Swindon Town v Coventry City Official Matchday Thread

[Paolo69]

Joe Murphy is a prick (based on his winding up of the crowd at Scunthorpe a few years ago). I enjoyed that equalizer immensely.

[kerry red]

Maybe they will take note of the rather 'route one' method of Storey's goal and get away from the constant fannying around at the back when Wes has the ball.

There's something almost pure when a punt from the goalkeeper is flicked on by the big CF to his sidekick and he slots it away.

[Tails]

Joe Murphy is a prick (based on his winding up of the crowd at Scunthorpe a few years ago). I enjoyed that equalizer immensely.

His hissy fit when Storey scored was even better.

On a side note, there was a few Cov fans behind us in the town end. One of them got really shitty with us for celebrating Storeys goal. They werent shy either, celebrated Clarke's goal and also were vocal in their defence of him when he got shit from the whole ground.

[Samdy Gray]

Maybe they will take note of the rather 'route one' method of Storey's goal and get away from the constant fannying around at the back when Wes has the ball.

There's something almost pure when a punt from the goalkeeper is flicked on by the big CF to his sidekick and he slots it away.

What do you mean, 'rather' route one. That was precisely route one.

Reminds me of an old Amiga game where you had to choose the tactic from each goal kick, route one being the preferred choice and nearly always came off with the big man/little man combo. Can't for the life of me remember the game though.

[Reg Smeeton]

What do you mean, 'rather' route one. That was precisely route one.

Reminds me of an old Amiga game where you had to choose the tactic from each goal kick, route one being the preferred choice and nearly always came off with the big man/little man combo. Can't for the life of me remember the game though.

Route one, came about from the old TV show Quizball....the clip at the start of this is classic...I wouldn't recommend the Emlyn Hughes bit at the end...I know it's wrong to speak ill of the dead, but Molineux 1980 has taken a bit of getting over.

[Batch]

On a side note, there was a few Cov fans behind us in the town end. One of them got really shitty with us for celebrating Storeys goal. They werent shy either, celebrated Clarke's goal and also were vocal in their defence of him when he got shit from the whole ground.

Surprised they didn't get lumped.

Not that I agree with it.

[@mwooly63]

Surprised they didn't get lumped.

This.
Shame I was in the Arkells. You dont have to lump them tho just make it so uncomfortable they fuck off.
Surprised the stewards didnt throw them out esp in light of the heightened police presence and non threat of trouble.

[Ardiles]

His hissy fit when Storey scored was even better.

On a side note, there was a few Cov fans behind us in the town end. One of them got really shitty with us for celebrating Storeys goal. They werent shy either, celebrated Clarke's goal and also were vocal in their defence of him when he got shit from the whole ground.

Hang on a minute.  He buys a ticket in the home end, the most vocal part of the ground...and then gets chopsy when the home fans celebrate a late winner?!  That's all a bit odd.

I thought the Town End were in good voice on Saturday, but it's clearly not the place it was once.  That Coventry fella would have been taken apart back in the day.

[Tails]

They were to the left of the exit (looking out from the stand) and it was a bit quieter that side but I was equally as surprised that no one seemed bothered by them. They weren't bad guys at all, and one of them had a kid with him.

They left not long after Storey scored as people really cottoned on that they were Coventry fans and they started getting arsey. Don't understand why you'd get annoyed at other fans celebrating a goal.

[Bob's Orange]

Hang on a minute.  He buys a ticket in the home end, the most vocal part of the ground...and then gets chopsy when the home fans celebrate a late winner?!  That's all a bit odd.

I thought the Town End were in good voice on Saturday, but it's clearly not the place it was once.  That Coventry fella would have been taken apart back in the day.

I thought the atmosphere was good after we equalised but before then I thought it was standard Swindon fare and up in the DRS all I could hear was people bickering and shouting nonsensical things. One guy kept having a go at Ranger for 'not doing him'. I can only assume he wanted Ranger to hit Leon Clarke or something.

[Ticker45]

Maybe they will take note of the rather 'route one' method of Storey's goal and get away from the constant fannying around at the back when Wes has the ball.

There's something almost pure when a punt from the goalkeeper is flicked on by the big CF to his sidekick and he slots it away.

If I remember rightly, there was a head coach at the F.A. called Charles Hughes who always maintained this was the most obvious and best way to score goals. Forget about passing the ball around, just get it forward to the "POMO" as it was called (Position Of Maximum Opportunity). Think the old Wimbledon side used it to great effectiveness!

[Ardiles]

Hughes was very influential.  Held English football back for years.  Even today, at least some of the blame for the technical inferiority of English players (vs Dutch, German etc.) can be laid at his door.  A massive wrong turn.

[RobertT]

If I remember rightly, there was a head coach at the F.A. called Charles Hughes who always maintained this was the most obvious and best way to score goals. Forget about passing the ball around, just get it forward to the "POMO" as it was called (Position Of Maximum Opportunity). Think the old Wimbledon side used it to great effectiveness!

Howard Wilkinson signed up to this philisophy which included an optimum number of passes prior to shooting, so the idea was that this was achieved through getting the ball forward quickly as it turned out to be around 5 passes.

You'd have though that Barcleona and Spain would have done enough in recent years to show this philisophy as being utterly stupid, not least because it pays disregard for the ebb and flow of a game.  So while a goal may come from a brief move, the 65% of possession retained maye well have pulled the defensive system apart and worn down the opposition.  That as well as our abject failure on a world scale.

[suttonred]

What do you mean, 'rather' route one. That was precisely route one.

Reminds me of an old Amiga game where you had to choose the tactic from each goal kick, route one being the preferred choice and nearly always came off with the big man/little man combo. Can't for the life of me remember the game though.

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[Bewster]

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