Just a quick post with some thoughts last night’s game against AFC Wimbledon.
I won’t really go into match reporting, I can just leave that to the Wimbledon website, whose great report can be found here. Not much you can add to that. MFW’s match gallery is here. The BBC highlights are here.
What I will say is that was one of the best Oxford United performances in ages. Right from the start U’s were out of the blocks and attacking Wimbledon. For the first 20-25 minutes U’s battered them, with Little Sammy Deering at the heart of most things. Scoring was important, Beano scoring was too, and on 14 minutes we got both. Wimbledon came back into things as the half went on, but were mainly kept to wild long shots.
The second half was about as one sided affair as I’ve seen against a team quite as decent as Wimbledon. Even before the sending off the Wombles had little of the play – indeed sub keeper Turley apparently only touched the ball 6 times. The defence were solid, the midfield bossed the game – Hargreavsio was immense, and the forwards stretched their defence. The only thing missing was more goals than just the second for Beano late on.
Great game, great result, 6 points clear. Now possibly (though hopefully not) onto Chester on Saturday, and Cambridge on Tuesday. Decision about expelling Chester will be made on Friday, hopefully in time for U’s to leave in good time. Even if Chester aren’t expelled though, it must be considered unlikely the game will go ahead – players, police and others still being unpaid.
Tags: beano, blue square, constable, OUFC, oxford united, wimbledon
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