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| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 08:51 - Dec 30 with 1083 views | Whiterockin |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 08:43 - Dec 30 by herbie |
I had Vipi as our man of the match last night. Good headed goal, set up a good chance second half with a flick on, held the ball up well and worked really hard for the team. Excellent. 12 goals before the new year is an excellent return. |
Close between Vipotnik and Stamenic for me who is developing into a monster for us. |  | | |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 09:19 - Dec 30 with 1001 views | RichardO |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 05:59 - Dec 30 by jack247 |
Possibly some of the comments on here a bit negative?
We’re going to have scrappy games against scrappy teams. We’ll see more like that, especially at home. Matos has already got us to the stage where we’re winning them. Next step is to get the second and third goals our dominance deserves, but he’s already moved us a long way forward.
Aside from that, I said crosses weren’t Vipotniks strength a few days ago, then he absolutely buried that header. Even if you take the goal out of it, I thought he had one of his best games. He did what he usually does, but he just did more of it if that makes sense.
Ronald and Franco should have made it safe, but I don’t tend to criticise players for missing chances, I criticise them for not getting in positions to have chances. Still need to work on turning possession in the final third into clear chances, but overall I saw that much more positively than the general vibe on here.
Work in progress, but we are progressing |
Think Vipotnik has worked hard on improving his aerial game or is it a case of us getting quicker balls into dangerous area where defenders aren't setup in a good defensive positions.
I think that was one of our most dominant displays, scrappy, but further up the pitch where on another day we could of had a hat full of goals, mistake made, missed passing but made further up the pitch instead of the ones we had often seen in the defence and midfield, we weren't caught too often with our players out of their defensive positions without cover or outnumbered.
I think we will get an idea of the squad progression in the two games against WBA we had a 2 goal lead we let slip recently against them which we did well to get in front but seemed unequipped to hold onto. | | | |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 09:36 - Dec 30 with 955 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 22:46 - Dec 29 by JJBomber |
Nailed on penalty for any other team. |
Which one? He threw himself down every opportunity he got. |  |
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| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 09:49 - Dec 30 with 920 views | Legend83 |
As others have said, 3 points was all that mattered last night. We played well in spells and I thought Cabango and Burgess had an excellent night, not that they were particularly tested. The one mistake and Cabango was for once alert to it and hacked the ball clear of Mills just as he was clean through.
Vipotnik was excellent in the first half - he does the simple hold-up and link play very very well, hardly ever playing passes or one-touch to static feet, he always seems to weight it nicely in front of the player to run on to. Ran out of steam 2nd half.
Stamenic was a monster last night I thought, and Franco did really well as an impact sub where he thrives in the tighter battles. I think he has struggles recently in the quicker more open games which seem to pass him by at times.
Lastly, I can't believe I saw this, but did anyone notice the lesser-spotted Fulton receive-the-ball-facing-our-goal-half-turn-and-play-a-lovely-pass-down-the-wing??? | | | |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 09:54 - Dec 30 with 909 views | Dr_Winston |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 08:51 - Dec 30 by Whiterockin |
Close between Vipotnik and Stamenic for me who is developing into a monster for us. |
I spent more time than most playing up Vipotnik's potential last season but even I didn't expect him to be more than halfway towards 20 goals by the turn of the year this time around. He's an unfairly ruled out goal at St. Andrews away from being the joint top scorer in the division. If he was upfront for say, Coventry, he'd be away and clear at the top IMO.
Stamenic has improved too. Still a little bit slow in possession at times and too fond of an unnecessary lunge, but making up for that in other areas. |  |
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| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 10:03 - Dec 30 with 891 views | jack247 |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 09:19 - Dec 30 by RichardO |
Think Vipotnik has worked hard on improving his aerial game or is it a case of us getting quicker balls into dangerous area where defenders aren't setup in a good defensive positions.
I think that was one of our most dominant displays, scrappy, but further up the pitch where on another day we could of had a hat full of goals, mistake made, missed passing but made further up the pitch instead of the ones we had often seen in the defence and midfield, we weren't caught too often with our players out of their defensive positions without cover or outnumbered.
I think we will get an idea of the squad progression in the two games against WBA we had a 2 goal lead we let slip recently against them which we did well to get in front but seemed unequipped to hold onto. |
That goal in particular was partly because they gave Tymon about 20 minutes to get his cross in and he placed it perfectly. Still a quality finish.
Vipotniks heading ability was never the actual issue, it was his ability to read where the cross was going and find space away from markers. He’s certainly worked on that. Two headed goals before January versus none last season, plus the one against Forest which wasn’t a header, but was from getting to the near post before his man and turning the cross in.
Yes, we were in control of that match more or less from start to finish. Just a few poor decisions in promising positions stopped us creating as many clear chances as the performance deserved. You’re right, we were solid further back and didn’t let them get a grip on the game. Apart from the late free kick I can’t remember them seriously threatening us | | | |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 10:10 - Dec 30 with 874 views | Fireboy2 |
I cant believe that some people are moaning after last night.
We played very well, stopped oxford from any clear chances and should have had at least one or even two more.
People have to realise that to grind out results we are going have to get the dirty work done first and it isnt pretty.
I was worried before the game, although the beer and the great laugh we had with loads of jacks in oxford helped my nerves a bit. |  | | |
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| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 10:50 - Dec 30 with 773 views | union_jack |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 10:10 - Dec 30 by Fireboy2 |
I cant believe that some people are moaning after last night.
We played very well, stopped oxford from any clear chances and should have had at least one or even two more.
People have to realise that to grind out results we are going have to get the dirty work done first and it isnt pretty.
I was worried before the game, although the beer and the great laugh we had with loads of jacks in oxford helped my nerves a bit. |
I don’t see many people moaning about last night. I think everyone realises that THE most important thing last night was securing the 3 points.
What I am critical about is something that gets repeated over and over and that is the wasting of gilt edged opportunities to put the game to bed. Last night there were at least three that could / should have increased our lead but not taken. We need to improve in that area. |  |
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| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 10:53 - Dec 30 with 763 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 10:03 - Dec 30 by jack247 |
That goal in particular was partly because they gave Tymon about 20 minutes to get his cross in and he placed it perfectly. Still a quality finish.
Vipotniks heading ability was never the actual issue, it was his ability to read where the cross was going and find space away from markers. He’s certainly worked on that. Two headed goals before January versus none last season, plus the one against Forest which wasn’t a header, but was from getting to the near post before his man and turning the cross in.
Yes, we were in control of that match more or less from start to finish. Just a few poor decisions in promising positions stopped us creating as many clear chances as the performance deserved. You’re right, we were solid further back and didn’t let them get a grip on the game. Apart from the late free kick I can’t remember them seriously threatening us |
I’ve been saying this for ages. Tymon puts crosses in like that at least twice a match he’s genuinely brilliant at it but we never seem to have anyone attacking them. Hopefully someone at the club has sat the strikers down showed them the videos and told them you can score a hatful if you make these runs. | |
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| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 11:08 - Dec 30 with 726 views | Dr_Winston |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 10:53 - Dec 30 by Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
I’ve been saying this for ages. Tymon puts crosses in like that at least twice a match he’s genuinely brilliant at it but we never seem to have anyone attacking them. Hopefully someone at the club has sat the strikers down showed them the videos and told them you can score a hatful if you make these runs. |
In fairness the forwards aren't just standing in the penalty area unopposed deciding when and where to run. Opposing defences have a say too.
Tymon can put a fabulous ball in, but if Vipi has a savvy defender standing in front of him blocking or shadowing his run he's not going to get to it every time. Wilfried Bony was perhaps the best "movement off the ball" forward I've seen play for us and he wasn't always able to get on the end of some quality delivery.
What I will say though is that we need to work on getting the ball in quicker and earlier than we do for the majority of the time, but that's bad habit which will take time to be coached out of players. | |
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| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 11:24 - Dec 30 with 682 views | RichardO |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 10:53 - Dec 30 by Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
I’ve been saying this for ages. Tymon puts crosses in like that at least twice a match he’s genuinely brilliant at it but we never seem to have anyone attacking them. Hopefully someone at the club has sat the strikers down showed them the videos and told them you can score a hatful if you make these runs. |
Left footed player putting in crosses, Widell put a pin point cross if you call one on the floor a cross, that curve naturally beats the defenders and takes them away from the goalie.
Different types of crosses but left footed from the left side that centreforwards thrive on, nothing wrong with the right footer cutting back inside with Eom and Widell starting and with good interchange and movement I can see a good understanding developing between them.
Difference between Widell and Cullen is that because Widell is quicker he can close down better and recovers from lost ball high up the pitch, is he a better finisher no but he seems to be improving gaining that experience of Championship football that he lacked and Cullen has .
A word for Fulton he broke up play well high up the pitch one for the future , no but experience that others lack. | | | |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 11:31 - Dec 30 with 663 views | Dr_Winston |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 11:24 - Dec 30 by RichardO |
Left footed player putting in crosses, Widell put a pin point cross if you call one on the floor a cross, that curve naturally beats the defenders and takes them away from the goalie.
Different types of crosses but left footed from the left side that centreforwards thrive on, nothing wrong with the right footer cutting back inside with Eom and Widell starting and with good interchange and movement I can see a good understanding developing between them.
Difference between Widell and Cullen is that because Widell is quicker he can close down better and recovers from lost ball high up the pitch, is he a better finisher no but he seems to be improving gaining that experience of Championship football that he lacked and Cullen has .
A word for Fulton he broke up play well high up the pitch one for the future , no but experience that others lack. |
Fulton is, and probably always will be, an easy target for too many people.
For the most part he's never been less than capable when called upon, yet receives absurd disrespect as a result. | |
| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 11:33 - Dec 30 with 654 views | Whiterockin |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 11:31 - Dec 30 by Dr_Winston |
Fulton is, and probably always will be, an easy target for too many people.
For the most part he's never been less than capable when called upon, yet receives absurd disrespect as a result. |
The moaners have gone very quiet.  | | | |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 11:38 - Dec 30 with 640 views | Dr_Winston |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 11:33 - Dec 30 by Whiterockin |
The moaners have gone very quiet. |
The prime specimen on here has. They were all over Twitter when the starting lineup was announced.
Should Yalcouye have played instead? I'd argue that he should, but it looks like he might be recalled anyway given his lack of game time. I had no qualms over JF being part of the XI though.
A big part of the problem with him is that social media has led to polarisation of debate. Everything is either brilliant or shit for people too dim to see nuance. There's no room for inbetween. And if the thickie mob make a decision one way or another plenty of people will parrot the popular line in search of likes and retweets. | |
| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 11:46 - Dec 30 with 627 views | jack247 |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 11:08 - Dec 30 by Dr_Winston |
In fairness the forwards aren't just standing in the penalty area unopposed deciding when and where to run. Opposing defences have a say too.
Tymon can put a fabulous ball in, but if Vipi has a savvy defender standing in front of him blocking or shadowing his run he's not going to get to it every time. Wilfried Bony was perhaps the best "movement off the ball" forward I've seen play for us and he wasn't always able to get on the end of some quality delivery.
What I will say though is that we need to work on getting the ball in quicker and earlier than we do for the majority of the time, but that's bad habit which will take time to be coached out of players. |
This is what Vipotnik has got a lot better at IMO. Movement and anticipation in general, including but not limited to attacking crosses.
He gets much more shots away and gets played through more for the same reason.
Tymon had the third highest chance creation in the league last season, though crosses from the position he was in last night, which are probably fairly typical for him, can’t really be considered as clear cut as through balls or crosses whipped in ahead of the striker for him to attack. | | | |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 12:32 - Dec 30 with 573 views | JJBomber |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 11:08 - Dec 30 by Dr_Winston |
In fairness the forwards aren't just standing in the penalty area unopposed deciding when and where to run. Opposing defences have a say too.
Tymon can put a fabulous ball in, but if Vipi has a savvy defender standing in front of him blocking or shadowing his run he's not going to get to it every time. Wilfried Bony was perhaps the best "movement off the ball" forward I've seen play for us and he wasn't always able to get on the end of some quality delivery.
What I will say though is that we need to work on getting the ball in quicker and earlier than we do for the majority of the time, but that's bad habit which will take time to be coached out of players. |
Matos spoke at length on crossing the ball at the fan forum. He explained how a cross is a culmination of lots of different moving parts, with some players pulling defenders out of position, others taking up those gaps to receive the ball etc. It's not just a case of a fast break and speculative ball into the middle. It was very interesting and a far better reply that the question deserved. | | | |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 13:56 - Dec 30 with 427 views | howenjack |
| Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread on 09:19 - Dec 30 by RichardO |
Think Vipotnik has worked hard on improving his aerial game or is it a case of us getting quicker balls into dangerous area where defenders aren't setup in a good defensive positions.
I think that was one of our most dominant displays, scrappy, but further up the pitch where on another day we could of had a hat full of goals, mistake made, missed passing but made further up the pitch instead of the ones we had often seen in the defence and midfield, we weren't caught too often with our players out of their defensive positions without cover or outnumbered.
I think we will get an idea of the squad progression in the two games against WBA we had a 2 goal lead we let slip recently against them which we did well to get in front but seemed unequipped to hold onto. |
Yes , I think maybe Matos has thought ... Why get bogged down in the mire of no mans land that is midfield ... get straight to the opposition trenches and cause havoc.
With regards to WBA they made changes at halftime that certainly got them more on the front foot , They scored within 5 mins. of the restart . We seemed to be still in the changing rooms slow and lethargic and paid the price. We certainly ship a lot of goals just before and just after halftime ... that has to be addressed . Whether it is complacency or whatever I don't know . Albion were out early at halftime on the pitch and waiting for us , Mason had obviously given them both barrels in his teamtalk . We can't let that happen again. | | | |
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