{"id":84381,"date":"2023-07-21T22:51:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T21:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/?p=84381"},"modified":"2023-07-22T06:56:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T05:56:04","slug":"oxford-united-provide-the-education-for-duffs-swans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/07\/21\/oxford-united-provide-the-education-for-duffs-swans\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford United provide the education for Duff&#8217;s Swans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The live stream provided by Swans TV for the latest friendly summed up nicely the performance for the Swans tonight.\u00a0 \u00a0Stuttering, disjointed and difficult to watch can be applied to both the performance and the quality of the picture on a strange night at our League One opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Fisher&#8217;s first half mistake proved to be the moment that decided the match but it should not mean that the blame is solely on the keeper as a strong Swans line up struggled to look anything of substance against Oxford who will have few easier matches this season.<\/p>\n<p>Of course we should not get carried away by a pre-season defeat in itself but tonight proved that there is much work to do ahead of the new season which is just two short weeks away.\u00a0 \u00a0The highs of the behind closed doors friendly wins were replaced by some worrying signs in front of the supporters but we know that these games are as much about time on the pitch as opposed to the result.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.swanseacity.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/cc_1600x900\/public\/2023-07\/athn_210723_oxford_united_v_swansea_friendly_kt_0619.jpg?h=f16701fc&amp;itok=C5jnBYfW\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Swansea City Football Club<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere is still, obviously, work that needs to be done,\u201d said Michael Duff after the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe three chances we gave them during the first half were down to us giving the ball away in poor areas of the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe chance they had in the second half was down to us taking a risky throw-in in our own third, so we need to eradicate that and the goal we conceded was down to an error from us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought they took the information on much better in the second half, in terms of the aggressiveness of our press.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe spent most of the second half in their half, we did not allow them to play like we did at times in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s down to learning. We are trying to implement new things. We can be a bit cleaner with the ball, I thought we were sloppy at times in possession, which I hope is not going to be like us as the one thing we can do is pass the ball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut this is about minutes, and being asked some questions we had not faced so far in pre-season. That\u2019s good because it is something to work on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84382\" src=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Oxford.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Oxford.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Oxford-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Oxford-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Oxford-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Oxford-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Oxford-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Oxford-1068x601.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The live stream provided by Swans TV for the latest friendly summed up nicely the performance for the Swans tonight.\u00a0 \u00a0Stuttering, disjointed and difficult to watch can be applied to both the performance and the quality of the picture on a strange night at our League One opponents. 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