Oxford Match Thread.................
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Great cup tie ,which in part was helped by a hard bobbly surface.
Players struggled to turn,which meant end to end action.
Thought they deserved something from the goal as they were powerful in the air,and bags of pace out wide.
Thought they defended better than us,and we scored two wonder goals to give us an edge,but once against our inexperience cost us,with mistakes/poor defending.
Positives,keeper and murph did well,liddle was outstanding against a very good player.
Negatives,toto and dean were poor,and we just generally lacked pace.
They won nearly every header,and eventually got there reward.
Hope the two lads who got carried off are ok,as both were having good games.
Players struggled to turn,which meant end to end action.
Thought they deserved something from the goal as they were powerful in the air,and bags of pace out wide.
Thought they defended better than us,and we scored two wonder goals to give us an edge,but once against our inexperience cost us,with mistakes/poor defending.
Positives,keeper and murph did well,liddle was outstanding against a very good player.
Negatives,toto and dean were poor,and we just generally lacked pace.
They won nearly every header,and eventually got there reward.
Hope the two lads who got carried off are ok,as both were having good games.
Rachubka, Liddle, Boco and Amond were the pick of the bunch today with Miller and Joyce average. Rest of em need to up their game and I cannot for the life of me see Toto becoming a decent CB. Peach from Molyneaux, if only the team had held out for another two minutes it would have been a worthy winner
Great cup tie ,which in part was helped by a hard bobbly surface.
Players struggled to turn,which meant end to end action.
Thought they deserved something from the goal as they were powerful in the air,and bags of pace out wide.
Thought they defended better than us,and we scored two wonder goals to give us an edge,but once against our inexperience cost us,with mistakes/poor defending.
Positives,keeper and murph did well,liddle was outstanding against a very good player.
Negatives,toto and dean were poor,and we just generally lacked pace.
They won nearly every header,and eventually got there reward.
Hope the two lads who got carried off are ok,as both were having good games.
Mark the day....................
Agree with you F19 ....pity about the panic button being pressed in extra time though ...a bit of 'keep-ball' would nave been nice to see BUT !!.
Witnessing your accurate calling of Lee M's free kick was
indeed impressive !....and I will not be returning to the Kassam Stadium....they sell rotten Pies !.
Watching the third-round draw with interest though !.
44mins in beaties goal wow 
Oldham's average this season 4,024, yesterday 2783
Fleetwood average 2995 yesterday 1757
Coventry average 10527 yesterday 6339
Bradford average 9795 Friday night 3620
These are just a few, so in reality Stanleys attendance held up well
Thing is these days the F.A. Cup don't carry the same magic to many people as it used to in days of old.
if thats down to economic climate i aint sure, only partly is my guess.
Thing is these days the F.A. Cup don't carry the same magic to many people as it used to in days of old.
If Stanley had still been non-league I reckon it would have been a higher gate, the lower down the leagues you are then the magic of the cup in the 2nd Rd proper still has it. Harrogate were a good example of that .
As an established League side it's not the same romance unless you pull a plum in the 3rd round or beyond.
Then you can factor in the economics, all pay which means even some of your season ticket holders will opt out.
Know that occured wi some folk, once of a day, doubt if that would be a factor?
Very clear indeed that Beattie intended to shoot. He might be lucky that it flew in rather than over the roof of the stand, but it was unarguably a shot - as was Beckham's 'chip from his own half' years ago. That makes it a helluva goal, not a fluke ........ Fortunate, yes; intended, yes
Goal of the Season? It'll take some beating .............
KJeep the Faith!
The more I watch the report, the more certain I become that Oxford's second goal was the most disappointing to concede defence-wise with only Deano left to cover Constable's run and comparatively trouble-free finish...the rest of the defence nowhere or just looking on !...change at Centre Back needed ??.