On the. Table trying to get within striking distance of the playoffs. In the national. Said today fresh. In the northeast at Darlington. Watching today. In a few weeks. Here. Against. The current unbeaten run. Of. Games. Between now and 6 o'clock after. The action. And we're going to. Preview the games in their entirety before 3 o'clock. As we enter the festive period a lot of games that will help shape. For the rest of the season. For the rest of the season can. Get close to those places and make it a really interesting 2nd off. On b.b.c. Radio. B.b.c. Radio live from the stadium in Oxford just touched on it but it is one of the strange events. For a while now on the outskirts of a Science Park outside the city of Oxford you can't see any of the old university colleges or as a side at the. Very much a. Area a tallit technology area of time and what it has got next door to it the stadium is an entertainment complex which features a bowling alley a cinema and a few chain restaurants so there are 3 stands that are all pretty big. That's where the main stand with the offices and everything behind us and then a load of bleep seats and tears then there are 2 other single tear stands that a pretty large as well. As well all over those none of the lattice spelt in them this is all blue interesting for a team a place. You know. They made some strange choices in moving in most notably not having a stand to our left behind the goal to our left so it is just a brown creosote it wouldn't fence with some advertising ordinance pinned to it and then a car park and a pretty big car park. In the Premier League by the way before we go any further Everton now and to Duncan Ferguson having sacked. In the wake ought to want to against Chelsea they did lead by 2 goals to nil that. Has got one back for Chelsea there's about 15 minutes to go in that game. Forever to today but Shrewsbury Town are in action at Oxford and we're going to get the team very shortly but before we do let's have a look back to a disappointing week for the town a week of contrasts actually last Saturday they sort of months in the f.a. Cup But then in midweek their interest in the a.f.l. Trophy was ended by Manchester City's Under 20 one's in a penalty shootout. The Cape wide show I've had a good say for Grimshaw in the brief but I didn't quite grow up in the way of a tired player following up water get the wrong driving or with the wrong. 20 yards I go bald shoot great effort. What I. That's when she $25.00 it's a glorious strike that school school board itchy feet had one match to 50 of the 2 which he was still banal by. Toil the caps it's time for the. Gold and a fine saved by a very notorious right outstanding save to deal with that well until the student school of the head of the city Happy St can't get a good position just outside the box but he kept it all which that he'll never to toil surely should be kept and he could close a couple to try to the 1st time and this time he is still told with that free kick no charge for littering into the penalty shot comes in all fights a vote here a wonderful save to help out effort to sit inside with the ball was a great sin pretty well struck shots you know dearie and chills it does go to peddle to the populace a school called. Experience. And it saved things should make such a Dish Easy China not to be adults 86500 pedal change. Should have one it. Thought it was. We paid. Off. Enough when we. Began our. Sam Ricketts on b.b.c. Radio show after the defeat in midweek to Manchester City Under 20 one's in the a.f.l. Trophy which we'll talk about shortly but some very interesting tea nice draws up to us at the back of the main stand at the Kasam stadium in Oxford some Ricketts picking a team to take to his former club the club where it all began by him and Dean Whitehead and. It's very much more of what we think we think yes of course you see it all the various formations deployed in recent weeks for the back against Manchester City in the 20 one's in the leasing dot com trophy tie on Tuesday night but it all does point towards something a little bit different once again. This afternoon lots of changes as expected bad for the team which started the Cup tie with matches to City's youngsters in mid weight this is how time will line up today Max had a good game against a good citizen the 21 sees a goalkeeper at the back Williams Ethan. And. Then offered a bit of weight fer the forward it will be top of love and Scott Colborn again and this is where it gets interesting it could be a central bit fail 3 of of all the. Red in and sure wouldn't go in there with David which perhaps playing in midfield as well that could have very. The the attitude I'd recognise center forward on the team sheet he selected ahead of Jason Cummings today Cummings on a bench which also features dad. John Lewis Brian Giles Ackles and Joe. Yes it could be a 5 fold it could be something a little bit different 35 to 10. We will wait to see how it plays out in reality but simply a few changes made by by the manager and I suppose the headline piece of Team news is that a period starts ahead of comics today one strike I would imagine Davids will be given a bit of license to get up and. I suppose he feels like a conservative at this time of year conservative with a small c team selection from some Ricky's give us some some hope where the goal is going to come from in this what do you look at it in the Granite State in good form of late has Edwards is starting to to chip in the cup competitions to the old and. Could do with a few goals of cold a few of the goals around in recent weeks haven't they go to beauty in that cup game and it made wake there are plenty of attacking options in that team. Is always a threat with the shooting from from long range any time before one of those flies in in the style of the goal on Tuesday night you look at it this is one of the toughest pictures you can get in this division at the moment given all that are on this. Beaten sequence if you discount a tendency shootout exit which is walked off but also suffered a midweek in the. Trophy they would be to at Exeter after and if you put that out as a droll it 17 match is all. That you know all competitions which is some code isn't it the last time they would be 10 inside 90 minutes was on September the 7th when they were beaten the politicians to lead foot by 2 goals to want to send their They've pretty good nick they haven't actually played at the Kassab stadium would you believe until the 29th of October when they beat Sutherland on penalties in the lead. Role that set up a sold out quarterfinal tie here in a couple of weeks time against Manchester City but they've had to hit the road on a regular basis in recent weeks but look at. The last full matches they played in league. They even showed themselves beating. Beating Doncaster 3 nail beating 3 nail a pattern emerging here and Beaty. 3 to Oxford it's been the school line for the years but they played here in recent weeks yet tough assignment. Side who clearly played well people like to recall Sue and James Hendry and Matty Taylor . Threats for the call Robinson side. If you see the number of times this season she's been tired of it gave haven't they and if cope well with Feels like I was speaking about Peter for example they came to the meadow in time to earn them over completely spot on Mark if you look at it. Of scored 40 goals in the Oxford of the 2nd top scorers 37 goals and despite saying that are a good side they are a good side and they are having a great run if she were to win here today at the cats stadium where they have it up and down direct court over the years they were pretty poor when they were swept aside 3 nil here last season in what proved to be one of John ask his final game in charge they have had some good wins here is what in the past that to get another one today tad all of a sudden would find themselves just a couple of points behind Oxford in the league really interesting stage of the season isn't it for. You look at it there's some tricky look at pictures on paper. Than this one today and then. Pulled away at home on Boxing Day and then $2982.00 with a trip to Bolton wondrous on the 29th of this month it's a big game to head I think what today. Will be a useful about the progress achieved making because on the face of it inside Ricketts has spoken warmly of the adults that has any in the build up to this game this looks as tough as it gets to be at the moment given Oxford on this long unbeaten run this is a 4 week period isn't it that's going to in a lot of ways define time and season in their ambitions for the 2nd half of it I think it's fair to say given that the teams they've got and obviously there are any of the competition now in the Bristol City as well during that sort of full. Period it's a big few weeks it is yet yet very important few weeks to do strange sequences the date of it gave recently when you think that 5 times last 6 matches of companies of the. The League. Will be nice for the team of show to get a run of every league one fixtures. Dry and yet in the goalkeeping coach just folding up with the gold pieces here in front of the main stand no sign of the Hadfield play as as yet they haven't come out to begin their will but no it is a key sequence of the season it's still pretty tight is an 8 the league table shows be find themselves 5 points behind ops they do in the final playoff position 6 spots at the moment the call over to send a really good jolt here has me when you think back there were times last season we were looking from the outside and and wondering what was going on there because Oxford was struggling. Having the impact he would have hoped. And Brian towards the end of last season we were then coming to choose peace to Monday we got a great round in a last sort of 8 games or so exactly and that included that Easter Monday game it sure is pretty when time with pretty comfortable at half time to nail Gavin wide and I don't play who has since moved on to Cardiff City school to have trick in the 2nd half and also the 3 to wait as it was a side of things to come because they ended last season as you say very brightly this time around and they took a little while to get going get the epic bunch of the season was a they were a bit up to dine but any team that beat and beaten same said September the 7th deserves the respect that again. Come to an end and choose to have been beaten some some good teams in this division already this season some big name players such as Sunderland and Portsmouth would d.n.a. Love to add to that their specialty as well to sad rickets away specialist at a football manager when they come back to a full of a club especially it's a club which low. What proved to be a very successful playing career that's also the case that the deed by Ted part of side Rick it's his coaching staff both. Oxford players who both went on to to play lots of games of the highest level Thanks very much to it is a great story for in the program today about what Mark Wright for bringing the defender with was managerial Oxford if it came to take some nice team players for training get said I'm finished as a player so you should be able to keep up with me I'll take us on a run and we'll stop but I can't go any further and round and round and round and round they went and gradually 15 players were dropping off one by one someone were vomiting good and some were just collapsing and the last 2 team players with him at the end when Mark Wright decided it was time to start some Ricketts indeed one had and they made the 1st team Davies apparently a few weeks later so it was a nice to let it go for the Oxford programme will focus on on Telford for a couple of minutes now because it was certainly the Marcus denying the show last week the butt strikers 3 goals at Darlington making for an incredible afternoon out of the ball comes if he could not have had the flak stays down and jolly could leave Eastern hour in the box chutzpah to get out of school she has a really nice British woman from the right outside it now it took it out on the outside if it's right through the goalkeeper Yanks waited for it to come in and just smashed into the roof of the net over the top of the tell to keep our colleagues and well worth a 2 goal lead and that's exactly what you've got in a dangerous area tonight and they are back at it that was really good pressure for Barnet who gets his cross in and did not get converts at the far post I don't have nothing to help but have a lifeline jolly kid to tell but one in the substitutes got it within seconds of coming on will tipped over but in anger he did did anger equalize his fertile foot so people over the top job and get caught napping didn't give a substitute has the 2nd of. It's directed to Telford to Daniels wins it back in here is do not go cabs to get. 3 gold plates tell them what they were made to stop each time the books of credit arrive from 2 no doubt that is incredible and it's all Marcus did I got. It was a phenomenal 2nd half of it all 1st off matched with a brilliant 2nd and tell 3rd got all 3 points on the right back at home but a bloke said with Fosli the visit is this afternoon let's cross over and speak to much commentator plot one Nick Southall big night game pretty much summed up Telford season because not only are they struggling for consistency over games they're pretty persistent with in matches. It's quite right to me took the introduction of. Marcus to an anger a hard time to turn that game around to really play useful Marcus because it was only a couple of weeks before that I had quite a long chat with him and he was very honest about where things were going wrong and the fact that he knew he had to work harder at the zone game in order to try and recapture that pull that he had in these 1st spell to help it but you quite right Miles when we talk about the consistency foretell that it's not just from week to week but if you've been games as well there could be on the some beaten 3 game run and that he's actually their joint best run of the season so they have pajamas have a beating back to the extending get to hole but you know when we talking about 3 or 4 games unbeaten that really does highlight the kind of season but they have so far . That should have been carried to haven't they in recent weeks coming from to kneel down in the last 2 league games to get 4 points from those games now obviously it would be ideal if they didn't get to teams a 2 goal start but that is a positive. Yes it is a positive when we keep hearing Gary in towns over the last couple of weeks is that they seize the the best walk but he's had here it tell put you Barry mind last season they just missed out on a play off place and Paul to put the moment Yeti believes peace is a stronger squad with better character and I think as a manager over the last couple of C's have to really work on the man management side of the game which I believe is the real strength of he's not only looking to get how he is charity clearly but I think man management has played a really important part in getting them back on track last week and then the week before as well we're back we can probably go back to meet November when they appeared to be getting their house back in order with that to all call here against spending ball and I think not only Cowan But also his backroom team have done a very good job in Target in certain players have try and keep that positivity that feeling within the dressing room and. I think when you look at the character of a dog they are more than capable of getting back consistency now been asked. A league where anybody can be tell you want so if they get on a bit of a run 6 points at the moment talk to playoffs then they can get back amongst the promotion chasing pack quite quickly but today they're up against a team who have done pretty well since being promoted from the normal Premier League 6 places above them and so it's going to be a tough task to the. Speech of both the last week getting kind of Marxist and I said Stability tension between the 2 which you expect when a manager is telling a striker to work harder and then you know not picking him because of that didn't get came on proved deployed. Afterwards he seemed quite fired up turned and sort of said well there's not much more I can do let's see if he picks me next week so obviously talented it's got him riled and kind of got the bit between his teeth if you like I would expect didn't get to start today because he could have done much more last week it is not that yes we're hearing that he will start to mark history man go. I don't think there is anything wrong in that got a player who is who's not showing that kind of emotion when they're not playing games when they're probably not worth having get a club you want players that want to be out on the pitch and they want to be giving their all and trying to get that ball and that we know that they are capable all and we hear a lot of backgammon Cowan saying he likes to have real men in him he's 30 when he what he means by that really is but people that are honest but also will not shy away from that kind of encounter back kind of battle that they take criticism on the chin and try and come back stronger and Marcus' team and get that last week and whatever Baron tactic was getting to him wild up well let's hope it happens again because Marcus we know from previously when he gets on a run of form he can be one of the best strikers in this league he's no longer in the shadows of those and I'm Ari Morgan Smurfs tell put pretty this face competition for a place with Spence and an hour and Williams if he starts today which we think he does then he's got to make the most of this opportunity. Thanks very much Nic We will get confirmation of the tell the team nice very shortly edited in our 3 want to get Chelsea at Goodison Park in the Premier League Dominic Calvert Lewinski 2nd to the game Duncan Ferguson in caretaker charge at Everton giving himself every chance for a prolonged spell in the Everton. Dug out and you do wonder where with those performances performances like this one under Marcos Everton Chelsea won in stoppage time. For a few words hit b.b.c. Radio from the stadium here Oxford get Shrewsbury Town in League One Tel that entertained Fosli in the national north so we were just hearing from Nick all about Marcus and the whole Telford side delivering in the 2nd half at Darlington last week have Gavin Cowan's men turn the corner at last players need to click taken a bit of time and some players need to realise that we've got a job on our hands you know for every weight not just for the season every week so we're on the right track in terms of performances which hopefully will look after themselves in terms of game results and results like that it's come back from the position you are in to give an extra boost to the school I mean look back at the game I don't think we were as poor 1st off as would realise I think we're going to sleep on a couple of occasions but I think could have been 33 after one but we come at 2nd really responding well from conversations that came out. Outside of the 3. We played really well and we were very dominant in the ball coming down so from that perspective it was really. Good for the points but we've spoken a lot about consistency and been Beth along. The sauna things to come. B.b.c. Radio show. Pvc radio show live from the stadium 8133 just start your message with the words if you want to get involved between now and kickoff or indeed have your say on the game after full time between 5 and 6 you can always give us a cold as well. 19696 and come on and talk about your tape. Seems on the face of it. From some Ricketts how many players from that midfield really commit in support of the lone striker for Jerry are going to