Oxford (A) match thread Sep 2nd

[Pheonix Vale]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu3C6TCJ1zM&t=4s

Me and My Mates, Celebrating Port Vales Away Win, on Oxford FC Car Park - Alfie Devines Penalty Knocking Them off the Top Of Div One, And Making Vale Joint Top now with 3 other Clubs !

[valefan16]

Apparently the lady on Twitter unhappy with the Ripper has now gone to her local MP!

[Guest]

Let's enjoy the good times while they last as on Saturdays first half display it could soon turn to struggling weekly it was no where near good enough if anyone thinks differently then that's your right but I thought after initial first few minutes Oxford controlled the game superbly .

The sendings off helped us but at no point in that game were we better than Oxford who in fairness look a good side just lack a bit of fight when teams attack them .

We take the win but if I could give marks here they are .

Ripley 8 one save in first half with his foot to deflect it around was absolutely superb .

No chance with goal but other than that a really good display from the main man .

Cass 6 looked a bit all at sea but stuck at it .

Smith 7 same as Cass really there was times when we really struggled to pick players up .

His part in sending off of Harris big turning point in game though but up until then struggled like majority  of the  team did  in fairness 

Icavetti 8 scored a great header was solid as a rock .

My man of the match is header was just fantastic has deserved a goal in every game .

Clark 7 first half so far back and not at all good but second half much better .

Plant 6 really dug in but playing in a position where there's lots of responsibility .

At times all the young players struggled in this game as Oxford has some real quality which will serve them right as campaign continues 

Ojo 5 not one of his better games spent most of it chasing the ball as Oxford defo had tge better of him 

 

Arblaster 5 great player but really struggled v Oxford not on the ball like Ojo we didn't have the ball it was a frustrating watch especially first half where we were poor to put it bluntly.

Cheslett 6 never stopped working but not one of his better games mind you can say that for a lot of them. 

We rarely had the ball so we couldn't flourish. 

Massey 4 nothing much going on there .

Wilson 4 started game on fire got a kick and spent the next 40 plus minutes not touching the ball at all .

Very poor .

Subs 

Devine 8 two bits of quality won us the game the ball in tremendous and the pen so good. 

Thomas 7 yes he gives the ball away but he gives you pace and stretches the opposition .

Garrity 7 better when he come on Crosby at half time noticed that some players didn't fancy it and duly removed them from the team .

UTV 

 

 

 

[Valient1961]

11 minutes ago, Devine intervention said:

Let's enjoy the good times while they last as on Saturdays first half display it could soon turn to struggling weekly it was no where near good enough if anyone thinks differently then that's your right but I thought after initial first few minutes Oxford controlled the game superbly .

The sendings off helped us but at no point in that game were we better than Oxford who in fairness look a good side just lack a bit of fight when teams attack them .

We take the win but if I could give marks here they are .

Ripley 8 one save in first half with his foot to deflect it around was absolutely superb .

No chance with goal but other than that a really good display from the main man .

Cass 6 looked a bit all at sea but stuck at it .

Smith 7 same as Cass really there was times when we really struggled to pick players up .

His part in sending off of Harris big turning point in game though but up until then struggled like majority  of the  team did  in fairness 

Icavetti 8 scored a great header was solid as a rock .

My man of the match is header was just fantastic has deserved a goal in every game .

Clark 7 first half so far back and not at all good but second half much better .

Plant 6 really dug in but playing in a position where there's lots of responsibility .

At times all the young players struggled in this game as Oxford has some real quality which will serve them right as campaign continues 

Ojo 5 not one of his better games spent most of it chasing the ball as Oxford defo had tge better of him 

 

Arblaster 5 great player but really struggled v Oxford not on the ball like Ojo we didn't have the ball it was a frustrating watch especially first half where we were poor to put it bluntly.

Cheslett 6 never stopped working but not one of his better games mind you can say that for a lot of them. 

We rarely had the ball so we couldn't flourish. 

Massey 4 nothing much going on there .

Wilson 4 started game on fire got a kick and spent the next 40 plus minutes not touching the ball at all .

Very poor .

Subs 

Devine 8 two bits of quality won us the game the ball in tremendous and the pen so good. 

Thomas 7 yes he gives the ball away but he gives you pace and stretches the opposition .

Garrity 7 better when he come on Crosby at half time noticed that some players didn't fancy it and duly removed them from the team .

UTV 

 

 

 

Ojo  5 really? 

[Conrad]

Divine intervention sounds like Breadwinner: VFIA.

[darren1810]

3 minutes ago, Conrad said:

Divine intervention sounds like Breadwinner: VFIA.

99% certain it's him. I only mentioned last week I hadn't seen him. 

4th reincarnation?  

[Guitar Ray]

3 minutes ago, Conrad said:

Divine intervention sounds like Breadwinner: VFIA.

I don’t think the marks/comments are radical enough for Bready.

[darren1810]

2 minutes ago, Guitar Ray said:

I don’t think the marks/comments are radical enough for Bready.

True. Smith got a 7 also 🤣.

[Hoppers]

On 03/09/2023 at 11:19, EricHamesis said:

 

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[Hoppers]

If devine puts out his starting eleven for tomorrow, count them - if there are 13 players listed, then it's deffo  breadwinner maths 😍😍😍😍😍😍

 

[wurzel valiant]

Not breadwinner/VFIA/Vale 1971. Nobody was marked 6.4 or 7.2.

[saintvaliant]

Oxford may have fully controlled the first half bar for the first 5 mins but Vale were the better side for the first 15 of the second half.

Just before and after the 1st red card Oxford had a little spell but we then got the goal and looked fairly comfortable until injury time when we hit the panic button a bit too easily. 

The attacking momentum stats/graph on the below website clearly demonstrates the above:

https://www.sofascore.com/oxford-united-port-vale/fbsVb#11371218

[Doha]

 

[MBE]

2 hours ago, saintvaliant said:

Oxford may have fully controlled the first half bar for the first 5 mins but Vale were the better side for the first 15 of the second half.

Just before and after the 1st red card Oxford had a little spell but we then got the goal and looked fairly comfortable until injury time when we hit the panic button a bit too easily. 

The attacking momentum stats/graph on the below website clearly demonstrates the above:

https://www.sofascore.com/oxford-united-port-vale/fbsVb#11371218

Momentum true but i think its misleading in the context of the game. They had all the possession and played in our half because we weren’t particularly good with the ball but they did f all with it. I never felt they really threatened or put us under pressure. Our game-plan worked a treat in the 1st half. They had absolutely no idea how to break us down.

[Brian Johnson]

19 hours ago, andy jones said:

 

Loving the new songs for each individual player. Don't think the fans-player relationship has been this good for decades. 

 

 

 

Hopefully, the club will pick up @valerule4ever great idea of playing the songs at the fan zones