{"id":632350,"date":"2023-12-06T13:45:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T18:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=632350"},"modified":"2023-12-06T13:45:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T18:45:47","slug":"player-in-focus-elliott-moore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/12\/06\/player-in-focus-elliott-moore\/","title":{"rendered":"Player in Focus: Elliott Moore"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oxford United<\/a> defender Elliott Moore has been ever present in the U’s backline since his arrival from Leicester back in 2019.<\/p>\n

The centre-back has seen teammates Rob Dickie, Rob Atkinson and Like McNally come and go but the 26-year-old continues to put in consistent performances.<\/p>\n

Elliott Moore: Player in Focus<\/h2>\n

Time at Oxford<\/h3>\n

Moore came through the ranks at Leicester and spent time on loan at sister club, OH Leuven in Belgium. However, the centre-back joined the U’s in 2019 for an undisclosed fee.<\/p>\n

Since then, the U’s skipper has made 185 appearances for the club, where he has also netted 11 goals.<\/p>\n

As previously eluded to, Moore has played alongside the likes of Dickie, Atkinson and McNally – all of whom have come in as a young player and gone to a bigger club for a seven-figure fee.<\/p>\n

The fact that he has often been overlooked during transfer windows maybe isn’t a bad thing. It means he has cemented his place into the starting line-up on a consistent basis under three different managers.<\/p>\n

This Season<\/h3>\n

It’s no secret that Oxford have struggled to keep clean sheets in recent seasons, but that comes as a collective. However, it is more noticeable in Moore’s absence.<\/p>\n

That was the case in Des Buckingham’s first game in charge – a 2-0 defeat at Cheltenham. Moore missed the game through suspension but returned for a goalless draw against league leaders, Bolton.<\/p>\n

This season, the U’s have kept six clean sheets in the league and a further two in their FA Cup matches. Moore has played in all six of those fixtures.<\/p>\n

Captain Fantastic<\/h3>\n

After Oxford’s first defeat at the hands of rivals Swindon in eight meetings, Moore was appointed club captain ahead of a goalless draw with Ipswich.<\/p>\n

The defender skippered the side to a run of ten league games without defeat, and just two in 19.<\/p>\n

As a leader, he has focused on his own game while helping bring these promising youngsters through. With that in mind, and the longevity of his Oxford career, he can go on to become a mainstay in the U’s team for years to come, particularly after signing a new “long-term<\/a>” deal earlier this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oxford United defender Elliott Moore has been ever present in the U’s backline since his arrival from Leicester back in 2019. The centre-back has seen teammates Rob Dickie, Rob Atkinson and Like McNally come and go but the 26-year-old continues to put in consistent performances. Elliott Moore: Player in Focus Time at Oxford Moore came […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":632353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8430,32,34],"tags":[4148],"class_list":["post-632350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oxford-united","category-league-football","category-league12","tag-elliott-moore"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}