Oxford vs Rovers EFL Trophy Official Match Thread

So your advice is:

- don't not save penalties even when you do;

- don't praise or sing songs about players, it gives them ideas and the daydreams put them off their game ... forever; and

- Daley shouldn't check his Facebook.

Anything else?

We didn't lose because we drew, but we lost a penalty shoot out that means we still drew, we just didn't get a bonus point because we didn't win. So we got a point for not losing or winning, because we drew, even though we lost the game.

for a competition that most supporters did not attend its seems odd now that it becomes that important
make up your minds what you want

I thought that was a very entertaining game. I think we played well tonight and really should of won the game after 90 minutes. Mehew impressed me again and I think we could have a good player on our hands. I do feel a little frustrated that we have brought a player in on loan who seems very similar to Mehew and having him on loan will possibly mean Mehew’s game time will be hampered this season. Maybe the management feel he isn’t quite ready for competitive first team action just yet. Does look promising though.
I can see people’s point on that it shows we need more goal scoring options up front. I think an experienced striker would suit us best and could also help develop the young players we have here. Easter type player would be good.
Whilst I don’t think Kilgour did much wrong tonight I do also feel he is lacking in some of the confidence he showed last season. It could be down to the fact he is still a young man with a lot still to learn in the game which we forget due to his performances last season. Maybe some time out of the team will do him good. We know how good he can be so I don’t want to be overly critical and hopefully a little rest can get him back to his best.

Moving on. I can't understand how we got 4 goalies . 11 defenders with good experience 11 midfielders with good experience and 3 strikers .

Surely if we sign an experienced striker . The strength we have in other departments will push us on to a mid table side .

How many more midfielders do we need ? .

I completely agree, we do not need any more midfielders at the moment in my view. We certainly do need another striker to support Hanlan, Ayunga and Daly.

why dont they do a coin toss up like the anglo italian cup we had with west ham
even though we knew they had a double headed coin we still said tails

Well, no. Because in Bargain Hunt if they don't win they don't get awarded anything that might help them going forward in the competition because there isn't any going forward in the competition they just go home I think. Whereas this is a group stage of a football trophy where you accrue points (differing amounts for different outcomes - zero if you lose, one for a draw, three for a win and one for winning a penalty shootout following a draw) and that can be helpful when those points get added up at the end because it might mean you go through to the next round.

Do you play scrabble but complain all the way through that you want to be the hat or the little dog?

It ain’t a draw it ain’t a loss but it certainly isn’t a win. It’s half way between a loss and a draw. No point arguing about the semantics of it.

The important thing is we didn’t get that extra point so we have to work that much harder against the Chelsea Under 21s.