The Gas vs Swindon Official Matchday Thread

[Matchworn Shirts]

Brez was ace by the way!

Those two saves in the first half were superb

[my-velocity]

Brez was ace by the way!

Those two saves in the first half were superb

Played a part in that awful disley miss as well, he knew he had to aim high

[Luci]

What a miss  

[ibelieveinmrreeves]

Brez earnt his place in the 'Team of the Week', I think. Dunno how he got in there against Port Vale.

[DMR]

Coxy subbed, he's unhappy with it but if he's been booked, Coxy's the kind of player who always looks like getting booked for something.

Bollocks was he unhappy, he got a mental ovation and he loved it.

Thats twice this season we've mugged Rovers, ace     Impressed we did last night because perrsonally I thought our reliable players (namely Peacovk, Minges, Easton and Jack Smith) were poor and we still dug a win out.

[pauld]

McNamee may as well have stayed in the changing rooms, he had a poor game, he was being closed down when he got the ball very rarely managed to get past his man, he needs to lean how to lose his marker and be helped out by others.

"Stayed in the changing rooms" is a bit harsh, but they did an effective job blocking him out of the game to start with. I was pleased to see he did seem to start to adapt to that though and when he couldn't lose his man still managed to create the space to get some decent crosses off. And I loved the "standing still stepovers have you had enough yet?" pisstake of their right back towards the end.

Meh, alright it wasn't a football classic they'll be talking about for years to come but we won a game we probably didn't deserve to (which is a pleasant change from losing games we deserved to get something from), it's a rare away win and we did the double over Wovers. As Tuesday night entertainment goes, I'll take that.

Nice to see the players looked genuinely chuffed when they came over to the fans at the end, especially Peacock - you could tell it really mattered to him. And talking of people who really wanted to win, you had to love Dave Byrne going loopy in front of us all at the end.

[larwood]

That was enjoyable,glad i went now.Not a footballing classic but then we won so doesn't matter.

On a side note it means i've now seen us win away at poxford,city,rovers and reading[elm park and the newbie].Silly but i'm well chuffed about it   I've not got the complete set yet though,still not us seen us win at the kassam.Not much chance of it happening for a while the way they are going either  

[my-velocity]

Macca had a nightmare game, had two players marking him preety much most of the game so he had no chance of making an impact, something needed to be done i thought..

[neville w]

Macca had a nightmare game, had two players marking him preety much most of the game so he had no chance of making an impact, something needed to be done i thought..

Like what ?

[Tails]

If 2 players are marking him, there is more space elsewhere, we need to exploit this. I'm beginning to think McNamee is very much a home player. He had two players marking him against Oldham and Huddesfield and he still took the piss.

This win also confirms our comfortable win of the west country mini league within League One. Huzzah!

Swindon 13
Yeovil 9
Bristol Rovers 5
Cheltenham 5

We should get a trophy for that!

[reeves4england]

I think people are being harsh an McNamee. He had little/no space or time all game because we didn't get the ball to him quickly enough, but he probably still put more balls into the box than any other player. It seems people aren't happy unless he's tearing the right back to shreds.

Brez was awesome and made some great stops. It was a bit disappointing to see how few ideas we had at times, but in the end we got the goal and that's what matters!

[Frigby Daser]

Very harsh on McNamee - he had two men on him all night and more often than not either got a ball in or layed it back. Anybody notice that the corner the goal came from came from him breaking inside and off to the right, for the first time in the match, and beating a couple of men in the process.

He'll inevitably be targeted by anyone who's scouted us - but if gives us space elsewhere....another reason it's imperative to have an attacking left back to be close to him when this happens

[janaage]

Surely the state of wovers' pitch wouldn't have helped Macca's game last night?

[reeves4england]

Very harsh on McNamee - he had two men on him all night and mre oftent han not either got a ball in or layed it back. Anybody notice that the corner the ghoal came from came from him breking inside and off to the right, for the first time in the match, and beating a couple of men in the process.
He'll inevitably be targeted by anyone who's scouted us - but if gives us space elsewhere....another reason it's imperative to have an attacking left back to be close to him when this happens

Another good point. He always finds time and space when he does that. Against Port Vale he was all over the pitch, although it did help that the Vale defence was nowhere in sight. Rovers were much more organised and he still managed to find a couple of gaps. And there was one sweet turn in the last couple of minutes where he did two defenders and started a run to the edge of the box all with one flick

[JanAageisGod]

Was watching from the main stand (long story) so am pleased to report our fans were mostly more noisy than the sullen natives. I enjoyed the "Irene's a prostitute" chant particularly.

Brez's first save was superb near the start.

Didn't think we played that well but we did carve out more chances than I have seen in the Doncaster, Forest and Crewe trips put together. Now give Parkin that service....

Vincent was also very good at centre half I thought. Very composed and never really caught out. Can't really judge McNamee as I haven't seen him at home yet to compare him to his away games.