They made hard work of that especially as Oxford are injury-plagued and, apparently, started a couple of 17 year olds. Not much creativity in the starting midfield and I'm guessing Phillips didn't show much of the box-to-box ability he can produce at the U-21 level
Rodney is only 17 and was played out of position. Looked, from the highlights, like he put in one good left-footed cross

It wasnt set up for Philips. we are crying out for a creative midfielder who can have a range of passes

He still knows how to take penalties.

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He doesn't have to do a great deal of running to take a penalty.

Phil Alexander was a kicker for teams in 'American Football'.

Listen, I'm traditionally a Palace pessimist. But I went to the game last night (registering as an Oxford fan so as to get a ticket!) and came away fairly happy. Sure, we didn't set the Thames alight, but I'm not sure what people expect from a side with 9 changes that includes 3 debutants. Sure, some of our team didn't perform at their best, but no-one could be said to have had a poor game. Oxford were "plucky" but we dealt with them with ease. As I've already posted, numerous promising moves by the Palace midfield were snuffed out by Oxford players "taking one for the team".

I'm happy, period; but even more so when you compare last night to our recent 2nd round debacles.

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