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First one of the new season! That trialist Arquin had scored.

Who he?

Oh, right. Just saw the other thread.

Think he plays for the youths/reserves at Paris St Germain.

Thanks any way Bob!

2-0 Austin.

Let's hope that's the first of many!

2-0 austin

I like these little pre-season surprises. Especially ones that score straight away (even at Supermarine).

Could it turn into something........

Hope we hang on... You know what we're like.

I know it's ridiculous, but I would be slightly pissed off if we drew 2-2.

Greer will give away a free kick on the edge of our box in the last 5 mins........oh, hang on..........

Cuthbert replace LJF at CB
Amankwaah for Thompson
Ball & Peri Pericard upfront
Prutton JPM Bodin midfield

Who's this Hughes-Mason that has come on?

Milwall youth kid

from the live text on the official website it sounds like Ball is lively.

Thought Bodin was a striker?

Plays up front or on the left midfield.

Ball makes it 3 with a sublime chip and pericards gone off injured

Ha ha not surprised about Pericard. Ball sounds alright though.

So was Ward, worth a go!

Apologies if this has been asked elsewhere but where's the Irish/Northern Irish triallist?

Look at that he's now on.

Is it Darren Murray who came on after 77 minutes for Pericard?

Not surprised at all about Pericard, Always seems to get injured.

Jebus..not that hamstring again ::)

"Wilson's side remained in control until the final whistle, and the manager will be satisfied to have come through the match injury free"

Pericard's substitution must have been purely tactical.

That's alright then ;)

I don't think Pericard is injured was taken for precautionary reasons should be ok.

The Irish lad played for the under 18s last night aswell.

1st rule of friendlies. You can't tell anything from friendlies.

Quick review,

first half we controlled the game mostly. Good physically competitive game for a friendly as a I guess marine don't want to get dicked by the local league team.


-Austin put himself a bit, had a few wild sighter shots before a calmly taken goal.
- #9 (Trialist) looks quick and took the goal well but did a lot of things wrong too.
- JP looks to be up for it again, good comedy dive demonstation after a soft free quick.
- Morrison did OK at the back looked comfortable
- LJF was LJF. Looked good most of the time  but made a mistake too
- Scott didn't have much to do.
- DOuglas - class act
- Timlin - mixed bag
- Rose - looked good coming forward, and OK at defending. Seems a good communicator.

Lots of subs at half time made the game disjointed from Swindon's point of view, and marine upped their game a bit too.

- Cuthbert talked the back line well. In scottish though so he may need subtitles...
- Prutton. Looked assured and seemed to push up field more than Douglas.
- Ball looked lively enough and took his goal well (bouncing ball lobbed over onrushing keeper). Hard to tell due to the disjointed play.
- Millwall bloke. Liked reasonably skillful but perhaps did a bit much at times and needed to pass
- Irish bloke - looked useful and tried to get involved.
- Perricard. Only on for 30 mins. Is he a) injured b) coming back from injury or c) not good. I really want him to do well but he didn't show anything tonight.

Good to see Bodin, Thomson and, erm, I'm sure there was another young un. Thought they did pretty well, obviously not quite ready to worry the starting 11 but you never now in a year or two.

Good stuff, cheers.

Will Evans?

Yes I think you are right.

I'm worried about Pericard and his injuries.

Hopefully Wilson is looking for an experienced striker, Ball sounds promising but you can't rely soley on him & Austin if Pericard continues to not do the business or keeps on getting injured all the time.

Don't hold me to this but i don't think he was injured tonight they wanted to give the irish lad a run out.

Well thats good news. There is another game on Friday after all.

Is Darren Murray the lad who chose to come train with us instead of the top Irish league clubs that were after him? What position does he play?

Arquins goal was really well taken, he turnt from his right foot onto his left and burys it, Charlies was a long ball over the top, he ran onto it and took it wide, shooting across goal into the bottom left.

Balls goal was superb, the keeper ran out to close down a ball and Ball lofted it over his head.

Up front. Came on for Perricard. I assume that was him anyway!

Oh right, okay. Sounds promising from reports i've heard so far. Let's hope he can turn on the style against better opposition

Pericard def not injured - I was by the dugout and could hear Danny talking to the players, and no mention or any sign of an injury - just wanted to give the Irish lad a run out.

JP def my man of the match - he looked sharp and very skilful. Very funny moment when he thought a Marine player had dived - he did a comical swan dive to the ground, with a really cheeky grin to match !

Amankwah really impressed me as well - he looked so fit and didn't stop running, both attacking down the line and chasing back.

All in all, quite a pleasing performance from all  :)

Every one did alright.

Ball looked lively and took his goal well. Austin looked sharp and the trailist looked decent enough, worth another look.

Pericard looked well rubbish. Expect better from O'Brien.

Defence looked solid although weren't really troubled.

We had 3 trialists Dave.Did you mean the french lad

Yes, I did.

That Millwall lad looked handy. Head up a bit more would help.

Didn't see much of Murray.

Awesome

I read he scored a 21 minute hat-trick for the Millwall U18s against Oxford  :)

they beat oxford 9-0 that day :)

McGovern's comedy dive is the single best ever thing I've ever seen at a football match. Ever.

For some reason Rose reminds me of the psycho Scousers from the film 51st State. Thought he did well, certainly talks a good game.

Have to commend the originality of the nicknames for the new lads; "Rosey", "Bally" and "Prutts".

I really liked the look of Arquin, big and with pace, we wasn't afraid to get stuck in either.

Just saw the highlights on STFC Player, 1st 2 goals (Arquin and Austin) would have been stopped by a better keeper but still both good finishes but the David Ball chip was excellent and would have beaten most keepers in the league.

Good to hear the goals are going in already. I'm sure Poole will provide a sterner test ;)