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Title: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: 4D on Monday, September 16, 2019, 09:43:37
The season seems to be getting better  :)
I am tempted to go to this because we are not home again until 28th.

2-2 att: 7,111 (214 away)


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: pauld on Monday, September 16, 2019, 09:48:51
The season seems to be getting better  :)
I am tempted to go to this because we are not home again until 28th.

2-2 att: 7,111 (214 away)
Don't you bloody dare!


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Monday, September 16, 2019, 10:05:28
I am tempted to go to this

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Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: suttonred on Monday, September 16, 2019, 10:18:12
We'll win whether 4d goes or not. We owe them and will have a full team this time. 2-0


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Reg Smeeton on Monday, September 16, 2019, 10:19:46
 This looks a difficult game.... a bit Northampton.  Tuesday night, a side who like to spoil, and get a break, hopefully not from the officials this time. ColU and Cobbs share exactly the same away record, not many conceded or scored, and a raft of ex Town men. For Cobbs it was Andy Williams.... I worry about Theo.   It looks like the sort of thing where we'll need to find a way.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: stfcjack on Monday, September 16, 2019, 10:20:05
They have Nouble, Robinson and Norris. So we will need to score at least 4 to win the game.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Batch on Monday, September 16, 2019, 10:22:03
They have Nouble, Robinson and Norris. So we will need to score at least 4 to win the game.

We've got Doyle, Yates and Isgrove, no problem.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: stfcjack on Monday, September 16, 2019, 10:24:01
We've got Doyle, Yates and Isgrove, no problem.

 :D


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: 4D on Monday, September 16, 2019, 10:29:48
We'll win whether 4d goes or not. We owe them and will have a full team this time. 2-0

This. I'm confident now. Well, a draw at least.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Monday, September 16, 2019, 10:38:27
Colchester sit currently in 18th place in the league with 2 wins 3 draws and 3 defeats so far scoring 6 goals and conceding 7.

Their run of league results so far has been DLLDWWLD the 2 wins were home to Northampton 1-0 and away at Oldham 1-0, they have only socred more than 1 goal in a game vs Grimsby in a 2-2 draw.

They beat Town earlier in the season in the LC when we played a weaker side and Yates was sent off, our last defeat in all competitions.

Luke Norris has score 4 times (2x penalties) and Frank Nouble 2 times as their leading scorers.

They have ex Town players Luke Norris, Frank Nouble and Theo Robinson on their books, Swindon have no ex Colchester players at the club.

In games at the County Ground between the 2 sides Swindon have won 20, drawn 10 and lost 10 times, scoring 71 times and conceding 42.

Colchester have won just 4 times in the last 21 meetings at the CG the last win in 2017.

2-1 defeat with Doyle scoring in front of 6,955 with 127 U's there.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Reg Smeeton on Monday, September 16, 2019, 10:42:36
Colchester have won just 4 times in the last 21 meetings at the CG the last win in 2017.

Somehow it feels like we've had a lot of problems with them at the CG of late, not withstanding last season, which was easy enough. Were those 4 wins all relatively recent?


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Monday, September 16, 2019, 10:43:17
2-1 defeat with Doyle scoring in front of 6,955 with 127 U's there.
What a depressing prediction JJ  ;)...although I have to say, well though we've been playing I'll be more than happy with a scrappy 1-0...


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey on Monday, September 16, 2019, 10:46:12
Routine win. All these historical bollicky stats are being torn up this season.

The sooner some people realise this squad is the dog’s bollocks, the better!


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Monday, September 16, 2019, 10:48:45
Routine win. All these historical bollicky stats are being torn up this season.

The sooner some people realise this squad is the dog’s bollocks, the better!
We're the best team in the league - that's not hyperbole or arrogance, it's just a fact. BUT...I will still settle for a scrappy 1-0  ;)

Edit: couldn't agree more about past form and bogie sides and grounds...it's utter bollocks.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: pauld on Monday, September 16, 2019, 10:51:00
We'll win whether 4d goes or not. We owe them and will have a full team this time. 2-0
Bold talk but I'm taking no chances and will be mining all the roads out of Calne on Tuesday


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: 4D on Monday, September 16, 2019, 10:51:59
Somehow it feels like we've had a lot of problems with them at the CG of late, not withstanding last season, which was easy enough. Were those 4 wins all relatively recent?

2012, 2015 and 2017 for 3 of them.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:04:19
They have Nouble, Robinson and Norris. So we will need to score at least 4 to win the game.
On their forum the fans are bemoaning the total lack of goals from the strikers, Theo has not scored in the league yet for them and Norris and Nouble have only 4 goals so far between them from open play.

They have been playing a passing game but not getting much possession in games so far, they are not a massive side either so dont rely so much on set peices.

They have the 2nd worst scoring record in the division with only Walsall having scored less.

In several games so far they have been over ran in midfield, Col fans saying they are too slow in build up and lacking ideas around the box and lacking the final ball to cause problems.

They break with a bit of pace but lack a plan when they get closer to goal, also they have had several defensive erros that have cost them, on Saturday at FGR it happened again and cost them a point which they set their stall out for.

The question is would you change the team to bring back Doughty? I personally wouldn't change it and would start with the same team and put Doughty on the bench.

                 LMc
Hunt   Baudry Conroy   Iandolo
        Grant       Rose   
Isgrove                    Anderson
                       Yates
             Doyle

Subs: Benda, Fryers, Broadbent, May, Woolery, Twine, Doughty.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:06:44
Somehow it feels like we've had a lot of problems with them at the CG of late, not withstanding last season, which was easy enough. Were those 4 wins all relatively recent?
Sorry I missed one, its 5 in the last 21 games, 2017, 2015, 2012, 2008, 2005 and 1980.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Reg Smeeton on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:07:48
On their forum the fans are bemoaning the total lack of goals from the strikers, Theo has not scored in the league yet for them and Norris and Nouble have only 4 goals so far between them from open play.

They have been playing a passing game but not getting much possession in games so far, they are not a massive side either so dont rely so much on set peices.

They have the 2nd worst scoring record in the division with only Walsall having scored less.

In several games so far they have been over ran in midfield, Col fans saying they are too slow in build up and lacking ideas around the box and lacking the final ball to cause problems.

They break with a bit of pace but lack a plan when they get closer to goal, also they have had several defensive erros that have cost them, on Saturday at FGR it happened again and cost them a point which they set their stall out for.

The question is would you change the team to bring back Doughty? I personally wouldn't change it and would start with the same team and put Doughty on the bench.

                 LMc
Hunt   Baudry Conroy   Iandolo
        Grant       Rose   
Isgrove                    Anderson
                       Yates
             Doyle

Subs: Benda, Fryers, Broadbent, May, Woolery, Twine, Doughty.

The only reason for including MD is that Grant might not be up to speed yet for Sat/Tues.  Pos the same applying to Rose


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:08:02
What a depressing prediction JJ  ;)...although I have to say, well though we've been playing I'll be more than happy with a scrappy 1-0...
There might be a wee bit of superstition in my predictions ;)


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:09:28
The only reason for including MD is that Grant might not be up to speed yet for Sat/Tues.  Pos the same applying to Rose
Grant did flag a bit as the game went on, Rose I thought looked pretty fit to the 90th minute TBH.

I personally wouldn't change a winning team just to accomodate Doughty, but hes a great option to come off the bench.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:13:31
So, we’ve decided that Doughty needs to wait his turn with Rose playing well.

What about when Lyden is fit again? Now that’s a hard one - Lyden, Grant?


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: pauld on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:15:17
Grant did flag a bit as the game went on, Rose I thought looked pretty fit to the 90th minute TBH.

I personally wouldn't change a winning team just to accomodate Doughty, but hes a great option to come off the bench.
Didn't Doughty himself say in commentary that he'd be astonished if he went straight back into the starting line up?


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:16:01
So, we’ve decided that Doughty needs to wait his turn with Rose playing well.

What about when Lyden is fit again? Now that’s a hard one - Lyden, Grant?
I really like Lyden, I think he looks classy but for me Grant has much more composure and is a better tackler than Lyden, its great to have options though.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:16:37
Didn't Doughty himself say in commentary that he'd be astonished if he went straight back into the starting line up?
He did but he also said it in quite a jokey way.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Wobbly Bob on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:17:36
As far as I can tell, we haven't won both Saturday & Tuesday home games in the league since 2010.

No time like the present.

Should be a good test against a team that would have been targeting top 7 this season.
We looked better than them in the cup game, up until the red cards.

Sitting back and hoping for the best might not be the best game plan for them.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:18:10
Can see Grant picking up a red somewhere along the line. He’s a fearsome looking fucker, too.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Reg Smeeton on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:20:41
As far as I can tell, we haven't won both Saturday & Tuesday home games in the league since 2010.

No time like the present.

You're not allowed to point to facts like that on here WB.... 


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:22:25
Can see Grant picking up a red somewhere along the line. He’s a fearsome looking fucker, too.
He knows all the tricks in the books, he has a pretty poor disciplinary record with red cards in the past with Southend, Peterborough and Port Vale all fining him heavily for "stupid" sendings off.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:22:57
There might be a wee bit of superstition in my predictions ;)
Understood :)


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:24:28
You're not allowed to point to facts like that on here WB.... 
It's a fact which bears no relevance to what happens tonight. No matter what you say, it just doesn't :D


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: NotHarryAgombar on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:24:54
Before Saturday I said I’d take 4 points from the 2 home games. I’m not able to attend tomorrow, but what I saw on Saturday has made me recalibrate my expectations - I’m hopeful of a win, but it may be a scrappier game / performance than Saturday.
1-0 or 2-1 is fine.
Assuming Grant/Conroy were withdrawn for precautionary reasons only I’d start the same team, although I’d expect Doughty to come on at some point in the second half.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Wobbly Bob on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:44:33
It's a fact which bears no relevance to what happens tonight. No matter what you say, it just doesn't :D

It would be a good one to put to bed though, both in terms of confirming fitness levels and building a strong home record. Both of which i.e. poor fitness and not very good at home have been contributory factors to the poor record.

Include the midweek away games since the PDC era as well and the overall record must be pretty dismal.

A win tomorrow night would be another pointer toward a successful season.
Possibly.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Samdy Gray on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:44:48
It's a fact which bears no relevance to what happens tonight.

Because we're not playing 'til tomorrow?


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:47:39
As far as I can tell, we haven't won both Saturday & Tuesday home games in the league since 2010.

No time like the present.

Should be a good test against a team that would have been targeting top 7 this season.
We looked better than them in the cup game, up until the red cards.

Sitting back and hoping for the best might not be the best game plan for them.
Close, 2011-12 we won Tuesday, Saturday then Tuesday again in a row that year, starting on my birthday Feb 21st then 25th and 28th with wins vs Shrewsbury, Accrington and Burton.

Your point does still stand mostly though as we have not done it again since, but we have only played 10 back to back Saturday then Tuesday home games in the league in that 8 years.

We have won 5 times back to back Tuesday then Saturday matches over the same period though.



Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:51:27
Because we're not playing 'til tomorrow?
Tonight, tomorrow, it's all irrelevant  ;)


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:53:01
It would be a good one to put to bed though, both in terms of confirming fitness levels and building a strong home record. Both of which i.e. poor fitness and not very good at home have been contributory factors to the poor record.

Include the midweek away games since the PDC era as well and the overall record must be pretty dismal.

A win tomorrow night would be another pointer toward a successful season.
Possibly.
Couldn't agree more WB  :nod:

The more bad runs and bogie teams we put to bed the better ;)


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Reg Smeeton on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:56:06
Because we're not playing 'til tomorrow?

You're not allowed to point to facts like that on here.....


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:59:30
You're not allowed to point to facts like that on here.....
Of course you are...You can say whatever you like, I can say it's bollocks...it's a forum :)


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Flashheart on Monday, September 16, 2019, 12:03:50
3 points please.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: swindonmaniac on Monday, September 16, 2019, 12:38:43
All of this Tuesday nights bollocks is irrelevant.   Yes, we've a shit record of recent years on midweek games,  however,  that was then and this is now,  records are there to be broken,  and we're going to break a lot this season (hopefully), full of confidence on this one 2-0 to the Town.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: 4D on Monday, September 16, 2019, 12:40:17
3 Tuesday night matches and 3 losses.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: pauld on Monday, September 16, 2019, 12:58:21
All of this Tuesday nights bollocks is irrelevant.
Well, the historical stuff is. But given the high tempo we play with, I think there's a legitimate concern that midweek games don't give some of our players enough time to recover from Saturday and so possibly we might be a little below par midweek?


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Monday, September 16, 2019, 13:02:07
All records are there to be broken anyway, good or bad.

Our players do look fitter this season than they have for a few years so that could work in our favour, Grant and Rose being the 2 mentioned that could be a concern as they have both not featured much recently so fitness levels could be below par, but we have plenty of options on the bench now if that proves to be the case.

Something we haven't been able to say much lately TBH.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: swindonmaniac on Monday, September 16, 2019, 13:02:25
Well, the historical stuff is. But given the high tempo we play with, I think there's a legitimate concern that midweek games don't give some of our players enough time to recover from Saturday and so possibly we might be a little below par midweek?
Possibly,  but we're on the crest of a wave, let's ride it !.  Much stronger and seemingly fitter squad than previous seasons, and a strong bench, that should see us through.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: swindonmaniac on Monday, September 16, 2019, 13:05:07
All records are there to be broken anyway, good or bad.

Our players do look fitter this season than they have for a few years so that could work in our favour, Grant and Rose being the 2 mentioned that could be a concern as they have both not featured much recently so fitness levels could be below par, but we have plenty of options on the bench now if that proves to be the case.

Something we haven't been able to say much lately TBH.
Great minds think alike,  posted 20 seconds after you,  should have read your post before listing !.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Monday, September 16, 2019, 13:07:22
Great minds think alike,  posted 20 seconds after you,  should have read your post before listing !.
:) we are definately a different kettle of fish than in recent seasons, and for the better!


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Super Hans on Monday, September 16, 2019, 13:14:04
Colchester's last 16 wins have been to nil. So if we score then we won't lose. Hurrah.

I fancy another win. 3-1.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Monday, September 16, 2019, 13:25:30
Colchester's last 16 wins have been to nil. So if we score then we won't lose. Hurrah.

I fancy another win. 3-1.
In those 16 games the last time Colchester won a game when the opposition scored was home to Crawley on 13th Oct 2018 thats over 11 months ago!


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Bob's Orange on Monday, September 16, 2019, 13:55:34
Think we’ll be disappointed come 21:45 ish tomorrow night. No idea why, just trying not to get carried away perhaps!

1-1. Norris equalising late with a penalty.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Robinz on Monday, September 16, 2019, 14:04:03
From the land of the long white cloud... :nod:
Towns match this evening will result in reverse of the match in Essex previously this season noand a comfortable3.1 win
Doyle Anderson and Isgrove for Town
Some dark fellow for Colchester
COYMRs  :pint:


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Swindon Please Win on Monday, September 16, 2019, 14:50:57
Going to my second game of the season tomorrow, first one was Northampton, I’ll make sure not to return if we lose.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Batch on Monday, September 16, 2019, 15:05:26
I’ll make sure not to return if we lose.

Team player.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: swindonmaniac on Monday, September 16, 2019, 15:10:01

Towns match this evening will result in reverse ..........
COYMRs  :pint:
Going to be a few disappointed people outside the County Ground at 7.45 tonight.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: pauld on Monday, September 16, 2019, 15:11:16
Going to my second game of the season tomorrow, first one was Northampton, I’ll make sure not to return if we lose.
Can you have a word with 4D?


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Monday, September 16, 2019, 15:22:09
Going to be a few disappointed people outside the County Ground at 7.45 tonight.

Except in RobiNZ's case, he's probably factually correct.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: swindonmaniac on Monday, September 16, 2019, 15:27:00
Tonight, tomorrow, it's all irrelevant  ;)
It's not if you turn up at the County Ground tonight !!.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey on Monday, September 16, 2019, 15:28:44
Going to my second game of the season tomorrow, first one was Northampton, I’ll make sure not to return if we lose.
I missed the PdC circus, living in Ireland at the time, now I’m missing the Wellens revolution being in Greece.

The things I do for you lot!


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: 4D on Monday, September 16, 2019, 15:31:40
I missed the PdC circus, living in Ireland at the time, now I’m missing the Wellens revolution being in Greece.

The things I do for you lot!

It's a team effort...
You have to stay abroad, SPW and I have to never set foot in the CG again and Flasheart has to get pissed.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Robinz on Monday, September 16, 2019, 16:07:24
It surely is today... and is yesterdy in Swindon :sherlock:
........... just going to AKL airport to catch an early flight to Fiji for business.
Yes, its dark and cold here in AKL and Fiji is 30 degrees :)
COYMRs 8)


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: bathford on Monday, September 16, 2019, 17:02:57
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07ncylm

Talk of the Town from Shaun.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Anteater on Monday, September 16, 2019, 17:17:45
4-1 Town


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: RobertT on Monday, September 16, 2019, 18:11:46
We should win 2-0, but the sporting gods are nasty, we'll probably lose 1-0 with Norris recreating that goal where he'd fallen over in the 6 yard box and the ball hit him before trickling over the line


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Gnasher on Monday, September 16, 2019, 18:34:08
Sadly can't make this one. 1-1 or 4-0 win, can't decide which.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Legends-Lounge on Monday, September 16, 2019, 21:54:43
Sadly can't make this one. 1-1 or 4-0 win, can't decide which.

Win, tempered expectations 3-1


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Tails on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 08:30:22
Colchester are no mugs, this will be a tough game tonight. Not to mention the "case of the ex" is doubled with both Norris AND Robinson. In Robinsons case I'm sure he'd actually rather be in red tonight but he'll be desperate to prove a point I imagine.

Nonetheless it'll be nice for the drive down the M4 to be filled with excitement!


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 08:32:08
Just a little more info on Doyle’s loan.

It is season long and cannot be recalled in January. We have paid a loan fee to Bradford and are paying in excess of 50% of his wages. He cannot play for any other club this season apart from us/Bradford - so Bradford can't sell him in January to anybody but ourselves.

This is according to Radio Leeds. Seems iron clad to me.

Also

A player on loan can play against its parent club under the UEFA rule, as long as the host club has applied for, and received an express permission from the parent club allowing or permitting their player on loan to play against them.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Panda Paws on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 08:58:12
The club have confirmed he can't play against Bradford.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 09:20:38
The club have confirmed he can't play against Bradford.
Yeah I think its a standard thing now with loans that a player cannot play against his parent club, in South America IIRC there was a case of match fixing when a loan player scored an OG so his parent team won the match, several years back. So it does makes sense.

Christian Roberts signed for Swindon from Bristol City and they inserted a clause in the transfer that Roberts was not allowed to play against them that season even though his wasn't a loan, probably wouldn't get away with that now.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 09:24:08
Strange how things change quickly. When Doyle first joined us Bradford fans were adamant, almost demanding, he be allowed to play against them as it would, in their view, be like playing 10 men.

Not so vocal now.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Flashheart on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 09:27:12
There were one or two on their forum claiming that he is actually a hindrance to teams he plays for, and teams he does play for will always struggle.

They must be feeling a bit silly.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: pauld on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 09:29:07
There were one or two on their forum claiming that he is actually a hindrance to teams he plays for, and teams he does play for will always struggle.
Yeah, he's been constantly holding us back, scoring and creating all those goals, the bastard!


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 09:31:20
The last 2 days on the Bradford forum has been quite amusing to read, it does indeed suggest that as stated above there is no recall option in January and that we are paying only a percentage of his wages, here are a few posts on it since the weekend. With a couple of "silly" remarks at the end too.

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I am still completely perplexed by the decision to let him go to a promotion rival, really really hope this doesn't bite us back on the ar$e come the end of the season. Some reports suggest that Swindon aren't even paying all of his wages which makes this even more baffling. Surely promotion is worth more than losing circa £5k a week in wages.
 
Before the Northampton game Radio Leeds were quoting we have paid Swindon to take him but I was not sure of what % of his wage we were paying, surely it can't be 100% that would make no sense at all.

I haven't seen a figure but am sure I ready somewhere it was over half of his wages they were paying.

Wouldn't have expected Swindon to be one of our promotion rivals this year tbh so understood why they wanted to get him off the wage bill, but if they could potentially occupy one of the top seven spots then we need to be holding them to ransom

up their contribution to 100 %, sign him, or we'll recall him and he can sit on our bench or (if he sulks over it and gets disruptive) make him train with the kids. Is it right that he can only play for us and Swindon this year now? I.e. no one other than Swindon can buy him in Jan?

Can we recall in Jan? If he's on 15 goals we should look at getting him in / selling him before his contract is up.
 
Someone posted Swindon have a season long loan and we cant recall him but I'd think we have a return clause if we want him to return, and if as you say he's still scoring Swindon can pay a fee if they want to keep Doyle.

They discussed this on Radio Leeds on Saturday. Apparently it was a loan where there was a small fee involved (??) but we are still contributing something towards his salary. They didn’t indicate how much. They did say there wasn’t a recall clause in Jan and went on to say that it seemed like one of those situations where a parting of ways was the best for both parties. Doyle never found the form that most us believed and hoped he would with us, whilst we needed the money created by him leaving to sign players in much needed alternative positions than his.

You don't care how many goals he scores for one of our opponents who are also going for promotion, I hope its not the goals Doyle scores for Swindon that determines who gets a play off spot.

I understand for Bowyer to bring in his own players we had to get rid of the high earners but to hear on Radio Leeds we're paying a % of his wages (large or small) whilst there is looking a bad piece of business at the present monent.

It's actually making our promotion push even more difficult when we've essentially gifted a top 7 rival with a clinical goalscorer. It's so ridiculously stupid!

The fact its looking a bad business decision is because he is scoring for Swindon. If he hadn't been scoring people would be saying its a great bit of business getting shut of Doyle look what we are saving on wages. The club knew what could happen and it didn't bother them. If there is no recall clause the club was happy with that. It's all ifs and buts Doyle is a Swindon player who's registration we hold but that's it.
 
Let's be honest, a large chunk of people supported letting him go for footballing reasons, Financial fair play meant we couldn't keep him as well. He didn't perform well. If players who left clubs always performed worse, then there wouldn't be a functioning transfer market.

we won't get any money from Swindon they are always on can't pay we take it away
 
So you're suggesting he didn't want to be at Bradford City but wants to be at Swindon Town. I find that difficult to believe.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: reeves4england on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 09:42:24
Yeah I think its a standard thing now with loans that a player cannot play against his parent club, in South America IIRC there was a case of match fixing when a loan player scored an OG so his parent team won the match, several years back. So it does makes sense.

Christian Roberts signed for Swindon from Bristol City and they inserted a clause in the transfer that Roberts was not allowed to play against them that season even though his wasn't a loan, probably wouldn't get away with that now.

The current rules are that a loan player can only play against his parent club if permission is given in the loan agreement. The default is that they can't. BUT with a transfer you're not allowed to put the clause in any more, a la Christian Roberts. Once the player's gone you have no say when they can and can't play.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 09:42:57
I realise there is a difference between loaning a player to a club in your league and actually selling one, but would we be the same if Doris had knocked in 20+ last season with Colchester. Would we be pointing the finger at management for not playing to his strengths?

I don’t think so. They are obsessed with Doyle cos they paid £350,000 and £5k pw for him and he didn’t deliver. Whether we’ll end up paying anything for him or just signing him when OOC, I don’t know.

They were drooling when they signed the oldsters Vaughan and Donaldson - I know who I’d rather have.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 09:44:44
BUT with a transfer you're not allowed to put the clause in any more, a la Christian Roberts. Once the player's gone you have no say when they can and can't play.
TBF it was very unusual back then too, I had not heard of it before or since but STFC didn't seem to be overly concerned by that clause, always seemed a bit weird.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: harrisonaw on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 09:57:49
2-1 Town. Doyle, Yates. Att: 7,201.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Flashheart on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 10:04:47
Another Bradford loan player, Hanson, won player of the month. They must be right royally pissed off with it.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 10:08:29
Another Bradford loan player, Hanson, won player of the month. They must be right royally pissed off with it.
Ex Bradford, he signed a 2 year contract with Grims after leaving AFC Wimbledon in the Summer.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Flashheart on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 10:09:32
Ah! I recline corrected.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 10:35:33
I was having a look at home attendances for last couple of years which make good reading.

2017/18 home average 6,436 average home support 6,243

2018/19 home average 6,390 average home support 6,125

2019/20 home average 7,039 average home support 6,826 so far

So thats an average gate rise of 9% and a home crowd rise of 11% so far on last season.

Carlisle Utd   att: 7,024 with 298 away fans makes 6,726 home fans
Northampton att: 7,203 with 345 away fans makes 6,858 home fans
Morecambe   att: 6,873 with  83 away fans makes 6,790 home fans
Macclesfield  att: 7,055 with 124 away fans makes 6,931 home fans

Be nice to break that 7,000 home supporters again.

The fans are definately coming back.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 10:40:42
A colchester fans preview of tonights game.

https://aviewfroms2.blogspot.com/2019/09/preview-what-can-we-expect-from-swindon.html

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Colchester came out on top the last time the two sides met in the Carabao Cup, but what can we expect this time 'round?

Last Season
Swindon had a mixed 2018/19 campaign. They started the season with Phil Brown in charge before relieving him of his duties and appointing Richie Wellens, with the club performing well below expectations. Wellens steadied the ship, leading the side to a 13th place finish. Goals proved to be a problem all season as Michael Doughty top scored with 6 and the club only scored 59 in total. Since then, the club have looked considerably stronger.

Manager
39-year-old Wellens only took charge at Swindon in November of last year, but since then has improved the playing style and results. Despite only managing Oldham Athletic before taking the reins at the County Ground, Wellens has amassed a win percentage of 38% from the 39 games he’s managed, interestingly John McGreal’s win percentage is identical albeit after managing 162 matches. The former Manchester United youngster recently boasted of having Sir Alex Ferguson to advise him. He certainly seems like a man on the up.

Swindon has had a very positive campaign thus far, and currently sits in 2nd place. It would appear Colchester’s 3-0 home win against the Reds in the Carabao Cup was a minor hiccup. In the first 8 league games they have shown to be a real force, winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 1, simply put, they are looking streets ahead of ColU. Against Macclesfield, on Saturday, they won 3-0 and were excellent value for the win.

The table below shows how Swindon has been most effective, by keeping hold of the ball but when the situation lends itself, shooting on sight. If you don’t shoot, you don’t score.

Formation
Wellens has favoured a 4-2-3-1 or most recently, 4-4-2 so far this season, similarly to ColU, unfortunately that is where the similarities end. They have predominantly played the ball down flank, 36% on the left and 36% on the right. The wingers on either side see a lot of the ball and aren’t afraid to cross.

Key Player
Where to start? 
Striker Eoin Doyle has been signed on loan from Bradford City and since the switch he’s been red-hot. The Irishman has scored 7 goals in 6 games, wining 3 Man of the Match awards in the process. The Colchester centre-backs will need to be on-form to keep him contained.

On the wings, Keshi Anderson has scored 3 goals and assisted 2 from left-midfield. Additionally Lloyd Isgrove has 5 assists to his name from right-midfield. Keeping this pair quiet will prove difficult and in doing so will hamper the U’s full-backs attacking threat.

Prediction
It’s going to be a very challenging evening for the U’s, as it’ll be another long away trip to a first-class side. I can’t see a coupon-busting away win. Swindon 2 Colchester 1.

Up the U’s, Sam.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Panda Paws on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 10:41:06
Interesting that a night game is our biggest attendance.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 10:43:04
Interesting that a night game is our biggest attendance.
Biggest over all but not most home fans.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 10:49:29
A colchester fans preview of tonights game.

https://aviewfroms2.blogspot.com/2019/09/preview-what-can-we-expect-from-swindon.html


You've finally met your match for quality pre-match intel.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Reg Smeeton on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 10:52:15
You've finally met your match for quality pre-match intel.

PV is better than having MD as last season's leading scorer with 6


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 10:56:31
PV is better than having MD as last season's leading scorer with 6
True :) one major flaw in his post. Although I do admit freely to fucking it up a lot :D


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 11:01:55
Lots of people have dyscalculia but they don't count.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 12:17:42
Sort of matchday related, if Exeter win they stay top tonight, home against a Port Vale side with loads of injury problems....anyway...Matt Taylor turned down an approach yesterday from Lincoln City to be their new boss.

Could have done with some disruption down there TBH.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 12:42:11
Sort of matchday related, if Exeter win they stay top tonight, home against a Port Vale side with loads of injury problems....anyway...Matt Taylor turned down an approach yesterday from Lincoln City to be their new boss.

Could have done with some disruption down there TBH.

You just vaguely worry who Lincoln will look to next...


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 12:48:23
You just vaguely worry who Lincoln will look to next...
Ainsworth, Taylor and Flynn have all turned them down apparently.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Legends-Lounge on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 12:51:31
Yeah I think its a standard thing now with loans that a player cannot play against his parent club, in South America IIRC there was a case of match fixing when a loan player scored an OG so his parent team won the match, several years back. So it does makes sense.

Christian Roberts signed for Swindon from Bristol City and they inserted a clause in the transfer that Roberts was not allowed to play against them that season even though his wasn't a loan, probably wouldn't get away with that now.

Christian Roberts signed for Swindon from Bristol City and they inserted a clause in the transfer that Roberts was not allowed to play against them that season even though his wasn't a loan, probably wouldn't get away with that now.

Probably come under restraint of trade or anti competition laws?


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 13:01:23
Probably come under restraint of trade or anti competition laws?
It wouldn't be allowed now, but 15 years ago there was probably little like that to stop it.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 13:06:45
Ainsworth, Taylor and Flynn have all turned them down apparently.

They'll be upset at being turned down by managers from teams who can't get half their attendance.

The circle is tightening. He must be somewhere on their shopping list. If approached, you'd hope Wellens would take four things into account:
1) He's only just beginning to see results from a project he started building a year back
2) He'd have a big job on his hands to turn their bullying bruteball into sexy Wellensball
3) Even if it's oop north, Lincoln really is the arse end of nowhere
4) With similar success, we'll get equal or bigger crowds to them

Right?  :(


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Legends-Lounge on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 13:08:42
They'll be upset at being turned down by managers from teams who can't get half their attendance.

The circle is tightening. He must be somewhere on their shopping list. If approached, you'd hope Wellens would take four things into account:
1) He's only just beginning to see results from a project he started building a year back
2) He'd have a big job on his hands to turn their bullying bruteball into sexy Wellensball
3) Even if it's oop north, Lincoln really is the arse end of nowhere
4) With similar success, we'll get equal or bigger crowds to them

Right?  :(

And our hooter sounds better than their siren 😁


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 13:10:10
They'll be upset at being turned down by managers from teams who can't get half their attendance.

The circle is tightening. He must be somewhere on their shopping list. If approached, you'd hope Wellens would take four things into account:
1) He's only just beginning to see results from a project he started building a year back
2) He'd have a big job on his hands to turn their bullying bruteball into sexy Wellensball
3) Even if it's oop north, Lincoln really is the arse end of nowhere
4) With similar success, we'll get equal or bigger crowds to them

Right?  :(
Well, that and the fact he’s already turned down Donny who had previous ties with, citing loyalty. There’s something happening at SN1.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: pauld on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 13:11:43
Well, that and the fact he’s already turned down Donny who had previous ties with, citing loyalty. There’s something happening at SN1.
I think LL's got it right tbh #allAboutTheHooter


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 13:16:44
Well, that and the fact he’s already turned down Donny who had previous ties with, citing loyalty. There’s something happening at SN1.

That's encouraging. They can have Embleton, by the sounds of it.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Boeta on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 13:23:52
Wellens will be here until the end of this season at least. Out of loyalty as he has already said but also to get a League 2 promotion on his CV.

Off on a train of thought here, but wouldn’t be surprised if he ended up at Salford next summer. Back up north, big money and another League 2 promotion on his CV. 2 promotions would guarantee him a long managerial career which didn’t look so likely a year ago.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 13:28:31
#hootersbeatsirens

Twitter campaign! Just in case ;)


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 13:55:25
#hootersbeatsirens

Twitter campaign! Just in case ;)
Judge for yourselves

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SfcA8C_DRdA

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wVVWbqDnuG8


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 14:10:40
+1 Hooters.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: ronnie21 on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 15:40:45
Ainsworth, Taylor and Flynn have all turned them down apparently.
Not sure Taylor turned them down, Exeter refused permission to allow them to speak to him.  He was probably told of their interest and told Exeter to tell them no.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 15:46:34
Not sure Taylor turned them down, Exeter refused permission to allow them to speak to him.  He was probably told of their interest and told Exeter to tell them no.

https://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/news/2019/september/-club-statement-matt-taylor/?fbclid=IwAR0pWDF9IJCkgQjPaZcObolVmc8SWyUrlF5WRGeU4naBjtWhgM5ZOjjukds

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Exeter City manager Matt Taylor has reaffirmed his commitment to the club, following an approach from an unnamed club.

The request was made to speak to Matt late on Saturday and this was passed on to him.

Chairman Julian Tagg, said today that Matt had turned down the request.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: suttonred on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 15:54:54
Anyone know if this is on ifollow in the UK tonight?


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Panda Paws on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 15:56:08
Anyone know if this is on ifollow in the UK tonight?

Yep.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: suttonred on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 15:57:24
Cool. Better do my chores then..


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 16:04:05
Cool. Better do my chores then..
Chores...what chores?

I'll have a pint....


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: suttonred on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 16:19:56
There's chores believe me. It was my wifes birthday yesterday and I bought her a baking tray. That went down well...


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 16:25:32
It was my wifes birthday yesterday and I bought her a baking tray.
I am sorry for the loss of your bollocks.

That went down well...
Exactly the opposite of the wife yesterday then!


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: suttonred on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 16:28:44
Improvement on last year. I unwittingly bought her aftershave then. I smell nice in the mornings at least. Ahem 5-0 to us.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: RobertT on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 16:53:57
Back to Hooters, we have on round the corner from us.  They clearly have a low maintenance budget because the lit wording on the building has been gradually failing, or failing after being fixed.  At various points at night it has been called:

Hooters
Hoters
Hoers
Hors (honestly)
Hoos


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Flashheart on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 17:00:05
There's a hooters in Bangkok; a city in which the concept is redundant.

I've never been, but I hear it's shit and overpriced.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: 4D on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 17:05:16
I wish to apologise in advance  :-[


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: brocklesby red on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 17:25:31
2-1 in front of 6980 with Rose and Yates scoring


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: suttonred on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 17:26:37
I've been to two. San Francisco and Nottingham. Being a bit sexist the name on the door should have been Pimples.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 17:33:33
If...and its a big IF we win tonight then this will be the 3rd best start to a season in at least 60 years.

Other good starts...
82-83 season we had 17 points after 9 games.
12-13 season we had 17 points after 9 games.
14-15 season we had 18 points after 9 games.
05-07 season we had 21 points after 9 games.
95-96 season we had 23 points after 9 games.

19-20 season we will have 20 points after 9 games, should we win.

Not trying to put the kybosh on things though, especially with 4D there!


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Pax Romana on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 17:38:22
I've been to the Nottingham one.  it's good on a European night where you want to have a few beers together but watch different games.  The girls are generally really nice (as in nice people) but I still felt somewhat pervy.  The food is dire.  What did amaze me when I went was the number of couples in there who were clearly on a date!

1-1.  Hopefully another one of my crap predictions.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: JBZ on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 17:42:45
Went to one in Bristol


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 17:44:36
Went to one in Bristol

B'dum tish.  :band:


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 17:45:37
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EEru1bQW4AEazdU?format=jpg&name=medium)


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 17:50:25
                LMc
Hunt   Baudry Conroy   Iandolo
        Grant       Rose  
Isgrove                    Anderson
                       Yates
             Doyle

Subs: Benda, Fryers, Broadbent, May, Woolery, Twine, Doughty.
Oh just 1 sub out from calling the whole squad! Curran for Twine, I thought we had to have one home grown player in the squad which was why I put Twine in there.

EDIT. Apparently Iandolo just qualifies as home grown having spent 3 years at the club prior to his 21st birthday.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: normy on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 17:51:29
I gave up on evening matches last season as they were so poor, but I'm going out tonight, hope I don't jinx them.  


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 17:51:54
Ex Town players Robinson and Nouble start, Norris on the bench.

ColU make 5 changes from their defeat at FGR on Saturday.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: theakston2k on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 17:59:59
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EEru1bQW4AEazdU?format=jpg&name=medium)
Can’t see May getting a look in once Lyden is fit again and imagine Twine will drop out once the Norwich lad is fit. Squad has some depth.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:01:33
Can’t see May getting a look in once Lyden is fit again and imagine Twine will drop out once the Norwich lad is fit. Squad has some depth.
Absolutely, Twine misses out today already.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: theakston2k on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:04:15
Absolutely, Twine misses out today already.
I mean the picture altogether he’ll need to go out on loan same with Reid at this rate.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:07:56
I mean the picture altogether he’ll need to go out on loan same with Reid at this rate.
Yeah Reid is backup at best.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: cdakev on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:12:37
 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:
I am sorry for the loss of your bollocks.
Exactly the opposite of the wife yesterday then!


 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:21:46
Ha ha Football Phil on the radio!


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: 4D on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:23:10
The cgh is nice and busy  :)


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: suttonred on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:25:20
Looks like i'll be watching this, all im getting on ifollow is a bouncing football


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:31:57
Looks like i'll be watching this, all im getting on ifollow is a bouncing football
Reload the page, or change browser if you are on PC, the coverage is already up and running.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:40:04
The Town End looks fuller than on Saturday.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:42:09
Town attacking the Bank from KO.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:43:11
Colchester already have had more touches in the first minute than Macc had in the first 20 mins on Saturday.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:44:40
Anderson using his strength(!) to win the ball and runs off down the wing and puts in a decent ball but its cleared.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:44:50
Anderson and Gold (Gold) have swapped wings by the look of things.

Edit: looks more like Keshi is being allowed to wander.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:45:20
Baudry gives the ball away cheaply while bringing it forwards, Nouble cant do anything with it though.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:46:39
Hunt nice cross, hit out for a Town corner.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:47:08
Poor Rose corner to the near post.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:48:02
Nice move by Isgrove and Doyle, goes out for a goal kick though.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:48:24
Anderson and Gold (Gold) have swapped wings by the look of things.
They kept swapping on Saturday, finding the best way to fuck up Colchesters plans.

I like the nickname Izzy that the players give him.

Sings "I'm so Izzy my head is spinning".....


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:49:22
Isgrove puts in an early cross but cant beat the defender, another nice move.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:49:44
Isgrove back on the right again.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:50:40
Yates lovely pass down the line to Iandolo but his cross is poor and cant beat the defender.

The ball comes out to Doyle and his shot from 25 yards is inches wide of the corner.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:51:30
Must already be at four or five shots on goal.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:52:24
Town passing the ball really well, Isgrove at the centre of it all, even Doyle spreads a 50 yard ball accross field!

Anderson goes down the wing beats his man but his cross is way too deep.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:53:38
Great passing movement by the whole team, Iandolo cuts inside but cant release his shot, corner to Town.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:54:25
Good corner from Isgrove onto Rose head but it slips off at a bad angle, great chance for Town as he was unmarked.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:55:50
Grant and Rose linking up well but Rose gives away a throw in inside our half, his first mistake today.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:56:37
Nouble gets a shot in on goal but its well blocked by Conroy.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:57:43
Conroy dribbles and is felled in their half, FK to Town 40 yards out.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:58:52
Iandolo loses the ball on the touchline easily, his touch not so good today so far.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: adje on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:59:10
Keep up the good work PV


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:59:18
Anderson breaks with pace and is brought down, 30 yards out on the angle.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:59:28
Keep up the good work PV
Anytime mate :)


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 18:59:40
Yellow for the Col defender.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:00:17
Poor strike by Anderson and it goes 5 yards high and wide.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:01:12
Yates nearly puts Anderson in with a reverse pass, Yates has been quite quiet so far.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:01:12
Yellow for the Col defender.

You didn’t want to say Sarpong-Wiridu. Sloppy PV.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:01:45
You didn’t want to say Sarpong-Wiridu. Sloppy PV.
I didn't actually hear who it was tbh!


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:03:12
Long ball into the box and Doyle nearly gets Gerkin in a pickle.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:03:32
Hockaday’s being a bit of a wanker, I feel.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:04:10
Izzy runs rings round the defender who wins Town a corner.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:05:04
Baudry a yellow for a soft foul.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:06:09
Poor clearance by LMc goes into touch.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Flashheart on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:06:25
Baudry a yellow for a soft foul.

Was a yellow, he tried to trip him.

I still don't feel comfortable with him.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:06:56
Town controlling the game so far, making the better chances and some great passing moves again but no final ball...yet.

Col U win a corner from Nouble.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:07:34
Was a yellow, he tried to trip him.

I still don't feel comfortable with him.
It was a yellow but such a soft foul and not really needed, he does have a few mistake sin him every game.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:08:49
Doyle playing a lot deeper today than on Saturday, hes having to come back into our half to win the ball a lot, playing further back that Yates so far.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:09:04
We don’t look quite as sharp today yet. More errors, slower moves. Tuesday problem?


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:10:16
Conroy heads a cross out for a corner, one of the better ColU attacks so far.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matc
Post by: Batch on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:10:29
looks like Broadbent will be required


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Waffle on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:10:50
Baudry sounds to be poor at the moment on the radio.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matc
Post by: Batch on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:11:10
Quote from: Red Frog
We don’t look quite as sharp today yet. More errors, slower moves. Tuesday problem?


first 10-15 were superb but it's certainly petered out and mistakes creeping in


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:11:26
We don’t look quite as sharp today yet. More errors, slower moves. Tuesday problem?
We are playing with a slightly different shape so far, Doyle playing a lot deeper and Yates further forward, which isn't working as well so far.

We aren't playing badly...its just not quite as good as Saturday yet.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:12:32
Baudry sounds to be poor at the moment on the radio.

Yeah but Hockaday’s laying it on with a fucking trowel. It’s like listening to one of those one-idea-wankers in the DRS.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Berniman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:12:44
looks like Broadbent will be required

Could be Fryars


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:13:04
Baudry took a heavy knock but is back on his feet.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Waffle on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:13:29
Yeah but Hockaday’s laying it on with a fucking trowel. It’s like listening to one of those one-idea-wankers in the DRS.

Fair, seems to be very much a case of "back in my day" then


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:13:41
Yeah but Hockaday’s laying it on with a fucking trowel. It’s like listening to one of those one-idea-wankers in the DRS.
This.

Baudry isn't THAT bad hes just been at fault the normal amount of times he is at fault!


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:14:20
So close for ColU great cross missed by everyone in the 6 yard box, they should have scored.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matc
Post by: Batch on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:14:35
oh, and Colchester are more organised than Macclesfield and wicker at closing us down


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:14:57
Baudry going off for Broadbent.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matc
Post by: Batch on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:15:19
baudry gone.

let's hope Broadbent is less rusty now


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:15:48
“Frenchie doesn’t fancy it”. WTAF? Sack that fucker Hockaday now.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Berniman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:15:55
Hockaday does not like the French does he..  Jeez, he doesn't fancy it tonight - overly harsh from him there..


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:16:25
Dave Hockaday "I don't know"

Damn right you don't Dave, damn right!


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matc
Post by: Waffle on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:16:34
baudry gone.

let's hope Broadbent is less rusty now

Seemed alright from what I had seen Sat


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:17:48
Isgrove looks the most lively for us again today, chasing everything.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Richie Wellen-Dowd on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:17:59
Hockaday’s being a bit of a wanker, I feel.

"Frenchie doesn't fancy it tonight"  ;D

I didn't know him as a player but he's a shit commentator. He doesnt even know when it's his turn to shut the fuck up.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:18:08
Seemed alright from what I had seen Sat
he did play ok on Saturday but had little up against him.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:18:33
Just said some players have come over to powder their noses. Has someone pissed on his whippet or summat?


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:18:40
Free kick to Town on the angel 25 yards out.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:19:08
Isgrove FK too close to the keeper.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:20:48
Nouble hoofs the ball well over the bar, awful miss in our box.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:21:17
Grant is a classy fucker again, hardly ever plays a bad pass, even if lots of them are 5 yards and backwards.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:21:53
Broadbent with a really poor long pass.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Cookie on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:22:22
Town gone to shit last 15


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:22:34
Conroy puts LMc under pressure needlessly at the back and LMc cant make a good connection to the clearance.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:23:13
Colchester coming into it more the last 10 mins, we have lost shape a bit with Baudry going off.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Processed Beats on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:23:40
Sounds frustrating tonight. Hopefully, we can get at them when they tire.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:24:21
Iandolo terrible clearance goes into touch 5 yards in front of him under little pressure.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: brocklesby red on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:25:00
Hockaday really is a gloomy twat isn’t he


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:25:56
Iandolo does well and wins it and passes back to Rose whos cross is miles from anyone.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:26:26
Low cross into our box and Conroy clears it for a corner 6 yards out. Good block.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:27:00
4 mins added.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:27:13
0-1


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:27:27
Unmarked header from 10 yards into the corner.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Cookie on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:27:31
That's been coming


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:28:39
Colchester have grown into the game, we havent looked like scoring since Baudry went off.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Berniman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:28:50
Can we stop inviting Hockaday as co-commentator please, thanks..


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Processed Beats on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:29:03
Don’t think McCormick covers himself in glory there.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matc
Post by: Batch on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:29:49
it's been a constant decline throughout the half


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: molepar on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:29:53
Hockaday really is a gloomy twat isn’t he
He talks a lot of sense!


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:29:54
Totally unmarked header, not sure who never tracked him from the corner but he barely had to jump to head it in.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Stef Troll on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:30:09
That's been coming

Yes agreed. Town were decent for first 15-20 minutes but Colchester bossed it since.

Still confident we can win this but fear we may concede on the counter as the pressure is now on us to go and attack.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Flashheart on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:30:21
we need to get a grip. Half time could not come at a better time


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:30:37
Can we stop inviting Hockaday as co-commentator please, thanks..

+1. Branleur.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:30:54
HT 0-1.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Berniman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:31:32
This is the perfect game to try something different, be brave and take one of the DM's off and push somebody further forward..

Let's see if we have a plan B.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:32:28
Colchester are not very good but leading, they have created a few more chances than us but we have lost our shape since Baudry went off, we have stopped doing what we do well.

Poorest performance of the season so far barring the first 20 mins.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: theakston2k on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:33:16
Poor last 20, controversial but I'd take off Yates and bring on Doughty. Need a bit more in midfield and creativity and Yates has looked out of sorts today. Terrible for their goal though 3 players around the scorer but no attempt to win the ball, also McCormick shouldn't be beaten by a header 12 yards out, collapsed under the ball rather than jumping towards the ball.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: JucyLucy on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:34:00
Colchester have grown into the game, we havent looked like scoring since Baudry went off.

Really ?? how many assists does he have this season !! :hmmm: :hmmm:


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:36:05
Really ?? how many assists does he have this season !! :hmmm: :hmmm:
The same as I have got this season.

We have totally lost our shape since he went off though.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: theakston2k on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:36:29
Really ?? how many assists does he have this season !! :hmmm: :hmmm:
Broadbent is poor with his feet which seems to be hindering us. Would have bought on Fryers instead but hindsight is a wonderful thing.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:37:37
I would bring Fryers on for Iandolo who has gone back to being Iandolo of old.

I would also take off Yates who has been well off the pace all game and get Doughty on, change things in midfield and push Doyle up top on his own.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:38:53
Get Doughty on, Yates off.

There’s a pen coming and a red card for their curiously named player.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Panda Paws on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:39:34
First 20 we were exceptional and deserved to go ahead but Baudry’s fucking around and subsequent injury really threw us off course and the last 20 of that half is the worst spell we’ve had this season.

Midfield 2 too deep and look leggy. Front two too far apart. Give it 10 and Doughty for Grant would be my first move. Potentially move to 4231 and do Woolery for Yates too.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Panda Paws on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:40:38
I would bring Fryers on for Iandolo who has gone back to being Iandolo of old.

I would also take off Yates who has been well off the pace all game and get Doughty on, change things in midfield and push Doyle up top on his own.

Funny old game. I’d say Iandolo has been the pick of out bunch. Done nothing wrong and having more impact high up the pitch. Either way, don’t waste a sub rotating a FB when you’re losing at home.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: REDBUCK on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:40:56
I would bring Fryers on for Iandolo who has gone back to being Iandolo of old.

I would also take off Yates who has been well off the pace all game and get Doughty on, change things in midfield and push Doyle up top on his own.

You do talk bollocks where Iandolo is concerned sometimes


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:41:58
 We're just not doing Wellensball yet - maybe they're a bit leggy. Change on 55 if we're not getting better control of the game.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:44:43
You do talk bollocks where Iandolo is concerned sometimes
He has been really poor for me, his crossing awful and his defending poor too.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:45:27
No changes at HT.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: 4D on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:47:30
Fuck me, 6 games and still no goal  :(


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:48:13
Good move down the right from isgrove and Hunt but his cross is blocked.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:49:06
Iandolo deep cross deflected into Doyle and his shot goes well over.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Nomoreheroes on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:49:44
we need to get a grip. Half time could not come at a better time
Might have been better coming before they scored!


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:50:19
Rose plays the ball into touch in a bad position in our half.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:52:12
Yates touch really bad again, not a good game for him so far today.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:52:54
We’re missing some creativity from Izza and Keshi tonight. They're not frightening anyone so far.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:52:59
Broadbent bypasses midfield totally with a long poor forward ball.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:53:33
We’re missing some creativity from Izza and Keshi tonight. They're not frightening anyone so far.
Yeah Izzy started well but has faded and Andrson not a patch on how he has been playing so far this season.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:54:13
Iandolo skinned again but luckily the cross is deflected over the bar, corner to them.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:55:30
Nice touch by Izzy and the break wa son for Rose but he stumbles and loses it.


Title: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matc
Post by: Batch on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:55:55
I know it was close to goal, but McCormick has to do better there 0-2


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Cookie on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:56:11
Fucks sake.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:56:11
Now that’s trouble.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:56:15
0-2 Robinson.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: theakston2k on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:56:21
Poor crossfield pass from Iandolo and awful from McCormick.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Flashheart on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:56:26
We've just gone to pieces. So many balls given away needlessly.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Nijholts Nuts on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:56:31
Wellens out


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Stef Troll on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:56:34
That should be that.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:56:48
Mistake by LMc but Iandolo gave the ball away far too easily in midfield at the start of that move for the goal.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Gnasher on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:57:02
This midweek hoodoo is getting ridiculous. Where's the side from recent weeks?


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Nijholts Nuts on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:57:21
Get Doughty on, immediately


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: @mwooly63 on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:57:27
Must be a tuesday night  :crash:


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:57:38
We wont get back into this game unless we change things with subs.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Saxondale on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:57:58
Its 55 minutes gone.  Come on, we can still do this.

I don't really think this but someone has to show pointless positivity in the face of facts, its the British way


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Flashheart on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:58:07
It's 4D's fault.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:58:57
It's 4D's fault.
This.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Panda Paws on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 19:59:33
Decent start to the half ruined by some poor defending and a miserable attempt at a save by LMc.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Processed Beats on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:00:15
McCormick’s not good enough. I guess Benda will be in for Saturday.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:00:21
Hunt 25 yard shot stings the keepers hands and he fumbles it to Anderson and its a corner.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: 4D on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:00:44
It's 4D's fault.

I'm done with this shit


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:00:49
Doughty on for Rose.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Waffle on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:02:11
I'm done with this shit

Are you there 4D?


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:02:37
Town put pressure on them in the box but Doyle cant quite connect with a shot.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: 4D on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:04:33
Are you there 4D?

Yep


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:05:08
Grant great deep cross but Iandolo cant head it goalwards with a  poor header.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:07:06
Doyle deep cross goes well over the bar.

6,634 134 away fans.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: theakston2k on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:08:18
Isgrove has been non existent today.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:08:35
Nothing much working for the Town so far.

Nice long dribble by Doughty but it ends up going backwards.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:09:10
Isgrove has been non existent today.
As has Yates and Anderson TBH 3 players we rely on to make things happen.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: 4D on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:09:27
We're good going sideways


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:10:46
Broadbent plays Iandolo a terrible pass, puts us in danger.

Iandolo booked for the resulting foul.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:11:16
Woolery on for Anderson.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Berniman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:11:38
Doyle deep cross goes well over the bar.

6,634 134 away fans.

6500 home fans exactly, that sounds like lazy making numbers up shit right there...  :D


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:13:16
Hunt felled in the box but the ref doesnt give it.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:13:30
6500 home fans exactly, that sounds like lazy making numbers up shit right there...  :D
I thought that!

Looks more there than on Saturday.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Ginginho on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:15:14
Shit me. 0-3.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:15:26
0-3


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:15:55
Counter attack after Yates took one too many step overs and lost it, straight up our end and its rifled in.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: theakston2k on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:16:15
Conroy’s turn to look Sunday league. Losing Baudry has killed us.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Processed Beats on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:16:16
There goes the goal difference.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Quagmire on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:16:25
Broadbent has been hopeless.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Berniman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:16:28
Hunt felled in the box but the ref doesnt give it.

It was a foul, but outside of the box


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: @mwooly63 on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:16:41
Curse of the old player + midweek =  :suicide:


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:17:06
Not playing for each other tonight.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:17:21
From the touch of King Midas on Saturday today its the turn of King Faeces to rear its ugly head.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Berniman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:17:34
After the Lord mayors show..  just need to put this down as a bad day at the office - it's going to happen in this division.  Move on.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: 4D on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:17:56
I've left


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Flashheart on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:18:16
I'm not a fan of Baudry, but it did all go to pot once he went off.

What the fuck has happened with Broadbent?

I've a hunch we'll be seeing Benda soon.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:18:23
Too many poor performances tonight.

In fact not really any positives from it at all today.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:19:03
After the Lord mayors show..  just need to put this down as a bad day at the office - it's going to happen in this division.  Move on.
Indeed, bad days happen at this level, its how we respond to this on Saturday thats the key now.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:19:25
I've left

Comeback is on.  :beers:


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Matchworn Shirts on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:19:31
I expect a social media numpty shift from "I love this club so much, we are going to win the league, Wellens is god" to "Power out, we are shite and going nowhere with him here"


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:20:05
Oh shut the fuck up Hockaday.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: 4D on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:21:28
We played well for the first 15 but they kept us at bay, bigger and stronger


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Flashheart on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:21:43
Our defence is all over the place. No shape.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:23:27
Piss poor. Got to credit Colchester, though. They’ve worked out how to stuff us.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:23:27
One bad performance from the first 9 games isn't a bad ratio TBH.

Today was a Mr Hyde to Saturdays Dr Jekyll.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Gnasher on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:27:01
Oh shut the fuck up Hockaday.

I blame Hockaday. We never win when he co-commentates.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:27:49
For me Grant and possibly Hunt are the only players to come out of tonight with a half decent performance.

All our creative players have been poor and when your best players are all having an off day then you have no hope.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: DarloSTFC84 on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:28:00
Reg will be pleased.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: molepar on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:29:18
It sounds like Baudry and Broadbent have been poor. Broadbent needs a sports psychologist by the sounds of things: seems bereft of confidence!


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:30:28
Iandolo wastes a good chance.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: welshred on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:30:41
Crazy how we can go from being absolutely lethal to getting hammered by a Colchester side who have had a pretty abject start to the season so far. Hopefully, a kick up the arse to all concerned that we need a Plan B.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: suttonred on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:30:44
We've been rumbled. Every manager in the league will be on the phone to Mcgreal in the morning. Hoping its a one off, as Thats the first game i've watched and we look as limited as last season on that performance.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:31:31
4 mins of shit left to go.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:35:36
Far too many well below par performances by Town, we can't carry that many and still get something.

Be glad when this is over, this is as poor as it was at times under Brown.

Shit happens, lets move on to Saturday.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:35:55
FT 0-3.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: theakston2k on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:36:27
It sounds like Baudry and Broadbent have been poor. Broadbent needs a sports psychologist by the sounds of things: seems bereft of confidence!
Something is seriously wrong he can’t even head it currently he either misses it or it comes off the top of his head. Would say he’s impossible to play unless he gets some help..


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matc
Post by: Batch on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:36:28
shit day in the office.

10 minutes of very good, 80 increasingly poor.

off day I hope, who knows


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: stfcben on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:38:08
So disappointing and feeling gutted after that. First 15 minutes was excellent and I thought we were going to boss it.

Anyway, we are a good side and tonight was just a (very) off day. Col U deserved their win. Well done to them. Let's go and get 3 points on Saturday.

COYR


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Flashheart on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:38:29
I think we'll be seeing Benda on Saturday.

McCormick 'might' have done better for their second, and one could also argue that he might have organised the defense better. (They were a mess at times)

If Wellens' is looking for an excuse to make a change, he has one.



Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Berniman on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:39:16
For me Grant and possibly Hunt are the only players to come out of tonight with a half decent performance.

All our creative players have been poor and when your best players are all having an off day then you have no hope.

Doyle worked his arse off, was out on the wing and dropping deep in the second half trying to create something for other players..


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: theakston2k on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:40:27
I think we'll be seeing Benda on Saturday.

McCormick 'might' have done better for their second, and one could also argue that he might have organised the defense better. (They were a mess at times)

If Wellens' is looking for an excuse to make a change, he has one.


2nd he should have saved, was straight at him. Still think he should have got the 1st, should be beaten by a 12 yard header.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:40:28
Ouch. Seems we can’t play the fast pressing game twice a week without rotation. No energy or creativity from any of our usual sources tonight. Hard to give MoM to anyone. Grant did simple things well, Hunt had moments. I don’t think anyone else comes out with any credit at all.

Oh and fuck off back to the 1970s you throwback Hockaday. Shameful comments.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: JucyLucy on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:41:00
Something is seriously wrong he can’t even head it currently he either misses it or it comes off the top of his head. Would say he’s impossible to play unless he gets some help..

He needs to get rid of that slapper he's with always looking for attention ! Maybe he can get on with his football then !


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: molepar on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:42:39
Ouch. Seems we can’t play the fast pressing game twice a week without rotation. No energy or creativity from any of our usual sources tonight. Hard to give MoM to anyone. Grant did simple things well, Hunt had moments. I don’t think anyone else comes out with any credit at all.

Oh and fuck off back to the 1970s you throwback Hockaday. Shameful comments.
What has he said that’s so offensive? Admittedly he is a bit negative but it’s hard to be positive with a performance like that!


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: suttonred on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:46:30
He called Baudry Frenchy..


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:49:30
What has he said that’s so offensive? Admittedly he is a bit negative but it’s hard to be positive with a performance like that!

Apart from being a broken record for the first half hour? Oh, the odd anti-French trope here, the casual homophobic comment there. Probably not in the BBC guidelines.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Panda Paws on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:50:31
Everyone at the club calls Baudry Frenchie...


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: theakston2k on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:50:46
So on to Saturday Benda coming in and Fryers playing centre back I’d say are a given meaning a stay of execution for Iandolo. Think Doughty will come back in so who drops out Yates, Rose, Anderson or even a rest for Isgrove? Also leaves a problem on the bench as I don’t think it’s even worth Broadbent being around as he’s clearly not right, the Ballard injury has created a problem.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: molepar on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:54:08
Apart from being a broken record for the first half hour? Oh, the odd anti-French trope here, the casual homophobic comment there. Probably not in the BBC guidelines.
What did he say that was homophobic? Must have missed that


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: 4D on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:54:31
Obviously I haven't seen the best of us, I think the physical sides will sit back and do us, Northampton and Col U. Neither were footballing sides, just this shit league physical types.
My record is shite. I mused that I was unlucky but fuck me I'm genuinely worried.

Last 6...

P6 W0 1D L5 F0 A13
Apart from Preston at Wembley the rest is all at home. I might go and support the pox at this rate.

I'll be back for Newport. :)


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:54:35
He called Baudry Frenchy..

Not great on its own. But in the context of “Frenchie doesn’t fancy it tonight” when he was fucking injured, that’s not on.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: suttonred on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:55:21
I never heard anything homophobic. I did however miss the first 15 of the first and first 10 of the 2nd.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Flashheart on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:56:42
Not great on its own. But in the context of “Frenchie doesn’t fancy it tonight” when he was fucking injured, that’s not on.

Frenchie is his nickname.

And I am inclined to agree that he did not fancy it. He was poor tonight.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Red Frog on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 20:59:21
What did he say that was homophobic? Must have missed that

Players have come to the side to powder their noses. Not like real men, eh Dave? It’s not that bad, it was just an accumulation of drivel from him in the first half that got on my nerves.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Super Hans on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 21:03:10
Not enough responsibility taken from our creative players tonight. Too often getting into a decent position and then going backwards.

Don't see the point in bringing Doughty on to do the same job as Rose was doing.

Grant was class all night and always looks to play it forward if he can.

Doyle and Yates tried hard but didn't really have a sniff. Keshi and Isgrove really struggled to make things happen.

Baudry was also called Frenchie at Leyton Orient. Nothing to see there.

Wellens blaming himself for the defeat. For himself read Broadbent. He had a poor game.

Colchester put in a perfect away performance much like Northampton did.

We're still going up. Just a very poor evening. Cambridge will be tough on Saturday, spanked Mansfield 0-4 tonight although Matt Preston was sent off (again) at 0-0.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: theakston2k on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 21:04:14
Frenchie is his nickname.

And I am inclined to agree that he did not fancy it. He was poor tonight.
He was clearly injured, their player had a sly kick out at him when he was running back to trip him and delay him getting back into position. He couldn’t walk when he came off.

Think Broadbent is done, Wellens has just said he’s kicking himself for making the wrong sub and bringing Broadbent on.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Swindon Please Win on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 21:07:10
Going to my second game of the season tomorrow, first one was Northampton, I’ll make sure not to return if we lose.

I'll make sure to stay away, have a good season everyone!


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: 4D on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 21:07:10
Our bus just got cut up by some small dick in a beemer,  I gave him the bird


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: 4D on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 21:07:42
I'll make sure to stay away, have a good season everyone!

Fucking jinx


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Panda Paws on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 21:07:55
Broadbent is finished here. Out in January. Somethings not right at all.

Presumably RW thinks he should have used Fryers at CB, not Curran?


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Super Hans on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 21:08:20
Bolton/Oxford let down my 7 fold over 2.5 goals acca for £260 to top off a poor evening. Bastards.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Legends-Lounge on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 21:17:37
Bad day at the office. Move along nothing to see here.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Reg Smeeton on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 21:19:57
Reg will be pleased.

Why would I be pleased?  As I said earlier, tonight was always going to a difficult game, midweek Theo etc. and so it proved so not a surprise. The hope being that we might have been able to find a way, as that is what sides who get auto do.

However we looked a long way off of that....


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: 4D on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 21:20:49
No end product tonight. If it was there we would have been 2 up after 15 mins. Strange game


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Bogus Dave on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 21:22:24
If plan A doesn’t work, dogmatically stick to plan A

I’m not saying go route one, but we clearly got nowhere with our 4-2-2-2, so why not try a more conventional diamond? Doughties best off behind the frontmen, which is where I thought he was going to go when he came on - nope, like for like with rose, standing on the centre backs toes

Broadbent looks shot, conroy still can’t defend - watch him ‘cover’ for that third, abysmal

We’ve not beaten anyone decent this year. Hopefully this was just a blip


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Batch on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 21:23:24
It was like a cheap bettery from poundland performance tonight.

Started off very brightly. And for 10-15 minutes I thought the early 'going up' talk was clearly right. However slowly but surely we faded out the game, consistently getting worse and worse. We started misplacing passes, our attacking became more infrequent, and lets be honest - Colchester took over. In fact they looked the better team and deserved their win.

I totally get the point of Doughty coming on, no point in continuing in the same vein and hoping for the best. But he was so bloody deep and there wasn't a lot to pick out playing 'quarterback'.

As mentioned by more than one person, perhaps high tempo footy twice in a week is too much mentally as well as physically.

I still don't have the feeling of a false dawn, these games happen, but time will tell.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Pax Romana on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 21:26:09
Oh well.....

Be good to see them bounce back at Cambridge.  My first away game for ages.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Reg Smeeton on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 21:27:48
It was like a cheap bettery from poundland performance tonight.

Started off very brightly. And for 10-15 minutes I thought the early 'going up' talk was clearly right. However slowly but surely we faded out the game, consistently getting worse and worse. We started misplacing passes, our attacking became more infrequent, and lets be honest - Colchester took over. In fact they looked the better team and deserved their win.

I totally get the point of Doughty coming on, no point in continuing in the same vein and hoping for the best. But he was so bloody deep and there wasn't a lot to pick out playing 'quarterback'.

As mentioned by more than one person, perhaps high tempo footy twice in a week is too much mentally as well as physically.

I still don't have the feeling of a false dawn, these games happen, but time will tell.

Being able to play is a good thing, but Div 4 is a tough attritional league.... we know that we've taken a bit of a punt on somewhat iffy fitness records to get better quality, but that looked the difference... ColU were just physically stronger.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Batch on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 21:32:21
I get what you are saying, bu its ,ore of an iffy injury record rather than fitness. And we only had one injury tonight.

Can't say any more than we came up short. If it keeps happening I'll worry.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: wiggy on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 21:33:20
I really fucking hate Tuesday night games


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: 4D on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 21:34:25
If plan A doesn’t work, dogmatically stick to plan A

I’m not saying go route one, but we clearly got nowhere with our 4-2-2-2, so why not try a more conventional diamond? Doughties best off behind the frontmen, which is where I thought he was going to go when he came on - nope, like for like with rose, standing on the centre backs toes

Broadbent looks shot, conroy still can’t defend - watch him ‘cover’ for that third, abysmal

We’ve not beaten anyone decent this year. Hopefully this was just a blip

I've mentioned before about a plan b but got shot down. Ah well let's stick to what's not working and concede three.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Super Hans on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 21:40:18
Dare I say we could have done with someone in the Billy Paynter mould to bully them around a bit. Put their centre halves under minimal stress all evening.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Wobbly Bob on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 22:57:15
As has been said, bad day at the office. Hopefully just that.

A side finishing in the autos will look back at the next game responses to setbacks like that.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Panda Paws on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 05:48:01
I've mentioned before about a plan b but got shot down. Ah well let's stick to what's not working and concede three.

Listen to RW. We got stuffed because we literally didn't stick to what's working.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 05:57:02
I don’t get the argument that we got beaten because they, and Cobblers, were too strong for us. What about the other sides we’ve beaten or played off the park. Were they all playing weedy nerds?

Our style, to me, looks entirely dependent on confidence. The confidence to ping the ball around in neat and, at times, dangerous patterns.

It was noticeable how we stopped doing the things that won us previous games. Maybe the self belief isn’t quite there. Yet.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matc
Post by: Batch on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 06:28:39
but you have to give Colchester credit for tightening the game up. They had good shape and once they'd weathered the early storm and adapted they made it hard for us to do what we wanted to


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Legends-Lounge on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 06:39:10
Just seen the goals. Free header for the first. LMC at fault for the second (unless the ball span wickedly away as he went to gather it. Or it took a deflection) then we were clearly chasing the game and the third we got caught on the counter attack. But the season did not end last night did it. Wellens will learn from that, no doubt in my mind so he as will all of us be looking for a response on Saturday.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: 4D on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 07:30:37
My season ended last night  :)


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: WEBBERhyde on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 08:09:05
Probably not a bad thing in the long run to have a result that brings us back down to earth a bit and stop everyone getting too carried away after the last few performances. I’m sure that’s just a bit of a blip, I’m still sure we’re better than most teams in this league. It just highlights how we need to learn to adapt now that teams are going to be cottoning on to sucking the energy out of game. Credit to Colchester for doing an absolute number on us. If we’d have broken through in that first 20 minutes, chances are it would have been a hiding.

Funny thing confidence, can’t remember seeing it melt away so drastically as last night for a while. Completely on top with tight passing and neat touches, in the first 20, then ending the half barely able to control the ball and string more than 2 passes together. Bloody Tuesday nights...


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Outletred on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 08:30:56
Colchester did a professional job on us last night. Nullify and exploit long ball- lump it to a big man up top.
We are a far better footballing side than them but must find a way at home to counter these tactics where we don’t score early


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: pauld on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 08:43:09
My season ended last night  :)
I want that written out as a legal guarantee ;)


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: pauld on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 08:45:07
I don’t get the argument that we got beaten because they, and Cobblers, were too strong for us. What about the other sides we’ve beaten or played off the park. Were they all playing weedy nerds?

Our style, to me, looks entirely dependent on confidence. The confidence to ping the ball around in neat and, at times, dangerous patterns.

It was noticeable how we stopped doing the things that won us previous games. Maybe the self belief isn’t quite there. Yet.
I think it was more just that they were knackered, mentally as much as physically. We seem to struggle with midweek games, perhaps because we play such a high tempo demanding style, there's not much left in the pot after Saturday. Would explain why we ran out of steam so abruptly early on (apologies if this has already been mooted, haven't read back)


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Reg Smeeton on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 08:46:21
I don’t get the argument that we got beaten because they, and Cobblers, were too strong for us. What about the other sides we’ve beaten or played off the park. Were they all playing weedy nerds?

Our style, to me, looks entirely dependent on confidence. The confidence to ping the ball around in neat and, at times, dangerous patterns.

It was noticeable how we stopped doing the things that won us previous games. Maybe the self belief isn’t quite there. Yet.

It's not about lumps and weeds, it's about sharpness.  To play our way the players need to be at peak sharpness, that's physical fitness running into mental mental alertness... the converse tired bodies lead to tired minds.  When on song, it's fine, but we're not going to be on song every game.   This is when an auto team has to dig in and find something. Last night we didn't come close.   Now that could be a one off it can happen or it could be a sign of something more serious, the next few games will tell us.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: jayohaitchenn on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 08:47:46
He needs to get rid of that slapper he's with always looking for attention ! Maybe he can get on with his football then !

This comment is Toni levels of bizarre


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Bogus Dave on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 08:51:44
Listen to RW. We got stuffed because we literally didn't stick to what's working.

Because what was working, wasn’t

We’re not Man City/Liverpool - were not going to be able to impose our style on every game, and when that happens we’d be well off having a different look to try and combat it, rather than just stubbornly staying the same


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Panda Paws on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 08:57:09
Because what was working, wasn’t

We’re not Man City/Liverpool - were not going to be able to impose our style on every game, and when that happens we’d be well off having a different look to try and combat it, rather than just stubbornly staying the same

That's not true. First 25 we were good. Then we played shit. We executed our plan and the way we play terribly, with players changing what they do and what works.

If we had "stubbornly stayed the same" we would have won, because the same is short, effective possession-based play and pressing as a team - which worked very well for the opening period. It's not sitting off, creating huge gaps between the lines and hitting massive diags constantly.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: pauld on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 08:57:51
It's not about lumps and weeds, it's about sharpness.  To play our way the players need to be at peak sharpness, that's physical fitness running into mental mental alertness... the converse tired bodies lead to tired minds.  When on song, it's fine, but we're not going to be on song every game.   This is when an auto team has to dig in and find something. Last night we didn't come close.   Now that could be a one off it can happen or it could be a sign of something more serious, the next few games will tell us.
The next few midweek games maybe. We don't seem to have this problem on Saturdays


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Bogus Dave on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 08:58:32
how many chances did we create in the first 25 minutes?


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: kirky69 on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 09:09:12
I was impressed with Colchester who were very physically strong, athletic and with good wide options. Their front 2 dominated our centre backs and their centre backs dominated our front 2. Expect them to be top 7 and believe they were in a false position coming in to last night's game. We had an off night and confidence in football is a very shallow thing as evidenced by us struggling badly in the last 30 mins. Broadbent personally is clearly suffering from a severe lack of self confidence and landolo was also affected. Only Grant and Hunt were anywhere near Saturdays standards. Anderson and Isgrove - who looked completely knackered in the second half - were unable to make any significant impact and the team as a whole ran out of ideas. Having completely dominated possession the last 3 games, it felt exactly the reverse in the second half last night and the players couldnt cope with Colchesters pace, power and better fitness levels, helped i feel by them making 5 changes from Saturday, whereas we kept the same team, which in hindsight, proved one game too many for some. As always in games, it could have been so different had we scored the first goal and Baudry going off badly affected us - maybe those fans who saw him as a weak link will now reflect on their views! The main positive for me was the crowd, who apart from expressing some frustration at Broadbent and Iandolo, largely kept with the team - no mass booing at the end, which wouldnt have been the case last season.

Looking forward, our next 5 games are against teams in the top half, Newport and Plymouth at home, with Cambridge, Bradford and Crewe away, so some good challenges. Our 5 wins to date have been against teams currently occupying bottom half positions, with all unlikely to be threatening the top 7 at the end of the season. The 2 defeats have been against physically stronger teams, who have sat deep, not allowing us space to create, which I expect Newport in particular to replicate.

Our fast counter attacking football suits playing away rather than at home so hopefully we can get a good points haul from the 3 away games and still be looking pretty going in to November. Selection for Cambridge away will be interesting, with Benda , Fryers, Doughty and Woolery all potentially coming in to the reckoning. Broadbent clearly wont be included, so if Baudry is injured, would expect Fryers to partner Conroy in central defence. If Baudry is fit, I would rest Iandolo - whose confidence dropped off badly - for Fryers. If Benda has impressed in training, he may well get his chance, as his extra height could be a factor at set pieces, where Cambridge will be a threat. Doughty is a bit of a conundrum as he is most effective in support of a front 3 and felt he was wasted coming on last night merely doing what Rose had been doing. Might be worth giving Isgrove a break on Saturday, so he comes back fully refreshed for the Newport game.

I would therefore select the following 11 - subject to Baudrys fitness - playing Doughty in a more offensive role.

Benda
Hunt
Conroy
Baudry
Fryers
Grant
Rose
Doughty
Anderson
Doyle
Yates


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Tails on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 09:13:55
Colchester did a number on us and were worthy winners, but disappointed that 2 of their goals are from mistakes. I said to my friend when it was 2-0, if we can score 1 we'll win 3 or 4-2, if we don't score any we'll get dicked 3 or 4-0. 1 goal always seems to lift us.

I thought Iandolo played quite well, and Conroy as well against two real handfuls. Nouble was brilliant for them up top and Robinson was decent too (it was obvious he'd score). It's one of those games where if we get the first goal, we win comfortably but they shut us out.


Judging from the first handful of games it seems like a one off, so lets put it down as a bad day in the office and hope for a response on Saturday against, according to Kyle Knoyle, a real step up in quality in Cambridge.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: reeves4england on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 09:22:04
Just looking back to the Di Canio promotion season, we lost 4 of the first 5 before going on to lose at Burton and Macclesfield before September was out. By that point we were 7 points from top with players like Jervis, Montano and Magera knocking around.

For what it's worth, I think we're in a much stronger position this season and the positivity eminating from the past few weeks wasn't misplaced. We scored 11 in 4 prior to last night, conceding only 4. It wsn't an accident and we should be able to pick ourselves up again.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Panda Paws on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 09:27:38
Yep - league table is redundant at this stage. Knocking along at 2 points per game is title winning over a season so anywhere close to that, at any stage, means we're doing well.

Big response Saturday needed though, for sure. I'd expect RW to make some changes he's wanted to make for a while but felt unable to.

Assuming Frenchie is out I'd go:

              Benda
Hunt Conroy Fryers Iandolo
          Doughty Grant
Woolery  Anderson  Yates
                 Doyle

Rest Isgrove and bring him on if we need to.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: 4D on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 09:32:29
I didn't actually realise Colchester had scored their second goal. I was being superstitious and moving down the terrace, looked up and wondered where their players had gone. Couldn't even hear the Colu fans cheers  :)

The Flash had a different hat on, surely he has to shoulder some blame?


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: pauld on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 09:40:55
This comment is Toni levels of bizarre
Broadbent's ex?


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Reg Smeeton on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 09:44:04
I was impressed with Colchester who were very physically strong, athletic and with good wide options. Their front 2 dominated our centre backs and their centre backs dominated our front 2. Expect them to be top 7 and believe they were in a false position coming in to last night's game. We had an off night and confidence in football is a very shallow thing as evidenced by us struggling badly in the last 30 mins. Broadbent personally is clearly suffering from a severe lack of self confidence and landolo was also affected. Only Grant and Hunt were anywhere near Saturdays standards. Anderson and Isgrove - who looked completely knackered in the second half - were unable to make any significant impact and the team as a whole ran out of ideas. Having completely dominated possession the last 3 games, it felt exactly the reverse in the second half last night and the players couldnt cope with Colchesters pace, power and better fitness levels, helped i feel by them making 5 changes from Saturday, whereas we kept the same team, which in hindsight, proved one game too many for some. As always in games, it could have been so different had we scored the first goal and Baudry going off badly affected us - maybe those fans who saw him as a weak link will now reflect on their views! The main positive for me was the crowd, who apart from expressing some frustration at Broadbent and Iandolo, largely kept with the team - no mass booing at the end, which wouldnt have been the case last season.

Looking forward, our next 5 games are against teams in the top half, Newport and Plymouth at home, with Cambridge, Bradford and Crewe away, so some good challenges. Our 5 wins to date have been against teams currently occupying bottom half positions, with all unlikely to be threatening the top 7 at the end of the season. The 2 defeats have been against physically stronger teams, who have sat deep, not allowing us space to create, which I expect Newport in particular to replicate.

Our fast counter attacking football suits playing away rather than at home so hopefully we can get a good points haul from the 3 away games and still be looking pretty going in to November. Selection for Cambridge away will be interesting, with Benda , Fryers, Doughty and Woolery all potentially coming in to the reckoning. Broadbent clearly wont be included, so if Baudry is injured, would expect Fryers to partner Conroy in central defence. If Baudry is fit, I would rest Iandolo - whose confidence dropped off badly - for Fryers. If Benda has impressed in training, he may well get his chance, as his extra height could be a factor at set pieces, where Cambridge will be a threat. Doughty is a bit of a conundrum as he is most effective in support of a front 3 and felt he was wasted coming on last night merely doing what Rose had been doing. Might be worth giving Isgrove a break on Saturday, so he comes back fully refreshed for the Newport game.

I would therefore select the following 11 - subject to Baudrys fitness - playing Doughty in a more offensive role.

Benda
Hunt
Conroy
Baudry
Fryers
Grant
Rose
Doughty
Anderson
Doyle
Yates


A decent analysis.

I'd pick up on 2 points though.... re crowd, a lot of the booers had buggered off after about 70 mins esp from the TE. You could hear an undercurrent of "get it forward" waiting to break out as we kept possesion using Lukeball.

Where does Fryers as a CH come from?  Not sure I'd fancy that. Maybe time for having a look at Curran...


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Peter Venkman on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 09:47:30
Doyle worked his arse off, was out on the wing and dropping deep in the second half trying to create something for other players..
Yeah, Doyle was our only attacking player who looked decent, I agree. So Grant, Hunt and Doyle were the only half decent performers.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Reg Smeeton on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 09:52:36
Yep - league table is redundant at this stage.

Although it's fair to say it won't be the same after 46 games, history shows there won't be too much movement for most clubs.  We're in a horrible FGR/Numb sandwich, the sort of thing once inconceivable.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Oaksey Moonraker on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 09:58:15
Listening to the Callum Kennedy Loathed Strangers interview, Di Canio told the players would struggle early season with the amount of running they were doing in training but they would come good.

He did have the luxury of no transfer window for short term loans so was able to chop and change players regularly.

Di Canio also pulled out some statistics about how lower league teams struggle with back to back home games Saturday to Tuesday and it's rare to pick up the six points everyone expects.

It does seem to be a feature of Swindon sides over recent years to flop on Tuesday nights at home especially when doubling up with a Saturday.

Given the turnover of managers and players it can't just be down to one type of playing style. We did the same under Flitcroft, Cooper/Williams, Brown and now Wellens.

I think it's a combination of the mental approach and physical tiredness. Whatever the talk of complacency and not getting carried away, the good teams are those that can actually clear down the last game and raise their levels.

We looked physically tired on Saturday after 70s mins but the game was done at 3-0. You would think Colchester would be more tired after a trip to FGR on Saturday, drive back to Essex and then the same trip again but they seemed the stronger side.

Maybe Wellens needs to be prepared to drop players despite a win if he sees players' levels drop but with a only a couple of days between games that may not be obvious if players are 'buzzing' in training.

Will be interesting to see how this plays out for the rest of the season.

Sent from my HTC U11


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: REDBUCK on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 09:59:36
Although it's fair to say it won't be the same after 46 games, history shows there won't be too much movement for most clubs.  We're in a horrible FGR/Numb sandwich, the sort of thing once inconceivable.

Good to see the old FGR / Cheltenham mantra again been a while.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: pauld on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 10:23:04
Where does Fryers as a CH come from? 
Wellens said when he came in he could also play as a centre back


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: THE FLASH on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 10:51:43
Havent read back...

Well that was a bit of a disaster!

I was quite proud telling a fella at a works do that i felt we would do well this year and that we are actually unbeaten as we were robbed versus Northampton.....i tempted fate...

Well beaten by a more organised team for sure...have to take last night on the chin.

Started so well without really troubling Colchester in the final third.

All went pear shaped and we never recovered, the injury just made it worse.

Hit and hope in the final stages and i wasnt grumbling as we tried everything else.

Ref wasnt great but he didnt cost us the game....i was a bit miffed that a deliberate handball didnt get a yellow but that shows how frustrated i was at the proceedings.

Reality check and we go again on Saturday.



Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: ReadingRed on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 11:01:25
He was clearly injured, their player had a sly kick out at him when he was running back to trip him and delay him getting back into position.
Glad someone else noticed that. If the ref had seen it, it could have been a red.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Batch on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 12:10:06
Di Canio also pulled out some statistics about how lower league teams struggle with back to back home games Saturday to Tuesday and it's rare to pick up the six points everyone expects.

We'll just have to lose the Saturday game then win the Tuesday one. Simple.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: theakston2k on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 12:19:33
Glad someone else noticed that. If the ref had seen it, it could have been a red.
Think it was Theo Robinson who did it as well.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: tans on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 12:52:45
Broadbent's ex?

👀

Long live toni


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: ronnie21 on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 12:58:24
Glad someone else noticed that. If the ref had seen it, it could have been a red.
It was Robinson and fairly obvious!  Ref was runniong away and wouldn't have seen it, but lino was close by.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: RedRag on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 13:56:35
RW picked him out, so bear with the repetition.  

Grant was a 9/10 last night.

Defensively active and hard (but never rash) and, in the second half, actively prompting with simple and also intelligent passing and never a missed pass.  I thought he showed the mental strength to keep going after Saturday and also to perform at top level whilst nearly all around were, to a greater or lesser degree, underperforming (Doyle and Hunt  apart?).


Felt sorry for Broadbent.  As has been commented, I think he is just not a 19/20 Swindon-type player.  He exceeded relatively low expectations, defensively, last season but is not comfortable on the ball and seems to have gone backwards fast.  

No idea who should replace him if Baudry remains unfit but it looks like we shall have to find out asap.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: 4D on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 14:54:49
I got frisked last night going into the TE, when did that come back? Must have been 20 years since that happened to me.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: THE FLASH on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 15:20:33
I got frisked last night going into the TE, when did that come back? Must have been 20 years since that happened to me.

I noticed that! Said you didnt have your wallet in the pub and lo and behold the steward finds it!!

Jibbing Jonah!


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Super Hans on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 15:20:46
I got frisked last night going into the TE, when did that come back? Must have been 20 years since that happened to me.

Last couple of years. I also got asked if I was old enough to be in The Town End unsupervised. I'm 6 foot and 30 years old. Idiot.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: horlock07 on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 15:25:12
Last couple of years. I also got asked if I was old enough to be in The Town End unsupervised. I'm 6 foot and 30 years old. Idiot.

Do you not suspect they may have been taking the piss!  :D ;)


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Ticker45 on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 15:48:31
That's not true. First 25 we were good. Then we played shit. We executed our plan and the way we play terribly, with players changing what they do and what works.

If we had "stubbornly stayed the same" we would have won, because the same is short, effective possession-based play and pressing as a team - which worked very well for the opening period. It's not sitting off, creating huge gaps between the lines and hitting massive diags constantly.

This.

After twenty odd minutes I said to my daughter that Colchester do not know what is going on as they were looking at each other and the bench for instructions and had we scored in that time then who knows? One bad challenge, an enforced substitution, switching off at a corner right on half time and hey ho the wheels came off. As said elsewhere, the fitness levels dropped and the bad second goal meant it was basically all over. Relatively early days and alarm bells not ringing yet by any means.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: willwalder on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 16:38:26
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Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: swindonmaniac on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 20:16:26
He talks a lot of sense!
yeah, NONsense. Always negative IMO.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Tails on Thursday, September 19, 2019, 09:14:53
Glad someone else noticed that. If the ref had seen it, it could have been a red.

forgot about this - yeah it could have been as he stamped on him. I think it was Theo as well.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: swindonmaniac on Thursday, September 19, 2019, 11:23:56
forgot about this - yeah it could have been as he stamped on him. I think it was Theo as well.

seems as most people saw this,  definitely Robinson.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: swindonmaniac on Tuesday, September 24, 2019, 21:15:00
So, after beating us twice already this season they now beat Tottenham, albeit on penalties,  despite having less than 25% possession.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: Reg Smeeton on Wednesday, September 25, 2019, 08:08:28
So, after beating us twice already this season they now beat Tottenham, albeit on penalties,  despite having less than 25% possession.


Fair play to ColU, they have a way of playing and it is quite effective, if not pretty.  Certainly did a job on us. It's good to see the ColU fans have a day in the sun.... it's one of the things that make supporting a lower league side such fun, being able to mock plastic Prem fans.


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: pauld on Wednesday, September 25, 2019, 10:28:13
So, after beating us twice already this season they now beat Tottenham, albeit on penalties,  despite having less than 25% possession.

Doesn't this mean we should get into the knockout stages of the Champions League?


Title: Re: Swindon v Colchester pre match chat and matchday thread
Post by: swindonmaniac on Wednesday, September 25, 2019, 13:05:17
Doesn't this mean we should get into the knockout stages of the Champions League?
Correct   :D :D.