{"id":637579,"date":"2024-03-17T15:59:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T19:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=637579"},"modified":"2024-03-17T15:59:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T19:59:28","slug":"des-buckingham-quotes-from-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/17\/des-buckingham-quotes-from-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Des Buckingham: Quotes From the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following a battering at Bolton and win over strugglers, Port Vale, we take a look at some quotes from Oxford United<\/a> head coach, Des Buckingham.<\/p>\n

Des Buckingham Quotes From the Week<\/h2>\n

‘Small Details Make a Big Difference’<\/h3>\n

Ahead of Oxford’s trip to Bolton, Oxford United head coach Des Buckingham said small details play a key part in getting a positive result.<\/p>\n

The U’s travelled north on Monday ahead of their Tuesday night fixture against the Trotters.<\/p>\n

Buckingham said<\/a>: \u201cSmall details make a big difference, whether it\u2019s an opportunity on goal or a small bit of detail we make at a team meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got a lot of time between now and when we kick off tomorrow. We\u2019ve trained, and everyone is fit and available.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll get on the bus and travel up to Bolton, and try use and that time to put ourselves in the best place.\u201d<\/p>\n

‘It’s Nothing We’ve Spoken Directly to Marcus About’<\/h3>\n

Oxford midfielder Marcus McGuane is out of contract in the summer and Des Buckingham has confirmed that conversations are yet to take place.<\/p>\n

However, it is believed the club have an option for an additional 12 months, which is important as the midfielder has become a key part of the squad, making 40 appearances this season.<\/p>\n

Asked about McGuane\u2019s deal, Des Buckingham said:<\/a> \u201cIt\u2019s nothing we\u2019ve spoken directly to Marcus about, as of yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s in the starting XI for a reason and it\u2019s important he continues to perform, and if he does that, he\u2019ll put himself in a very strong position.\u201d<\/p>\n

‘It’s a Difficult One to Take’<\/h3>\n

Oxford suffered a 5-0 defeat on the road at Bolton on Tuesday night, but Buckingham claimed it was ‘not a true reflection of his side’.<\/p>\n

He said<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s certainly not something I saw or felt coming. We\u2019ve turned up on an evening where Bolton have played extremely well and we\u2019ve played very poorly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you come to teams like this, and they start the game that way, we need to at least match that, and we\u2019ve not done that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll get to the bottom of it for sure. It\u2019s not one where I want jump to things right now.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll take the emotions out of things because the scoreline is not a true representation of who we are and what we are.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll make sure we delve very deep into it, to make sure it doesn\u2019t happen again, and that we get ourselves well for Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if he was embarrassed by the scoreline, Buckingham responded: \u201cIf you get beaten anywhere 5-0 it\u2019s an embarrassment.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s a difficult one to take, and even more so because you\u2019re on the TV and you\u2019re trying to showcase what we do and how we do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe weren\u2019t able to do that for any part of the game. I thought they were better across every area, and we made it very easy for them at times.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll take responsibility for how we set the team up, and what we do, but we need to make sure we get everything right for the remaining games.\u201d<\/p>\n

‘It’s Picking the Right Time Now’<\/h3>\n

Having kept the same starting line up for the last three games, Buckingham hinted he could make changes ahead of the clash at Port Vale.<\/p>\n

He said<\/a>: \u201cIt gives us the ability to pretty much do what we want this weekend. We\u2019ve got the ability to field almost two different XIs, which is a great problem we have.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not so much about that, but recognising what\u2019s worked well for the XI that has taken to the field, and working out if we feel we can get an advantage by playing someone else because of the work they\u2019ve been doing, or they may offer something slightly different to what\u2019s been on the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe players that haven\u2019t been in the squad, I couldn\u2019t have asked for anymore from them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s picking the right time now for them to step in, and I\u2019m sure we may see some of that over the next couple of games.\u201d<\/p>\n

‘We Asked for a Reaction’<\/h3>\n

Oxford bounced back from their Bolton bashing with a 2-0 win over strugglers, Port Vale.<\/p>\n

Speaking after the game,<\/a> Buckingham said: \u201cWe asked for a reaction, but not an overreaction. We made some changes and I thought we controlled the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an excellent professional performance that deserved three points.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we\u2019re being critical, we probably should\u2019ve scored more. We created a lot of chances and should\u2019ve scored more, but we\u2019ve done enough to come away from here with the three points, and that was the most important thing, on top of the performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cWe changed the formation, and we really wanted to get at these, so we changed the formation to suit that.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to react to Tuesday, but not make unnecessary change or change for the sake of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe felt the players we put on the field suited our game plan. We weren\u2019t expecting Marcus Browne or Tyler Goodrham, but they reported well after Thursday\u2019s session, and both were made available on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir late inclusion obviously effects others as well, but we wanted to go for a very attacking bench.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following a battering at Bolton and win over strugglers, Port Vale, we take a look at some quotes from Oxford United head coach, Des Buckingham. Des Buckingham Quotes From the Week ‘Small Details Make a Big Difference’ Ahead of Oxford’s trip to Bolton, Oxford United head coach Des Buckingham said small details play a key […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":634883,"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":[113,9756,509],"class_list":["post-637579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oxford-united","category-league-football","category-league12","tag-bolton-wanderers","tag-des-buckingham","tag-port-vale"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637579","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=637579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}