By a very very average Division Three Oxford United.
They look far better than average but that’s probably us that’s making them look like that .
That’s the thing. Oxford look very good but I don’t feel confident saying they’ll be in the promotion picture come May because of who they’re playing against today.
Are we actually calling out shape and Holden tactics? Do you think it might be underfunding, bad use of what little funding we’ve had and a shit load of injuries? I do, we could have Pep we’d still be shite.
Honestly I think it’s a bit of all of those. It’s not a great squad, it certainly needs additions and some of those we have brought in are apparently still not fit enough to start.
That being said, Holden is not getting the most out of this bad situation.
Harsh on the 4 youngsters if he goes in their at half time throwing the tea cups about. They shouldn't have been playing in the first place.
This whole set up is a shit show.
I owe an apology to the people on here who rightly commented that we had not changed enough from last season to be anything better than mid-table. They were correct.
Are we actually calling out shape and Holden tactics? Do you think it might be underfunding, bad use of what little funding we’ve had and a shit load of injuries? I do, we could have Pep we’d still be shite.
Nope, not when you make a song and dance about having an entire week to prepare and working on defensive situations, and then after 40 mins you've had to sub off a defender and change the system
When you think things can’t get worse, they usually do with Charlton. Holden seems clueless. Will Methven, Scott etc have the guts to change manager this early, given he was their choice from the get-go?
Fed up with these formations they look clueless at the back in a 3 no left back best attacking play CBT wing back don’t work either way defensively or attacking. Looks like we gone 1 up top now. We’ve done this for last 3 seasons.
Just go 442 we’ve got 5 in middle of park now and Oxford are still dominating midfield
Are we actually calling out shape and Holden tactics? Do you think it might be underfunding, bad use of what little funding we’ve had and a shit load of injuries? I do, we could have Pep we’d still be shite.
But why did he change formation in the summer to one where we don't have the players to play it? His stubborn love for 3-5-2 has led to far too many poor first-half performances.
Are we actually calling out shape and Holden tactics? Do you think it might be underfunding, bad use of what little funding we’ve had and a shit load of injuries? I do, we could have Pep we’d still be shite.
A shit load of injuries, yes. The rest, we've signed May, Jones, Taylor, and Edun for fees. Isted and Camara were sought after. Hector and Thomas played in the Championship before joining us. C Campbell did well in the division last year.
Miles and Fraser are big misses, as is Camara. But of those listed above, only Camara is not available today. And you've had almost all pre season to plan for not having Miles, and we clearly haven't.
Not watching but clear from the last couple of home games against poor opposition that we are tactically inept and that's the manager's fault - relying on too many youngsters who are not ready yet - how can McGrandles be so good at Lincoln and Cambridge yet can't even get in this team - midfield have.been shocking defensively this season apart from Dobbo.
Are we actually calling out shape and Holden tactics? Do you think it might be underfunding, bad use of what little funding we’ve had and a shit load of injuries? I do, we could have Pep we’d still be shite.
Nope, not when you make a song and dance about having an entire week to prepare and working on defensive situations, and then after 40 mins you've had to sub off a defender and change the system
But those interviews are just pre planned clichés, that’s all they’ve ever been. What do you expect him to say, it’s been an average week of training?
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Just generally exasperated by it all.
FFS!!!
Miles and Fraser are big misses, as is Camara. But of those listed above, only Camara is not available today. And you've had almost all pre season to plan for not having Miles, and we clearly haven't.
Well done Holden.