Swindon Town Vs Accrington Official Matchday thread.

[stfcinbmth]

Cheltenham, crucial game, might have to consider that one

[ronnie21]

Thought it was funny when they announced the crowd numbers today and said there were 80 from Accrington, some wags in the TE chanting "we demand a recount!"  There was no more than 40 in the away section, unless they also had 40 in the hospitality section.  Nice touch to see our lot applauding the fans who had travelled down.

[Dozno9]

Me and the guy next seat along counted 50, no way was there 80 there.

[axs]

I counted 29.

[Dazzza]

On a slightly different note, had we been stuck with the squad Paolo signed pre-season with a couple of loans I wonder where we would be now.

I suspect sniffing the twitching arse end of the playoffs.  Albeit frustratingly so.

I think a few of the foreign lads that have since departed or are sniffing on the fringes of the squad would have bedded in better than they had/have done due to more game time but that’s pure speculation.

Anyway, point I was getting to rather ramblingly so is that the board have been superb in backing the manager and allowing him to bring in a significant number of replacements / additional signings.  

I think it was Triseros that said on here a couple of months back that for the first time in a long time (if ever?) all of the ducks are lined up from playing squad through to management and board level to allow for success.  And long may it continue.

Top result today as well.  I just hope Paolo doesn’t lose it to much in the morning; a lot of the lads hardly have the experience to know better.

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

On a slightly different note, had we been stuck with the squad Paolo signed pre-season with a couple of loans I wonder where we would be now.

I suspect sniffing the twitching arse end of the playoffs.  Albeit frustratingly so.

I think a few of the foreign lads that have since departed or are sniffing on the fringes of the squad would have bedded in better than they had/have done due to more game time but that’s pure speculation.

Anyway, point I was getting to rather ramblingly so is that the board have been superb in backing the manager and allowing him to bring in a significant number of replacements / additional signings.  

I think it was Triseros that said on here a couple of months back that for the first time in a long time (if ever?) all of the ducks are lined up from playing squad through to management and board level to allow for success.  And long may it continue.

Top result today as well.  I just hope Paolo doesn’t lose it to much in the morning; a lot of the lads hardly have the experience to know better.

Key point Dazzzza. Di Canio has quite rightly been taking the plaudits over the last few months but at the same time he has to be absolutely delighted with the support he as had from the Board which has been absolutely top drawer - and let's not forget, apart from the players he's been allowed to bring in, he's been able to hold on to the likes of Caddis and Ritchie which, in days gone by would most certainly not have happened.

Paolo knows that he and the Club are 'in a good moment' and he's not going to do anything to fuck that up.

[Coca Fola]

I can't help but think of Nigeria everytime Benson plays. Because of that Cousin Benson guy off Fonejacker.

On the game. Very easy win, we got the 2 goals and then just saw the game out. Accrington wouldn't have scored if they were still out there now. As Boromir once said, "One does not simply score at the county ground".

[Peacocks-Lucky-Coat]

I can't help but think of Nigeria everytime Benson plays. Because of that Cousin Benson guy off Fonejacker.

I had the exact same thoughts earlier

[RWB Robin]

Like everyone else, I enjoyed the 1st half, with some excellent football played.  was certainly concerned about what happened with the Ferry substitution - as well as no handshake with PdC, his body language in the dugout made it clear he was not happy.  Risser was definitely off the pace, and i thought that, although he worked hard, Connell didn't do a lot right.  Murray has come in for a lot of stick both around where I was sitting and on 'This is....'  I agree that he is not the finished article, but he won the ball well and worked very hard with it, but sadly the end product did not quite make it.

I thought PdC was over the top in the interview, but, his passion is such that when the team as a whole lose it, as they did in the 2nd half, (and I do think the low sun had a lot to do with it - their coach was signalling to them to get the ball in the air, because it was causing the defence real problems), he is going to have a go at them.  I thought the back four were very good, with Caddis and McC outstanding, Ferry and Rooney very good in parts, and Benson a giant - although Caddis throws high in the air to him all through the 2nd half became a bit predictable.

Accrington played good football in 2nd half, but lacked the killer instinct - most of the saves Fods made were from balls that missed their strikers, and had they connected better with balls into the box, we would have been in much more trouble.

But 3 more points is never bad.

[Spencer_White]

I think this will be a wake up call for a lot of Town players that Di Canio really means what he says about taking us as far as we can go. He's all about sticking everything on the pitch, all the time, not holding back, and we did do that 2nd half. From the Town End didnt see a lot of action really. Im not complaining with the performance, but only the sub Murray was giving it everything 2nd half. We are getting to the stage where teams will roll over if they go a goal down at the CG, and settle for not getting beat 4 or 5 nil.

Forget next saturday, tuesday is our game in hand, and our chance to put real daylight between ourselves and the rest. Burton were pretty good at their place so it wont be easy.

[Ardiles]

Forget next saturday, tuesday is our game in hand, and our chance to put real daylight between ourselves and the rest. Burton were pretty good at their place so it wont be easy.

Spot on.  It's all about the Burton game now.  We can start to think about Oxford next Wednesday morning...and then forget them again at 2pm the following Saturday.

[Spud]

Happy with yesterdays result. Had a £3 scorecast of 2-0 and Benson at 20/1.

[Dozno9]

If we lose I'll be forgetting about them at 5pm next Saturday.

The Oxford game is a slight distraction and really our games in hand are the way out of this shit pit league.

[fatbasher]

He says "....if I don't drink lots of milk then I'll only be good enough to play for Accrington Stanley"., hence drinking load to avoid playing for a nobody. If they were any good they would have heard of them.

Exactly.

[Arch Stanton]

Ferry and PDC had a full-on row early in the second half, lots of aggressive arm-waving from both camps - he was certainly not happy with something. Then when Ferry misplaced one more pass he subbed him.

I just hope they work things out before Tuesday because without him we have absolutely zero creativity through the middle. As perfectly demonstrated when Cox came on and touched the ball about 2.5 times (the .5 was a ricochet off another player so does not really count).