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We are desperatley in need of a tough tackling ball winning midfielder, Paul Smith would have been ideal but apparently didnt have the money (How was the 5 loans deals financed then?) Whalley and Stef both good footballers but not the types to get stuck in and Pook well i dont rate him at all. The only option i can think of is to play Gurney centre mid alonside either Whalley or Stef, Shakes on the right, Nicolau on the left would give us natural width, fuck Heath off back to Man Utd what a waste of skin. Obviously Rory up top with......well Cureton and Thorpe fucking useless cunts. Roberts too inconsistent shame young Caton done his knee cos id have him up top with Rory. His pace wud be ideal to get on the end of Rorys flick ons

Bloody hell that was hard to read, just an angry diatribe!  

I think you're wrong about Cureton and Thorpe being useless cunts, and Heath a waste of skin.  Indeed, after the home game against Yeovil some were impressed with Heath, particularly his finished.  He is another player who never should have come to Swindon as he is a striker not a winger.

It is odd how we never seem to budget well - we always seem to make loan players which previously we couldn't have afforded.  I wonder how we would have done had Paul Smith been signed, and we'd had a fit, holding central midfield player.

I think the current problem with our team is too many journeymen, too many players not playing for the shirt.  Once Iffy starts to mould his own team, bring in his own loans and freebies, then we'll see if we can afford relegation.  The problem seems to have been with King getting a hard-on over the big names he could sign, and not really considering the balance of the team.

Everyone rants about a tough tackling midfielder.

Does it not concern anyone that our centre backs are the most inconsistent and error prone we've seen in years?

Dave's right its not just our midfield its our defence too. we keep saying "if  the defence just cuts out the silly errors then we will be ok" but we have been saying that for 2 years now and nothing has changed. if we are going to stay up we need goals as we will always concede and i think the midfield is key to that in terms of creating chances. yes  we need a strong hard tackling midfielder but we also need creativity that so far Whalley and Migs have failed to provide

You'd hope that the strong tackling midfield would have some impact on the defence, as he would hopefully stop the oppoisitions attackers getting to the defence.

O'Hanlon is one of the best centre backs in the league, we all know about Jerel either awesome or awful, Collins has been alot better at centre back than right backwe have about 5 players who can play there anyway!!

We seem to have no balance, we play Jack Smith left back whose right footed and either Heath or Roberts left mid both right footed i can think of another team who play right footed players down the whole left side.

Nicho and Nicolau down the left!!

i hate to have a different opinion to the entire world but is sean o the best in the leauge?

no no no and no. personally i think he is dodgy as fuck and prone to leaving strikers with acres of space.

him and jerel could possibly be the worst central defensive partnership in the division the table and goal difference doesnt lie.

I think it is fair to say all we are missing is a tough tackling midfielder, a ball player who can also run, a centre back or two, a quality winger or two, a striker other than Fallon who can score and a few experienced battlers.

Apart from that we are fine.

Keep the faith...

I think our backline would do alright if they had a decent midfield infront of them.

Yeah...right.....

Gone the way of all our youngish players. Start of really well, eventually settle in....nights out, never look the same player again.

Howard, Nicholas, O'Hanlon.....hopefully not Pook to follow.

To be honest it's only papering over cracks. Good players don't make consistent mistakes week in week out. The players we have perform alright sometimes, but more often than not they are poor. The main reason isn't the midfield (although they are just as bad) it's individual mistakes from poor players.

I think we are in big trouble this season, and regardless whether it was King or anyone else (though it is him who brought us these players).

I partly agree, it is scary how better we look with O'Hanlon though.

I think we need an experience central midfielder .. maybe Kevin Horlock would fit the role ???

We need a "Bromham Dynamo" Stevey Escott Style battler in the middle, but I agree with Mex about O'Hanlon, far from the best in the league.  We'd probably be better off getting an experienced Centre Half, someone who's not passed it though.  Hard to come by when you've got no money.

personally I'd get rid of Ifill.

Hes a mistake waiting to happen and even when having a good game is liable to drop a bollock and gift the opposition a goal. I'd much rather have some one with less pace but more consistancy.

Kevin JHorlock WOULD fit the role but as a regular for Ipswich might be hard to persuade him to come here!

i didnt think he was playing at the mo??

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I can't believe that the same topic's keep coming up on this site!!  It's like reading thisisswindontownfc site!  Yes we need a good tough tackling midfielder, but there aren't any available, if there were, king would have found them (say what you like about the man, but he could spot talent).  Yes our defence is shit, were bottom of league 2, what do you expect??  Andy Caton IS NOT our saviour,  he's light weight, and not that good,  maybe in 2 years when he's bulked up abit he can prove me wrong, but i can't see it happening.
What your team really needs is fitness.  We had a joke of a pre-season, where we didn't play enough games, or against a quality.  The players are starting now to get there fitness and shapeness up, but where we have lost so many games there confidance is shot.  We need abit of luck......

King would have found him and played him on the right wing :mrgreen:

Again, lack of fitness is kings fault - no-one elses

I feel like playing some sort of fanfare - I agree with all of that.

I'd also like to mention that following on from Walts post, the players have shown no sign at all that their levels of fitness or sharpness are improving as the season has progressed.

I always remember reading somewhere that Parkin would often go down the gym after training and on days off.  It is this type of commitment that makes some players better than others.  I wonder if our players are doing all they can to look after themselves and stay in condition.

I think most of us know the answer to that question.