Winning is a habit, and we passed the ball well. Big positive.

Palmer makes a real difference occupying defenders and holding it up. Princewill took his goal well. More positives.

I thought Butterworth looked good going forwards and could play a role. Sometimes you watch him and think he could be a real player - he just needs more consistency. Bodin was tidy too. McGregor plays with the nous of Paul Caddis. He just gets it.

Great stuff from Will Wright. Reminded me of Paul Evans v Wrexham.

What’s going on with the Stratton Bank scaffold?!

Ollie Clarke, oh shit!
Bring on Barrow.

Andrew Hawes mentioned in commentary that Reading 'keeper, Jack Stevens, is the only goalie to concede an EFL goal to former Swindon player, Taylor Curran.

Or something said.
Or betting.
Or nothing at all.

I'm not saying it's any of these.

Ahh of course. There's always something!

Off the ball incident I assume...

A weird one that.

 Can't even think what it's about, could be anything

Butters for me. Showed what a player trying to break into a starting spot should be doing. Plenty of fight and a great deal of skill. Kirkman also but not quite as impressive as Butterworth. And Palmer,brilliant first half. MCGregor unfortunately cost us a goal and almost another but apart from that played well I thought

Mmm. Clarke investigation 🤷‍♂️

Holloway:
- Not injury free. Delaney has a sore knee. Took a clattering.
- Delaney was supposed to have 90 mins. Thought he was playing really, really well
- He is now back in contention. He was excellent tonight. Has a lump on the outside of his knee.
- Gave some total rest for the weekend
- Boy oh boy! What a game
- Delighted as the team hadnt played together before
- Started tentatively. Scored against the run of play. Got another one. Then they pegged us back. Didn't like their second goal.
- Dont understand why they didnt have a wall! Strange!
- Delighted with the performance
- Oli Palmer is getting used to us. Prince scored his first at home
- Everyone has had a taste of it and performed at a certain level
- Butterworth: Putting the same pressure on the manager as everyone else. In their contract it doesn't say the manager has to pick them. Anyone who has a contract: I didnt say they were going to be starting or going to be playing. I wanted them to be part of a squad. Ameen has gone, which leaves a hole that Butterworth can fill. He needs to work on his off the ball. Played him as a RWB, which is not his best position.This is about us being stronger when we bring people on.
- Didn't mean to or want to take all the height off. Plans had to change due to circumstances. Almost had to go down to 10 as Kirkman was limping.
- It was a good game and well worth this competition. Even though it gets diluted or watered down
- Good to see we have strength in depth. Despite losing a lot of players
- Delighted to have rested some and played others
- Tomorrow off and then the longest journey of the season. Thank god its not an early start!
- Then praised the fans who cheer!
- Bristol City loans: Clarke being investigated for something in the Cardiff game. Murph is exactly the same sort of player. Knight-Label is a Canadian international with a boat load of experience. Shitty have 2 good players there. Tinnion has helped us a lot there. But they will have to earn the right to play
- Forever thankful for the Chairman's help to get us this situation. We are pretty balanced in all areas.
- Looking back, what we did against Crewe was good! They won 7-1 tonight. But, we haven't done anything yet. So am not going to over celebrate.
- Thinks he failed last year as he didnt get us to the play offs last year
- Wants us to be consistent and compete at the top of the league
- Will celebrate if we do that
- Clarke: Press Officer asked Holloway not to say anything further than that and Hawes not to press further.

Pretty good evening all told. Beat the plastics, no obvious injuries, 90 minutes for Bodin, Prince, Butterworth, Kirkman and McGregor. 5 wins in our last 6 in all comps...a good habit to get into. Palmer is like Smith but better all round imo.

Back to the real stuff on Saturday.