Match Thread Coventry City - Oxford United Match Thread - Saturday 7th Feb (14 Viewers)

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Offhegoes

Offhegoes

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Can't see Frank dropping Eccles or Rudoni. They both were involved in our goal at QPR. I'd look at playng Rudoni Wide left. With Eccles Grimes & Oneyka in the midfield. Then its a choice of Simms, Wright, Esse or Saka for the CF and RW postions.
 
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quinn1971

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Lamps said:
The last 8 weeks? We're playing at home. We've won every game at home except for one.

We haven't played as badly as many would like you to believe but mistakes have cost us. In these 8 weeks you stated we have struggled to put a side out until recently but this also gets ignored.

Instead of praising Ipswich how about mentioning how poor they are away? They have a run of away games. In their last game they got a dodgy penalty in injury time at home to Preston to salvage a point.

We have 2 home games coming up. If we win them like we usually do we will be opening up a gap at the top again. But even if we do you will find fault with it.
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Exactly this 👍We’re playing exactly the same as we have been since lampards been here, only difference wer‘e not scoring as many goals or creating as many chances, away, the soft goals have always been there, , we’re not being dominated in any game,
 
Irish Sky Blue

Irish Sky Blue

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quinn1971 said:
Exactly this 👍We’re playing exactly the same as we have been since lampards been here, only difference wer‘e not scoring as many goals or creating as many chances, away, the soft goals have always been there, , we’re not being dominated in any game,
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I disagree. I think we have been far more open and likely to concede than we were at the start of the season. Firstly, we had that long run where we didn’t concede a goal. Secondly, we were just not conceding goals from open play. I think in the first few games only Norwich did this, all other goals conceded were from set pieces.
I think the last time I felt we were fairly solid and more likely to score than concede was the first half against Southampton. The last four games have been basketball matches with us having little control of proceedings.
I love attacking football and I would always want us to try and play in an exciting way. There is a difference between that approach and the kamikaze stuff we have produced recently.
Why at both Norwich and QPR did we not let them come on to us after scoring first and pick them off with counter attacks? The difference between us having the lead and Rangers having the lead was very marked. We never looked like equalising as they sat back, looked comfortable but still made one or two chances.
 
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Skyblueabo1111

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quinn1971 said:
We weren’t dominated by milwall they had some chances and didnt score, now if you’ve of said Ipswich, that’s what you call dominated. we were awful, anyway, doesn’t matter how we play it’s all about the 3 points from now, wouldn’t mind being dominated every game and winning 2-1
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Not sure what you watched.
 
Londonccfcfan

Londonccfcfan

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...............WRIGHT...
EMC......RUDONI......ESSE

GRIMES..........ONYEKA/ECCLES

JDS...KITCH....THOMAS ....MVE


I can see a case where Onyeka doesnt get on untill or if/When we go ahead.

Id favor Eccles at Home vs Oxford.

Vs Boro...id def go Onyeka instead of Eccles.
 
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quinn1971

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Londonccfcfan said:
...............WRIGHT...
EMC......RUDONI......ESSE

GRIMES..........ONYEKA/ECCLES

JDS...KITCH....THOMAS ....MVE


I can see a case where Onyeka doesnt get on untill or if/When we go ahead.

Id favor Eccles at Home vs Oxford.

Vs Boro...id def go Onyeka instead of Eccles.
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not many better front 4 than that, and agree with onyeka, tricky to slot straight into a midfield, keep what’s worked at home
 
Otis

Otis

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quinn1971 said:
not many better front 4 than that, and agree with onyeka, tricky to slot straight into a midfield, keep what’s worked at home
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Surely Onyeka will play from the start.

We have been crying out for this exact type of midfielder. Why would then just leave things as the were?

And London says he doesn't get on until we are ahead. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Don't get that at all.

Last away game, Oxford went 2 nil up at Leicester.

We play the best side in order to win the game and Onyeka is just the sort of player we have been waiting for and he comes with pedigree of playing at a higher level.

I think he needs to start.
 
Brighton Sky Blue

Brighton Sky Blue

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Otis said:
Surely Onyeka will play from the start.

We have been crying out for this exact type of midfielder. Why would then just leave things as the were?

And London says he doesn't get on until we are ahead. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Don't get that at all.

Last away game, Oxford went 2 nil up at Leicester.

We play the best side in order to win the game and Onyeka is just the sort of player we have been waiting for and he comes with pedigree of playing at a higher level.

I think he needs to start.
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Said before, but look at the second goal. Lesta committed loads of players forward, gave the ball away then it was a simple counter attack with someone sent through on goal.

If that isn't a red flag for our own 'send everyone forward' tactics I don't know what is. Onyeka starts for me.
 
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quinn1971

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Otis said:
Surely Onyeka will play from the start.

We have been crying out for this exact type of midfielder. Why would then just leave things as the were?

And London says he doesn't get on until we are ahead. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Don't get that at all.

Last away game, Oxford went 2 nil up at Leicester.

We play the best side in order to win the game and Onyeka is just the sort of player we have been waiting for and he comes with pedigree of playing at a higher level.

I think he needs to start.
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Good point, why not , guess esse slotted straight in. just hope he has the same effect grimes did, you knew after his first touch he was going to be class.
 
Otis

Otis

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Irish Sky Blue said:
I think the Oxford game would be the ideal start for Onyeka. He is likely to have more scope for finding his feet in this game than against Middlesbrough. You would want him to be up to speed against the better team.
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Yeah, that's another good point

You would love him to be able to slot in and feel more at ease and gel with his teammates before the Boro game wouldn't you?
 
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coop

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fernandopartridge said:
Look how tight we are in this clip, every time a player is in possession he's got support nearby. This is something we've not been doing as well.

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No slow build up fucking around at the back just playing through midfield like the Qpr game fast passing slick high press.How we didn't smash Oxford in that game is beyond me.
 
JSL

JSL

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Theres a photo of him in training kit but I guess he may just wear that as a matter of course for being there
 
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covmutley

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coop said:
No slow build up fucking around at the back just playing through midfield like the Qpr game fast passing slick high press.How we didn't smash Oxford in that game is beyond me.
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2nd balls too. Things haven't seemed to be dropping for us recently, but I guess if players aren't there, then they can't pick up 2nd balls.
 
Sky_Blue_Dreamer

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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I'm not quite sure how I'd approach this one, which partly shows that we seem to have quite a few options available to us and partly how poor we've been recently.

Not wanting to tempt fate or seem over confident, but I would be looking to get at a team like Oxford playing at home. So I'd start with our more attacking players.

I would start Onyeka alongside Eccles, who put in a decent performance last time out and has scored a few as well this season. Later in the game , hopefully with a lead, bring Grimes on next to Onyeka so they get game time together and we can used to being more solid in defending leads.

Rudoni at 10 as he had a few glimpses of getting back to form with a late arrival in the box, though I would tell him to keep more central as he still drifted wide too much.

Up front there's so many permutations. Wright is our best forward when he's on it, but Simms does seem to revel against 'poorer teams' as a flat track bully. Assuming EMC is out you could put Esse on the left with Saka on the right, maybe getting them to switch from time to time. But Saka has looked really effective off the bench so I'd be tempted to try Wright on the left, Simms up top and Esse on the right, though I doubt FL will and it would have our only two available CF's on the pitch at the same time. Not sure if Markelo is ready yet.

Defence I'd have KKH on the left (assuming fit) as he's closer to what MvE gives us on the right and I think would be better at recovering. CB you could easily make a case for dropping either, and for Lati to come back in given our results when he last played. But I'll stick with these two for now. If they can't handle a team like Oxford then they definitely can't complain about being dropped for Boro.

I would pick:
Rushworth
MvE Thomas Kitching KKH
Eccles Onyeka
Esse Rudoni Wright
Simms

Wilson, Dasilva, Woolf, Lati, Grimes, Allen, Torp, Sakamoto, Markelo/Yang

I think FL will pick:
Rushworth
MvE Thomas Kitching Dasilva
Grimes Onyeka
Saka Rudoni Esse
Wright

if EMC is fit, Saka will drop to the bench and Esse will go to the right.
 
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