by tmesis »
03 Jun 2017 12:54
The Informant No doubting we are dull as oxf*rd to watch. Hoping we'll be a bit more exciting next season.
Effective though.
We're certainly not exciting, but I think when teams get called boring, the implication is that they are negative. Does that really apply to us? I don't think we are a team that plays for the 1-0 win. Even away, how often have we gone out with a plan to keep it tight, happy if it ends 0-0?
We're just really poor at turning possession into chances. There were many games at home where we were dominating, keeping the ball in the other team's half, but still creating almost nothing.
We have no pace, we break really poorly, often taking up bad positions which makes passing the ball, and carrying on a break difficult, and don't react up front.
Crossing isn't the best, but there have been many occasions where we've been attacking, and the cross is on, but there's nobody in the box to receive it. The attack stalls, the defence gets back, and chance has gone.
And also, if you are going to play a possession game, you need to know how to create chances when the other team has players back, and we don't seem to be able to do that.
