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Phil Whalley · 22-08-2018, 14:39

Exile’s report is spot on. Some early-season questions starting to be answered. Anderton looks a decent bet for the left-back spot. I guess that Ben just wants to play, but its not right that he’s played out of position and subsequently exposed if he comes up against a quality opponent, as he did last night in the shape of Norman. Callum is having one of those patches where his every mistake is punished, I thought he was a bit unlucky with their second last night. We have a lot of young defenders out there, Hughesy is playing an important role in getting them through these games, its a physical league, there was a lot of treatment being dished out by Oxford last night.

Coley’s tactic of trying Sam as a no.10 didn’t work too well, but the switch to have Billy doing that for Offy worked a treat, and Sam shored up the midfield effectively.

Were definitely a bit lucky last night in the sense that Oxford could have been out of sight at HT, but after the subs came on we matched them.

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Phil Whalley Full Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 181 Liked: 253 times Rep Power: 2121	Re: Oxford United (A) Match Thread.... Exile’s report is spot on. Some early-season questions starting to be answered. Anderton looks a decent bet for the left-back spot. I guess that Ben just wants to play, but its not right that he’s played out of position and subsequently exposed if he comes up against a quality opponent, as he did last night in the shape of Norman. Callum is having one of those patches where his every mistake is punished, I thought he was a bit unlucky with their second last night. We have a lot of young defenders out there, Hughesy is playing an important role in getting them through these games, its a physical league, there was a lot of treatment being dished out by Oxford last night. Coley’s tactic of trying Sam as a no.10 didn’t work too well, but the switch to have Billy doing that for Offy worked a treat, and Sam shored up the midfield effectively. Were definitely a bit lucky last night in the sense that Oxford could have been out of sight at HT, but after the subs came on we matched them.