Not a bad performance from Swindon today at a sunny Huish Park.
Lots of trialists on show and all did quite well.
Mark Scott, not bad did virtually everything he had to, had no chance with the goal.
Christian Gyan, Very chunky and solid looking right back, one of the chunkiest players I have ever seen! about 5 foot 4 and very good in the air and tackle, a long throw, could be useful. Probably mid 20's in age.
Jose Gonzales, small very attacking spanish looking full back, looks experienced and was very good, good tackle, good speed and ran well with the ball, must be the wrong side of 30 tho by the look of his greying hair!
Chris Blackburn, looked very good, probably our best player, cultured on the ball and good in the air and tackle.
Mauro Almeida, another Portuguese or Spanish looking (e.g. well tanned!) looked good on the floor and not bad in the air, looked early 20's and quite well built, similar build to Blacky if not a bit chunkier.
Lloyd Macklin, looked very good running at people but crossing was poor, good cynically hacked down and had to go off in the end, a very good performance.
Chris Allen, looked very comfortable on the ball, 50% of his passes went where they should go, a good game for the youngster.
Steve Adams, looks still pretty unfit, or lazy, looks good on the ball and runs round a lot, PS rates him though and thats good enough for me! he did ok, nothing outstanding but solid.
Andy Caton, 1st half he looked wasted and not interested and was berated by David Byrne, 2nd half he looked better but has put on a lot of weight and has lost a lot of speed, he has to buck his ideas up to get back in the 1st team squad, got taken off just when he started performing!
Kaid Mohamed, very lively, 1st touch was excellent but second touch was pretty poor as was his shooting, still played well and looked promising, but probably isnt the 20 goals striker we need....just yet.
Nathan Thompson, very impressive player, looks like a striker but played well behind the front player/players in a more right sided midfield role, the spitting image of Fola Onionbhaji, well over 6 foot, probably 6 foot 5 and like a bean pole! good control, good passing, took his goal very well breaking through from midfield outpacing the defenders, could be a very promising player for the future.
Ben Tozer came on late and played just behind the front 2 and out wide left, wasnt expecting that when hes a centre back! looked a bit off the pace and made no impression.
Overall a good game of free flowing football well wortht he £2 entry fee!
No sign whatsoever of Brez though
