Swindon Town v Doncaster Rovers Matchday Thread

[Benzel]

No better time than now to start looking for a new TD, Clem.

[WEBBERhyde]

New manager, same Lindsey-ball

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

No time like now for ditching this academy football shite and go back to men’s football.

[Hyabb17]

Anyone know what happened between Austin & the town end at the end of the game?

[tans]

Anyone know what happened between Austin & the town end at the end of the game?

https://twitter.com/smthleon/status/1624453310253092867?s=46&t=ZI-27cbOlwg7SXCu839aSw

Some fan giving it the usual i pay your wages crap apparently
He got put down in the end

[BambooToTheFuture]

There is nothing on his CV that makes me understand how he is in the position he is in.  I am not even sure how he'd get an interview if it came across the CEO's desk in an application process.  I have no idea what he is like as a person, it just looks very very odd to me.

The thing is Rob, had I written the paragraph above that you have, I'd be getting pelters right now. SdM is a billy bullshiter, anyone who can't see that...I mean he works(ed) in PR... it's in the name "Professional BullshitteR"

"...'I should point out that PRs aren’t the only bullshitters; but if they are not paid to bullshit, to present their clients in the best possible light, what are they being paid to do?'

His point isn’t the simple one that PR people are liars (that would be easy to deal with). It’s that PR people are not neutral voices, they’re paid advocates who represent a particular perspective. The distinction between ‘the truth’ and ‘the whole truth’ is made in the oath taken in a law court. PR people can and should tell the truth, but have little credibility on ‘the whole truth’ as this involves the perspectives of competitors and opponents."

The above is essentially SdM in a nutshell.

[theakston2k]

https://twitter.com/smthleon/status/1624453310253092867?s=46&t=ZI-27cbOlwg7SXCu839aSw

Some fan giving it the usual i pay your wages crap apparently
He got put down in the end

Should be Sandro facing up to the fans, he’s the one that deserves the angst.

[Batch]

That was cunting crap.
Yes Morris is long term appointment
Yes injuries, suspensions.

First half was amongst the most tedious shit I've seen this season. Slow, error ridden and BORING. Williams and Caine had shots, so I guess that's something.

Cain and Kadji were poor in the middle. Men against boys. Clayton looks like a man who has had a spell injured, Hutton was shit, FBT was not quite his usual self and Iandolo was Iandolo - which in today's game was above average. 

Darcy worked hard, as did Wakeling. But to no real effect. Austin was at a level consistent with the game. Get him into a danger area and you know he'll come alive. Like last week he may as well watched on iFollow.

Williams at least has a bit of quality, but not enough to take a game by the scruff of the neck.

Second half did show some improvement. Didn't really create anything though. And Doncaster, who to their credit were well organised and pressed us well, did. Two chances, two goals. Clayton didn't do well on the first, and from my angle Brynn should have done better with the second.

Not sure what else to say. It was a bollocks game and the season is fast headed down the crapper.

Marvellous.

[JoeMezz]

Too many left footers who don’t have a right will make us very predictable. Weird nuance but one that won’t get picked up on “the model.” Last week was crap but down to 10, today was a bag of shit. Morris will have to work out what we need for next season because this one will evaporate fast. We were lucky where we were with Lindsey and regression to the mean normally happens. We’re a few players short and it’ll tell

[tans]

Hutton really annoyed me with a couple of minutes to go. He was tackled, didnt go down, and made no effort whatsoever to try and get the ball back from the opposition player

[4D]

That was cunting crap.
Yes Morris is long term appointment
Yes injuries, suspensions.

First half was amongst the most tedious shit I've seen this season. Slow, error ridden and BORING. Williams and Caine had shots, so I guess that's something.

Cain and Kadji were poor in the middle. Men against boys. Clayton looks like a man who has had a spell injured, Hutton was shit, FBT was not quite his usual self and Iandolo was Iandolo - which in today's game was above average. 

Darcy worked hard, as did Wakeling. But to no real effect. Austin was at a level consistent with the game. Get him into a danger area and you know he'll come alive. Like last week he may as well watched on iFollow.

Williams at least has a bit of quality, but not enough to take a game by the scruff of the neck.

Second half did show some improvement. Didn't really create anything though. And Doncaster, who to their credit were well organised and pressed us well, did. Two chances, two goals. Clayton didn't do well on the first, and from my angle Brynn should have done better with the second.

Not sure what else to say. It was a bollocks game and the season is fast headed down the crapper.

Marvellous.

100% with you Batch

[singingiiiffy]

That was really bad.

Morris gets a free pass but I really expected more from him especially with in game management. It wasn't working from the go.

Hutton looked like he was told not to go forward very unlike him positional today. Both Ellis and him had absolutely nothing in front of them.

The cardinal sin is to play darcy and Williams together. Float around the same places.

Cm was disappointing, totally outplayed, passed and moved!

Need to forget about this one quick as that's as bad as it gets

[BambooToTheFuture]

Hutton really annoyed me with a couple of minutes to go. He was tackled, didnt go down, and made no effort whatsoever to try and get the ball back from the opposition player

I did mention previously that due to him not getting his move/contract demands matched, he will drop in performance. We've seen his performances dip in the games post transfer window  closing - unfortunately.

Got shot down for that too. Clear to see the player is unhappy but hasn't really earned the right to a wage increase just yet. Maybe end of season if he performs to the level we know he can. I do think though that the club SdM will sell him in the summer instead though.

[tans]

What the fuck is going on with this Ed Brand situation?

[Lemis]

What a waste of an afternoon. We were lucky to come in at half time level, started the second half better and then capitulated. Did we even manage a shot in the box? Feels like all our chances came from afar after faffing about with it in defence and midfield. Can only hope we improve, but with a handful of exceptions it's been dreadful all season and we're lucky to be anywhere near the playoffs.