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Get them gone. They have been a disaster since day one and not one of them knows what he's doing. Martin Semmens takes most of the blame for bringing in these charlatans. Presume he was very well rewarded for making that mad decision.

We keep hearing that promotion is a serious target for SR. If so they'd better be very busy in the January window.

That is almost a carbon copy of our criticisms of Bazunu 🙂

Ok, name our quality players.

How can he coach it yet not do it?

If only someone at SR realised this.

There is a lot to do that's for sure. I hope Spors knows this cos if not he's some kind of fool.

It's a fair shout with SR in charge.

Clearly he isn't or we'd be seeing a variety of formations and different approaches to games. Have to admit the Charlton game and then the win against Leicester sucked me into thinking we'd unearthed a new dynamic young coach but it's looking like another false dawn.

Have just watched the highlights back and once again you have to ask why Bazunu isn't racing out and cutting down the angle for Oxford's winner - he is rooted close to his near post (is he continually roped to it or does he draw comfort from it?) and invites the attacker to pick his spot.

Let's be brutally honest for once - we do not have a particularly good squad. We play 3 centre backs and don't have a decent one at the club. We play wing backs and don't have a decent one at the club. We have 3 goalkeepers all of who are useless. We have zero physical presence apart from the 3 centre backs. Azaz and Fellows are both good on their day but very hit and miss. Armstrong will score goals but needs the right service which he's not now getting. Downes is nothing more than average at this level. Jander has much promise but is having to do too much. Our subs in general weaken us rather than giving us a lift. We are not that good if we're being blunt. If we were any good we'd be showing it week in week out as teams like Coventry do.

If he was the rest must have been crap 🙂

Simply because he was taken off when he had just started to cause Oxford big problems. Give him a bit more time to see if he can create a goal.

If Edozie is the answer the wrong question is being asked. Have people forgotten how poor he was?

Goalkeeper must be the number one priority. Trouble is, these clowns will likely give Bazunu a new 4 year contract.

No we didn't...we played a lot of forward vertical passes and did it quickly. We have reverted to the worst aspects of Russball including walking football, passing between centre backs for no reason or gain and passing backwards rather than forwards.

So you're saying it is not possible for us to sign a goalkeeper who will be a massive improvement on Bazunu? Weird. Can't agree and it wouldn't even be difficult.

If Eckert wants to keep his job he better start shouting from the rooftops that he needs a new goalkeeper and insisting he gets one. If he stay silent and continues to select Bazunu he is signing his own resignation letter now.

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Start of yes but we need far more than just a goalkeeper.

Fuck the medical guys - they have far too much say in things. These players are not running flat out for 90 minutes every game - there are plenty of rest periods.

Never more clear than watching that shambles today.

Spot on. Fellows had not done much but he suddenly came to life and was giving Oxford serious problems so Eckert decides it's the time to take him off. He could have taken him off ten minutes earlier and I'd have not batted an eyelid but why take him off when he's finally having an impact. Maybe football is just too complicated a game these days - or maybe it's a simple game complicated by too many smartarses trying to reinvent the wheel.

Welcome. Last of the big spenders 🙂 but now you can really launch into this bunch of underachieving lightweights.

The spine of this team needs rebuilding in January - bring in a competent goalkeeper, a big strong centre back who actually marks opponents, a tall midfielder who doesn't get knocked off the ball and covers every blade of grass plus a big powerful centre forward who puts the fear of God up the opposition. Stick with what we have and it's going to be a miserable second half of the season. Midgets are great in panto but few of them excel in the blood and thunder cauldron of a professional football match.