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Swindon Town 1st Half: Foderingham; Thompson, Flint, McCormack, McEveley; Ritchie, Miller, Navarro, Roberts; Collins, Williams #STFC

I predict a 13-0 win against a team of barmen, butchers and local dignatories!

KO is in 20 minutes?

Have we won yet?

Is SWS not in pre-season yet? I don't like this lack of effort on his behalf.

Hopefully the italians are better than last years!

With the exception of Thompson i reckon that could be our team for next season

Last years pre season did the job, more of the same would be ok.

I'd be surprised if our starting XI next season didnt contain Simon Ferry.

2-0, Collins with both.

2-0 up already, Collins with them both.


I want 20-0

Williams hasn't got one yet?

Fucking shit, get rid, crap signing..........sorry thought I was on thisis for a second.

Is SONN providing score updates?

I'd be surprised as well but Di Canio may see it differently, as in Navs played 30 odd times in the Championship and Miller roughly the same in a promotion winning L1 side. Slightly different to a L2 winning side.

Not taken to italy as I need extra fitness training.

Started to run out of steam at the end of last season... ;)

True, but Ferry played regularly in the side that made the League 1 play-off final and has arguably improved since then. I'm expecting a 'horses for courses' type approach, with the three of them playing about 30 games each.

"GOAL! Andy Williams makes it 3-0 with a low drive inside the box #STFC"

Huzzarh!

Thats a relief.

Is it worth starting the Andy Williams songs banter now to get it out of the way?

Nice to see strikers scoring the goals.

Yes he has one now, 3-0.

Swindon Town Second Half: Foderingham; Materazzi, Devera, Archibald-Henville, Cibocchi; De Vita, Ferry, Risser, Rooney; Storey, Benson #STFC

GOAL! Town concede from the penalty spot. 3-1 #STFC

Paolo out!

GOAL! Rooney weaves his way through to make it 4-1 #STFC


Easy Peasy...

Yay, Paolo back in again!

I see the penalty was given away by Materazzi, not the most inspiring start to a possible Swindon career.

Jeez looking at the 2nd half squad, that would do pretty well in L1 i reckon. The 1st half looked very strong on paper anyway.

GOAL! De Vita makes it five with a header from a Rooney cross. 5-1 #STFC


Paolo to shake it all about and do the Hokey Kokey.

Last pre-season we didn't concede a single goal I think.. Paolos lost his touch.

Paolo out.

Just been subbed off after 25 mins on the pitch...

Is it live on Sky?

Who's on in his place?

Chris Smith came on for Materazzi. Not a promising start for him!

Yes

GOAL! Benson makes it 6-1 from a low De Vita cross from the right #STFC

Are these updates just on Twatter?

As far as I can tell.

Their only posting goals and subs though.

GOAL! Rooney scores the Town seventh from the penalty spot after being brought down. 7-1 #STFC

And on the fanpage on Facebook page too, probably from twatter.

GOAL! Storey makes it 8-1


It's going all right...

That fanpage is beating both BBC Wilts twitter & The official twitter on the last two goals...

GOAL! A short free-kick routine sets Rooney free and he nets again. 9-1 #STFC

This is enjoyable.

This seems a really tough game.

F/T: Select XI 1 Town 9 #STFC

Tough game all around i think.

[thisisstfc]A goal conceded, couldn't get into double figures ourselves - It's all looking a bit ominous for the forthcoming season[/thisisstfc] :no:

Not as good as last year - time for PdC to wield the axe   :)

Can't believe we conceded a goal not in open play. Infinitely worse defensively than last pre-season.

I wonder whether the first half 11 is PDCs starting 11 and the 2nd half team the ressies ?

FIRST-HALF TEAM: Wes Foderingham; Nathan Thompson, Aden Flint, Alan McCormack, Jay McEveley; Matt Ritchie, Tommy Miller, Alan Navarro, Gary Roberts; James Collins, Andy Williams

SECOND-HALF TEAM: Wes Foderingham (Leigh Bedwell, 69); Simone Materazzi (Chris Smith, 67), Joe Devera, Troy Archibald-Henville, Alessandro Cibocchi; Raffa De Vita, Simon Ferry, Oliver Risser, Luke Rooney; Miles Storey, Paul Benson  

In my mind's eye, Materazzi gave away the penalty via headbutt to the chest.

Wouldn't read too much into which players played which half - very early days

Agreed, but if you look at the two teams the only players in the second half team who will be in with a real shout are Ferry and Caddis - who didn't play tonight through injury.

You can only hope.

Would suggest you could add Benson, Archibald-Henville and possibly Rooney to that. Besides, Paolo does like chopping and changing so a first team is a fairly arbitrary concept.

To me our strongest team would have those three on the bench, although I guess they will all have a part to play as the season progresses.  Be interesting to see if Rooney can force his way in and stay there through consistent performances.  I don't see Miller playing a full season or Benson for that matter, impact players from the bench?

I don't think the starting XI will be too far off the starting line up at Hartlepool with the obvious exception of Thompson. I also think there is a reasonable chance that Ferry beats out Miller and Benson starts ahead of Williams*

*as we all well know, you can never second guess Di Canio.

I've had a quick scan through threads so sorry if it's been mentioned. In a daily paper today Paolo has called Balotelli an egotist who thinks the world revolves around him,"  Balotelli is selfish, he deserves a lot of slaps and not pats on the shoulder " " Balotteli does not play for the team only himself" the headline was: " I'd give Mario a slap, says Paolo " 

Haha quality

Good picture of Paolo along side the headline with his beloved red and white scarf. More publicity for the Mighty Town.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/football/view/260434/I-d-give-Mario-Balotelli-a-slap-says-Paolo-di-Canio/ (http://www.dailystar.co.uk/football/view/260434/I-d-give-Mario-Balotelli-a-slap-says-Paolo-di-Canio/)

made the bbc gossip column this morning.

That's the one, read it in my mates ;) star !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc2okbNdECE&feature=plcp


Highlights of the game with the perfect music to match...

But decent coverage from the Adver. Have a whole channel of videos of the tour.

I like seeing us beat a team in yellow 9-1 :D