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« Reply #165 on: Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 18:41:13 » |
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Football-wise this season is nowhere near as skillful or dominant as the PDC promotion season.
However, it is sooo much better than last season. We can score from set pieces, we're scoring from crosses coming in from out wide, we're scoring because of midfielders getting in and around the box.
Yes, there have been some dire performances and results, but overall we're pretty much getting what many called for as last season's pathetic efforts hit home.
I'm still not convinced we'll make the play-offs, but compared to last season, it's progress.
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« Reply #166 on: Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 20:12:20 » |
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As poor as the football is, one thing that can't be questioned is the commitment from the players.
Unlike most of last season at least these guys look like they give a shit
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« Reply #167 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 06:50:09 » |
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As poor as the football is, one thing that can't be questioned is the commitment from the players.
Unlike most of last season at least these guys look like they give a shit
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« Reply #168 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 10:36:25 » |
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Said it before and I’ll say it again.
Football is a sport, sport is about about winning, couldn’t give a shit about how entertaining it is. I find winning entertaining.
Admitally i’ve been to about 8 games this season and only seen us fail to win once so I haven’t had to witness some of the more frustrating games.
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« Reply #169 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 10:51:34 » |
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Plus, sometimes, watching/moaning about a shit match can be entertainment in itself. So bad its good if you like.
Well for some of us anyway.
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« Reply #170 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 11:52:21 » |
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Said it before and I’ll say it again.
Football is a sport, sport is about about winning, couldn’t give a shit about how entertaining it is. I find winning entertaining.
If it was just about winning, why bother going to watch? Just wait for the result to come through on Ceefax (one for the teenagers, there) and have a mild cheer. Sport is always about entertainment, it is a contest so some portion of that entertainment comes from the result but it is not the only factor. As with most things in life, it's not an either/or, it is a sliding scale not a binary switch
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« Reply #171 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 11:58:40 » |
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Meh, I see his point. We could play the best game in the world but if we lose I'm gonna be going home pissed off.
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« Reply #172 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 12:11:42 » |
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a poor game to me is irrelevant if it results in 3 points. i struggle to watch friendlies because nothing is at stake, good entertainment but nothing to show for it.
imagine playing a season of entertaining friendlies. every time i watch swindon i know there are easier options to watching better entertaining football but you dont because its swindon you want to watch and do well. its all about the points and chasing success. everyone wants to target a promotion and points are what makes that.
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« Reply #173 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 12:20:00 » |
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Said it before and I’ll say it again.
Football is a sport, sport is about about winning, couldn’t give a shit about how entertaining it is. I find winning entertaining.
Admitally i’ve been to about 8 games this season and only seen us fail to win once so I haven’t had to witness some of the more frustrating games.
Please come more often. For me this is the order: Being STFC Winning in style Winning The beauty of actually attending is sharing. That can mean: feeling sick feeling profoundly depressed feeling stressed feeling righteous anger feeling disgust feeling cheated feeling contented feeling relieved feeling satisfied feeling endorphins feeling euphoric feeling ecstatic Together
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« Reply #174 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 12:25:19 » |
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I've only been reasonably happy/entertained at one defeat and that was at molineux a couple of years back.We played some superb football that day.
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« Reply #175 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 12:28:49 » |
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« Reply #176 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 12:29:21 » |
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Meh, I see his point. We could play the best game in the world but if we lose I'm gonna be going home pissed off.
Equally we've watched some fucking crap wins and not really enjoyed the game even if we were glad they ground out a result. Like I said it's not a binary either/or. It's a combination of entertainment and result.
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« Reply #177 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 12:31:53 » |
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I've only been reasonably happy/entertained at one defeat and that was at molineux a couple of years back.We played some superb football that day.
Some years back we got beat by Man City, 3-4 at the CG. It was a horrible wet day, but a great game.... http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?MatchID=19880115
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« Reply #178 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 12:39:37 » |
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I've only been reasonably happy/entertained at one defeat and that was at molineux a couple of years back.We played some superb football that day.
We were pretty good 2 weeks ago at Coventry, we played some good football but somehow got beat. I sort of enjoyed the 6-1 defeat at top flight Ipswich in 85 too when we had nearly 6,000 travelling fans on a cold Tuesday night in the League Cup, don't remember the football much that night but I felt entertained.
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« Reply #179 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 12:42:16 » |
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The 7-1 (Benjamin, Offside) at Forest was a bit of a laugh too. So bad it was bad. But you can have a laugh about it all, or sit and sulk. We were obviously going down, so gallows humour kicked in.
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