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was impressed yesterday i thought we controlled the match tbh.anyone else think pook is getting better every week

how the fuck do you know, you were wankered  8)

oh and you called the bloke that sits behind me a peado  :mrgreen:

Was impressed with Pook and I think Weston did well for the most part. Sometimes the final ball didn't click with him though.

I thought we were very good. Smith was my MOTM I think he had an excellent game. Only fault was the midfield playing too narrow at times.

Spot on Si, my thoughts exactly.

Is that the one you can use up to five times?

you were at the game?  :shock:

No, but I'm good at guessing  8)

what's the name of the giant teddy?

Fred 'the smeetonator' Elliot?

 :shock:  :shock:  :shock:

THE ROCK IS COOKING .. now hes scoring too!

shut the fuck up its not funny, u cock licking, willy sucking acne ravaged wanked up fuck cunt

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: i read that as fred the semenator then!   :mrgreen:

we controlled the game but that wasnt hard,was it,yes grimsby are shitE

i dont think were anywhere near a good team and i dont think the players we have will make us a good team tbh

we were better yesterday. the main thing was we were more creative in midfield and we actually looked like scoring goals  :D

good performance, took our chances and created plenty

Grimsby werent good, but we've faced worst and not won so meh!

Mr. Ian....you're talking rubbish

Yesterday was great! I left the ground contemplating a drive home in a good mood, which despite my normally optimistic take on things has evaded me pretty much for the past couple of seasons.

As Si said Pook and Weston were resourceful, add to that the new found consistent Ifil and some crosses going into the box and the result is that we don't find ourselves clinging on to a one goal lead at the end of the game. I can't help but think though, that the fact Grimsby actually came and had a go helped us a bit. Too often this season, teams have come to the County Ground content to snatch a point. On the back of our recent results I get the impression Grimsby fancied it a bit yesterday but in pushing forward, they left us some space to expoit.

Biggest concern still remains the lack of width though, for all the doubts over Shakes end product, he gives us some width on one side and means that when Monkhouse starts wondering into the centre of the pitch (as he seems to do alot!), Weston and Pook don't become smothered, as happens when you have Royce coming inside from the right.

However to end the post on a positive, Rhodes looked good; quick to the point that he made Fola look a little bit of a slouch!

Only players to disappoint were Brownlie and Vincent. Thought Weston was outstanding in the centre

no i aint grumpy and all that but.i dont think we played that well yesterday.by far the better side but hardly a great performance.still much to do if we are to be promoted.crowd were quiet until brez's injury too

We had 14 shots at goal and 6 were on target. I think that shows how well we played. We also restricted their chances. What more do you want?

You can only beat what's put out in front of you

those stats mean jack shit! i cannot remember 14 shots.yes it was a decent performance but the game itself was lifeless until brez's injury and was frankly flat as a pancake until then.
beat what was infront of us, but they were dire.
always new pook was better than most morons rated him though.fickle twats that know jack shit about the game

Maybe you are getting a little too old  :wink:

Me and my mate were worried we would sit back too much after half time but I thought we did well and looked to attack them, especially on the break.

How can you say this team is not good enough for you mr ian?! We are in League Two. It's not gonna be champagne footy every week, but for this level we ARE quite good. When watching games such as Barnet I have sat there thinking "are we really in this division?" but the fact is we are one of the better teams in the league. This team would have stayed up last year and people would not have complained about them one bit. Now we are winning games (okay we had a tough patch) and go and win 3-0 against a team that nearly went up last year and all you can do is say we aren't good enough?

I'm not disillusioned, I just accept that we are in a dire league and the sooner we get out of it the better. Until then can we please not complain about 3-0 wins?

Yeah but the 3-0 means jack shit r4e. And all of the other stats because they don't really exist.

We're in League Two what the fuck do you expect?

Weston missed a siter of a header and Willaims also blazed over the TE when it was easier to score! It could and should have been more yesterday, but I was chuffed to bits with it.

We didn't get going for a while, but there were signs that we'd worked on some of our shortcomings - the midfield was getting in the box. Brownlie's clearly been instructed to play just tucked in the inside right position - when we attacked down the left he made up a 3rd striker too. But it didn't work - i feel for him because he needs a run inhis favoured position - which he'll get on Tuesday probably with Lukas.

We can afford one winger playing narrow, but not two - Monky's playing well, so i wouldn't consider dropping him - his goal was class, even if the keeper should have done better, and he can pick out a through ball like nobody else we've got.

Peacock looked better with Rhodes than he did with Fola - Rhodes anticipated Peacocks knock-downs better than Fola and was gambling on a few runs through. Thats not a criticism of Onion-Bhaji...he did brilliantly for the 1st goal but he comes looking for the ball deep, just like peacock, leaving nobody central lingering round the 6 yard box.

Its harsh to drop Fola, but I'd be tempted to go to dhrewbury and play the Cock and Rhodes.

Evans must be gutted to see the middle two playng well - they're both playing with confidence and justifying their place.

As for Brez, gutted for him and for us lot - it'll be nigh on impossible to find someone as commanding as he is, and we may have to stick with Smith. He looked competent against Brentford and of course deserves a crack at it, but if we do go looking for someone (as we must) then there's no point getting in someone of equal talent - we've just got to get the most promising young keeper we can. Steve Book anyone?

thankyou

you can be happy with a average performance but im holding out for better.

ah but is it a coincidence that just a few games into my Pook is the ROCK campaign he scores his first Swindon goal in 51 appearences??

shhhhhhhh

I never rated him because he played absolute dog shit. Now he's playing better, and i acknowledge that. Don't question my knowledge of the game, and i am not a fickle twat. You'd do well to not be so confrontational and to show a little respect to your fellow Town fan.

Go Dave

I thought we were pretty good on Saturday. We could easily have scored 5, they had a couple of half chances from set pieces.

 Thats not to say we were earth shatteringly good though as we are in L2 for a reason. .

Tactically I think Wise has worked well with them in the last few weeks. Noticable that Peacock is staying central with Fola moving out to the wide areas, and that one of the central midfielders is trying to get forward.  We do look better with a proper right winger though. As others have said both Brownlie and Monky drifing inside does make us very narrow. I feel a bit sorry for Brownlie, he looks a lost on the right wing to me. With Shakes in the side it gives us genuine width and the ability to turn defence into attack quickly. Frankly I wish we had a better right winger than Ricky - but we dont and cant afford one now either - so we will just have to deal with it.

On the subject of central midfield, Pook & Weston played very well. Still a few misplaced passes from Pooky but you dont go from being "a supermarine player in 8 months time" to Stevie G overnight.  Liked Pooky shoving Gary Jones around at set pieces despite him being much bigger. I think a certain gentleman has been teaching him a few things about winding the opposition up :wink:

did i mention you.er no.it was a general comment.i stand by it.
 how many people said pook is shit and a non league player or words to that effect?
people wrote the lad off without a chance.
good on him

Not everyone is blessed with your understanding of the game and couldn't see Pook's contribution.

There's also comfort for them in running with the crowd and just  joining in with the current "pub player" opinion - its a vent for frustrations.

Who's turn will it be next?

Nicholas - 100%  :D  :wink:

I'm going to stand up for the Pook bashers here although I wasnt one of them

Hs form had been poor since about christmas last year. When he 1st broke into the team I thought he looked a decent prospect, but the weight of trying to carry an invisible midifled at his age seemd to (understandably) crush his confidence.

Good to see him back to the type of form he 1st showed in the last 3/4 games. Can we credit Wisey with this improvement?

I'd gladly take a season of, as you call it an 'average' performance like that one saturday.

Grimsby were shite, but so is the whole fucking league...that performance was probably enough to beat 18+ teams in this wankhole league

He wasn't just a pub player. He was the antichrist who caused the relegation. :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

i expected more or less what i saw.wasn't a complaint or anything just telling it as i saw it.

I'm interested to know how Rhodes got on. He doesn't seem to be mentioned above. I know it was only a bit-part but was there some promise there?

He didn't get chance to do much to be fair, came on, looked lively, got in some good positions, scored but was offside  :|

Rhodes looked sharp .. quick and a knew where the goal was .. good signing!

He was quick, seems to be able to finish (going on the 'goal' and some pre-game practise)

Time will tell, i guess.

i wasnt that bad :?

Rhodes wants to stay permanently by the sounds of it....... (not that i expect that we can afford him).....

http://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/sport/brentford/brentfordnews/display.var.967400.0.rhodes_hints_at_permanent_swindon_move.php

mmmmm do you remember playing pool with me and Larwood?

No, because he scored against Wycombe last season.

I've not rated Pook in the past, for large periods of last season he was largely anonymous and rather rubbish. I suppose it didn't help playing at such a young age in a crap side but he's clearly learnt shitloads from Wise, Poyet, Ince and perhaps even Evans. He's been immense of late, at least the games I've seen anyway.

Being able to admit you were wrong and changing your opinion isn't fickle.

 I think its a bit disrespectful to condemn an entire league.....its something the Scum regularly did and look where it got them.....its axiomatic that the standard is relatively low as its populated by impecunious, generally poorly run clubs with low crowds, of which, we're very much one.

 What is of more importance to consider is that the shower at the helm of the club are more than capable of taking us to leagues below this....lets enjoy it for what it is while we can.

No but he was fucking rubbish more often than not.

It's the same with Pook. He'll get the recognition if he earns it, which they're both doing now.

See what I mean about myths. Brentford was a one off and in no way reflects how he'd been playing.
He is the same player now as last year. Same fitness. Same attitude.

Lower league... looks better...  :wink:

It was far from a one a off...

Ok, he never played as bad as that during the season, but he was still pretty awful like the rest of them.

That makes it a one-off. :wink: