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Is Ryan Harley still there?

Nailed on to score if he is...

Is Ryan Harley still there?

Nailed on to score if he is...

Yep and big booty bitches man

Good to see Norris on the bench at least

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It was coming.

Brother said Vigs and DF have had a row.

About what?

Disappointing so far.  Exeter showing us up a bit.  Who is Mcdermott playing in place of?  He's totally off the pace.

Woolery and Norris on for Smith and Mcdermott.

Ha - about a second after I hit Post. Good.

1-1 Woolery

Much much better second half. Woolery, Mullin and Norris look a real threat as a 3. Add JG and we'll be a serious force going forward. Thought Dunne was everywhere too. Not too sure on Linganzi but we have depth there with T Smith and Thomas.

Negatives. Brophy just doesn't have enough quality. Missed Conroy and not sure on Robby/Purkiss. H Smith has been pretty anonymous so far and again today.

Onwards. 2 of the best three teams left in this league from last season and 4 points. 90 mins of Woolery and Norris and we'd have won that.

Onwards. 2 of the best three teams left in this league from last season and 4 points. 90 mins of Woolery and Norris and we'd have won that.

Thought Dunne was everywhere too. e from last season and 4 points. 

It was shit. League 2 is shit.

4 points from 2 games from an unfinished squad that has only had non league friendlies to gel is pretty impressive in my book. Good start.

I think Exeter can feel hard done by today. Thought the 2 shouts for goals from corners where the ball could have been over the line were tight and their sub hit a corking drive off the post. I think Exeter will be up there this season.

For us, I thought Dunne was good first half but abysmal second. Lingazi, a poor man's Rohan Ince? Hussey is possibly the slowest footballer I have seen but positives were the performances of Mullin, who is a fucking pest and Norris and Woolery. Norris is a new man and his hold up play was excellent. Woolery looks a class act, pace and a fine finish. Did stand out but that's what you get from a 350k player in a team of journeymen.

Finally how refreshing was it to see our captain, Olly Lancashire take a kick to the head, no histrionics trying to get the Exeter player sent off, just sprinted down the tunnel to get his blood mopped up and his bandage on and back involved. As others have said, no nonsense players at the back is refreshing to see at this level.

Not a lot of football played by us today but the team are still gelling. We'll be there or thereabouts I reckon.

Think that's a pretty fair assessment. Seen some stick for Vigs but I thought he did well today. Distribution good (set up the goal) and had to deal with some really dangerous corners.

Oldham and Benfica non league?  ;)

A quick question to all those who thought we didn't have the goals in us: Where do you stand now?

I never really understood that assessment. We scored goals in pre-season, our strikers scored goals. But we don't have goals in us...

First half we were all over the place, but much better in the second half when Norris and Woolery came on.  It's refreshing to see Flitcroft making the changes at half time instead of waiting until the 80th minute or when we were 2-0 down like we're used to happening.  Norris looks a different player and Woolery will cause mayhem for defenders

There's work to do still especiallybetween midfield and defense, but they're still getting used to each other.  4 points out of 6, happy with that.

A quick question to all those who thought we didn't have the goals in us: Where do you stand now?

I said that but I've not seen us play yet in anger. Not seen Smith or Woolery, and in preseason thought Norris looked as carthorse as ever he did last season .

Obviously happy to be proven wrong thus far!

As fans we want to win every single game but only Coventry have maximum points and we're only 2 games in. So...basically...yeah...you have to be happy with that.

Still cant work out why our first 'goal' was disallowed

But...cart horse or not, he still scored goals, as did the team in general...hence my puzzlement as to why people said/still say we don't have goals in us.

The foul wasn't given though Theakston. The ref only stopped the game as Norris had a head knock so he was forced to stop the game and give a 'drop ball' which Vigs basically just picked up. For me the correct course of action would have been to whack the ball down the field out of play and give Exeter the ball back as THEY had the ball when the game was stopped. Instead Vigs took advantage and started an attack. I would have been livid had that happened to us.

Yes I know that but it should have been a foul, our players were pissed off it wasn't so I don't blame them. Personally I wouldn't have given them the ball back for kicking one of our players in the head. Kicking the ball back isn't a rule and on this occasion I think we did the right thing.

In your opinion it should have been a foul but the foul wasn't awarded. Norris was down holding his head and the ref stopped the game for that reason. Norris then got up and got no treatment or anything.

Clearly we'll have to agree to disagree as I personally thought it was poor from us to take advantage.

In your opinion it should have been a foul but the foul wasn't awarded. Norris was down holding his head and the ref stopped the game for that reason. Norris then got up and got no treatment or anything.

Clearly we'll have to agree to disagree as I personally thought it was poor from us to take advantage.

I enjoyed today, it would have been good to get the three points but Exeter were decent. Both teams everytime going forward looked like scoring. I think overall it was a fair result both sides had chances to win it. Concerns for me was the midfield was not in control of the game at all and our defence looked like it still needs time to gel. Also I think there was lots of nerves out there first half. Hussey put some nice balls in but also wasted some and looked like he struggles for pace. Woolery, Norris and Mullin were my players of the game


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Good assessment. We looked short in central midfield as we had 2 wide players who stayed out wide and so when they attacked through the middle we were overloaded. Our game is width and crosses but we were largely ineffective first half as Exeter had more fluidity and movement and their central defenders were decent at defending crosses apart from our "goal" which was wrongly disallowed. Exeter were better than most league 1 teams I saw last year and I would be surprised if they don't get top 3. I like Flitcroft as he changes things when they need to be changed as opposed to LW who didn't. Woolery gives us the pace option and next league game will clearly start with Norris up front. I would sacrifice Brophy for Goddard as he should be a better supply line for Woolery. Also Conroy for Robertson who is somewhat lmited unlike Conroy who is Thompsonesque in his runs in to midfield. Our back 4 is old school division 4 and like most I enjoyed some hoof ball when needed. We should have enough for play offs and if key players - Vigs, Conroy, Woolery Hussey and Mullin stay fit - we may push top 3. Good start.

The disallowed goal was pretty mistifying.

It's standard football cliche that dodgy decisions even themselves up over a season.... we've probably done it in a week. Got the rub at Carlisle with Mullin's goal and the wrong end Sat with the OG.

http://www.skysports.com/…/foot…/10985970/swindon-1-1-exeter

Think the stick vigs is getting for the corners is a little unfair. He was surrounded by Exeter players at every set piece, with one usually tasked with pushing mullin into vigs as the ball came in

The issue wasn't the quality of delivery, which was very impressive, or the numbers but the fact he makes a move to come nearly every time but does not look like getting close on most.  That disrupts the defence, it is very similar to the issue David James had.  Vigs is clearly a good keeper and generally has good instincts, just this one area.  Fortunately most teams are shit at corners, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

Very much this, shotstopping Vigs is excellent but he hates coming for crosses and rarely gets to them, as Rob says.

That is fortunate as we conceded 14 corners yesterday, 10 vs Carlisle and 10 vs Norwich. (as a comparison in those 3 matches so far we have collected only 8 in total).

Very much this, shotstopping Vigs is excellent but he hates coming for crosses and rarely gets to them, as Rob says.

That is fortunate as we conceded 14 corners yesterday, 10 vs Carlisle and 10 vs Norwich. (as a comparison in those 3 matches so far we have collected only 8 in total).

I'd rather be facing corners (which of the 34 we've faced we've conceded 0 goals) than an attempt to play out which would inevitably give the ball away.

I thought Dunne was a concern and was caught out of position too much, he was neither protecting the defence or midfield.

Our wingers were ineffective,


I liked the look of our defence, no nonsense and organised.

I personally don't think we need Dunn & Lingzanhi in the team at home but that's just me.

This is an interesting point.... these days because of player churn, I'm not sure that teams carry much forward from the previous year, but I suppose it is possible that both Carlisle and Exeter could go well this season.

Every one of Exeter's starting 11 was there last season, and of course the manager has been there for forever and a day.

Well done to them... when we went there in the Boycott trophy back in November 16, they were Conference bound on the back of 1 home win in 17 games overlapping the previous season. Most clubs would have binned Tisdale....

Yes (presumably you mean 06),