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named in team of the week. I know he hasnt had that much to do yet and started off a bit nervey and his distribution wasnt that great, but has got better and grown in confidence since. He has made a couple of good saves not played to much so can only get better. It would be nice to have a good quality solid No.1 for a few years......

Made everything look very simple at Crawley, normally the sign of a good keeper.

How about a song for him? My rubbish effort:


Even our fans couldn't clap-ruin Joy Division could they?

Mattia, A super keeper
keeping phil smith out of the side
Italia, ave mattia
A million and one clean sheets tonight

To the tune of Maria, by Blondie

Sounds like a challenge to me...

It should have sounded more rhetorical in fairness.

When they get the ball
We just know they wont score..........its lanzanooooo.

Sang to the tune of Amore :D

domo arigato, mattia lanzano

I think it's fair to say the Town End will settle on a rather simple number, such as "Italy's" or, "It'lys" number one... once it's generally acknowledged that he's Italian.

 :D :D

Everytime I see him he makes me nervous as hell despite the fact he's quite a good keeper

I think you might have a crush on him?

Lanzano, Mattia Lanzanooo, la la la lalaalalalalala, Mattia Lanzano.

to the tune of that song we used to sing for the boob.

Can you blame me? He's quite handsome.

he's mattia lanzano
he likes to drink cinzano
he builds things with meccano
he's swindon's number one

(adams family)

he signed on the line to be a red mattia mattia
you'll play for swindon town it said mattia mattia
we bought the lad from italy
he's never going to concede
mattia lanzano swindon's number one

mattia lanzano he's a keeper from italy
he signed from gavorrano and he came to swindon town
he runs out from his goal but he'll never let us down

I quite enjoy this. Will never happen though :/

It has to be this. It's fantastic.

Definitely need this to be sang tomorow

Yep, any song which mentions Cinzano and Meccano gets my vote  8)

It does worry me when he goes wandering around outside his area and runs out of the box to kick the ball away

All adds to the excitement, he's kept two clean sheets in three games. We have to wonder wether Smith would have managed the same feat?

think he would have in last two games...

I was thinking the same Tom. Some dodgy kick or maybe a wayward throw out?

Yep I'll go for it, if it starts up( I wont remember the words)

Viva Lanzanoooooo
Viva Lanzanoooooo
Wears the Swindon Green
He looks fucking keen/mean
Viva Lanzanooooooooooo
Viva Lanzanooooooooooo

With 3 shots on target in the last 2 games he's hardly being worked at the moment.

Much too early to judge yet, made a good save the other day, also has a touch of the Grobbelaar about him (the wandering bit, not the match fixing bit).

No idea if ultimately he is better or worse than Phil Smith, but he's not let himself down yet.

Ow dear, my fault.

Anyone going to suggest Phil Smith would have been crucified if he had made a similar error?

what did he do?

Some of our fans are brain dead. Yes he made a mistake today, but getting on his back was wrong. You could see he was distraught. Don't think he should be dropped.

Di Canios post match interview suggests he may be dropped, but to be honest that will do much more harm than good. Dropping him would shoot his confidence to bits, and yes I was furious at the mistake he made, but thats foootball and we are in league two, these things happen.

Happens in the high echelons of top tier football as well. Feel for the chap, he will feel it.

I've thought since the Rotherham game though that it wasn't going to be long before a Lanzano fuck up was going to cost us a goal.

He's just very eccentric in the way he plays, and is very different to your generic league two "insert brute name" goalkeeper, brings a bit of flair about to his goalkeeping and plays more as a sweepers sometimes too rather than a goalkeeper, whether it works in our favour though is a different matter

It's been a few games in coming then OST. Smithy's seemed to be becoming a regular event

If we had won 5-2 we would be laughing it off,just shows how crucial role a goalkeeper is.

I prefer him to Smith but a few more blunders on this scale will have us all scratching our heads.

Smith should come back in. If the shoe was on the other foot Smithy would have been dropped. Hopefully Paolo can get a goalie in on loan.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. YOU CAN'T TRUST A KEEPER WEARING SHORT SLEEVES.

It's not right.

Yes, he did fuck up, but the bigger question was what happened to the team after this cock up?  The team went to pieces.  It is the team's heart that should be questioned.  Instead of collapsing they should be outting in more effort and fighting for the team.

Now dropping Lozano will be a disaster.  We will be back to last season's goalkeeping situation where one week it was Smith and the next week it is Lucas.  We need to decide who the best keeper is and stick by him, unless he is a crock of shit.

Bollox - Smith has had his day and is bloody lucky to be no 2 at Town. Lanzano is a young lad. I know which one I'd take as keeper now and which one I think will develop. Lanzano may need to curb his eccenticity but at least he's not a fucking jelly quivering on his line.

I dont think goal keepers ever curb their eccentricity.

I've not seen the error and only seen Lanzano play once, definitely worth sticking with for now - chopping and changing goal keeper is never a good idea.

He'll make errors, he's a league two keeper - they all will.

If he continues to make fuck up after fuck up - then you either give Scott a go or look for a new keeper in January.

He's also, what, 20? I missed it as I was still attempting to get food, but as has been pointed out, it happens to every keeper. He will learn from it and move on. Only Me makes a good point, but I would argue that we looked toothless as soon as they scored their first, like the sucker-punch winded us.

Allan McGregor obviously keen to back me up with recent evidence as to how every keeper makes the odd blunder.

I'm with the Wolfsburg manager who fines his players for un-necessary backpasses. At the end of the day goalkeepers are in goal to save shots from the opposition not to boot it up field as the defender cannot be arsed to because goalies are normally crap outfield players, so expect their kicks to go wrong occasionally. Defenders should boot the ball up the field themselves or kick it into touch.

He's Mattia Lanzano
Although he's Italiano
He doesn't give fellatio
He's Swindon's number 1

You have a good point there

Id stick with him. Been better than Smith. And besides, his goal celebrations are ace. He loves it.

More questions need to be asked as to how we remained scoreless than one mans mistake.

Everybody who sits next to me at the CG, knows I've been going on about this for years. It's the defences job to clear the ball ... don't pass the buck to the keeper. I still have nightmares about Nicky Hammond's miss-kick at Peterborough after all these years.

TBH the mistake didn't seem that bad when i saw it on TV.  It sounded a complete howler on the radio.

As others have said there's little point dropping Lanzano for one error as we'll inveitably drop Smith the following week.

Burton had Kevin Poole on the bench. I think I'd prefer to see him in goal than Smith.

From gary rose twatter.....
Leigh Bedwell didn't play against Cardiff for Town in the friendly today. He is training with the first team.

??????

Wouldn't mind seeing what Scott has to offer, did well at Supermarine.

Injured still isn't he?

Could well be actually.

If he isn't, then I agree, give him a chance.

All we need imo is a gk, cb and lb. Then we're sorted. I think we have enough up front.

I don't think our defence is a problem, as Washbag's stats showed we have one of the least shots against us.

No for cover. We only have 3 CB's. And Kennedy is shit hence the new LB.

Kennedy has played very well, he's better than Cibochi. Better performances than Rose or Sheehan last year. He's going to make it as a league player and we would be mad to bin him now. He is good enough now, and if he keeps playing he will get better.

The goalkeeper position always was a big question mark this season.

Depends whether PDC has taken into consideration the supposed versatility of Risser and Cibbochi who have had limited outings at CB but may be considered enough as cover.

Kennedy isn't shit is he, he's been solid this season. For  cover we have Cibbochi, Risser and Mccormack and Comazzi.

Kennedy is good going forward but poor defensively.

Before Smith was dropped for making a couple of errors everyone was singing his praises and said he should be given a fair go he makes a couple of mistakes Lanzano get's put in he's back to being shit and public enemy number 1, give him a break.

I think Lanzano should be given a chance to redeem himself if the school boy mistake he made has knocked his confidence then Smith should be given the shirt back.

Smith (and Lanzano) are lower league keepers so unfortunetly we will have to put up with the odd mistake or 2 from them but they don't need their own fan's calling them crap as that really help's their confidence they are the best we are going to get at the moment and need support from the fans.

Having his contract terminated by mutual consent evidently. Not settled and wants to go back to Italy.

Not too surprising really, never looked overly comfortable.

If we can secure Foderingham for the season then there will be no problems.

I wish him well. He always scared the crap out of me in between the sticks every time he raced out of goal.

Might need a new 'keeper in January

Can we keep Foderingham forever please :)

Shame really, wanted him to do well.

Loved when he ran to the bench to celebrate when we scored against rotherham

But he wasn't quite going to cut it here

He never looked like he would be a decent 'keeper... but having signed him from the Italian equivalent of the Swindon & District league, it's not surprising. Think he (like Atiku) was a panic buy.

Not surprised by this news.  Always made me nervous and always likely to make a mistake.  Hopefully we can secure Foderingham until the end of the season.  If not I'm sure we can get better than Lanzano.

He kept two clean sheets but judging by reports he had that typical post-Digby trait of being a goalkeeper that was most likely to scare you.

Nice to see Paolo admitting to a few of his mistakes. He is, after all, still learning.

As for Lanzano, the few times I saw him in action, he scared the shit out of me. That one where he came racing out against Rotherham sticks out in my mind. Wish him well but glad to be rid tbh.

Never felt confident with this guy in goal, every time the opposition took a shot i pretty much shat myself every time. Was more of a sweeper than a goalie too

Aside from the adver, what other source do we have to say he's going?

BBC Wilts Sport

Fair enough. Who else can we ship out?

Risser... :)

Comazzi

Just seen this and can't say I'm suprised...wasn't very good and reminded me a bit of 'Monk' from Mean Machine!Lets hope we can extend Big Wes' deal until May 2012!

fantastic signing...

we definitely need to try and tempt Palace with a decent bid in January.

Why would you bid for someone out of contract in the summer

to sign them in January.

I think because of his age, even if he is out of contract in the summer we would have to pay something to Crystal Palace for him.

If we do plan on bidding for him it makes a lot more sense to put in a nominal bid in January to try and get him signed long term.

If we leave it until the Summer he could have more appealing options than us, including Palace themselves.

Club has just put out a facebook message saying he is still a town player.

Strange.

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Foderingham will be on a lot of clubs radars after his start here. End of the season is probably the best we can hope for.

I thought Lanzano was mostly OK from what I saw in his home appearances... until Hereford.

I think confidence was always his biggest issue, or should I say fear of failure? (or are they the same thing?!?)

He was a big strong lad, pretty athletic but he made Phil Smith look decisive with his decision making and mobility on crosses. I honestly got the impression that every time he came for a cross he was thinking "I really really really hope I don't fuck this up"

Shame, but maybe free's up a bit of wages for further improvements. Foderingham has proved what we've been missing for a long, long time, so hopefully the scouting team are watching a few possible replacement keepers for January/Summer.

You know he hasn't gone yet

Yep, and he's in the starting 11 on Saturday.  :D

I think it'll only been a matter of time though.

How strange for adver/bbc to report a story that never was?

Lanzano was no worse than Smith but both are shitloads worse than Wes who looks a proper goalkeeper. There was always the chance that Lanzano would get better but Smith will always be shit. Picking between the two of them is like choosing which STD you'd want.

The only shit around must be in your eyes if you think Lanzano's as good as Smiffy.
Smith isn't as good as Foderingham, that's obvious, but compared to Lanzano he's Gordon Banks, Peter Shilton and Peter Schmeichel all rolled into one.

Smith makes one or two mistakes a game (Some which prove costly) Lanzano was a liability whenever the ball came near him.

Can someone actually confirm what is happening with Lanzano?

The club on their FB page say he hasn't had his contract ripped up, whilst the adver persist with the story he has and includes quotes from PDC to that effect. Is it a case of the left hand not knowing what the right is doing?

As I understand it they will maintain his contract until January but allow him to return to Italy to allow him time to find a new club.

Good luck to him, he never looked like he will ever make a pro keeper though.

Perhaps he was given the opportunity to find a new club on loan by yesterday's deadline or paperwork didnt complete in time so he couldnt move to anyone else...whpo knows I'm sure it will be clarified RS usually do the digging

I assume it's because Mark Scott is due to join Salisbury on loan.

Off to inter milan.






Y team

Presumably because they haven't got a Z team?

Has to be one of the worst keepers i have seen at pro level and to be honest i wouldn't even want him in my sunday team.

Cibo just tweeted this:

Very very good luck to my best friend Mattia @LanzanoMattia miss you

Methinks he's outta here!!

Probably another to be mutually consented then...

I love the first comment on this thread. Gold.

Well, he's got his wish.

2nd one is even more spot on. What a spanner he must feel...

some people had such a hatred for Smith they actually thought Lanzano was good!!

now confirmed on OS

Yes, confirmed as so.  Seems odd they didn't wait a bit longer since he was only transfer listed a couple of days ago?

Maybe he is besing released so he can join another cub.

Hopefully we aren't wasting money on another reserve keeper, unless he left without a pay-off.

I think we would have brought in a new back up 'keeper regardless of Lanzano being here or not, expect that is next on the list.

Our continental flavour is disappearing! We're down to 2 Italians, a Namibian, an Irishman and a faux-Irishman.

All we need is a couple of Eastern Europeans and the squad is complete.

Don't forget the jocks

James Rae who's on the ground staff is not a bad keeper. Was playing for Supermarine at the begining of last season. He can step in

Dont we have a goalkeeper on trial?
 
 :hmmm:

Fellow Brits are hardly continental.

Thought exactly the same hmmmmm

Who as stated many times before, won't be signing.

Fuck me - he's not on trial again is he. M'lud?

No.

They never said "We won't sign him", just "We're not signing him". Which is very different i.e. they didn't say never, just not now. Seemed very carefully worded to leave the option open, say 6 months down the line

I certainly wouldn't write it off.

If he signs then I shall not be losing any sleep.

Yes it did, and I think taking him to Italy - if he goes- would show intent. Unfortunately. But best not open that can of worms.

Yes, let us see what happens before trainwrecking what is possibly the biggest Mattia Lanzano discussion thread on the World Wide Web.

We're not signing him, fact.

i hear you brother, doubt he'll ever get this much 'press' ever again.  poor mattia :(

Agree