too.
From passing it out from the back to trying to create a single chance, it all has to come from the wide players as Elneny-Vieira-Lokonga simply cannot compete against 3rd division opponents it's just to much for them, at least Elneny shows for the ball, I swear the other 2 hide from it on purpose, especially Lokonga. Maybe next year we can get someone from the conference league and they will be able to keep the ball for more then 2 passes. Just put Xhaka-Partey on and put them out of their misery.
Look like we’re struggling the pitch, and without a midfield.
Just noticed, thats Marcus McGuane playing for them. He was the next big thing once, left us to play for Barcelona
Really poor that we've not made the 'keeper make a save. Credit to Oxford for their organisation but we must do better. When we've actually moved the ball with pace we've shown promise but far too pedestrian most of the time.
