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strong looking squad

Rhys Evans
Mikolanda and Brown
Collins and Henry
Nicolau Heath Shakes and Stroud


anyone else going down there? Im contemplating leaving work early (flexi) and having a watch .. wouldnt mind some company

I would go with you but I have a terrible head cold. :(

just got over one .. must be a Highworth thing!

Do we play 9-a-side now?

I assume McDermott, Smith and Thorpe will get a run out too.

That'd be:
Evans
Smith Collins Henry Nicholau
Shakes Heath Brown Stroud
Thorpe Mikolanda

Oh i missed the others .. just mentioned the good ones .. Jack Smith - Chris Taylor Chris Allen Scott Doe Ben Wells and Ashan Holgate are also in the squad

Well it will be interesting to see how Collins plays. As I am assuming that he will be playing on saturday.

He's been one of our better signings this year.

Im deffo going ... do another hour here and then head down to get there just before kick off

PLEASE someone else say they are going!!  :soapy tit wank:

Fatbury - we expect a full match report on your return - wrap up warm !

well ill try to do one when I get home then .. cant wrap up that warm .. only got me suit and a jacket .. still its warming up a bit

What time?

Its as much as I can do to get along to proper games,fuck sitting in the cold for 2 hours on a Tuesday afternoon.

try and do it about 4 - 430

Is it 7.30 kick off and definelty today yeah.

it's 2pm kickoff.

Damn, ah well gunna miss a good match duno why they just don't play at night 7.30 kick off.

Any updates from the match?

It's about half-time now....

What's the team?

http://www.swindontownfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Squad/ReservesDetail/0,,10341~747738,00.html

save money on the floodlights i imagine

3-0 to us at half time, not bad.

Who scored? I can't get on the main site for some reason*



*(I've forgotten my password)

Goals from Colin Heath, Ashan Holgate and Leigh Henry have given Town a comfortable lead at the interval.

Holgate, Heath and Henry - would be nice to see Mikolanda get one...

Heath, Holgate and Henry (Thierry's brother?? :wink: )

Triple H!!!! Only wrestling fans will understand that one :D

Its all about the Game, Village.  :mrgreen:

Fucking hell 8-0! I think we should give the reserves a go a the weekend. 8)

Colin Heath got 4  :shock:

Sack the entire first team and play the reserves - 8-0 that's amazing - Stroud should never have been dropped after Huddersfield anyway.

Stick him on the left with Bouazza on the right and drop Roberts

Heath has to have a recall for that surely....
Either way drop Roberts....

4 goals or no 4 goals, I still think Heath is a bag of shite.

They must have been real shit! Heath 4?! Did they have a keeper?!

Spuddy> :wink:  :grin:

And compared to Roberts?!?!? - at the moment we have to play the best bag of shite we have  :D

The man speaka the truth

I prefer Roberts to Heath because he can do it. He just isn't right now (he may never, who knows)

I've never seen anything in Heath at all to suggest he is even capable.

To be fair I didn't see the game Saturday. I hear Roberts was a passenger.

I probably wouldn't play either on current form and reinstate Whalley in a central 3.

Just back from the match .. 8 -0 ... Heath 4 Holgate Henry Brown Taylor

match report next

dont be fooled by the scoreline .. Swansea had a youth team out

Roberts on Saturday - I've seen my Grandmother move faster and she's dead.

Anyone other then Roberts - he hasn't the guts to play football and is a disgrace to the shirt

Holgate, Henry and Taylor - hardly not our youth team either?

Either way 8-0 has to be a lift for the club and the players who played
Brown scored and he may play on Saturday from the start - was it set-piece?

didn't make much difference when we beat bournemouth 7-0 either

Ok ... where shall i start

Had a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon off .. walked in via the executive area as I was in a suit .. and no one stopped me

Sat behind Iffy .. and made various comments to the blokes next to me thro the game that hopefully will make him pick Henry over Collins for Saturday and to give Ashan a sub spot too

8 nil tho Swansea had not one player who had played outside of youth team football - however Heath fired us ahead early with a superbly taken free kicks - by 15 mins it was 3 nil Holgate and Henry with well taken headers

Not much more action until 2nd half .. Heath completed his hatrick after being setup by Holgate and then Shakes .. very easy tap ins .. Brown struck home from a difficult angle for his goal ..Heath banged in a 4th from close in .. and then Taylor struck to allow me to see a swindon team score EIGHT for the first time

Ratings

1 Evans - 7 had little to do but did well on kicking and one excellent save
2 Smith - 7 did well as always taken off half time for 15 Gary Pryde 8 - never heard of him but he was excellent VERY VERY impressed .. 4 or 5 excellent balls down the line and looked the part for a youth player expect to hear more of him
3 Stroud 7 - did well against Swanseas best player Fisken .. especially as he was out of postion at left back
4 Taylor 7 - worked hard .. found it hard at times to get into the game but deserved his goal
5 Henry (capt) 8 - won every header .. led the line brilliantly .. tackled hard .. deserves a debut Iffy!
6 Collins 6 - did ok .. but missed headers dived in too much and distribution was poor
7 Shakes 7 - had a lively 2nd half .. set up a goal and missed a sitter .. typical Ricky
8 Heath 7 - not as impressive as scoring 4 sounds tho his free kick was brilliant - he missed 4 other easy chances
9 Mikolanda 6 - quite poor i thought .. slow .. missed 2 absolute sitters replaced by Wells near the end
10 Holgate MOM 9 - held the ball up well ... set up 3 goals .. unselfish .. scored one .. showed brilliant skills and touches .. deserves a bench place for Saturday
11 Brown 7 got better as game went on and he gained confidence .. excellent goal replaced with 20 mins to go by Nicolau - who looked understandly rusty tho almost scored with his first touch

Overall thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon - the two old chaps I sat with were nice blokes and very knowledgeable too ... lots of references to 70s 80 and 90s were made today

NB saw Fitzroy Simpson with Iffy today ... are we signing the ex Swindon man City and Walsall midfielder - im not sure where he is at the moment

Collins is shit in the reserves aswell.  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Questions answered - Browns goal was from a wide angle and hit from 20 yards out .. sizzler!

(should have mentioned Heath did get in the box well for a central midfielder as he was playing today!)

On the back of that game id pick this for Saturday

Heaton
Smith Henry Comyn-Platt Nicholas
Roberts Heath Migz Whalley Bouazza
Fallon

Subs Evans Stroud Shakes Brown Holgate or Mikolanda

So for the defence Henry deserves a place, but Collins still does not....

In my opinion .. when you look at it ... if we play Collins we gain nothing .. if we play Henry .. at least he has learnt something from playing the game and that is good for his and Swindon Towns future

Given that we're looking like nil points from Rotherham anyway  :?

I agree, play our own players (yoofs) and get then some experience, cos if we go down that's all we'll have next season.

glad u agree

What's happened to Kyle Lapham? He got an injury in the Wiltshire shield but has he recovered yet?

Lapham never played

Fitz was there .. hes now 35 and hasnt played since he left Linfield at the end of last season

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzroy_Simpson

Fitzroy simpson - new youth coach. I believe he is reserve team maanger at Kidderminster though.

ah i never knew that ...

He went off injured at HT against Huddersfield.  Must have taken a while to recover.

he started against Boston at home didn't he? was taken off at HT in that game?

No Stroud hasn't played in a first team game since Huddersfield

http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=STROUDDA

Twas a great game.  Holgate was awesome - not sure how i should compare him to our first team though as Swansea were poor.  Maybe deserves to be brought on as sub if we're cruising to test him.  Heath's freekick was awesome, straight into the top corner and Shakes it appears has very powerful shot. :shock:

Might go to more reserve games.

As I said on thisis. I rate Henry, seen him play for Bath City and Swindon reserves many of times. He will be great defender in years to come.
I recommend him for a start Saturday, or at least on the bench.

Not the home ones - i think i heard some teams charge though.

Leiigh Henry was captain and was quite vocal.....whuch may or may not indicate something.

 Wouldn't be surprised to see CCP keep his midfield slot and the back 4 to be Smith Henry Collins Nicho.

would be good if henry starts but the disapointing thing is even if he plays well o,hanlon and ifil will be straight back in.

 Its difficult, for a manger to have faith in young players for a relegation battle.....remeber Sam Campagna, givena chance by Quinn in a TV game v Palace...found it a bit tough and fell over a couple of times at key moments, more or less finished him.

i hope so nozza but dont you think it seems he,s only playing platt in cm because he doesnt want to drop ifil and theres no way he will drop o,hanlon

I have faith in Leigh Henry ... future STFC captain!

I think its time to start blooding the youngsters now, give them some experience ready for next year.