City scraped a 1-0 win against a strong-looking Oxford side this weekend, and there’s been plenty of reaction to the result.
We did a podcast, and I wrote my usual match report, but that’s a view from the red-and-white half of the ground. What about the yellow and blues? How did they see it? Here’s some views from their manager, and then some of their supporter reaction as well.
“I think that performance is going to help their confidence,” said interim boss Craig Short, who stepped up after Karl Robinson’s sacking last week. “The confidence was shot – I’ve been there as a player where you’ve lost games and not been performing at the level you have done. I wanted the players to perform at the level they have done for the three years I’ve been here, and previous to that when Karl’s been in charge. I wanted them to get back to that level and of course we’re gutted.”
One of their strongest players, in my eyes, was defender Elliot Moore, a man-mountain at the back who gave us nothing at all. He was restored as captain by Short, one of the decisions he reversed after he stepped down under Karl Robinson. It certainly sounds more like he had it removed from him, and Short put his faith back in the big defender. “Elliott has probably been the most consistent player in my time here,” he said. “I was a centre-back, I was captain and I always want a centre-back to be captain if you’ve got leadership qualities like Elliott has.”
What of their supporters? They didn’t seem overly delighted when we took the lead through Danny Mandroiu’s penalty, with some immediately talking about relegation. However, there was also some balanced reaction, with some questions over whether it should have been a penalty.
At least we might have a chance of a playoff campaign again…in league 2
— Welcome (@historysire) March 4, 2023
Tbf they are playing well and that was not a penalty! Im@sat right where it happened!
— Claire Cross (@ClaireMennie) March 4, 2023
Going down
— Callum (@Callum_OUFC) March 4, 2023
Sadly, their official Twitter feed doesn’t really do updates, so there’s little about their dominant second half or their missed chances. There’s only one response to Rushworth’s save as well, but there were plenty of Oxford fans who seemed happy at the performance at full-time, if not the result.
However, there was also one supporter who lamented the loss of Matty Taylor, on loan at Port Vale, something I picked up in the pre-match podcast. One supporter even managed to mention us, which, oddly, hardly any of their fans did throughout the game.
Far and away the better side especially second half. Relentless but ball just not breaking at the minute. Eastwood may as well have stayed at home. Gutting that
— John Aubrey (@AubsEFC1985) March 4, 2023
Any danger of actually anyone putting the ball in the net, oh wait, the only player who could of done that is at Vale.
— Jon Townsend (@TownsendJon80) March 4, 2023
Dare I say it but if we play like we did today every week I'd expect us to win enough points to stay up. Yes we're in free fall but it's not too late to find our parachute. With the players we've got we should be finding the back of the net more regularly, we can turn it around
— Roops (@RoopsOUFC) March 4, 2023
Hold your heads up high! You played the best you have for ages! It was really enjoyable to watch ❤️
— Claire Cross (@ClaireMennie) March 4, 2023
Very good performance today
We would have got something but for their keeper making two excellent saves
Fans were United behind the players, more of this and it will turn
— Walter Dasbettinflammensehen (@stumpyjoe69) March 4, 2023
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