For me, we already had one but have sent him on loan to League One.

Big balls up is more likely.

Good news then - Burnley didn't beat them at the Kassam, guess they're not going up.

Tbf that was a powerful free kick. Not easy to save.

Every bit as dangerous as it looked. Uphill struggle now just to get a point.

Was probably a fair call after I saw the replay, thought we'd won the ball in real time but we definitely just crunched him between two players.

ACD for Dolan had to happen. Hasn't looked sharp today, especially second half...ffs, as I type that, Dolan with a pathetic stumble.

Not sure why the Oxford players could come over shoving us while we are trying to set the free kick up and not get booked.

Very very soft from the ref that. I didn't even think it was worth having a talk with him, which is all he seemed to be doing at first. The card is a joke. Don't like seeing a physical and slightly erratic player like Gueye on a 1st half yellow either.

Tronstad injured is basically the nightmare scenario. Better be minor.

Nearly a screamer from Buckley there

Cantwell is having a stinker.

Agree Buckley is poor but that's a generous take for Cantwell. He needs to stop pissing around when he gets it if he's deep, gonna cost us a goal.

Cantwell lucky the offside flag went up there, needs to pick a different area of the pitch if he's going to fuck around with the ball like that. He nearly got caught in a similar position a minute earlier.

Not imposing ourselves at all so far. Will have to play better than this.

At least he's up against Beck

Yeh seems odd to me to have him, Forshaw and O'Grady Macken on the bench. Don't they all play basically the same position? But only one CB and only JRC (who can also play CM) who can play another defensive position. We had 3 CBs on the bench in the cup (overkill in the opposite direction). Litherland injured?

Seeing Buckley starting makes me nervous.

Yeh he moved weeks ago to Ohashi's old club.

I guessed it was gonna be Burnley...good lad, endearing himself quickly! Needs better taste than Lynx Africa and Drake though.

He has a job getting them there? It's over halfway through the season and they're 1 point outside the top 6 with the same GD as 6th. They might have injuries but they still have a strong squad and the job is half done.

By Tayo did you mean Tosin Adarabioyo? I actually didn't think he looked that bad, just didn't look ready yet. Ungainly, not sharpened his decision making, and Harwood-Bellis looked much better, but I could see the potential. Felt he may go on to have a Shane Duffy sort of career (minus the being a bellend part). But I'm certainly surprised how far he has come this quickly.

Probably a lot more confident and understanding of the senior game since then after regular first team football in Scotland. I'd have hoped for that sort of effect with Garrett and O'Riordan if they'd played regularly, but we've wasted 6 months for them both now. If Markanday can carry his League Two form into League One, maybe he can surprise some people in the summer. People are quick to forget how much football is played in the mind.

Wow, I didn't know that, that's ludicrous. Is that a rule or just elitism?

Might depend a little bit on which Diaz showed up and if Armstrong has learnt how to pass to teammates. But in theory, and injuries permitting, yeh we could walk it with that side. Our defence, at least with the way its organised, is one of the best in the league. Our CM pairing is one of the best in the league. With those attackers added in we would have the pace and finishing to be utterly lethal on the counterattack. Our only remaining weaknesses would be keeper (I'm sure I'll take flak for that but currently Pears is an average Championship goalie for me, who is having a mostly solid/good season with a great defence in front of him, but isn't a top 6 quality goalie) and cover for CM. That aside, we would be pretty rampant. We have far more professional clubs and more money than Spain too, that's inexcusable.