| Oxford United 2 v 1 Southampton EFL Championship Friday, 26th December 2025 Kick-off 15:00 | ![]() |
| Bawdrip added 18:37 - Dec 26 Bowlercow added 19:14 - Dec 26 Why did he sub off the two best forward thinking players Leo and Tom Why has Leo stopped trying to beating players and favouring a pass instead The game plan,was not positive enough from the start We were content with possession with no end product Cjay80 added 20:12 - Dec 26 IMO that was Eckert's worst game in charge. Scienza best player, then subbed, Fellows then best player, subbed, Azaz finally woke up and started playing, subbed, then Archer comes on, was like Tonda was trying not to win this one. Staycalm added 21:41 - Dec 26 Sadly, all those things that made us a decisive winning team a few games ago seem to have been lost in a torridcocktail of time consuming tip tap football and tediously slow build up that must make RM very happy. That plus some very poor performances with yet again a very poor coversion rate of opportunities into goals leads to mid table at best!! Boris1977 added 22:41 - Dec 26 Thankfully we're not going up this season otherwise we'd break Derby's (or wolves) record. I thought the issues were just at the back without lacking a CB with heading ability and a keeper that can position himself to save shots across the body. Need to add a strong ball keeping midfielder and a CF. No doubt any players coming in will be wingers allsaint54 added 23:39 - Dec 26 SaintPaulVW added 09:41 - Dec 27 Disappointing as this was supposedly the A team in the A formation. Tonda needs to change things up. I_would added 13:48 - Dec 27 How come other teams with, on paper, inferior squads can shoot accurately from outside of the box and all our attempts at a long shot are laughably poor and liable to bounce off of the nearest satellite or they resemble a back pass to the goalie? Also if we carry on with this tippy-tappy bullshit we'll struggle to win another game. Fact. YosemiteSaint added 14:31 - Dec 27 If freeing up the players to do what they naturally do got us five wins a month ago, we need to follow up by restoring a more familiar formation as well. Ditch the 3-4-3 (at least for the time being) and return to the 4-4-2 please. YosemiteSaint added 14:34 - Dec 27 We also need an extra step on each play: Get on top of the ball when we shoot from distance, and challenge everything at the top of the box (on defense and offense)! You need to log in to participate in Your Report | Your Report
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