HarryBosch Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 11 hours ago, the_mighty_bosh said: Brought down to Earth with a bump. From where? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythemostimportantkick Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 23 minutes ago, BP1960 said: A guaranteed win on Wednesday though, as like last year flopping in the first game then beating a Championship team. I actually had high hopes for Robbo after that game. But then he seemingly abandoned attacking altogether. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 4 hours ago, deyres42 said: Admittedly I didn't see the last twenty minutes but Banks wasn't the worst player on the pitch, the stick seems a bit unjustified. Strange how I've not read anywhere how he started the game like a man possessed with numerous tackles drawing massive applause from the crowd...... Or maybe not so strange.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 3 hours ago, GlossopLatic said: What he tells the media and what he says in the confounds of the dressing room can and indeed should be 2 different things. As good a Freudian slip as you're likely to read........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosa Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) On a lighter note, am I imagining things or did Chaddy the Owl unplug the RARE perimeter boards in the second half? Edited August 7, 2017 by rosa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rigsby Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Better hope shez gets a couple in. Ollie Banks... The team is desperate for a creative midfielder, banks really is stealing a living and if he becomes a regular then we really are up shite creek. PS From the first time i saw Green i just shook my head and muttered, really? Another plumber masquarading as a footballer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ndl1ne Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 3 minutes ago, rigsby said: Better hope shez gets a couple in. Ollie Banks... The team is desperate for a creative midfielder, banks really is stealing a living and if he becomes a regular then we really are up shite creek. PS From the first time i saw Green i just shook my head and muttered, really? Another plumber masquarading as a footballer. Go and look at the career Paul Green has had and see if you still think that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobledgersheart Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Sorry but I just don't get what some people see in Green. His first touch is invariably away from goal; his passing is not great; his long passing is non-existent; he can't cross a ball and can't/won't shoot. His defensive work is OK but Fane does that job adequately and is 10 years younger. He will be one of our top earners and I think the money would be better spent on a more creative, younger player who may have some resale value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 20 minutes ago, Bobledgersheart said: Sorry but I just don't get what some people see in Green. His first touch is invariably away from goal; his passing is not great; his long passing is non-existent; he can't cross a ball and can't/won't shoot. His defensive work is OK but Fane does that job adequately and is 10 years younger. He will be one of our top earners and I think the money would be better spent on a more creative, younger player who may have some resale value. Last season when he played as poorly as he did on Saturday he tended to then be very good for 4 or 5 games... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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robboman Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Thought the same as above at the time it happened. Shit houses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Banks dropped a right bollock didn't he drawing attention to himself by starting the match all fired up & getting stuck in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 4 minutes ago, robboman said: Thought the same as above at the time it happened. Shit houses The 99 call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 18 hours ago, deyres42 said: Green didn't put a foot right, Holloway awful, McLaughlin anonymous. McLaughlin was much better when switched to the right after Green went off and got a bit of a kicking from the Oxford players for it. I think Holloway's very underated by a lot of Latics fans. He had the ball lofted up to his head for 90 mins, despite the fact that Curtis Nelson, who was the best player on the pitch, won nigh on everything in the air. It's no wonder he was frustrated. He looked good on the rare occasions he received the ball at his feet. I can only think that Sheridan insisted on the long ball stuff because he has no faith in his midfield players. Credit where it's due, Banks made a decent tackle first half (to make up for losing the ball just before) and put in a lovely corner after about 30 mins. Apart from that, he was shit. Green contributed absolutely nothing. If those two are regular starters this season, we're in for yet another relegation battle. Oxford weren't world beaters but their midfield players, partcularly Payne, could pass intelligently to pull Latics players out of position. I was disappointed with Obadeyi's cameo. Seems to lack a football brain. I saw Hunt shaking his head after Tope failed to make the overlap when he brought the ball forward. Then Holloway ran to drag the defender away to allow Obadeyi the space to shoot and he left the ball for Holloway - by the time he eventually realised, he ended up rushing the shot and blasting it miles from goal. Duffus, who should have come on earlier, looked promising. Would like to see more of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I find it hard to warm to a striker who never looks like scoring - I read that Matty Fryatt has been training with Burton, we are crying out for someone like him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsLegend Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 20 minutes ago, Stevie_J said: McLaughlin was much better when switched to the right after Green went off and got a bit of a kicking from the Oxford players for it. I think Holloway's very underated by a lot of Latics fans. He had the ball lofted up to his head for 90 mins, despite the fact that Curtis Nelson, who was the best player on the pitch, won nigh on everything in the air. It's no wonder he was frustrated. He looked good on the rare occasions he received the ball at his feet. I can only think that Sheridan insisted on the long ball stuff because he has no faith in his midfield players. Credit where it's due, Banks made a decent tackle first half (to make up for losing the ball just before) and put in a lovely corner after about 30 mins. Apart from that, he was shit. Green contributed absolutely nothing. If those two are regular starters this season, we're in for yet another relegation battle. Oxford weren't world beaters but their midfield players, partcularly Payne, could pass intelligently to pull Latics players out of position. I was disappointed with Obadeyi's cameo. Seems to lack a football brain. I saw Hunt shaking his head after Tope failed to make the overlap when he brought the ball forward. Then Holloway ran to drag the defender away to allow Obadeyi the space to shoot and he left the ball for Holloway - by the time he eventually realised, he ended up rushing the shot and blasting it miles from goal. Duffus, who should have come on earlier, looked promising. Would like to see more of him. Pretty much bang on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Surprised nobody has mentioned the keepers positioning for the first goal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Just now, deyres42 said: Surprised nobody has mentioned the keepers positioning for the first goal... I'm surprised so many people were impressed by him. Thought he should have come charging out for the first. I thought his positioning looked a questionable for the second, although I'm not sure had much chance anyway with the 'defending' in the build up to it. He looked a bit ropey when making a couple of punches and only made one save of note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozman Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 1 minute ago, Stevie_J said: I'm surprised so many people were impressed by him. Thought he should have come charging out for the first. I thought his positioning looked a questionable for the second, although I'm not sure had much chance anyway with the 'defending' in the build up to it. He looked a bit ropey when making a couple of punches and only made one save of note. I wasn't able to get to the game on Saturday so can't make a comment on the keeper based on my own opinion. But I did read a quote from Oxford's first goalscorer this morning saying that the keeper made the finish easier for him by moving to one side leaving a big gap at the near post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 3 minutes ago, Stevie_J said: I'm surprised so many people were impressed by him. Thought he should have come charging out for the first. I thought his positioning looked a questionable for the second, although I'm not sure had much chance anyway with the 'defending' in the build up to it. He looked a bit ropey when making a couple of punches and only made one save of note. We were expecting him to be shit. He wasn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frizzell54 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 21 minutes ago, deyres42 said: Surprised nobody has mentioned the keepers positioning for the first goal... His position was left for dead by a dozy defence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frizzell54 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 24 minutes ago, Stevie_J said: I'm surprised so many people were impressed by him. Thought he should have come charging out for the first. I thought his positioning looked a questionable for the second, although I'm not sure had much chance anyway with the 'defending' in the build up to it. He looked a bit ropey when making a couple of punches and only made one save of note. I counted 3 good stops, one excellent punch, a couple of good collections and better distribution and kicking than I have seen in the last two seasons from Coleman and Ripley. Pretty good for reported 4th choice keeper from Cardiff, with little first team experience at this level. Who did you expect, David dr Gea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robboman Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 His distribution was shite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 4 hours ago, robboman said: What actually happened to trigger the handbags? I'd switched off by then and only looked up when the crowd started shouting, to see McLaughlin push their chap (which I thought was a bit daft as he'd already been booked...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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