Didn’t go or watch the game but the only Stanley match I’ve ever walked out of early was at Oxford. It was in the dying days of the Snake’s tenure and I recall Stanley lost 5-0. It was awful.
So scoring one goal (or two if you have x-ray vision) last night was an improvement.
Lots of talk about poor defending but I noted Coley’s reference in his interview to ‘defending’ from the front.
Looking at the ‘bare’ stats (in blue, below) it suggests things were not as one sided as the score line implies.
In fact, the ‘defensive’ stats for each team (tackles made, interceptions, etc), which showed things in a bit more detail but are no longer online, were quite similar.
The BIG difference was the ‘attacking’ stats (in grey/red below).
Both teams had a similar number of shots but Oxford’s were three times more likely to be on target. Over half Stanley’s shots were from outside the box. Nearly all from Oxford inside the box and thus a shooting accuracy of 60% compared with Stanley’s 21%.
So it seems clear that it’s not just the defenders who have more work to do.