Oxford United v Blackpool Official Matchday Thread 21.10.23

[Old_Laytonian]

He got criticised for playing such negative tactics for 70 minutes but praised for great substitutions, he needs to get it right from the start though, Oxford were there for the taking and we gave them too much respect.

It's easy when you're sat on your fat arse watching on TV .....

 

[BestTrip]

Keep them at arms length first half (which we did - they scored a good goal) and then turn the screw last 30. 1-1 away to a team that has won 9 in 11 and are bang in form is a great result. Oxford sat back last 20 minutes hence why we had the lions share of the ball. They would not have done earlier on. Great point and on to Tuesday

 

[BFC_BFC_BFC]

I can’t say I found the first half or the first 60 frustrating. It was just a case of two sides cancelling each other out.

You don’t just come away to a side second in the league and shoot your load in the first 20 minutes.

This is professional football, not Sunday League.

 

[Tangman74]

Why not bleeding start like that rather than livening up last 15 mins every away game. Draws don’t unfortunately get you promoted. I like Critch but jeez it’s always safety first. We don’t need to see Kouassi Dale Morgan and Carey again unless we have an injury crisis

What a stupid post - Dale has had some great games

 

[GJJW]

I can’t say I found the first half or the first 60 frustrating. It was just a case of two sides cancelling each other out.

You don’t just come away to a side second in the league and shoot your load in the first 20 minutes.

This is professional football, not Sunday League.

It's not Football Manager on your ZX Spectrum. This is real!

 

[JOHNMAJORTOM]

its a good result on the road. just staying unbeaten as long as possible is a bonus.

 

[Micky Walsh]

First half 50/50 then very soft goal to give away, second half much better, didn't let them near our goal, last 15-20 best I've seen us play this season, lots of urgency and we camped in.

 

[Costero Poderoso]

Be interesting to see what Oxford fans thought. Certainly seemed very quiet in the stadium

 

[no9]

Just seen the result, uckin get in there

For those that travelled what a finish to the game, doesn’t get much better than that, bloody wonderful

 

[Matesrates]

Always wonderful scoring late to draw or win, come away with that feel good factor regardless of how we played.

 

[Seasidetyler]

How does The Inept EFL manage to always get us shit refs

Payback...

 

[Junior_BentsPlatformShoes]

You’d hope as the games go on, we’re more and more on the front foot against any team as we were the last 20 minutes. If we can do it away at a top team, we can do it against anyone. C’mon Neil, let the shackles off!
Brilliant away point - we’re definitely building now

 

[hertfordseasider]

It's easy when you're sat on your fat arse watching on TV .....

Oi, I have a normal size arse I'll have you know!!

 

[Vince McLean]

I reckon Dale and CJ as wing-backs are starting to work. Both were mixed today but still carried a threat. CJ is surely the most improved player in the squad and starting to have the confidence he needs - good on him. We missed Norburn. Carey not so good. Even Shayne did well. It's a marathon not a sprint. Onward and upward.

 

[Matesrates]

Might be Shane and Jordan next week.

 

[Old_Laytonian]

Oi, I have a normal size arse I'll have you know!!

I thought that part of my post might bother you the most

 

[AlternativeSeaside]

You’d hope as the games go on, we’re more and more on the front foot against any team as we were the last 20 minutes. If we can do it away at a top team, we can do it against anyone. C’mon Neil, let the shackles off!
Brilliant away point - we’re definitely building now

Agreed, I was calling for a bit of swagger and arrogance before a ball was kicked this season. I think we’ve shown enough now to be showing up anywhere with a belief that we can win any game.

Critchley is a bit too cautious but as you say let’s hope he adoptes a more confident approach in the future.

 

[Junior_BentsPlatformShoes]

Agreed, I was calling for a bit of swagger and arrogance before a ball was kicked this season. I think we’ve shown enough now to be showing up anywhere with a belief that we can win any game.

Critchley is a bit too cautious but as you say let’s hope he adoptes a more confident approach in the future.




No issue with the first half and keeping things right away from home. If we pick up good away points like today and win the vast majority of home games we’ll be near the top at the end of the season.
As you say, particularly at home, play with confidence and go after teams.

 

[thefutureistangerine]

It doesn't. Feels like two points dropped in a way. We would have won that maybe if we actually showed some attacking in the first 70 mins.

Certainly didn't for us fans in the away end today. Brilliant in the last 20 and great scenes when we scored (and subsequently could have nicked it).

Fairly even apart from one good move by them. We weren't at it in the first half but Rhodes could have had 3 today.

Onwards!

 

[Ollygon]

I’ve just watched the whole game on a flight over to America, I’ve got noise cancelling headphones on and I must have cheered louder than I thought when that Rhodes goal went in…. I looked up to see people staring at me thinking wtf

When you land, please tell them it's Football NOT Soccer

 

[A_Tense_Grin]

Certainly didn't for us fans in the away end today. Brilliant in the last 20 and great scenes when we scored (and subsequently could have nicked it).

Fairly even apart from one good move by them. We weren't at it in the first half but Rhodes could have had 3 today.

Onwards!

Oh I can imagine. That last 20 mins would have masked over the inept first 60 or so minutes. Irrespective of what happened prior, you can't beat a last minute equaliser.

After the first 60 minutes, I didn't the team were capable but fair play to the players who came on. It lifted the other players who then also went into another gear.

 

[Matesrates]

Could we, should we have won? If critchley had been a bit more positive in the first 70 minutes.

 

[Jaffa_The_Hut]

Love your predictions Jaffa. We deserved a win over 90 minutes.

We did indeed pity we didn’t start having a go until around the 75th minute mark.

 

[TSSeasider]

Could we, should we have won? If critchley had been a bit more positive in the first 70 minutes.

Or they could have scored 3 counterattacking goals like Derby.

 

[SirHarryThomson]

Oxford on a tremendous run so i'll take the point thank you.

 

[Briggs5]

Great point, but I wish we hadn't waited until the last 10 mins to really go for it. We look so much better when we play on the front foot and take the game to the opposition. Dembele is a must start on Tuesday.

 

[tangerine.com]

Great point, but I wish we hadn't waited until the last 10 mins to really go for it. We look so much better when we play on the front foot and take the game to the opposition. Dembele is a must start on Tuesday.

Spot on

 

[Sooty59]

I can’t say I found the first half or the first 60 frustrating. It was just a case of two sides cancelling each other out.

You don’t just come away to a side second in the league and shoot your load in the first 20 minutes.

This is professional football, not Sunday League.

We couldn’t put a few passes together in what the part of the first half I managed to stay awake. Their goal was the only bit of slick passing I saw. Pleased we got a point of course shame we didn’t go for it earlier.

 

[BFC_BFC_BFC]

We couldn’t put a few passes together in what the part of the first half I managed to stay awake. Their goal was the only bit of slick passing I saw. Pleased we got a point of course shame we didn’t go for it earlier.

What a load of bollocks

 

[Sooty59]

What a load of bollocks

That’s rich coming from you

 

[Matesrates]

You’d think the senior players would be saying to Critchley, we think we could have won this if we’d gone for it a bit earlier.

 

[Graves]

You’d think the senior players would be saying to Critchley, we think we could have won this if we’d gone for it a bit earlier.

Maybe mates, but I reckon Oxford’s plan was to wait for us to do so then try and catch us short at the back on the break. We were patient and took our final chance.

Lavery sub over Dembele offered a bit more muscle for me. I’m more pleased than disappointed today.

 

[BFC_BFC_BFC]

That’s rich coming from you

There was clearly a game plan… barring a lapse in our defending for that first goal it was going to perfection.

People seem to think we should drop our trousers from the off.

 

[SussexTangerine8888]

Awful for an hour, subs changed it, could have won it. Happy with the point. Building…

 

[JJpool]

Agreed, I was calling for a bit of swagger and arrogance before a ball was kicked this season. I think we’ve shown enough now to be showing up anywhere with a belief that we can win any game.

Critchley is a bit too cautious but as you say let’s hope he adoptes a more confident approach in the future.

Yep Oxford are up there with the best sides and tbh they created very little.

We didn't get going until later on but when we did we could have scored a few.

Take the point considering and how we started, but nothing to fear in this league.

 

[Leon Hindley]

Don't blame Critch for playing it cagey today, second half deffo the best team by a mile. Poachers goal by Rhodes, great scenes in away end. Long journey home now but worth it.

 

[Wizaard]

Oi, I have a normal size arse I'll have you know!!

Hmmm

 

[Hazi]

Why Dembele doesn’t start in front of Carey is a mystery

One point he is not the best tackler so can’t track back, 2nd point he was used as a super sub at his last club so He’s not yet match fit for 90 mins. It’s coming though and what a difference his Messi esque passes will make

 

[tangerine_neil]

That ref needs reporting, sacking or preferably shot!

The club should compile a list of the top wänker refs, and refuse to accept them in the future

 

[Enzo]

Would you rather play 442/433 and have dembele in the team or play 352 and drop dembele? I just think it’s stupidity the best form of defence is attack.

 

[Hazi]

https://fb.watch/nPTgphlYVG/

 

[20togo]

Are we the only club where the manager gets criticised for making changes that turned the game?

maybe it could be said that he got it wrong in the first place though.

 

[TheOldKop]

Maybe he had a game plan considering the position of the opposition

 

[1966_and_all_that]

He won us that

His work on the right with CJ was excellent and bodes well.

 

[Curryman]

I have just watched the extended highlights and cannot understand why the ref didn't give a penalty for the assault in the box on Lavery. Unbelievable. Even the one card that was shown seemed to me to be a 50/50 ball and little contact. I Heard the TTV coverage of the whole game yesterday and both commentators were scathing of the referees performance. Where do thy find these clowns?

When you consider we had 5 yellow cards and therefore had five players walking tightropes , that was a great result and makes up somewhat for the late draw at the Valley.

 

[Tangerinetillidie]

It’s ** infuriating that cheating ** players can get a game stopped so easily

soft southern barstads

 

[lythamite]

The club should compile a list of the top wänker refs, and refuse to accept them in the future

One of our corners the linesman had to look to the ref to flag it.

 

[JOHNMAJORTOM]

had a massive FIFTY pence on a draw . return of 1.65. Just stay unbeaten as long as possible . the next two are definite six points. Will be at the Peterborough game with my son. utmp.

 

[Seainsea]

https://fb.watch/nPTgphlYVG/

You've got to say that was a great goal, Morgan picking out the run from Hubby and then Rhodes getting in front of his marker to steer his header wide of the goalkeeper. I don't know if Oxford had players missing or were still under the weather but they didn't look anything special and I think we will get better as the season progresses. We've got to find a way of keeping Rhodes he could be the difference!