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choirboy · 26-02-2020, 15:11

Earlier in the season when we played Oxford at home I thought that they were excellent. They had good runs in the cups too and it came as no surprise that we struggled a bit against them last night.
I presume that Mark Hughes was out due to injury last night. I noticed on Saturday against Rotherham, near the end of the first half, that he hobbled out of our penalty area after an attack was repelled. This could explain his inability to get a header in during the build up of Rotherham’s second goal.
The team must have missed his experience and positional play last night. Sykes has been defending well all season under the watchful eye of Hughes but I imagine he missed his experienced partner last night.
Like others have said, just get on with the next match and concentrate on getting each set of three points.
ON STANLEY ON
KEEP THE FAITH.

26-02-2020, 15:11	#46
choirboy Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Clayton le Moors Posts: 2,866 Liked: 2148 times Rep Power: 174076	Re: Oxford Earlier in the season when we played Oxford at home I thought that they were excellent. They had good runs in the cups too and it came as no surprise that we struggled a bit against them last night. I presume that Mark Hughes was out due to injury last night. I noticed on Saturday against Rotherham, near the end of the first half, that he hobbled out of our penalty area after an attack was repelled. This could explain his inability to get a header in during the build up of Rotherham’s second goal. The team must have missed his experience and positional play last night. Sykes has been defending well all season under the watchful eye of Hughes but I imagine he missed his experienced partner last night. Like others have said, just get on with the next match and concentrate on getting each set of three points. ON STANLEY ON KEEP THE FAITH.