I struggled to keep up with the match yesterday evening, having to deal with two exhausted children arriving home from a day out in London, a cat angry at not having been fed all day and irate at the sheer cheek of a slug having crawled into his food bowl which we placed outside for him, as well as a radio which refused to properly pick up either BBC Oxford or Jack FM. What I heard was reasonably encouraging but it did hint at some issues in the Oxford United team.
A draw away from home is never a bad thing but playing against ten men for a good portion of the game should have given a team challenging for promotion the opportunity to take all three points. Oxford seem to have ambition and spirit in bucket loads but there still seems to be a gap in organisation which other teams could expose.
I'm never one to whip the manager as that is the kind of childish nonsense the Premiership indulges in to no great effect - as any Geordie can attest - and all the attendant speculation about their future damages the whole team. However, it does seem to me that Chris Wilder is singularly in the frame in this instance as his players are doing their best. Let's hope he can settle the team down into a clear formation soon.
But then again, a draw away from home is fine and the Us are 6th in the league so what do I know?
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