“I will be watching this from behind the sofa,”
“1/2 on Sheffield United and I think that’s generous. They’ve played seven, won six and drawn one and only conceded two goals at home and we’re going there in poor form and with our captain and beat centre back out. I’d be over the moon with a point and I wouldn’t be gutted with a defeat if we show some spunk and some green shoots for the upcoming games but it’s very hard to see how we hurt them.
We’ll have to go to a back four as we’ve run out of defenders to do anything else. “
“Looks like we’ll start the Sheffield U game with a good League One back four. I’m tempted to say ‘what possibly could go wrong?’ but I hold onto hope.”
“I’m worried that Sheff U and Millwall will have seen that all they need to do is run at our centre backs, if they have fast forwards.”
“Sadly Sheffield United have a good record against us ,can only see a defeat i hope we don’t get hammered.”
“They have conceded only 9 goals all season. I thought they looked really sharp and dangerous when they went forward before the sending off and were carving through Coventry whenever they went forward. Defend anything like we did yesterday vs these lot we could experience another hammering.”
“Oxford have a fighting habit which is great, but it is concerning that we have to go to Sheffield on Tuesday really needing a result, preferably three points”
“you could say Des had turned it around before from seemingly rock bottom, but we aren’t off to Port Vale on Tuesday, we’re off to Sheffield United.”
“would have prefers a Stevenage than a Sheffield United to get back on track. But in all honesty can you really see us getting back on track away at Sheffield United? Would be nice but just can’t see it.”
“Tuesday is not the night to really expect any sort of winning response, although the bonus of a point would be welcome.”
“It’s hard not to predict a comfy victory for them, but I am going to predict a 3-0 win for us courtesy of a temporary bout of mass amnesia from there entire squad which leads them not to turn up and we get awarded the win, can’t see us winning any other way.”
“It is hard to see anything other than a Sheffield United win here unfortunately. They have some serious players for this level. Sheffield United did appear to be a bit tired after around an hour yesterday against Coventry having had someone sent off in the first half.”
“I watched a bit of the Coventry v Sheff Utd game and they looked vulnerable at the back even prior to the sending off, a set piece could pay dividends, a gritty 1 all, Leigh/Brown headed goal for us.”
“I have a feeling we’ll tighten up the ship and get a draw from this”
“reaction needed after yesterday, away win needed too, I fancy a hard fought, hard won 1-2”
“I think we will see a different Oxford team to what we see yesterday we might lose but we will have more fight in us we will want to prove a point yesterday wasn’t good enough and the players will know that
1-2 I think we cause a few people problems with their bets on this game”
“Not looking forward to this now, and have to meet a couple of Sheffield guys after the match.”
“Could be a hammering on the pitch and off it for you then?”
“It was 1-2 back in the eighties. Wednesday evening game at Bramhall Lane. Steve Biggins won it in the 88th minute right in front of the home end. Remember it so well. A repeat scoreline please.”