kevinhectoring

When people said to turn Bradley into the next scapegoat now Warne is doing well, I think you've got the wrong one!

I think he needs to focus more on reducing minutes for NML, Fozzy and Hourihane. Playing them at this current rate risks injury as the season progresses. The likes of Tommo and Fornah will likely improve if used more, and he needs to keep his injury cover (eg Bradley) sharp. Sure too much rotation is disruptive but last season there was not enough and we know how that finished 

Well it’d be interesting to hear Warne’s comments on the issue of rotation and depth of squad. Also his team’s views on how the training regime should differ for OAPs vs spring chickens; and how it should differ for players who are out there every minute and those who are in the dugout week in week out. @Owen87ITKmay be a flawless ‘home team’ commentator but he lets Warne and the club muzzle him to the extent the manager interviews are mind blowingly dull. These are the sort of points of substance Warne could discuss without then having to shoot people. And - unlike the segments on coffee, bobble hats and Xmas presents (who cares?) - it would give some footballing insight into the behind the scenes 

Get points on the board while things are going well.

I think he needs to focus more on reducing minutes for NML, Fozzy and Hourihane. Playing them at this current rate risks injury as the season progresses. The likes of Tommo and Fornah will likely improve if used more, and he needs to keep his injury cover (eg Bradley) sharp. Sure too much rotation is disruptive but last season there was not enough and we know how that finished 

I think he needs to focus more on reducing minutes for NML, Fozzy and Hourihane. Playing them at this current rate risks injury as the season progresses. The likes of Tommo and Fornah will likely improve if used more, and he needs to keep his injury cover (eg Bradley) sharp. Sure too much rotation is disruptive but last season there was not enough and we know how that finished 

I think he needs to focus more on reducing minutes for NML, Fozzy and Hourihane. Playing them at this current rate risks injury as the season progresses. The likes of Tommo and Fornah will likely improve if used more, and he needs to keep his injury cover (eg Bradley) sharp. Sure too much rotation is disruptive but last season there was not enough and we know how that finished 

I thought Barkhuizen was below par in the first half yesterday, though he did improve after HT. He always seems more effective as an impact sub tbh.
Not sure Warne would get a game in this team but it's an interesting idea....

I'd change things a little. 
Tbf - the winning team wasn't the one that started the game. 
Niambe, Cashin and Nelson will play. Fozzie may get a rest but he played well so depends how he feels. 
I expect Hourihane and Bird will play. NML is key. Wilson needs a run of games.
So Collins,  Barkhuizen, JJ, Ward, Sibley, Thompson will probably all figure at some point but not necessarily for the same period as last night.

Wildsmith has received criticism on here for his part in their 2 goals, but it seems to have been forgotten, his great save and hold, to deny two lurking strikers, to stop us going 3 down, a key moment in the match.
Regarding the lying down for opposition free kicks, have the opposition ever tried this, this season, never mind actually score from one? The player lying down is probably better used either standing in the wall or marking someone.

An exhilarating win like that can play tricks on the mind. We were good after their first but otherwise Oxford looked dangerous in the first half and our midfield did not dominate. Would be interesting to know what their ‘plan’ was in the second half. They seemed to sit back and allow us to play which was a lousy strategy given their inability to defend against good crossing. To our credit we took great advantage. 
 
The most encouraging for me is that we’ve seen 2 games against decent sides where Warne has out managed his oppo. I confess I wouldn’t have predicted that. 
 
There’s been a lot written about the Jan window. For my money, I’d be perfectly happy if we simply didn’t lose anyone. Cashin is surely irreplaceable in this league and Bird’s contribution is massively underrated, at least when he is playing deep. JJ and Tommo if they stay fit give us what we’re missing. 
 
Why does Collins repeatedly and deliberately handle the ball? If anyone scored against us like that we would be incandescent (with rage). Shameful
 
Couldn’t work out why JoeW wasn’t employing his silky time-wasting skills at 3-2 - until I remembered he was on a yellow. He’s canny - as we saw in the dying minutes against Wigan. We should remember that, before naively whingeing about time wasting by the oppo 
 
Our walls are far from impervious. Wildsmith’s save from the second, low-hit fk was superb. Like Keanu Reeves catching a bullet. Why don’t we have someone lying down in the wall so that we have cover when they all jump wincingly, covering their baubles? 

1Wildsmith 5
24Nyambe 8
17Sibley 5
35Nelson 8
6Cashin 9
3Forsyth 7
5Bradley 6
2Wilson 8
23Ward 7
8Bird 7
4Hourihane 7
7Barkhuizen 7
16Thompson 9
11Méndez-Laing 7
9Collins 6
19John-Jules 7

An exhilarating win like that can play tricks on the mind. We were good after their first but otherwise Oxford looked dangerous in the first half and our midfield did not dominate. Would be interesting to know what their ‘plan’ was in the second half. They seemed to sit back and allow us to play which was a lousy strategy given their inability to defend against good crossing. To our credit we took great advantage. 
 
The most encouraging for me is that we’ve seen 2 games against decent sides where Warne has out managed his oppo. I confess I wouldn’t have predicted that. 
 
There’s been a lot written about the Jan window. For my money, I’d be perfectly happy if we simply didn’t lose anyone. Cashin is surely irreplaceable in this league and Bird’s contribution is massively underrated, at least when he is playing deep. JJ and Tommo if they stay fit give us what we’re missing. 
 
Why does Collins repeatedly and deliberately handle the ball? If anyone scored against us like that we would be incandescent (with rage). Shameful
 
Couldn’t work out why JoeW wasn’t employing his silky time-wasting skills at 3-2 - until I remembered he was on a yellow. He’s canny - as we saw in the dying minutes against Wigan. We should remember that, before naively whingeing about time wasting by the oppo 
 
Our walls are far from impervious. Wildsmith’s save from the second, low-hit fk was superb. Like Keanu Reeves catching a bullet. Why don’t we have someone lying down in the wall so that we have cover when they all jump wincingly, covering their baubles? 

From the Oxford forum…
 
‘Would be churlish not to comment on Derby, who, even before we let them have the run of the pitch, I thought looked really good. Wilson is a brilliant player, that 6 at CB was pure class and their attacking midfielders were running the show. The ball in for the second goal was absolutely perfect. Shame about the fans - from where I’m seated in the East, the Derby fans are over the goal, and there was someone shining a green laser into Beadle’s eyes at every set piece. Pathetic.’
😎

John Jules is so quick and his play so intelligent  - he needs more time on the pitch

JJ proper striker 

JJ proper striker 

JJ proper striker 

Fornah must train like s****. Impressed when he plays but struggles to stay in the team anyway, now off the bench entirely. 

Like the look of that. But I think we’ll see Collins and Hourihane as starters  

Warne has frequently said he wants us to move the ball faster. We did that very well in the first half and boy did it make a difference 

Warne has frequently said he wants us to move the ball faster. We did that very well in the first half and boy did it make a difference 

The cross etched in most memories is surely NMl with the outside of his foot. A beautiful thing 

Do they seem dodgy when they go for us?
If we were Lincoln fans we'd still be moaning that Collins was offside, but as it is, we just convince ourselves that the unseen RB is playing him on 

I think the difference is Arsenal know it’s pointless whipping the ball into the box where their forwards are unlikely to win headers.
Collins is better off making room for the ball to his feet.