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'People are starting to see they were wrong about me'
           

VINCENT Pericard talks to Anthony Marshall about winning over the Town boo-boys.
           

http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/news/headlines/8403271._People_are_starting_to_see_they_were_wrong_about_me_/?ref=rss
           

We love you big Vinnie :love: :lovers:

I knew people winged about Pericard, myself included at times, however for the most part I always thought our fans backed Pericard for the most part and always sang his name when he came on.

I agree, he's never had the stick that Pook or Duke ever received but then that's because Pericard is actually quite good.

No way near that amount, Most people always said once Pericard scored he would keep scoring, even if it did take 8 months to do it. It's almost as if the adver is stirring shit. He never got that much abuse. I think people who did boo were booing more because Austin or Paynter (last season) were going off than Pericard coming on.

Haha bullshit Gary, most people had written him off before the season had even started.

I wonder how many of our players read message forums like TEF. Must be pretty soul destroying to see some of the stuff that gets written about them.

Hi Vince!!

I never slated Big Vince.

Unlike Prutton. If he comes good i have a massive humble pie to eat!

I'm with you on both counts there Mr Flash..

Maybe we should start a we love Peri Peri thread

It's funny how few people slag off Vince now he's scored and liked him all along. There was loads of shit on here showing a complete intolerance and dislike of big V. It's like people not being on Paynter's back, ever, prior to last season and people saying "all along" that he should have had a contract offered sooner.

Just to further open the can of worms, I wonder if we've used our incredible foresight to offer him a contract yet...? Or maybe next season we can look back and say how we should have offered him a contract now, 1 goal in, before he went on a 30 goal streak of league destroying proportions.

There's no doubt Vince looks a different player to last season. But he didn't really stand a chance before, coming in to a side challenging for promotion with two strikers on fire was an impossible position. I still thought he showed he was quality last season and just needed a chance to get going.

We could do with getting another year on Vince's contract, so we don't have another striker panic in the summer. I reckon he'd do ok in the Championship as well, if (in the unlikely event) we go up.

Could not understand much of the criticism, but hopefully those who did will fire Pericard up

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I hold my hands up, I was one of those who slayed Vincentdinho on here. That said, I would never boo him in a game.

However, if I turned up at work and performed like he was last year, I'd be getting called this and that as well. I might be feeling ill or having other sh*t going on, but you still have to do your job. That's life. Footballers need to accept the glory when it's due, but also the criticism. We pay our money on a Saturday, so we are entitled to have an opinion. Doesn't mean it can't change!

Whatever he's doing now, it's working. So fair play to you big man, keep it up. I'd love it if he became the 20-plus-goal a season striker we need.

Good luck to ya pericaldo.

still early days.
this sort of article isn't needed in september

Super Pericard!

Absolutely.

I don't think many can deny Pericard hasn't been a good solution for us up until a few weeks ago (be it due to his ability or playing the bit part or lack of confidence etc.) But there is a massive difference in saying he's not the answer to our striker solution then backtracking when it turns out he is.

It's very much like the Paynter situation prior to last season and indeed in the early parts. He comes good and everyone starts singing his name in the stands. I also don't think there's anything wrong with that, but people should hold their hands up and admit when a player proves them wrong. I liken it to my views on McGovern, I never rated him until last season but he managed to prove me wrong. There's no way I could spin it to say I always thought he was good.

Like Arriba says though, it's very early days. For me, Pericard has always been about the potential and a case of whether he can deliver on it. In the past few games he has delivered and I'm really glad.

It's interesting what a bit of support can do for a player: Paynter, Jean-francois and now Pericard have all played a lot better once the fans have made an effort to let them know they're just as important as any of our other players. Moral of the story is that we should be getting behind the new players as much as the established ones. I think we need a chant for Prutton.

We've been to Prutton moon, we've followed Mr Spoon,
Prutton moon.

I fucking hate Prutton, but that is class. I will attempt to start it saturday to test Si Pie's "Get Behind the Lads" theory.

3 goals, doesnt a season make.

...but...please keep going, Vince - get double figures then tell us we were all wrong.

When chatting to a few Swindon fans before the Walsall game most seemed to think he is rubbish and has nothing to offer. OK that was only a few and I think just got off the window licking coach. In conversation I stuck up for him but there was no convincing anyone (with the exception of one woman) otherwise. I agree he has some way to go to win over most Town fans, but at least he's now going in the right direction. Looked like he appreciated the support at the end. Hope he feeds off that.

Glad to see him coming good...problem is he looks lazy but that's just his style.
Pericard is on good money and should be doing the buisness...thats what he is paid for.
He still has a fair bit to go to win over all but i applaud him for not throwing his toys out of the pram.
When fit he should be a real quality player.

I for one, have supported him the whole time.

The thing is, I don't think he did himself any favours by saying he wanted 15 last season when he came in and like Dave, I think this article should've been done after 10 goals, not 3...

Judging from his and Wilson's comments this week, I think it's fairly obvious he was unsettled and was probably questioning his Swindon future.

I'm not going to say I told you so. I'm bigger than that.

(Plus, as been highlighted, 3 goals doesn't mean very much over a whole season).

I think he got off to a bad start because the fans thought he was going to kick Austin out of the team when he didnt deserve it.

Now Austin's established himself as our number 1 striker I think the fans are more relaxed about who's up there with him.

Really? That never even occurred to me, I just think he came in a little bit mouthy, didn't really get a chance to back it up and then missed a few sitters. I'll be surprised if he gets fewer than 15 this season assuming he gets a run in the team.

Was it the Charlton home play off leg where Big Vince headed against the post? He was flat on the ground afterwards for what seemed like ages, obviously distraught. If that had gone in it might have been a very different start to the season. Confidence...yeah, I can understand that.

Yes, although he'd been around a long while by then.

My point was that he looked very upset not to score, as in that he had been trying to for a long time.

I fucking well hope he had been trying to score.

I don't like how it's making out the entire fan base was against him.

I quite agree, he looked gutted, he knew that was a chance to rectify 5 months of anonymity.

My point was that my Photoshopped version of the photo taken on the train back from Cheltenham improved with a puppy's head in your avatar actually suits you better than your real bonce.

Me either, especially after singing his name every week, even pericard is a goal machine at hartlepool.

I still think Pericard is a double agent sent here to infiltrate us by Bobby Gould and Mel Machin.

He replaced Austin at McDons away which was totally unfair on Austin. To make matters worse he was rubbish. The fans gave him a terrible time that night. It wasnt totally undeserved either.

I dont rate Pericard.

I don't rate you. Fuck off.

I do : A Grade Bastard

Who is/was Gerald?

Used to post on thisis as ShiltonRed (I think) and on the Trust forum as Gerald and distinguished himself in both cases for the sheer wrongness and nuttiness of his contributions. The fact that he even stood out on thisis in this regard speaks volumes, I think. Every forum should have one, I always used to say after one of his (many) splenetic outbursts on the Trust forum that if Gerald didn't exist we'd have had to invent him. Or at least I used to say that once I'd calmed down.