BFTG - Leeds

[WestRoyal]

Decent game where we lacked a little upfront predictably given the line up and Leeds'ndefence. Don't think Adkins got the line up quite right, but it wasn't far off.

McCarthy 7 not a huge amount to do. One poor throw and one kick out.
Kelly 7 much more solid than Gunter. Not as good going forward, but only by a little.
Bridge 8 quality player
Pearce 7 better than Sunday
Morrison 7 bit more accuracy with headers at attacking set pieces please
Guthrie 8 ticking heart of everthing we do. Not a flawless game, but so important for us. MOTM
Williams 7 better, still a little improvement needed as a starter
Karacan 6 hope he's ok, but he did injure himself with a stupid foul
Drenthe 6 soke great, some poor some anonymous. Think he may take a little time to really find his feet, but he's got the goods.
Robson-Kanu 7 started right wing but quickly went central when Blackman showed how toss he is. Worked hard and did alright. Unlucky to go off I thought.
Blackman 4 rubbish upfront and bar one or two decent passes / runs he was rubbish wide right too

Akpan 5 mediocre. Loose passing and weak on the ball at time. Could do with putting on more muscle to fill out a little.
ALF 7 some decent play although didn't get much decent ball. Did was he was asked to do and won the game winning a freekick and then scoring from it.
McCleary 6 ok but doesn't seem to make good decisions often enough. Much better than Blackman though.

We troubled Leeds with set pieces whenever we put a decent ball in. We should have done a little better with a couple of chances and were rarely seriously troubled at the back. Draw probably would have been fairest, but we did enough to edge it.

Where are all the complaints about our defence and lack of clean sheets now you impatient doommongering bellends?

Kanu played central for entire game u nob

[P!ssed Off]

HRK - Looked lively in parts. Very selfish of him not to put Blackman through in the 2nd half though - he would've scored for sure.

Cnut

A good game for Blackman is when he's not noticeably our worst player.
Even people that stick up for him after a game can only complement him with "he's wasn't that bad".
Is that really what we want from a starting striker?
Not really his fault. McDermott, Hammond and co. shouldn't have bought him. Adkins, Hammond and co. should have replaced with better when they had the chance.

It really is to say with any real confidence "he would've scored for sure". Bar one penalty he's shown no attacking threat whatsoever in his time at the club.
17 appearances (8 of them starts) and only 1 goal (a penalty) is pathetic.
Has he been given plenty of chances? Yes.
Is he getting better? No.

He's not even that much of a youngster; he'll be 24 years old in 2 months time.

He's one of the worst players to be consistently played by us in a long time.
So far this season he has scored 1 goal in 395 minutes of action.
That's oxf*rd terrible whatever way you look at it.

[NewCorkSeth]

A good game for Blackman is when he's not noticeably our worst player.
Is that really what we want from a starting striker.
Not really his fault. McDermott, Hammond and co. shouldn't have bought him. Adkins, Hammond and co. should have replaced with better when they had the chance.

It really is to say with any real confidence "he would've scored for sure". Bar one penalty he's shown no attacking threat whatsoever in his time at the club.
17 appearances (8 of them starts) and only 1 goal (a penalty) is pathetic.
Has he been given plenty of chances? Yes.
Is he getting better? No.

He's not even that much of a youngster; he'll be 24 years old in 2 months time.

He's one of the worst players to be consistently played by us in a long time.
So far this season he has scored 1 goal in 395 minutes of action.
That's oxf*rd terrible whatever way you look at it.

All true..

[biff]

No mention so far of the old bloke who seemingly had a heart attack/fit in the north stand during the second half, and the absolutely sh1te response time of the st johns medics being summoned by hundreds of fans. Possibly linked with the calls for a matthew to let himself known. Get well soon.

[DaveBanana]

Jem saying online that he's got a scan tomorrow, but worst case scenario he'll get a good crack at GTA5 - I think it'd be a huge loss for him to he out, he was always growing under Brian but is my eyes has been a revelation under Adkins.

[P!ssed Off]

Jem saying online that he's got a scan tomorrow, but worst case scenario he'll get a good crack at GTA5 - I think it'd be a huge loss for him to he out, he was always growing under Brian but is my eyes has been a revelation under Adkins.

Last injury set him back 6 months or so even after recovery.
It'll be a big blow.

[Jackson Corner]

Better than Sunday........... That's not saying much! Both sides tried to win the game and be positive. But both were guilty of piss poor crosses and delivery from set play.
Those who cheered when Blackman went off. oxf*rd off and don't come back. Even Van Persie would struggle to score with that shite service.

[Royal Ginger]

Just got back...that's why i don't go to many late kick-offs. Marked improvement tonight. The partnerships are starting to show. Pearce and Morrison are really starting to click, and Guthrie, Bridge and Williams are all linking up quite well. It really showed in contrast to Akpan, Blackman and HRK who haven't had any time together,

McCarthy - 5 - Had a couple of easy stops, didn't do anything spectacular. Marked down for his horrendous distribution tonight, as bad as it's been.
Kelly - 8 - Their game plan (in the 1st half at least) was to throw everything down their left at Kelly. He did a very good job considering the pressure
Pearce & Morrison - 7.5 - Worked well together, limited Leeds to long range speculators. Could have done better with the numerous free headers they had at corners.
Bridge - 8 - Excellent. Extremely comfortable on the ball. Too good for this level, should still be in the premiership.
Guthrie - 8 - Like a metronome, get the ball at the back, steady himself under pressure whilst looking for runners, fire the pass. Started everything.
Williams - 7 - Decent, lots of energy lacks a final pass/shot etc.
Karacan - - Immediate thought was knee ligaments. Did my right knee 7 months ago, and his reaction was almost a carbon copy of mine.
Drenthe - 4 - Not everything needs step-overs, there are other players on the team. I really wanted to like this guy, but he's making it very difficult.
Blackman - 6 - One of his better performances, held up the ball quite well, but couldn't find a pass or get a cross past the first man
HRK - 7.5 - Impressed. Would like to see him in that position again. Would have been an 8 if he hadn't been greedy when he could have put Blackman through clear on goal.

Akpan - 4 - Scared of the ball, no eye for a pass but considering how long it's been since he's properly featured in the team, he didn't really stand a chance.
McCleary - 7 - Lively, big improvement on Blackman, more direct, looked dangerous. Deserves a start against Derby.
Le Fondre - 5 - I don't remember him making another meaningful touch other than scoring the goal.

Ref had a shocker, no consistency, crowd cheered every time we got a free kick (which wasn't often). Murphy should have had a second yellow 5 minutes before Warnock walked.

[marlowuk]

(Blackman's) one of the worst players to be consistently played by us in a long time.
So far this season he has scored 1 goal in 395 minutes of action.
That's oxf*rd terrible whatever way you look at it.

Although - until ALF scored today - no-one else in the team had scored a goal in the previous 470 minutes (or 560 minutes if you include the Oman game) of play!!

Blackman was not good today but there were, in my view, signs of improvement. He wanted the ball and he does have skill. It's whether he has the vision to pick the right pass or the right movement that worries me. But he may yet come good so let's give him some encouragement.

The way I saw it we we deserved to win against a limited Leeds side. We made Kenny work in the Leeds goal whereas, as many have commented, McCarthy wasn't troubled. The ball seemed to spend the majority of its time (particularly in the first half) in the air and Leeds were better in the air than we were. Other comments ...

Jem will be a big loss but he has no-one to blame but himself because it was a bad foul he committed.
Guthrie MOTM for me. Bridge was - it's been said before - class!!
Back four seemed more confident with the passing game today and didn't 'tippy-tappy' it around aimlessly so much.
Drenthe lasted 90 minutes (for the first time I think) but was visibly labouring towards the end of the game and seemed to have picked up a niggle anyway. I think he'll be good for us once he gets the measure of this league.
McCleary caused them problems when he came on.
Generally we did not play badly - certainly much better than on Sunday! And we will get better still. The first half v Watford shows what we are already capable of.

[The Real Sandhurst Royal]

We huffed and we puffed and we blew the Leeds down with a last gasp goal seconds from the end of the game.

That will do for me.

[ns1981]

We huffed and we puffed and we blew the Leeds down with a last gasp goal seconds from the end of the game.

That will do for me.

Ditto! I absolutely love it when we beat Leeds... and not because of Brian/Noel, but because of the way their scummy fans were back on Good Friday 2 seasons ago... They were deplorable and I detest them, so last night was for all you oxf*rd!

[SHORT AND CURLY]

You cant beat a last minute winer (Still dismayed when a game is in the balance and people leave in droves) and were picking up points without playing well.

Thought HRK looked much better than Pog and Alf up front.

Drenthe WTF?? Apart from one brilliant chip was by far the worst player in the hoops. Yes IMHO better than Blackman (Tin hat time)

Overall happier this morning than I was Sunday evening.

[Avon Royal]

Drenthe WTF?? Apart from one brilliant chip was by far the worst player in the hoops. Yes IMHO better than Blackman

Eh?

[Elm Park Old Boy]

Seems an odd thing to say after such a late winner, but what has happened to our fitness? Others have mentioned the way Drenthe faded (going completely missing defensively last 15). But he wasn't alone - several times we seemed very slow to get people up in numbers when we broke out, in the latter stages.

[SHORT AND CURLY]

What exactly did Drenthe do except run into blind alleys and either :-

A) Fall Over
B) Pass to the opposition

[urz13]

Blackman wasn't as bad as he usually is, but was still far below our other players and McCleary showed how much better he is when he came on. Blackman shouldn't be anywhere near the team.

Drenthe wasn't great, but was doubled up or tripled up on all game and barely touched the ball

[Royal Ginger]

What exactly did Drenthe do except run into blind alleys and either :-

A) Fall Over
B) Pass to the opposition

He tap danced around the ball.

Edit: In his defense there was one particular point when he had three on him in what looked like a lost cause, and he flicked it up over them all and somehow got the ball away. The crowd made that hushed ooooh noise.

[Icke]

Thought we were shit, Drenthe is awful and Blackman is gash. Williams looks good, thats about it. Looked like a team of strangers. Thank oxf*rd for Leeds who were even shitter. Noel Hunt, shiteeeeeee.

[Binfield Royal]

Where was McAnuff last night? Presume injured because I can't believe NA would ve picked Blackman ahead of him on the wing.

[finchroyal]

No mention so far of the old bloke who seemingly had a heart attack/fit in the north stand during the second half, and the absolutely sh1te response time of the st johns medics being summoned by hundreds of fans. Possibly linked with the calls for a matthew to let himself known. Get well soon.

best of luck to the ill fella, maybe the south stand started singing to cause the heart attack