* ORM *
Still Loves Emma Bunton. Roy McDonough is God!
As a goalkeeper ...:
In the loosest sense of the word :smile:
As a goalkeeper ...:
That was bloody awful. But a win is a win. Fortunately, we will not play a worse side all season. Oxford simply did not turn up and for long periods in the first half it looked like we were playing, well, us. No tempo to their attacking and, with us having decided pre-game to sit so deep, it looked simple for us to mop things up. Poor David Mooney, so isolated and he put in a good shift. The wingers did well to try and be in two places at once but unfortunately they were being asked to tuck in so Coker and Demetriou had absolutely no options when they had the ball in wide positions.
The players played well on the whole. I was impressed by Inniss and Ferdinand and McGlashan had his best game I have seen (missed Millwall). But the setup was bizarre for a home game against a newly promoted side - it looks like we have accepted our relegation battle and we looked like we were playing for a point, or not to concede. No interest from Brown in attacking.
We were extremely lucky that Oxford were off their game. Their finishing was dreadful and they gave the ball away an awful lot. Oxley had a very decent game, I was impressed with a moment in the second half when our defence went to sleep and they got through with a long ball. He was out fast, forced their lad out wide and then closed down the midfielder on the edge of the box, forcing him to shoot wide. The spillage down to his left in the first half was a mistake (although it was a well struck low shot from 15 yards) but it was the only one he made. Some good saves in the second half.
I'll get shot down for being negative - believe me I am delighted it is the first win I have seen in 6 months - but that was a League Two game.
Not at all, he had a good game, but he kept Oxford in the game.And obviously there goalie had nothing to do all night :nope:
Were u even there tonight, oxley won us the game
They every game, season ticket holder. Spilled ball first half, good tip over second half. From the south upper, couldn't see what other saves he made
Perhaps it was that Brown Out banner blocking your view. Or maybe its just your view that stops you giving anyone some credit.
Heading for another lockdown there Rigsby. Can't help yourself can you
Never went.
Handy win though...well done to everybody.
There every game, season ticket holder. Spilled ball first half, good tip over second half. From the south upper, couldn't see what other saves he made
Ferdinand - 8 Pure class! He has definately still got 'it', tired in the last 20 minutes unsurprisingly. Lovely to see the same encouragement and arm round the shoulder advice to other players, something that AB has also long done. Anton has loads of experience to pass on and looks like he is happy to share it. Good to see a player of this class and calibre in a Southend shirt.
That save by Ox in the final minutes was pure reaction and actually pure class! Thought he looked good and even when he had the bit on the edge of the box you'd have to say the bloke did well as he pressured them into blazing over the bar!
Anton looked good, a little podgy but he reads the game well and I loved the fact he came over after McGlaughlan was cleaned from behind and then when the Oxford fans boo'd he almost gave it to them as well!!
mooney put in another big shift as did the two wingers!
special mention to WW in CM who just added a little bit of class we had been missing!
Why did Innis glass someone? He's massive he must of been in a fight with the big show and Andre the giant!
all in all a great win and a very very good 3 points
There every game, season ticket holder. Spilled ball first half, good tip over second half. From the south upper, couldn't see what other saves he made
So your criticism of Oxley is based on a fumbled save that went through many pairs of legs etc.....he did nothing else wrong in the first half. In the second half By your own admission you couldn't see the saves he made, two of which were very good, he handled well, came off his line a couple of times. Think you have been very harsh if you are basing your opinion on one fumble in 90mins.
There every game, season ticket holder. Spilled ball first half, good tip over second half. From the south upper, couldn't see what other saves he made
Perhaps it was that Brown Out banner blocking your view. Or maybe its just your view that stops you giving anyone some credit.
Heading for another lockdown there Rigsby. Can't help yourself can you
Don't give it out if you can't take it back dave.
If you read my post again, I did say he made a good tip over in the second half. With the ball pinging about in the box and loads of bodies, it's not always easy to see who clears what but if you were close enough to see Oxley make other good saves then I'll take your word for it. There wasn't really too much visible to see as Oxfords finishing in the second half was woeful, high and wide
The spill in the first half wasn't through many pairs of legs, he had a clear view and it went straight to him, albeit quite hard.
My son has observed that Oxley seems to dive a bit late to things and if you look closely, you can see it. That split second can make all the difference.
He was never good enough to be up for MOM, Leonard or Wordsworth and possibly even Mooney should be up for that accolade
According to the BBC we had 13 shots of which 8 were on target, Oxford had 17 but only 5 on target so looks like we had the advantage.