Absolutely beyond belief how a team that bossed the first half so convincingly then rolled over totally in the second. Think people are being a little harsh on some, John White put some extremely good crosses into the box in the first half, trouble was we didn't have the height in there to make the best use of them.
Playing such a short forward line, we really shouldn't have been pumping the ball high so often. Dan's distribution didn't help at all because it was either too high or just not aimed well. So many times Coker was unmarked in acres of space and the throw out always went to the right wing.
Someone needs to get Lenny some help. He's really missing Tims, and looks as if he's totally out of sorts. He's taking too much on his shoulders....I thought Conor was the more defensive of the two, yet he's getting forward more and I think that's affecting Lenny.
Weston was missing in action today, never saw anything from him. For God's sake, lets have Barnard start a game so we can at least get an idea of what he's got from the start.
Bentley - 7, some great saves but really poor distribution
White - 7, think some on here are far too harsh on him
Thompson - 6, still learning, today was a hard lesson
Prosser - 6, massive fan usually but today was not good
Coker - 7, that free kick first half should never have been taken by him, did ok, hope the injury's not too bad
Clifford - 7, my Player of the Season so far
Leonard - 6, poor Lenny, we need you to find your mojo asap
Atkinson - 7, never gave up throughout, kept pressing and challenging
Payne - 9, easy MOTM, just needs to work on his stamina some more, caused them no end of trouble
Weston - 6, not quite understanding his role at the moment
Coulthirst - 7, put himself about, desperately needs a goal to shake the money off his back
Subs:
Worrall for Payne - 6, another that needs to start a game
Corr for Coulthirst - 6, that defence was short, he ought to have been able to bully them
Hurst for Leonard - 7, looked a bit more threatening when he came on
Oxford had some very tricky players, their league position doesn't do them justice.
Officials - linos were both pretty good, but someone please tell me what the heck the ref was on? The Payne non-penalty was far more justified than the Oxford one he gave. Some of his decision making was very poor.