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Phil Smith
Jack Smith
Ifil
Williams
Vincent
Brown
Holgate
Vernon Francis
Rodrigo Turnes
Onibuje
Royce Brownlie


2nd half team

Jon Stewart
Wells
Platt
Leigh Henry
Nicholas
Shakes
Curtis Weston
Pook
Monkhouse
Roberts
Peacock


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The Vernon Francis I've found used to play for Tooting & Mitcham. (I dont know if he's already been mentioned on here)

Phil Smith is a former Millwall kiddy I think (now mid-20's)

Phil Smith is the Crawley Town keeper isnt he? May not be the same one, however....

Its 1-0 to Swindon,  but im not sure whp scored for us  :D

:beers:

:beers: that's ace, at least weve scored.

I suspect its a wind up.....

http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?region=-1&area=6&update=true

Tis the site i'm using for updates

Yep, it's I'm pretty sure it's him. Started at Millwall then spells with Dover and Margate pre-Crawley.

Still 0-0 on Sky Sports

Well the Leciester game is definately 2-1, as thats on the official website too.  Is the Leicester game 2-1 on sky sports ?

Admittedly the Leicester game is still 0-0 on Sky Sports too! Could we really be 1-0 up?  :D

They won't update it until half-time and full-time... Like how the operate non-league fixtures (below conference) during the season.

I hope so !!!    I guess all the people who have gone to the game will tell us all the info later

Onijube is the goalscorer

No, it says every single fiendly game is 0-0, doubt thats right!

How do you know??

Cool,  lets hope he can keep up the goal scoring record when it really counts.   :D

on the thisis forum, some kids dad is at the game and is giving him updates.

and its on the official site now!

Get in!  :beers:

Rodrigo Turnes sounds good with his corners! One assist and one goal clearance.

All soungs good so far

1-1

 Wise out...

What do you expect with the youth team keeper in goal?

2-1

2-1   get in  :D  :D  :D

2-1!

to us

Please be Roberts or Peacock that scored...

Phil Smith - Crawley Town goalkeeper?

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41268000/jpg/_41268707_philsmith_emp203.jpg

EDIT: Sorry Phil!!!!!!!!! missed that you've mentioned it above.

3-1

scorers?

Fucking ell its Fred Titmus.

It's ok  :wink:

I sold him on football manager because he was shit.....

Wise Out <<<<<I'm kidding!

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own goal and roberts

If only League 2 was this easy!

Peacock and Roberts, great news!!!

Get in, Roberts and the Cock scored  :mrgreen:

Peacock and Roberts scored!!!

Roberts' goal sounds really good!

All together now,   Ohh Christian Roberts,  used to play for shitty but now hes alright  !!!

May need updating this season - Ohh Christian Roberts,  used to play for shitty but he's shit hot now

:mrgreen:

Yep yours sounds much better

Fuck me, Jack smith just scored from the half way line...

Oops, thats my FM2006 game  :soapy tit wank:

Rhys Evans scored form a goal kick on my game the other week!!!

Well that shouldn't count. Goal kick the other way

It was from out of his hands, does that make a difference??

I don't think it matters, either way it is a goal :shock:

A-la Robert Kuszack style  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

You can't score direct from a goal kick. And you can't be offside from one either

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It's all over, 3-2!

Whatever.

It's finished FGR 2 STFC 3 - exactly as I predicted. What a start to the season - I rule 8)

congrats goatboy  :D

I liked the way Wise chose to play with a more defensive side in the first half, to a more attacking side in the second. For instance, we had a strong backline in the first, but in the second it was a less experienced side, but the attacking line up was a lot stronger.
Now combine the two (the first half defence and second half attackers) and we have a very good team in the making  :D

But i'd like to see more of Rodrigo. Where does he play? Seemed to play a more central midfield role, according to the team line up, but heard from a few people on 'thisis' that he's a striker......

Just got back

Phil Smith the first half keeper looked alright, didnt really have much to do to be honest.

Jack Smith looked a little out of sorts

Ifil...just seemed like Ifil

Williams looked well off the pace I thought, as did Vicent

Brown played well on the right

The trailist in central midfield looked alright, number 4 the black dude

Holgate played alongside him in the middle, lots of hussle and bussle not much else

Rodrigo, good touch, bit of skill....struggled to get past his man, good corner though

Onijibuie looked alright, goes to ground a bit to easy but worked the channels well and put in some decent crosses

Brownlie didnt really do anything

second half

Stewart looked dodgy

Wells is not a right back

Henry did ok

CCP was well out of sorts and his first three contributiones consisted of missing the ball and kicking a FGR player

Nicho started off pants till some guy in the crowd had a massive go at him and blamed him for the goal, then he did alright

Shakes looked decent, broke alot through the middle. Even but in a decent cross  :shock:

Weston wanted him to see the ball more.....looked good when he had, lots of energy one good tackle after some fgr player had skinned Nicho and megged Charlie. Used the ball well, looks a very bright prospect

Pook, nothing new with him

Monkhouse, didnt really get into the game. Seemed happy to keep crossing it in first time rather than run at his man

Peacock usual peacock performance, got credited with the own goal and started cheering

Roberts bloody hell, best new signing....looked much much much much fitter, not fat at all...full of running, good link up play....even played with his back to goal and held the ball up, scored a decent goal as well....and more importantly looked really up for it

FGRs second goal was 10yards offside but the linesman was too fat and well behind play

left wing tonight

i didn't really see much of the game.

peacock didn't score though it was an own goal.

ben wells has has initials on the bottom and back of his boots, bless.

Hey, if Peter Crouch can claim own goals, then so can Peacock  8)

wells is not a right back but if gurney was fit he would of got 45 mins instead.holgate looked better in cm than pook.jack smith looked quite solid and brown looked ok on the right...roberts looks fuckin quality i must admit and it was promising to see that he and peacock seem to have a understanding..the aussie bloke looked shit and shola ameobi looked like he could be a handful..

oh and poyet looked like a pornstar in his brown suit

Dracula comes from Transylvania, Stevie Nicks talks about cleptomania, Johnny looked out of his bedroom window and shouted to his Mum..............



NMH 'aka HMHB'

wasnt that impressed overall .. particularly as FG didnt have a very strong side out either - HOWEVER we did look fairly organised tho the quality of the players themselves was poor

The 2 keepers werent good enough - Crawleys Smith looked VERY BAD on crosses

Williams and Vincent looked off the pace

Most of the new men didnt do  very much to warrant a place in the team except maybe for Weston who showed a bit of potential

Only man who impressed really was Roberts ... looked fitter, sharper and more determined than ive ever seen him .. heres hoping he keeps it up

In the first half i thought we looked average really,Fola looked ok,Williams looked tired :)  The second half was a lot more promising,i know it was only a pointless friendly against FGR and Gary Coleman :wink:  but i thought we looked good going forward especially,Monkhouse,Weston,the Cock all looked impressive,but the stand out was Roberts who looked like he was really up for it,if he stays injury free,i reckon he could be a big player for us this coming season :D

 :shock:
How dare you Maccca!!!!

i think monkhouse worked well with roberts moving out into the channels. i'm a bit concerned that our midfield seems a bit unbalanced, but we have whalley and potentially gurns to sort that out

i for one am encouraged on the back of that performance and look forward to us romping the league  8)

Highlights for me:

Roberts
Peacock
Weston
Brown
Monkhouse (parts)
Jack Smith (parts)
Onibuje (parts)

Gonna cost FGR a fortune in footballs with those stands!  Tidy ground but I think they gotr caught out by the crowd size (1400?) as queues for entry and food were huge.

Good evenings entertainment tho'

Just wondering, how many Swindon fans do you think were there? Im pretty sure we were in the majority, possible 800 maybe more?

CCP looked like he had been spending too much time with Gurns looking at some of the challenges he put in, (and got away with I hasten to add)!

Shakes did better than expected, some good runs and even managed to cross sucessfully!

Brown did well on the wing, think he will be  key player next season.

Oh, and on the official site you can see Blackcurrant  :D

Fola was much better than i expected
The black number 4 looked quite handy
Rodrigo looked okay, and was at least willing to battle back for the ball after he lost it
On this display, i'd be worried about Ifil and Williams paired together, but i'm not reading too much into it right now
Brownlie didn't look worth persuing (give him a couple more games to see if that changes though)

Can't remember much else.

oh and arnold from different strokes played up front for fgr

Yeah i'd go for about that

 :soapy tit wank:
It must have been taken during the second half because thankfully i'm not in it :)

So it does.

Lady, you're there also you sly fox

Surely it's not about the performance or even the results at this satge of pre season, it's solely about getting your match fitness up to an acceptable level.

I think Rodrigo looked promising and Curtis Weston was good in the centre of midfield. I thought the black bloke at number 4 in the first half was gash, he passed to FGR half the time.

Stroud Whalley Caton-all injured?

Whalley's a bit injured I believe but not that bad. Don't know about t'other two.

So this black number 4. Was he good or was he gash? He can't be both during one 45 minute spell surely?

Or can he?

Clarification please :shock:

I dont remember FGR putting in any crosses first half?

Smith dropped one and caught one, might have been corners?

i concur