Official matchday thread swindon town v carlisle united

[Frigby Daser]

Funny how people see it completely differently...I thought Pericard looked dangerous. Could be a real weapon for the run-in

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

Yep. As I said...

Also for the record, Pericard was not shit. He was unlucky to have a great effort cleared off the line and has a hell of a lot of potential and I am sure will have a key role to play between now and the end of the season.

[Ralphy]

Funny how people see it completely differently...I thought Pericard looked dangerous. Could be a real weapon for the run-in

I agree. Could be a useful bloke to bring on for the last 15 mins and hassle defenders.

Had to laugh that someone text in to Radio Swindon and said ''Apollo Creed needs to sharpen up abit!''

[Batch]

Funny how people see it completely differently...I thought Pericard looked dangerous. Could be a real weapon for the run-in

I didn't phrase is well. Still feel he had a shit game IMHO. To back that up-  he failed to play in Austin, missed a sitter (touch or no touch from the defender), was greedy on a couple of other occasions and to prove it was one of those games - when he did get it right the defender cleared off the line.

BUT...

I don't think he is a shit player, far from it. He is big, strong and when he gets some game time, and a goal will come, he will be a valuable asset to us in the run in. He's unfortunate because you can't drop Paynter or Austin for him.

Matt Ritchie has the same problem in that Ward is playing blinders right now.

[DiV]

Pericard is unpredictable

A mix of Kanu and Fola!!

[Spencer_White]

One more thing, thought Carlisle brought very decent support considering their position in the table and obviously the distance.

Looking at their forum, one poster said we are the best team they have played all season and could well still go up automatic.

They also think that Pericard saved their managers job. They were averaging 1.7 points a game with Pericard, and now 0.95 points a game without him. Basically he was a lifeline for them and he cant get near a first team spot at Swindon, which shows our strength in depth.

[Arriba]

pericard had a game where nothing went for him.on another day he would have scored and got an assist i reckon.

[blah blah]

I think extra credit has to go to Cuthbert & Greer for the way they thought about how Carlisle had set themselves up and took advantage of it. Not many teams that I have seen this season have kept our full backs so quiet - Carlisle obviously saw this area of our team as a threat as that is often the starting point for our attacks, and were very quick to close them down. This left a bit more space in the middle for Greer & Cuthbert to run into, once they had got past their no7. Both did this effectively, Cuthbert got a free kick in a dangerous area & Greer set up the goal. Cuthbert fully deserved MoM in my opinion, even with an injured shoulder, he still won everything both in the air and on the ground, although Greer, Douglas & the front 2 could also have got it.
As Wilson said afterwards, it wasn't a great performance, but we did the job effectively & professionally against a team that were nowhere near the worst we have faced this season.
And a mention must go to Morrison who looked very solid when he came on too after not playing (at least for us) for ages.
This needs to be our year.....

[Spencer_White]

Their journo's wanking over our team.

http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/carlisle-united/match-reports/swindon-strikers-show-their-class-against-lacklustre-carlisle-utd-1.675193?referrerPath=/1.49997

[Talk Talk]

Their journo's wanking over our team.

Bloody hell! Is he a closet Town fan?

On another note, that's miles better than anything the Adver ever writes...