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I think our fans have been pretty patient and have given Oscar the benefit of the doubt with our awful injury list. Can't really blame that anymore and another poor result against QPR and you might hear boos ring out on Tuesday.
Anyone else have doubts about Oscar being the right man to take us forward?
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c0lz
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Shots at goal would be a good start.
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Really, do we not have injuries or players coming back from injuries at the moment then?
London Irish
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They had a pacy playmaker like Drenthe dominating the game whereas our closest version of him was sat on the bench for the entire game. Baffling
BensGrandad
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I cannot agree at all as I do not think our football is either dull or boring the onlh concern ix that each gamd we creat at least 6 good chances but are not taking enough.
BensGrandad
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who did we have on the bench with a fraction of the ability of Drenthe, nobody, the 2 nearest Oscar used.
He dominated the second half when he switched wings but did little in the first half, when Bruno was on him.
But taking your point, we play way too narrow. Lopez is not good enough and at the very least we should have one of either Buckley, KLL or Solly starting.
I usually agree with you BG, but whilst it isn't dull, our neat football goes nowhere because the quality of delivery is at times appalling. You cannot win games with a single striker and no midfield pushing on, that is why Crofts was so successful earlier in the season.
Good teams will let you have the ball around the halfway line, but condense the play behind the last man, so there's nowhere to run and that is where we fail, as our delivery is not good enough and build up is too slow.
BensGrandad
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As I said on another thread on the same subject our problem is our final ball into the danger area is not good enough usually, and our failure to take advantage and our chances when they come is our major concern.
carteater
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I feel that we only see the attacking football when it is really needed: when we're one or two goals down, other than that it's dull defensive football that is probably very easy to prepare to face for other teams, A prime example is the Millwall game at home where the first half was boring, but as soon as they scored it was all us and it was good football
Freddie Goodwin.
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Why have 3 wingers on the bench, surely they could never plan to use them all as subs? Asin so many games, we were crying out for width & pace so lets have a winger, or maybe 2, on from the start.
glasfryn
cleaning up cat sick
we also had one who looks just like Drenthe who was not even in the squad ......................and has not been for some time
Genuinely interested ... what aspects of OG's coaching/man management/tactics/strategy do you see as being his strengths and why you "truly believe"
That was exactly my initial thought. It did seem to say the least a little strange. I'd like to have seen Solly start instead of JFC that's for sure. Then Bucks and Lua-Lua off the bench.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Well Oscar is matching last season over 35 games, and without a proper pre season.
I think he's doing very well.
I think he's doing very well.
c0lz
North East Stand.
Not that I agree with the O.P
But this time last season we were 4th and 7 points clear of Bolton in 7th position ?
EDIT no we were not
Brighton and Hove Albion ... Were 7th on 59 points
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Doing very, very well. And he was doing BEFORE the recent upturn of results - note that I say results, NOT form, as we aren't playing THAT differently to earlier in the season, simply we have better attacking players at our disposal (Lingard and a fit Buckley) now.