Whilst the penalty and sending off , which I believe was the correct decision, was the main turning point in the game I was still very upbeat at half time. It was clear for anyone to see why Oxford where on a bad run and they were still there for taking, even though they only had ten men. The biggest problem we have is our in ability to score goals. For the next big turning point was at the start of the second have when we took the quick free kick. Whilst over all Jake had a good game, and is one one of my favorite players, however to be clean through 1 on 1 & only 10 yards out and shoot 10 -15 yards is just not good enough. Apart from the Carey free kick, that on another day may have rebounded of the post, hit keeper and gone in instead of going for a corner I do not really remember their keeper being troubled. As many times this season we have got down the wings and put some cracking balls into the box but to no avail.
It is nice that we have given the players that won us promotion the opportunity to play in league 1, but also clear that a number of them are not at that standard. The same came be said for the Players that Adams brought in over the summer and clear to see why other League 1 clubs released them. I still have the belief that we will survive this season and only a couple of players short from having a mid table team. The signing of Diagouraga has made a big difference in the middle. He may not have the fastest lags, but he does have a good football brain. Fortunately time is on our side to turn this around, so if we can somehow struggle to 20 - 23 points before the January window opens I am sure with the right couple of signings we can we can finish on 55 - 60 :scarf: :scarf:
